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|{{Birth date and age|1934|1|30}}
|{{Birth date and age|1934|1|30|df=y}}
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|21 February 2001<br />John Paul II
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|{{Wp|Francis Arinze}}*
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|{{Birth date and age|1932|11|1|df=y}}
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|Tarcisio Bertone SDB*
|Italy
|Italy
|{{Birth date and age|1934|12|2|}}
|{{Birth date and age|1934|12|2|df=y}}
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|{{wp|José Saraiva Martins}} CMF*  
|Portugal
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|{{Birth date and age|1932|1|6|df=y}}
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|CB
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|21 February 2001<br />John Paul II
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|{{wp|Pietro Parolin}}
|{{wp|Pietro Parolin}}
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| {{Birth date and age|17 January 1955}}
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|{{wp|Marc Ouellet}} PSS
|Canada
|Canada
|{{birth date and ane|1944|6|8}}
|{{birth date and ane|1944|6|8|df=y}}
|CB
|CB
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|21 October 2003<br />John Paul II
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|{{wp|Fernando Filoni}}
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|CB
|CB
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|{{Wp||Beniamino Stella}}*
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|{{Birth date and age|1941|8|18}}
|{{Birth date and age|1941|8|18|df=y}}
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|{{wp|Luis Antonio Tagle}}
|Philippines
|Philippines
|{{Birth date and age|1957|6|21}}
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|CB
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|{{wp|Bechara Boutros al-Rahi}} OMM*
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|{{wp|25 February 1940}}
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|{{Birth date and age|1948|7|4}}
|{{Birth date and age|1948|7|4|df=y}}
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|CB
|28 June 2018<br />Francis
|28 June 2018<br />Francis
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==='''Cardinal-Priests'''===
==='''Cardinal-Priests'''===

Revision as of 08:43, 2 October 2023

Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals are created in consistories by the pope, and one of their foremost duties is the election of a new pope – invariably from among their number, although not strictly a requirement – when the Holy See is vacant (sede vacante), following the death or resignation of the reigning pontiff. The body of all cardinals is collectively known as the College of Cardinals.

Under current ecclesiastical law, as defined by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, only cardinals who have not passed their 80th birthdays on the day on which the Holy See becomes vacant are eligible to participate in a papal conclave to elect a new pope. The same apostolic constitution also specifies a maximum of 120 cardinal electors who can participate in a conclave, but makes no provision in case this number is exceeded; this has often happened, although never at the time of a conclave. Cardinals may also be created in pectore ('in the breast'), in which case their identities are not publicly revealed by the pope; they do not enjoy the privileges of a cardinal until their names are published. The creations of any such cardinals who have not been revealed at the pope's death or resignation automatically lapse.

As of 2 June 2023, there are 222 cardinals, 121 of whom are cardinal electors. The most recent consistory for the creation of cardinals was held on 27 August 2022, when Pope Francis created 20 cardinals, including 16 cardinal electors. Crescenzio Sepe was the most recent cardinal elector to turn 80, on 2 June 2023; and Giuseppe Versaldi will be the next cardinal elector to turn 80, on 30 July 2023. The most recent death of a cardinal was that of Geraldo Majella Agnelo, on 26 March 2023, at the age of 89.

Cardinals

The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders, with formal precedence in the following sequence:

  1. Cardinal bishops (CB): the six cardinals who are assigned the titles of the seven suburbicarian dioceses in the vicinity of Rome by the pope, plus a few other cardinals who have been exceptionally co-opted into the order, as well as patriarchs who head one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The two most senior cardinal bishops, who are elected by the cardinal bishops from among themselves (excluding the Eastern Catholic patriarchs) and approved by the pope, are the dean and the vice dean, currently Giovanni Battista Re and Leonardo Sandri, respectively. The latter is also the senior cardinal bishop among the cardinal electors.
  2. Cardinal priests (CP): bishops typically in charge of dioceses around the world, as well as former cardinal deacons who have opted to be elevated to the order. The most senior cardinal priest is the protopriest, currently Michael Michai Kitbunchu; among the cardinal electors, the senior cardinal priest is Vinko Puljić.
  3. Cardinal deacons (CD): bishops who work in the Roman Curia or the diplomatic service of the Holy See, and all other clergy, including priests who have been granted a dispensation not to be consecrated a bishop. They have the choice (Latin: optatio) of opting to become cardinal priests after having been cardinal deacons for ten years. The most senior cardinal deacon is the protodeacon, currently Renato Martino; among the cardinal electors, the senior cardinal deacon is James Michael Harvey and the junior cardinal deacon is Fernando Vérgez Alzaga.

For cardinal bishops (excluding the Eastern Catholic patriarchs), the dean is first in precedence, followed by the vice-dean and then, in order of appointment as cardinal bishops, by the remainder. For cardinal bishops who are Eastern Catholic patriarchs, for cardinal priests and for cardinal deacons, precedence is determined by the date of the consistory in which they were created cardinals and then by the order in which they appeared in the official announcement or bulletin.

All cardinals listed are members of the Latin Church unless otherwise stated. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the relevant post-nominal letters.

* Cardinals ineligible to participate in a papal conclave

Cardinal-Bishops

Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory
1 Giovanni Battista Re* Italy (1934-01-30) 30 January 1934 (age 90) CB 21 February 2001
John Paul II
2 Leonardo Sandri Argentina (1943-11-18) 18 November 1943 (age 80) CB 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
3 Francis Arinze* Nigeria (1932-11-01) 1 November 1932 (age 91) CB 25 May 1985
John Paul II
4 Tarcisio Bertone SDB* Italy (1934-12-02) 2 December 1934 (age 89) CB 21 October 2003
John Paul II
5 José Saraiva Martins CMF* Portugal (1932-01-06) 6 January 1932 (age 92) CB 21 February 2001
John Paul II
6 Pietro Parolin Italy Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day CB 22 February 2014
Francis
7 Marc Ouellet PSS Canada Template:Birth date and ane CB 21 October 2003
John Paul II
8 Fernando Filoni Italy Template:Birthdate and age CB 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
9 Beniamino Stella* Italy (1941-08-18) 18 August 1941 (age 82) CB 22 February 2014
Francis
10 Luis Antonio Tagle Philippines (1957-06-21) 21 June 1957 (age 66) CB 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
11 Bechara Boutros al-Rahi OMM* Lebanon (1940-02-23) 23 February 1940 (age 84) CB 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
12 Louis Raphaël I Sako Iraq (1948-07-04) 4 July 1948 (age 75) CB 28 June 2018
Francis

Cardinal-Priests

Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory
13 Michael Michai Kitbunchu* Thailand 25 January 1929

(age 94)

CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

14 Alexandre do Nascimento* Angola 1 March 1925

(age 98)

CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

15 Thomas Stafford Williams* New Zealand 20 March 1930

(age 93)

CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

16 Paul Poupard* France 30 August 1930

(age 92)

CP 25 May 1985

John Paul II

17 Friedrich Wetter* Germany 20 February 1928

(age 95)

CP 25 May 1985

John Paul II

18 Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez* Dominican Republic 31 October 1936

(age 86)

CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

19 Roger Michael Mahony* United States 27 February 1936

(age 87)

CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

20 Camillo Ruini* Italy 19 February 1931

(age 92)

CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

21 Julius Darmaatmadja SJ* Indonesia 20 December 1934

(age 88)

CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

22 Emmanuel Wamala* Uganda 15 December 1926

(age 96)

CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

23 Adam Maida* United States 18 March 1930

(age 93)

CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

24 Vinko Puljić Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 September 1945

(age 77)

CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

25 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez* Mexico 28 March 1933

(age 90)

CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

26 James Francis Stafford* United States 26 July 1932

(age 90)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

27 Salvatore De Giorgi* Italy 6 September 1930

(age 92)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

28 Antonio María Rouco Varela* Spain 20 August 1936

(age 86)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

29 Polycarp Pengo Tanzania 5 August 1944

(age 78)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

30 Christoph Schönborn OP Austria 22 January 1945

(age 78)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

31 Norberto Rivera Carrera* Mexico 6 June 1942

(age 81)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

32 Jānis Pujats* Latvia 14 November 1930

(age 92)

CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

33 Sergio Sebastiani* Italy 11 April 1931

(age 92)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

34 Crescenzio Sepe* Italy 2 June 1943

(age 80)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

35 Walter Kasper* Germany 5 March 1933

(age 90)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

36 Pedro Rubiano Sáenz* Colombia 13 September 1932

(age 90)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

37 Audrys Bačkis* Lithuania 1 February 1937

(age 86)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

38 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch* Chile 5 September 1933

(age 89)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

39 Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM* South Africa 8 March 1941

(age 82)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

40 Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB* Honduras 29 December 1942

(age 80)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

41 Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Peru 28 December 1943

(age 79)

CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

42 Julián Herranz Casado* Spain 31 March 1930

(age 93)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

43 Angelo Scola* Italy 7 November 1941

(age 81)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

44 Anthony Olubunmi Okogie* Nigeria 16 June 1936

(age 87)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

45 Gabriel Zubeir Wako* Sudan 27 February 1941

(age 82)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

46 Justin Rigali* United States 19 April 1935

(age 88)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

47 Ennio Antonelli* Italy 18 November 1936

(age 86)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

48 Peter Turkson Ghana 11 October 1948

(age 74)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

49 Telesphore Toppo* India 15 October 1939

(age 83)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

50 Josip Bozanić Croatia 20 March 1949

(age 74)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

51 Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mẫn* Vietnam 5 March 1934

(age 89)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

52 Philippe Barbarin France 17 October 1950

(age 72)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

53 Péter Erdő Hungary 25 June 1952

(age 71)

CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

54 Franc Rodé CM* Slovenia 23 September 1934

(age 88)

CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
55 Agostino Vallini* Italy 17 April 1940

(age 83)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

56 Gaudencio Borbon Rosales* Philippines 10 August 1932

(age 90)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

57 Jean-Pierre Ricard France 25 September 1944

(age 78)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

58 Antonio Cañizares Llovera Spain 15 October 1945

(age 77)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

59 Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap United States 29 June 1944

(age 79)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

60 Stanisław Dziwisz* Poland 27 April 1939

(age 84)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

61

Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB*

China
Hong Kong
Template:Birth date and gae CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
62 Giovanni Lajolo* Italy 3 January 1935

(age 88)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

63 Paul Josef Cordes* Germany 5 September 1934

(age 88)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

64 Angelo Comastri Italy (1943-09-17) September 17, 1943 (age 80) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

65 Stanisław Ryłko Poland 4 July 1945

(age 78)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

66 Raffaele Farina SDB* Italy 24 September 1933

(age 89)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

67 Seán Brady* Ireland 16 August 1939

(age 83)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

68 Lluís Martínez Sistach* Spain 29 April 1937

(age 86)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

69 André Vingt-Trois* France 7 November 1942

(age 80)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

70 Angelo Bagnasco* Italy 14 January 1943

(age 80)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

71 Théodore-Adrien Sarr* Senegal 28 November 1936

(age 86)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

72 Oswald Gracias India 24 December 1944

(age 78)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

73 Francisco Robles Ortega Mexico 2 March 1949

(age 74)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

74 Daniel DiNardo United States 23 May 1949

(age 74)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

75 Odilo Scherer Brazil 21 September 1949

(age 73)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

76 John Njue Kenya Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day

(age 78–79)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

77 Estanislao Esteban Karlic* Argentina 7 February 1926

(age 97)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

78 Angelo Amato SDB* Italy 8 June 1938

(age 85)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

79 Robert Sarah Guinea 15 June 1945

(age 78)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

80 Francesco Monterisi* Italy 28 May 1934

(age 89)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

81 Raymond Leo Burke United States 30 June 1948

(age 75)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

82 Kurt Koch Switzerland 15 March 1950

(age 73)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

83 Mauro Piacenza Italy 15 September 1944

(age 78)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

84 Gianfranco Ravasi* Italy 18 October 1942

(age 80)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

85 Paolo Romeo* Italy 20 February 1938

(age 85)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

86 Donald Wuerl* United States 12 November 1940

(age 82)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

87 Raymundo Damasceno Assis* Brazil 15 February 1937

(age 86)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

88 Kazimierz Nycz Poland 1 February 1950

(age 73)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

89 Malcolm Ranjith Sri Lanka 15 November 1947

(age 75)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

90 Reinhard Marx Germany 21 September 1953

(age 69)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

91 Walter Brandmüller* Germany 5 January 1929

(age 94)

CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

92 Manuel Monteiro de Castro* Portugal 29 March 1938

(age 85)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

93 Santos Abril y Castelló* Spain 21 September 1935

(age 87)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

94 Antonio Maria Vegliò* Italy 3 February 1938

(age 85)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

95 Giuseppe Bertello* Italy 1 October 1942

(age 80)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

96 Francesco Coccopalmerio* Italy 6 March 1938

(age 85)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

97 João Braz de Aviz Brazil 24 April 1947

(age 76)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

98 Edwin Frederick O'Brien* United States 8 April 1939

(age 84)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

99 Domenico Calcagno* Italy 3 February 1943

(age 80)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

100 Giuseppe Versaldi Italy 30 July 1943

(age 79)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

101 George Alencherry India 19 April 1945

(age 78)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

102 Thomas Collins Canada 16 January 1947

(age 76)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

103 Dominik Duka OP* Czech Republic 26 April 1943

(age 80)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

104 Willem Jacobus Eijk Netherlands 22 June 1953

(age 70)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

105 Giuseppe Betori Italy 25 February 1947

(age 76)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

106 Timothy Michael Dolan United States 6 February 1950

(age 73)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

107 Rainer Woelki Germany 18 August 1956

(age 66)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

108 John Tong Hon* Hong Kong

(China)

31 July 1939

(age 83)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

109 Lucian Mureșan* Romania 23 May 1931

(age 92)

CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

110 Baselios Cleemis India 15 June 1959

(age 64)

CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

111 John Onaiyekan Nigeria 29 January 1944

(age 79)

CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

112 Rubén Salazar Gómez* Colombia 22 September 1942

(age 80)

CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

113 Vincent Gerard Nichols United Kingdom 8 November 1945

(age 77)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

114 Leopoldo Brenes Nicaragua 7 March 1949

(age 74)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

115 Gérald Lacroix ISPX Canada 27 July 1957

(age 65)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

116 Jean-Pierre Kutwa Ivory Coast 22 December 1945

(age 77)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

117 Orani João Tempesta OCist Brazil 23 June 1950

(age 73)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

118 Gualtiero Bassetti* Italy 7 April 1942

(age 81)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

119 Mario Aurelio Poli Argentina 29 November 1947

(age 75)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

120 Andrew Yeom Soo-jung South Korea 5 December 1943

(age 79)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

121

Ricardo Ezzati SDB* Chile 7 January 1942

(age 81)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

122 Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Burkina Faso

25 January 1945 (age 78)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

123 Orlando Beltran Quevedo OMI* Philippines 11 March 1939

(age 84)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

124 Chibly Langlois Haiti 29 November 1958

(age 64)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

125 Kelvin Edward Felix* Saint Lucia 15 February 1933

(age 90)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

126 Manuel Clemente Portugal 16 July 1948

(age 74)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

127 Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM Ethiopia 14 July 1948

(age 74)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

128 John Atcherley Dew

New Zealand

5 May 1948

(age 75)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

129 Edoardo Menichelli* Italy 14 October 1939

(age 83)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

130 Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn* Vietnam 1 April 1938

(age 85)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

131 Alberto Suárez Inda* Mexico 30 January 1939

(age 84)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

132 Charles Maung Bo SDB Myanmar 29 October 1948

(age 74)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

133 Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij Thailand 27 June 1949

(age 74)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

134 Francesco Montenegro Italy 22 May 1946

(age 77)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

135 Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet SDB Uruguay 4 July 1959

(age 64)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

136 Ricardo Blázquez Pérez* Spain 13 April 1942

(age 81)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

137 José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR Panama 24 February 1944

(age 79)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

138 Arlindo Gomes Furtado Cape Verde 15 November 1949

(age 73)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

139 Soane Patita Paini Mafi Tonga

19 December 1961 (age 61)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

140 Luis Héctor Villalba* Argentina 11 October 1934

(age 88)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

141 Júlio Duarte Langa* Mozambique 27 October 1927

(age 95)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

142 Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp Central African Republic 14 March 1967

(age 56)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

143 Carlos Osoro Sierra Spain 16 May 1945

(age 78)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

144 Sérgio da Rocha Brazil 21 October 1959

(age 63)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

145 Blase Joseph Cupich United States

19 March 1949 (age 74)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

146 Patrick D'Rozario CSC Bangladesh 1 October 1943

(age 79)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

147 Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo Venezuela 10 October 1944

(age 78)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

148 Jozef De Kesel Belgium 17 June 1947

(age 76)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

149 Maurice Piat CSSp* Mauritius 19 July 1941

(age 81)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

150 Carlos Aguiar Retes Mexico 9 January 1950

(age 73)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

151 John Ribat MSC Papua New Guinea 9 February 1957

(age 66)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

152 Joseph William Tobin CSsR United States 3 May 1952

(age 71)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

153 Jean Zerbo Mali 27 December 1943

(age 79)

CP 28 June 2017

Francis

154 Juan José Omella Omella Spain 21 April 1946

(age 77)

CP 28 June 2017

Francis

155 Anders Arborelius OCD Sweden 24 September 1949

(age 73)

CP 28 June 2017

Francis

156 Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun IVD Laos 8 April 1944

(age 79)

CP 28 June 2017

Francis

157 Gregorio Rosa Chávez* El Salvador 3 September 1942

(age 80)

CP 28 June 2017

Francis

158 Angelo De Donatis Italy 4 January 1954

(age 69)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

159 Joseph Coutts Pakistan 21 July 1945

(age 77)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

160 António Augusto dos Santos Marto Portugal 5 May 1947

(age 76)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

161 Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ Peru 12 February 1944

(age 79)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

162 Désiré Tsarahazana Madagascar 13 June 1954

(age 69)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

163 Giuseppe Petrocchi Italy 19 August 1948

(age 74)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

164 Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Japan 3 March 1949

(age 74)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

165 Toribio Ticona Porco* Bolivia 25 April 1937

(age 86)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

166 Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Indonesia 9 July 1950

(age 73)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

167 Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Cuba 11 July 1948

(age 75)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

168 Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap Democratic Republic of the Congo

24 January 1960 (age 63)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

169 Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ Luxembourg 9 August 1958

(age 64)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

170 Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Guatemala 16 July 1947

(age 75)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

171 Matteo Zuppi Italy 11 October 1955

(age 67)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

172 Cristóbal López Romero SDB Morocco 19 May 1952

(age 71)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

173 Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ* Lithuania 7 November 1938

(age 84)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

174 Eugenio Dal Corso PSDP* Angola 16 May 1939

(age 84)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

175 Antoine Kambanda Rwanda 10 November 1958

(age 64)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

176 Wilton Daniel Gregory United States 7 December 1947

(age 75)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

177

Jose Advincula OP

Philippines 30 March 1952

(age 71)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

178 Celestino Aós Braco OFMCap Chile 6 April 1945

(age 78)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

179 Augusto Paolo Lojudice Italy 1 July 1964

(age 59)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

180 Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel* Mexico 1 May 1940

(age 83)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

181 Jean-Marc Aveline France 26 December 1958

(age 64)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

182 Peter Ebere Okpaleke Nigeria 1 March 1963

(age 60)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

183 Leonardo Ulrich Steiner OFM Brazil 6 November 1950

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

184 Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão India 20 January 1953

(age 70)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

185 Robert Walter McElroy United States 5 February 1954

(age 69)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

186 Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB East Timor 27 November 1967

(age 55)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

187 Oscar Cantoni Italy 1 September 1950

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

188 Anthony Poola India 15 November 1961

(age 61)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

189 Paulo Cezar Costa Brazil 20 July 1967

(age 55)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

190 William Goh Seng Chye Singapore 25 June 1957

(age 66)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

191 Adalberto Martínez Flores Paraguay 8 July 1951

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

192 Giorgio Marengo IMC Mongolia 7 June 1974

(age 49)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

193 Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM* Colombia 29 March 1942

(age 81)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

194 Arrigo Miglio* Italy 18 July 1942

(age 80)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

195

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Palestine CP 21 April 1965 30 September 2023

Francis

196 Stephen Brislin South Africa 24 September 1956 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

197 Ángel Sixto Rossi SJ Argentina 11 August 1958 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

198 Luis José Rueda Aparicio Colombia 3 March 1962

CP

30 September 2023

Francis

199 Grzegorz Ryś Poland

9 February 1964

CP 30 September 2023

Francis

200 Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla South Sudan 10 January 1964 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

201 José Cobo Cano Spain 20 September 1965 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

202 Protase Rugambwa Tanzania 31 May 1960 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

203 Sebastian Francis Malaysia 11 November 1951 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

204 Stephen Chow Sau-yan SJ China
(Hong Kong)
7 August 1959 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

205 François-Xavier Bustillo OFM Conv France 23 November 1968 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

206 Américo Aguiar Portugal 12 December 1973 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

207 Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez* Venezuela 17 May 1939 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

Cardinal-Deacons

Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory
208 Renato Martino* Italy 23 November 1932

(age 90)

CD 21 October 2003

John Paul II

209 James Michael Harvey United States 20 October 1949

(age 73)

CD 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

210 Lorenzo Baldisseri* Italy 29 September 1940

(age 82)

CD 22 February 2014

Francis

211 Gerhard Ludwig Müller Germany 31 December 1947

(age 75)

CD 22 February 2014

Francis

212 Dominique Mamberti France 7 March 1952

(age 71)

CD 14 February 2015

Francis

213 Mario Zenari Italy 5 January 1946

(age 77)

CD 19 November 2016

Francis

214 Kevin Farrell United States 2 September 1947

(age 75)

CD 19 November 2016

Francis

215 Ernest Simoni* Albania 18 October 1928

(age 94)

CD 19 November 2016

Francis

216 Luis Ladaria Ferrer SJ Spain 19 April 1944

(age 79)

CD 28 June 2018

Francis

217 Giovanni Angelo Becciu* Italy 2 June 1948

(age 75)

CD 28 June 2018

Francis

218 Konrad Krajewski Poland 25 November 1963

(age 59)

CD 28 June 2018

Francis

219 Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF* Spain 17 May 1938

(age 85)

CD 28 June 2018

Francis

220 Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot MCCJ Spain 17 June 1952

(age 71)

CD 5 October 2019

Francis

221 José Tolentino de Mendonça Portugal 15 December 1965

(age 57)

CD 5 October 2019

Francis

222 Michael Czerny SJ Canada 18 July 1946

(age 76)

CD 5 October 2019

Francis

223 Michael Fitzgerald MAfr* United Kingdom 17 August 1937

(age 85)

CD 5 October 2019

Francis

224 Mario Grech Malta 20 February 1957

(age 66)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

225 Marcello Semeraro Italy 22 December 1947

(age 75)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

226 Mauro Gambetti OFMConv Italy 27 October 1965

(age 57)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

227 Silvano Maria Tomasi CS* Italy 12 October 1940

(age 82)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

228 Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap* Italy 22 July 1934

(age 88)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

229 Enrico Feroci* Italy 27 August 1940

(age 82)

CD 28 November 2020

Francis

230 Arthur Roche United Kingdom 6 March 1950

(age 73)

CD 27 August 2022

Francis

231 Lazzaro You Heung-sik South Korea 17 November 1951

(age 71)

CD 27 August 2022

Francis

232 Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC Spain 1 March 1945

(age 79)

CD 27 August 2022

Francis

233 Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ* Italy 5 July 1942

(age 81)

CD 27 August 2022

Francis

234 Fortunato Frezza* Italy 6 February 1942

(age 82)

CD

27 August 2022

Francis

235 Robert Francis Prevost OSA United States 14 September 1955 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

236 Claudio Gugerotti Italy 7 October 1955 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

237 Víctor Manuel Fernández Argentina 18 July 1962 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

238 Emil Paul Tscherrig Switzerland 3 February 1947 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

239 Christophe Pierre France 30 January 1946 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

240 Ángel Fernández Artime SDB Spain 21 August 1960 CD 30 September 2023

Francis

241 Agostino Marchetto* Italy (1940-08-28) August 28, 1940 (age 83) CD 30 September 2023
Francis
242 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap* Argentina (1927-04-17) April 17, 1927 (age 97) CD 30 September 2023

Francis


Demographics of the College of Cardinals

At present, 121 of 222 cardinals are eligible to participate in a papal conclave. The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority, if all 121 cardinal electors were to participate (notwithstanding the maximum of 120 specified in Universi Dominici gregis), would be 81.

This table indicates the number of current cardinals created by each pope and belonging to each order of the College.

Pope All cardinals Cardinal electors
No. Name CB CP CD Total CB CP CD Total
264 John Paul II

(1978–2005)

5 42 1 48 1 8 0 9
265 Benedict XVI

(2005–2013)

4 59 1 64 3 27 1 31
266 Francis

(2013–present)

3 82 25 110 2 64 15 81
Total 12 183 27 222 6 99 16 121

Cardinals by particular church sui iuris[edit]

While most cardinals belong to the Latin Church, which encompasses the vast majority of Catholics, a small number of cardinals belong to one of the twenty-three autonomous (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Churches. At present, there are six Eastern Catholic cardinals, including four cardinal electors, belonging to six particular churches sui iuris:

  • Béchara Boutros Raï (Maronite Church)
  • Louis Raphaël I Sako (Chaldean Church), cardinal elector
  • George Alencherry (Syro-Malabar Church), cardinal elector
  • Lucian Mureșan (Romanian Greek Church)
  • Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (Syro-Malankara Church), cardinal elector
  • Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (Ethiopian Church), cardinal elector
Particular church sui iuris All cardinals Cardinal electors
Latin Church (Western) 216 117
Eastern Churches Chaldean Church 1 1
Ethiopian Church 1 1
Maronite Church 1 0
Romanian Greek Church 1 0
Syro-Malabar Church 1 1
Syro-Malankara Church 1 1
Total 6 4
Total 222 121

Cardinals by institute of consecrated life or society of apostolic life[edit]

At present, there are 52 cardinals, including 29 cardinal electors, who are members of the religious life, representing 28 institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. Common names for members, if different, are given in brackets in this table.

Post-nominal Institute or society All cardinals Cardinal electors
CJM Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) 1 0
CM Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists) 2 1
CMF Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians) 2 0
CS Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) 1 0
CSC Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers) 1 1
CSSp Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost Fathers, Spiritans) 2 1
CSsR Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) 1 1
IMC Institute of Consolata Missionaries 1 1
ISch Institute of Schönstatt Fathers 1 0
ISPX Pius X Secular Institute 1 1
IVD Voluntas Dei Institute 1 1
LC Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ 1 1
MAfr Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) 1 0
MCCJ Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus 1 1
MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 1 1
OAR Order of Augustinian Recollects 1 1
OCD Order of Discalced Carmelites 1 1
OCist Order of Cistercians 1 1
OFM Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) 2 1
OFMCap Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins) 4 3
OFMConv Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) 1 1
OMI Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates) 1 0
OMM Mariamite Maronite Order (Aleppians) 1 0
OP Order of Preachers (Dominicans) 3 2
PSDP Poor Servants of Divine Providence 1 0
PSS Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians) 1 1
SDB Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Salesians) 10 4
SJ Society of Jesus (Jesuits) 7 4
(none) Secular clergy 170 92
Total 222 121

Cardinals by continent[edit]

For the purposes of this article, countries are grouped into continents generally according to the regions of the United Nations geoscheme; for the region of the Americas, North America comprises the subregions of Northern America, Central America and the Caribbean, while South America comprises the remaining subregion of the same name. Statistics for the global distribution of Catholics are taken from the 2021 edition of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae (Statistical Yearbook of the Church).

Continent All cardinals Cardinal electors Percentage of global Catholic population (2021)
Number Percentage Number Percentage
Africa 26 11.7% 16 13.2% 19%
North America 35 15.8% 21 17.4% 21%
South America 24 10.8% 14 11.6% 27%
Asia 31 14.0% 21 17.4% 11%
Europe 102 45.9% 46 38.0% 21%
Oceania 4 1.8% 3 2.5% 1%
Total 222 100.0% 121 100.0% 100%

Cardinals by country[edit]

At present, 88 countries are represented in the College of Cardinals, including 65 with at least one cardinal elector. The countries with the greatest numbers of cardinals are Italy (forty-seven), the United States (sixteen), and Spain (twelve). Among the cardinal electors, the countries with the greatest numbers are Italy (fifteen), the United States (ten), and Brazil and Spain jointly (six each).

Country Continent All cardinals Cardinal electors
Albania Europe 1 0
Angola Africa 2 0
Argentina South America 4 2
Austria Europe 1 1
Bangladesh Asia 1 1
Belgium Europe 1 1
Bolivia South America 1 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 1 1
Brazil South America 8 6
Burkina Faso Africa 1 1
Canada North America 4 4
Cape Verde Africa 1 1
Central African Republic Africa 1 1
Chile

South America

3 1
Colombia South America 3 0
Cuba North America 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 1 1
Croatia Europe 1 1
Czech Republic Europe 1 0
Dominican Republic North America 1 0
East Timor Asia 1 1
El Salvador North America 1 0
Ethiopia Africa 1 1
France Europe 6 4
Germany Europe 7 3
Ghana Africa 1 1
Guatemala North America 1 1
Guinea Africa 1 1
Haiti North America 1 1
Honduras North America 1 0
Hong Kong (China) Asia 2 0
Hungary Europe 1 1
India Asia 6 5
Indonesia Asia 2 1
Iraq Asia 1 1
Ireland Europe 1 0
Italy Europe 47 15
Ivory Coast Africa 1 1
Japan Asia 1 1
Kenya Africa 1 1
South Korea Asia 2 2
Laos Asia 1 1
Latvia Europe 1 0
Lebanon Asia 1 0
Lithuania Europe 2 0
Luxembourg Europe 1 1
Madagascar Africa 1 1
Mali Africa 1 1
Malta Europe 1 1
Mauritius Africa 1 0
Mexico North America 6 2
Mongolia Asia 1 1
Morocco Africa 1 1
Mozambique Africa 1 0
Myanmar Asia 1 1
Netherlands Europe 1 1
New Zealand Oceania 2 1
Nicaragua North America 1 1
Nigeria Africa 4 2
Pakistan Asia 1 1
Panama North America 1 1
Paraguay South America 1 1
Papua New Guinea Oceania 1 1
Peru South America 2 2
Philippines Asia 4 2
Poland Europe 4 3
Portugal Europe 5 3
Romania Europe 1 0
Rwanda Africa 1 1
Saint Lucia North America 1 0
Senegal Africa 1 0
Singapore Asia 1 1
Slovenia Europe 1 0
South Africa Africa 1 0
Spain Europe 12 6
Sri Lanka Asia 1 1
Sudan Africa 1 0
Sweden Europe 1 1
Switzerland Europe 1 1
Tanzania Africa 1 1
Thailand Asia 2 1
Tonga Oceania 1 1
Uganda Africa 1 0
United Kingdom Europe 3 2
United States North America 16 10
Uruguay South America 1 1
Venezuela South America 1 1
Vietnam Asia 2 0
Total 222 121