Written By Henry Kimoli 📝
Pope Francis will install 21 new Cardinals as Roman Catholic cardinals at a ceremony known as a consistory on Aug. 27.
Cardinal Electors under 80 will be able to enter a conclave to elect the next pope after Francis dies or retires:
- Archbishop Arthur Roche (British) – Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
- Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik (South Korean) – Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy
- Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (Spanish) – President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate for Vatican City State
- Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline – Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille, France
- Bishop Peter Okpaleke – Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria
- Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner – Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus, Brazil
- Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão – Archbishop of Goa and Damão, India
- Bishop Robert Walter McElroy – Bishop of San Diego, California, United States
- Archbishop Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva – Archbishop of Dili, East Timor
- Bishop Oscar Cantoni – Bishop of Como, Italy
- Archbishop Anthony Poola – Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
- Archbishop Paulo Cezar Costa – Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília, Brazil
- Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr – Bishop of Wa, Ghana
- Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye – Archbishop of Singapore
- Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores – Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
- Archbishop Giorgio Marengo (Italian) – Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
New cardinals over 80:
- Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal – Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
- Archbishop Lucas Van Looy – Archbishop Emeritus of Gent, Belgium
- Archbishop Arrigo Miglio – Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
- Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. – Professor of Theology
- Msgr. Fortunato Frezza
