List of current cardinals

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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 1 October 2023, there are 242 cardinals, 136 of whom are cardinal electors. The most recent consistory for the creation of cardinals which was held on 30 September 2023, when Pope Francis created 21 cardinals, including 17 cardinal electors. Patrick D'Rozario was the most recent cardinal elector to turn 80, on 1 October 2023; and Leonardo Sandri will be the next cardinal elector to turn 80, on 18 November 2023. The most recent death of a cardinal was that of Geraldo Majella Agnelo, on 26 August 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 and the Junior cardinal priest is Américo Aguiar.
  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 Ángel Fernández Artime.

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 (1955-01-17) 17 January 1955 (age 69) CB 22 February 2014
Francis
7 Marc Ouellet PSS Canada (1944-06-08) 8 June 1944 (age 79) CB 21 October 2003
John Paul II
8 Fernando Filoni Italy (1946-04-15) 15 April 1946 (age 78) 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 (195 Cardinals; 108 electors, 87 non-electors)

Number Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory
1 13 Michael Michai Kitbunchu* Thailand (1929-01-25) 25 January 1929 (age 95) CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

2 14 Alexandre do Nascimento* Angola (1925-03-01) 1 March 1925 (age 99) CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

3 15 Thomas Williams* New Zealand (1930-03-20) 20 March 1930 (age 94) CP 2 February 1983

John Paul II

4 16 Paul Poupard* France (1930-08-30) 30 August 1930 (age 93) CP 25 May 1985

John Paul II

5 17 Friedrich Wetter* Germany (1928-02-20) 20 February 1928 (age 96) CP 25 May 1985

John Paul II

6 18 Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez* Dominican Republic (1936-10-31) 31 October 1936 (age 87) CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

7 19 Roger Mahony* United States (1936-02-27) 27 February 1936 (age 88) CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

8 20 Camillo Ruini* Italy (1931-02-19) 19 February 1931 (age 93) CP 28 June 1991

John Paul II

9 21 Julius Darmaatmadja SJ* Indonesia (1934-12-20) 20 December 1934 (age 89) CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

10 22 Emmanuel Wamala* Uganda (1926-12-15) 15 December 1926 (age 97) CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

11 23 Adam Maida* United States (1930-03-18) 18 March 1930 (age 94) CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

12 24 Vinko Puljić Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945-09-08) 8 September 1945 (age 78) CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

13 25 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez* Mexico (1933-03-28) 28 March 1933 (age 91) CP 26 November 1994

John Paul II

14 26 James Stafford* United States (1932-07-26) 26 July 1932 (age 91) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

15 27 Salvatore De Giorgi* Italy (1930-09-06) 6 September 1930 (age 93) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

16 28 Antonio María Rouco Varela* Spain (1936-08-20) 20 August 1936 (age 87) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

17 29 Polycarp Pengo Tanzania (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 79) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

18 30 Christoph Schönborn OP Austria (1945-01-22) 22 January 1945 (age 79) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

19 31 Norberto Rivera Carrera* Mexico (1942-06-06) 6 June 1942 (age 81) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

20 32 Jānis Pujats* Latvia (1930-11-14) 14 November 1930 (age 93) CP 21 February 1998

John Paul II

21 33 Sergio Sebastiani* Italy (1931-04-11) 11 April 1931 (age 93) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

22 34 Crescenzio Sepe* Italy (1943-06-02) 2 June 1943 (age 80) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

23 35 Walter Kasper* Germany (1933-03-05) 5 March 1933 (age 91) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

24 36 Pedro Rubiano Sáenz* Colombia (1932-09-13) 13 September 1932 (age 91) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

25 37 Audrys Bačkis* Lithuania (1937-02-01) 1 February 1937 (age 87) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

26 38 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch* Chile (1933-09-05) 5 September 1933 (age 90) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

27 39 Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM* South Africa (1941-03-08) 8 March 1941 (age 83) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

28 40 Óscar Rodríguez MaradiagaSDB* Honduras (1942-12-29) 29 December 1942 (age 81) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

29 41 Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Peru (1943-12-28) 28 December 1943 (age 80) CP 21 February 2001

John Paul II

30 42 Julián Herranz Casado* Spain (1930-03-31) 31 March 1930 (age 94) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

31 43 Angelo Scola* Italy (1941-11-07) 7 November 1941 (age 82) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

32 44 Anthony Olubunmi Okogie* Nigeria (1936-06-16) 16 June 1936 (age 87) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

33 45 Gabriel Zubeir Wako* Sudan (1941-02-27) 27 February 1941 (age 83) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

34 46 Justin Rigali* United States (1935-04-19) 19 April 1935 (age 89) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

35 47 Ennio Antonelli* Italy (1936-11-18) 18 November 1936 (age 87) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

36 48 Peter Turkson Ghana (1948-10-11) 11 October 1948 (age 75) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

37 49 Telesphore Toppo* India (1939-10-15) 15 October 1939 (age 84) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

38 50 Josip Bozanić Croatia (1949-03-20) 20 March 1949 (age 75) CP

21 October 2003 John Paul II

39 51 Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mẫn* Vietnam (1934-03-05) 5 March 1934 (age 90) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

40 52 Philippe Barbarin France (1950-10-17) 17 October 1950 (age 73) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

41 53 Péter Erdő Hungary (1952-06-25) 25 June 1952 (age 71) CP 21 October 2003

John Paul II

42 54 Franc Rodé CM* Slovenia (1934-09-23) 23 September 1934 (age 89) CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
43 55 Agostino Vallini* Italy (1940-04-17) 17 April 1940 (age 84) CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

44 56 Gaudencio Rosales* Philippines (1932-08-10) 10 August 1932 (age 91) CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

45 57 Jean-Pierre Ricard France

(1944-09-25) 25 September 1944 (age 79)

CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

46 58 Antonio Cañizares Llovera Spain (1945-10-15) 15 October 1945 (age 78) CP

24 March 2006 Benedict XVI

47 59 Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap United States (1944-06-29) 29 June 1944 (age 79) CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

48 60 Stanisław Dziwisz* Poland (1939-04-27) 27 April 1939 (age 85) CP 24 March 2006

Benedict XVI

49 61

Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB*

China
Hong Kong
(1932-01-13) 13 January 1932 (age 92) CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
50 62 Giovanni Lajolo* Italy (1935-01-03) 3 January 1935 (age 89) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

51 63 Paul Josef Cordes* Germany (1934-09-05) 5 September 1934 (age 89) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

52 64 Angelo Comastri Italy

(1943-09-17) 17 September 1943 (age 80)

CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

53 65 Stanisław Ryłko Poland (1945-07-04) 4 July 1945 (age 78) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

54 66 Raffaele Farina SDB* Italy (1933-09-24) 24 September 1933 (age 90) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

55 67 Seán Brady* Ireland (1939-08-16) 16 August 1939 (age 84) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

56 68 Lluís Martínez Sistach* Spain (1937-04-29) 29 April 1937 (age 87) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

57 69 André Vingt-Trois* France (1942-11-07) 7 November 1942 (age 81) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

58 70 Angelo Bagnasco* Italy (1943-01-14) 14 January 1943 (age 81) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

59 71 Théodore-Adrien Sarr* Senegal (1936-11-28) 28 November 1936 (age 87) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

60 72 Oswald Gracias India (1944-12-24) 24 December 1944 (age 79) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

61 73 Francisco Robles Ortega Mexico (1949-03-02) 2 March 1949 (age 75) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

62 74 Daniel DiNardo United States (1949-05-23) 23 May 1949 (age 74) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

63 75 Odilo Scherer Brazil (1949-09-21) 21 September 1949 (age 74) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

64 76 John Njue Kenya 1944 (age 79–80) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

65 77 Estanislao Esteban Karlic* Argentina (1926-02-07) 7 February 1926 (age 98) CP 24 November 2007

Benedict XVI

66 78 Angelo Amato SDB* Italy (1938-08-08) 8 August 1938 (age 85) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

67 79 Robert Sarah Guinea (1945-06-15) 15 June 1945 (age 78) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

68 80 Francesco Monterisi* Italy (1934-05-28) 28 May 1934 (age 89) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

69 81 Raymond Leo Burke United States (1948-06-30) 30 June 1948 (age 75)

CP

20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

70 82 Kurt Koch Switzerland (1950-03-15) 15 March 1950 (age 74) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

71 83 Mauro Piacenza Italy (1944-09-15) 15 September 1944 (age 79) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

72 84 Gianfranco Ravasi* Italy (1942-10-18) 18 October 1942 (age 81) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

73 85 Paolo Romeo* Italy (1938-02-20) 20 February 1938 (age 86) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

74 86 Donald Wuerl* United States (1940-11-12) 12 November 1940 (age 83) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

75 87 Raymundo Damasceno Assis* Brazil (1937-02-15) 15 February 1937 (age 87) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

76 88 Kazimierz Nycz Poland (1950-02-01) 1 February 1950 (age 74) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

77 89 Malcolm Ranjith Sri Lanka (1947-11-15) 15 November 1947 (age 76) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

78 90 Reinhard Marx Germany (1953-09-21) 21 September 1953 (age 70) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

79 91 Walter Brandmüller* Germany (1929-01-05) 5 January 1929 (age 95) CP 20 November 2010

Benedict XVI

80 92 Manuel Monteiro de Castro* Portugal (1938-03-29) 29 March 1938 (age 86) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

81 93 Santos Abril y Castelló* Spain (1935-09-21) 21 September 1935 (age 88) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

82 94 Antonio Maria Vegliò* Italy (1938-02-03) 3 February 1938 (age 86) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

83 95 Giuseppe Bertello* Italy (1942-10-01) 1 October 1942 (age 81) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

84 96 Francesco Coccopalmerio* Italy (1938-03-06) 6 March 1938 (age 86) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

85 97 João Braz de Aviz Brazil (1947-04-24) 24 April 1947 (age 77) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

86 98 Edwin Frederick O'Brien* United States (1939-04-08) 8 April 1939 (age 85) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

87 99 Domenico Calcagno* Italy (1943-02-03) 3 February 1943 (age 81) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

88 100 Giuseppe Versaldi Italy (1943-07-30) 30 July 1943 (age 80) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

89 101 George Alencherry India (1945-04-19) 19 April 1945 (age 79) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

90 102 Thomas Collins Canada (1947-01-16) 16 January 1947 (age 77) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

91 103 Dominik Duka OP* Czech Republic (1943-04-26) 26 April 1943 (age 81) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

92 104 Willem Jacobus Eijk Netherlands (1953-06-22) 22 June 1953 (age 70) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

93 105 Giuseppe Betori Italy (1947-02-25) 25 February 1947 (age 77) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

94 106 Timothy Michael Dolan United States (1950-02-06) 6 February 1950 (age 74) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

95 107 Rainer Woelki Germany (1956-08-18) 18 August 1956 (age 67) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

96 108 John Tong Hon* Hong Kong

(China)

(1939-07-31) 31 July 1939 (age 84) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

97 109 Lucian Mureșan* Romania (1931-05-23) 23 May 1931 (age 92) CP 18 February 2012

Benedict XVI

98 110 Baselios Cleemis India (1959-06-15) 15 June 1959 (age 64) CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

99 111 John Onaiyekan Nigeria (1944-01-29) 29 January 1944 (age 80) CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

100 112 Rubén Salazar Gómez* Colombia (1942-09-22) 22 September 1942 (age 81) CP 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

101 113 Vincent Gerard Nichols United Kingdom (1945-11-08) 8 November 1945 (age 78) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

102 114 Leopoldo Brenes Nicaragua (1949-03-07) 7 March 1949 (age 75) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

103 115 Gérald Lacroix ISPX Canada (1957-07-27) 27 July 1957 (age 66) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

104

116

Jean-Pierre Kutwa Ivory Coast (1945-03-22) 22 March 1945 (age 79) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

105 117 Orani João Tempesta OCist Brazil (1950-06-23) 23 June 1950 (age 73) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

106 118 Gualtiero Bassetti* Italy (1942-04-07) 7 April 1942 (age 82) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

107 119 Mario Aurelio Poli Argentina (1947-11-29) 29 November 1947 (age 76) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

108 120 Andrew Yeom Soo-jung South Korea (1943-12-05) 5 December 1943 (age 80) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

109

121

Ricardo Ezzati SDB* Chile (1942-01-07) 7 January 1942 (age 82) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

110 122 Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Burkina Faso

(1945-01-25) 25 January 1945 (age 79)

CP 22 February 2014

Francis

111 123 Orlando Quevedo OMI* Philippines (1939-03-11) 11 March 1939 (age 85) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

112 124 Chibly Langlois Haiti (1956-11-29) 29 November 1956 (age 67) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

113 125 Kelvin Edward Felix* Saint Lucia (1933-02-15) 15 February 1933 (age 91) CP 22 February 2014

Francis

114 126 Manuel Clemente Portugal (1948-07-16) 16 July 1948 (age 75) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

115 127 Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM Ethiopia (1948-07-14) 14 July 1948 (age 75) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

116 128 John Dew

New Zealand

(1948-05-05) 5 May 1948 (age 76) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

117 129 Edoardo Menichelli* Italy (1939-10-14) 14 October 1939 (age 84) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

118 130 Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn* Vietnam (1938-04-01) 1 April 1938 (age 86) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

119 131 Alberto Suárez Inda* Mexico (1939-01-30) 30 January 1939 (age 85) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

120 132 Charles Maung Bo SDB Myanmar (1948-10-29) 29 October 1948 (age 75) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

121 133 Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij Thailand (1949-06-27) 27 June 1949 (age 74) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

122 134 Francesco Montenegro Italy (1946-05-22) 22 May 1946 (age 77) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

123 135 Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet SDB Uruguay (1959-07-04) 4 July 1959 (age 64) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

124 136 Ricardo Blázquez Pérez* Spain (1942-04-13) 13 April 1942 (age 82) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

125 137 José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR Panama (1944-02-24) 24 February 1944 (age 80) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

126 138 Arlindo Gomes Furtado Cape Verde (1949-11-15) 15 November 1949 (age 74) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

127 139 Soane Patita Paini Mafi Tonga

(1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 62)

CP 14 February 2015

Francis

128 140 Luis Héctor Villalba* Argentina (1934-10-11) 11 October 1934 (age 89) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

129 141 Júlio Duarte Langa* Mozambique (1927-10-27) 27 October 1927 (age 96) CP 14 February 2015

Francis

130 142 Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp Central African Republic (1967-03-14) 14 March 1967 (age 57) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

131 143 Carlos Osoro Sierra Spain (1945-05-16) 16 May 1945 (age 79) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

132 144 Sérgio da Rocha Brazil (1959-10-21) 21 October 1959 (age 64) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

133 145 Blase Joseph Cupich United States

(1949-03-19) 19 March 1949 (age 75)

CP 19 November 2016

Francis

134 146 Patrick D'Rozario CSC Bangladesh (1943-10-01) 1 October 1943 (age 80) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

135 147 Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo Venezuela (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 (age 79) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

136 148 Jozef De Kesel Belgium (1947-06-17) 17 June 1947 (age 76) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

137 149 Maurice Piat CSSp* Mauritius (1941-07-19) 19 July 1941 (age 82) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

138 150 Carlos Aguiar Retes Mexico (1950-01-19) 19 January 1950 (age 74) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

139 151 John Ribat MSC Papua New Guinea (1957-02-09) 9 February 1957 (age 67) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

140 152 Joseph William Tobin CSsR United States (1952-05-03) 3 May 1952 (age 72) CP 19 November 2016

Francis

141 153 Jean Zerbo Mali (1943-12-27) 27 December 1943 (age 80)

CP

28 June 2017

Francis

142 154 Juan José Omella Omella Spain (1946-04-21) 21 April 1946 (age 78) CP 28 June 2017

Francis

143 155 Anders Arborelius OCD Sweden (1949-09-24) 24 September 1949 (age 74) CP 28 June 2017

Francis

144 156 Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun IVD Laos (1944-04-08) 8 April 1944 (age 80) CP 28 June 2017

Francis

145 157 Gregorio Rosa Chávez* El Salvador (1942-09-03) 3 September 1942 (age 81) CP 28 June 2017

Francis

146 158 Angelo De Donatis Italy (1954-01-04) 4 January 1954 (age 70) CP 28 June 2018

Francis

147 159 Joseph Coutts Pakistan (1945-07-21) 21 July 1945 (age 78) CP 28 June 2018

Francis

148 160 António Augusto dos Santos Marto Portugal

5 May 1947 (age 76)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

149 161

Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ

Peru 12 February 1944

(age 79)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

150 162 Désiré Tsarahazana Madagascar 13 June 1954

(age 69)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

151 163 Giuseppe Petrocchi Italy 19 August 1948

(age 74)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

152 164 Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Japan 3 March 1949

(age 74)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

153 165 Toribio Ticona Porco* Bolivia 25 April 1937

(age 86)

CP 28 June 2018

Francis

154 166 Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Indonesia 9 July 1950

(age 73)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

155 167 Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Cuba 11 July 1948

(age 75)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

156 168 Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap Democratic Republic of the Congo

24 January 1960 (age 63)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

157 169 Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ Luxembourg 9 August 1958

(age 64)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

158 170 Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Guatemala 16 July 1947

(age 75)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

159 171 Matteo Zuppi Italy 11 October 1955

(age 67)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

160 172 Cristóbal López Romero SDB Morocco 19 May 1952

(age 71)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

161 173 Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ* Lithuania 7 November 1938

(age 84)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

162 174 Eugenio Dal Corso PSDP* Angola 16 May 1939

(age 84)

CP 5 October 2019

Francis

163 175 Antoine Kambanda Rwanda 10 November 1958

(age 64)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

164 176 Wilton Daniel Gregory United States 7 December 1947

(age 75)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

165 177

Jose Advincula OP

Philippines 30 March 1952

(age 71)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

166 178 Celestino Aós Braco OFMCap Chile 6 April 1945

(age 78)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

167 179 Augusto Paolo Lojudice Italy 1 July 1964

(age 59)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

168 180 Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel* Mexico 1 May 1940

(age 83)

CP 28 November 2020

Francis

169 181 Jean-Marc Aveline France 26 December 1958

(age 64)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

170 182 Peter Ebere Okpaleke Nigeria 1 March 1963

(age 60)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

171 183 Leonardo Ulrich Steiner OFM Brazil 6 November 1950

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

172 184 Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão India 20 January 1953

(age 70)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

173 185 Robert Walter McElroy United States 5 February 1954

(age 69)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

174 186 Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB East Timor 27 November 1967

(age 55)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

175 187 Oscar Cantoni Italy 1 September 1950

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

176 188 Anthony Poola India 15 November 1961

(age 61)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

177 189 Paulo Cezar Costa Brazil 20 July 1967

(age 55)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

178 190 William Goh Seng Chye Singapore 25 June 1957

(age 66)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

179 191 Adalberto Martínez Flores Paraguay 8 July 1951

(age 72)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

180 192 Giorgio Marengo IMC Mongolia 7 June 1974

(age 49)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

181 193 Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM* Colombia 29 March 1942

(age 81)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

182 194 Arrigo Miglio* Italy 18 July 1942

(age 80)

CP 27 August 2022

Francis

183 195

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Palestine 21 April 1965 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

184 196 Stephen Brislin South Africa 24 September 1956 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

185 197 Ángel Sixto Rossi SJ Argentina 11 August 1958 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

186 198 Luis José Rueda Aparicio Colombia 3 March 1962

CP

30 September 2023

Francis

187 199 Grzegorz Ryś Poland

9 February 1964

CP 30 September 2023

Francis

188 200 Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla South Sudan 10 January 1964 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

189 201 José Cobo Cano Spain 20 September 1965 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

190 202 Protase Rugambwa Tanzania 31 May 1960 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

191 203 Sebastian Francis Malaysia 11 November 1951 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

192 204 Stephen Chow Sau-yan SJ China
(Hong Kong)
7 August 1959 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

193 205 François-Xavier Bustillo OFM Conv France 23 November 1968 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

194 206 Américo Aguiar Portugal 12 December 1973 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

195 207 Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez* Venezuela 17 May 1939 CP 30 September 2023

Francis

Cardinal-Deacons (35 (22 Electors; 13 non-electors))

No. Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory
1 208 Renato Martino* Italy (1932-11-23) 23 November 1932 (age 91) CD 21 October 2003

John Paul II

2 209 James Michael Harvey United States (1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 74) CD 24 November 2012

Benedict XVI

3 210 Lorenzo Baldisseri* Italy (1940-09-29) 29 September 1940 (age 83) CD 22 February 2014

Francis

4 211 Gerhard Ludwig Müller Germany (1947-12-31) 31 December 1947 (age 76) CD 22 February 2014

Francis

5 212 Dominique Mamberti France (1952-03-07) 7 March 1952 (age 72) CD 14 February 2015

Francis

6 213 Mario Zenari Italy (1946-01-05) 5 January 1946 (age 78) CD 19 November 2016

Francis

7 214 Kevin Farrell United States (1947-09-02) 2 September 1947 (age 76) CD 19 November 2016

Francis

8 215 Ernest Simoni* Albania (1928-10-18) 18 October 1928 (age 95) CD 19 November 2016

Francis

9 216 Luis Ladaria Ferrer SJ Spain (1944-04-19) 19 April 1944 (age 80) CD 28 June 2018

Francis

10 217 Giovanni Angelo Becciu* Italy (1948-06-02) 2 June 1948 (age 75) CD 28 June 2018

Francis

11 218 Konrad Krajewski Poland (1963-09-25) 25 September 1963 (age 60) CD 28 June 2018

Francis

12 219 Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF* Spain (1938-05-17) 17 May 1938 (age 86) CD 28 June 2018

Francis

13 220 Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot MCCJ Spain Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day CD 5 October 2019

Francis

14 221 José Tolentino de Mendonça Portugal (1965-12-15) 15 December 1965 (age 58) CD 5 October 2019

Francis

15 222 Michael Czerny SJ Canada (1946-07-18) 18 July 1946 (age 77) CD 5 October 2019

Francis

16 223 Michael Fitzgerald MAfr* United Kingdom (1937-08-17) 17 August 1937 (age 86) CD 5 October 2019

Francis

17 224 Mario Grech Malta (1957-02-20) 20 February 1957 (age 67) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

18 225 Marcello Semeraro Italy (1947-12-22) 22 December 1947 (age 76) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

19 226 Mauro Gambetti OFMConv Italy (1965-10-27) 27 October 1965 (age 58) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

20 227 Silvano Maria Tomasi CS* Italy (1940-10-12) 12 October 1940 (age 83) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

21 228 Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap* Italy (1934-07-22) 22 July 1934 (age 89) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

22 229 Enrico Feroci* Italy (1940-08-27) 27 August 1940 (age 83) CD 28 November 2020

Francis

23 230 Arthur Roche United Kingdom (1950-03-06) 6 March 1950 (age 74) CD 27 August 2022

Francis

24 231 Lazzaro You Heung-sik South Korea (1951-11-17) 17 November 1951 (age 72) CD 27 August 2022

Francis

25 232 Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC Spain (1945-03-01) 1 March 1945 (age 79) CD 27 August 2022

Francis

26 233 Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ* Italy (1942-07-05) 5 July 1942 (age 81) CD 27 August 2022

Francis

27 234 Fortunato Frezza* Italy (1942-02-06) 6 February 1942 (age 82) CD 27 August 2022

Francis

28 235 Robert Francis Prevost OSA United States (1955-09-14) 14 September 1955 (age 68) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

29 236 Claudio Gugerotti Italy (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 68) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

30 237 Víctor Manuel Fernández Argentina (1962-07-18) 18 July 1962 (age 61) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

31 238 Emil Paul Tscherrig Switzerland (1947-02-03) 3 February 1947 (age 77) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

32 239 Christophe Pierre France (1946-01-30) 30 January 1946 (age 78) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

33 240 Ángel Fernández Artime SDB Spain (1960-08-21) 21 August 1960 (age 63) CD 30 September 2023

Francis

34 241 Agostino Marchetto* Italy (1940-08-28) 28 August 1940 (age 83) CD 30 September 2023
Francis
35 242 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap* Argentina (1927-04-17) 17 April 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