Jean Jadot

Jean Jadot (23 November 1909 – 21 January 2009) was a Belgian Catholic prelate. He was apostolic delegate to the United States from 1973 to 1980. He also was president of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1980 to 1984. He was made a bishop by Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens on 1 May 1968.

On 27 June 1980, Pope John Paul II made him the Pro-President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians, a role normally given to a cardinal. 

On 19 June 1982, Jadot ordained Robert Francis Prevost for the Augustinians in Rome. Prevost would later be elected as Pope Leo XIV on 8 May 2025.

Jadot died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium on 21 January 2009 at the age of 99.

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