James Knox

His Eminence James Knox GCC
President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Installed	4 August 1981[1]
Term ended	26 June 1983[1]
Predecessor	Opilio Rossi
Successor	Edouard Gagnon
Other post(s)	5th Archbishop of Melbourne (1967–1974); Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1974–1983)
Orders
Ordination	22 December 1941[1] by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
Consecration	8 November 1953[1] by Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
Created cardinal	5 March 1973[1] by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Santa Maria in Vallicella
Personal details
Born	James Robert Knox (1914-05-02)2 May 1914 Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia
Died	26 June 1983(1983-06-26) (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Buried	St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Occupation	Cleric
Alma mater	Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum
Motto	Sicut dilexi vos

Styles of James Knox
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Melitene (titular see)

James Robert Knox GCC (2 March 1914 – 26 June 1983) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. After years as a Vatican diplomat, he served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1967 to 1974, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1974 to 1981, and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 1981 until his death in 1983. Created a cardinal in 1973, he was the first Australian to serve in the Roman Curia.^[2]