The Pope has announced the creation of 21 new Cardinals this December
By Fr. Henry Charles Umelechi
From the window of the Apostolic Palace after the Angelus Pope Francis read on October 6, the list of new cardinals to whom he will grant the purple on December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
The Consistory, which is set to take place with representatives from all over the world, will fall before the opening of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and after the conclusion of the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality in the Vatican.
Here is a list of the future Cardinals named on 6th October:
1. Mgr Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
2. Mgr Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
3. Mgr Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Primado de la Argentina).
4. Mgr Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador).
5. Mgr Fernando Natalio CHOMALÍ GARIB Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile).
6 Archbishop Tarcisio Isao KIKUCHI, SVD, Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan).
7. Mgr Pablo Virgilio SIONGCO DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines).
8. Mgr Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia).
9. Mgr Jaime SPENGLER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brasil).
10. Mgr Ignace BESSI DOGBO, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
11. Mgr Jean-Paul VESCO, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria).
12. Mgr Paskalis Bruno SYUKUR, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia).
13. Mgr Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran Ispahan (Iran).
14. Mgr Roberto REPOLE, Archbishop of Turin (Italy).
15. Mgr Baldassare REINA, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, formerly Vice-gerent and, as of today, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.
16.Mgr Francis LEO, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada).
17. Mgr Rolandas MAKRICKAS, Archpriest Coadjutor Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.
18. Mgr Mykola BYCHOK, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians
19. R P Timothy Peter Joseph RADCLIFFE, OP, theologian
20. R P Fabio BAGGIO, C.S., Under Secretary Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
21. Mgr George Jacob KOOVAKAD, Official of the Secretary of State, Responsible for Travel
The last Consistory of Pope Francis dates back to September 30, 2023. In the previous Consistories Jorge Mario Bergoglio created 142 cardinals of which 113 are electors.
In summary, the new Cardinal-elects hail from around the world, such that of the next 21 cardinals, only one is not an elector (Acerbi, 99 years): 10 are European, of which 4 are Italian; 6 are from the American continent, of which 5 are South American, 4 Asian, 1 African.
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