Pope Benedict XVI today announced the names of 24 new Cardinals that he will create on Saturday, November 20, 2010 (
source [
press.catholica.va]).
Twenty of the new Cardinals are under 80 and will be eligible to a vote in conclave.
1. Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B., 72, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;
2. His Beatitude Antonios (Naguib), 75, Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria (Egypt);
3. Archbishop Robert Sarah, 65, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum";
4. Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, 76, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls;
5. Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, 75, Major Penitentiary;
6. Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, 62, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature;
7. Archbishop Kurt Koch, 60, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity;
8. Archbishop Paolo Sardi, 76, Vice Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church;
9. Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, 66, Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy;
10. Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S., 75, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
11. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, 68, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture;
12. Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, 79, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia);
13. Archbishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, 76, Archbishop Emeritus Quito (Ecuador);
14. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, 71, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo);
15. Archbishop Paolo Romeo, 72, Archbishop of Palermo (Italy);
16. Archbishop Donald William Wuerl, 69, Archbishop of Washington (United States of America);
17. Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis, 73, Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil);
18. Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz, 60, Archbishop of Warsaw (Poland);
19. Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, 62, Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka);
20. Archbishop Reinhard Marx, 57, Archbishop of Munich and Freising (Germany).
Four of the new Cardinals are over the age of 80 and will not be eligible to vote in a conclave. They may be considered "honorary" appointments:
1. Archbishop José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, 84, Military Ordinary Emeritus (Spain);
2. Bishop Elio Sgreccia, 82, former President of the Pontifical Academy for Life (Italy);
3. Monsignor Walter Brandmüller, 81, former President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (Germany);
4. Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci, 93, former Maestro and Director of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir (Italy).
Please pray for the new Cardinals.