At present, 124 of 223 cardinals are eligible to participate in a papal conclave. The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority.
Pope | Cardinal Electors | |
Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) | 9 | |
Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013) | 29 | |
Pope Francis (2013-present) | 99 |
The number of Cardinal electors by region
NORTH AMERICA
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
Carlos Aguiar Retes | Mexico | 9 January 1950 (age 73) | 19 November 2016 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Mexico |
Raymond Leo Burke |
United States |
30 June 1948 |
20 November 2010 |
Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
Thomas Christopher Collins |
Canada |
16 January 1947 |
18 February 2012 |
Archbishop of Toronto |
Blase Joseph Cupich |
United States |
19 March 1949 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Chicago |
Michael Czerny SJ |
Canada |
18 July 1946 |
5 October 2019 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development |
Daniel Nicholas DiNardo |
United States |
23 May 1949 |
24 November 2007 |
Archbishop of Galveston–Houston |
Timothy Michael Dolan |
United States |
6 February 1950 |
18 February 2012 |
Archbishop of New York |
Kevin Joseph Farrell |
United States |
2 September 1947 |
19 November 2016 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church |
Wilton Daniel Gregory |
United States |
7 December 1947 |
28 November 2020 |
Archbishop of Washington |
James Michael Harvey |
United States |
20 October 1949 |
24 November 2012 |
Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls |
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix ISPX |
Canada |
27 July 1957 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Quebec |
Robert Walter McElroy |
United States |
5 February 1954 |
27 August 2022 |
Bishop of San Diego |
Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap |
United States |
29 June 1944 |
24 March 2006 |
Archbishop of Boston and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors |
Francisco Robles Ortega |
Mexico |
2 March 1949 |
24 November 2007 |
Archbishop of Guadalajara |
Marc Ouellet PSS |
Canada |
8 June 1944 |
21 October 2003 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops |
Robert Francis Prevost OSA
|
United States |
14 September 1955 |
30 September 2023 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops |
Joseph William Tobin CSsR |
United States |
3 May 1952 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Newark |
SOUTH AMERICA
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
Luis José Rueda Aparicio | Colombia | 03 March 1962 (age 61) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Bogotá |
Celestino Aós Braco OFMCap |
Chile |
6 April 1945 |
28 November 2020 |
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile |
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ |
Peru |
12 February 1944 |
28 June 2018 |
Archbishop of Huancayo |
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne |
Peru |
28 December 1943 |
21 February 2001 |
Archbishop emeritus of Lima |
Paulo Cezar Costa |
Brazil |
20 July 1967 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Brasília |
Sérgio da Rocha |
Brazil |
21 October 1959 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia |
João Braz de Aviz |
Brazil |
24 April 1947 |
18 February 2012 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez |
Cuba |
11 July 1948 |
5 October 2019 |
Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana |
Víctor Manuel Fernández |
Argentina |
18 July 1962 |
30 September 2023 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Adalberto Martínez Flores |
Paraguay |
8 July 1951 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Asunción |
Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri |
Guatemala |
16 July 1947 |
5 October 2019 |
Bishop of Huehuetenango |
Chibly Langlois |
Haiti |
29 November 1958 |
22 February 2014 |
Bishop of Les Cayes |
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR |
Panama |
24 February 1944 |
14 February 2015 |
Bishop of David |
Mario Aurelio Poli |
Argentina |
29 November 1947 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Buenos Aires |
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo |
Venezuela |
10 October 1944 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Caracas |
Ángel Sixto Rossi SJ | Argentina | 11 August 1958 (age 64) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Córdoba |
Leonardo Sandri
|
Argentina
|
18 November 1943 |
24 November 2007 |
Prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches |
Odilo Pedro Scherer |
Brazil |
21 September 1949 |
24 November 2007 |
Archbishop of São Paulo |
Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano |
Nicaragua |
7 March 1949 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Managua |
Leonardo Ulrich Steiner OFM
|
Brazil |
6 November 1950 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Manaus |
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet SDB |
Uruguay |
4 July 1959 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop of Montevideo |
Orani João Tempesta OCist |
Brazil |
23 June 1950 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
EUROPE
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
Américo Aguiar | Portugal | 12 December 1973 (age 49) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon |
Anders Arborelius OCD |
Sweden |
24 September 1949 |
28 June 2017 |
Bishop of Stockholm |
Jean-Marc Aveline |
France |
26 December 1958 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Marseille |
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot MCCJ |
Spain |
17 June 1952 |
5 October 2019 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue |
Philippe Barbarin |
France |
17 October 1950 |
21 October 2003 |
Archbishop emeritus of Lyon |
Giuseppe Betori |
Italy |
25 February 1947 |
18 February 2012 |
Archbishop of Florence |
Josip Bozanić |
Croatia |
20 March 1949 |
21 October 2003 |
Archbishop of Zagreb |
François-Xavier Bustillo OFMConv | France | 23 November 1968 (age 54) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Bishop of Ajaccio |
Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
Spain |
15 October 1945 |
24 March 2006 |
Archbishop emeritus of Valencia |
Oscar Cantoni |
Italy |
1 September 1950 |
27 August 2022 |
Bishop of Como |
José Cobo Cano | Spain | 20 September 1965 (age 57) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Madrid |
Angelo De Donatis |
Italy |
4 January 1954 |
28 June 2018 |
Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran |
Jozef De Kesel |
Belgium |
17 June 1947 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels |
José Tolentino de Mendonça |
Portugal |
15 December 1965 |
5 October 2019 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education |
António Augusto dos Santos Marto |
Portugal |
5 May 1947 |
28 June 2018 |
Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima |
Willem Jacobus Eijk |
Netherlands |
22 June 1953 |
18 February 2012 |
Archbishop of Utrecht |
Péter Erdő |
Hungary |
25 June 1952 |
21 October 2003 |
Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest |
Ángel Fernández Artime SDB | Spain | 21 August 1960 (age 62) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Rector Major of the Salesians |
Fernando Filoni |
Italy |
15 April 1946 |
18 February 2012 |
Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
Mauro Gambetti OFMConv |
Italy |
27 October 1965 |
28 November 2020 |
Vicar General for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter |
Mario Grech |
Malta |
20 February 1957 |
28 November 2020 |
Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops |
Claudio Gugerotti |
Italy |
18 July 1962 |
30 September 2023 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ |
Luxembourg |
9 August 1958 |
5 October 2019 |
Archbishop of Luxembourg |
Konrad Krajewski |
Poland |
25 November 1963 |
28 June 2018 |
Almoner of His Holiness |
Kurt Koch |
Switzerland |
15 March 1950 |
20 November 2010 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity |
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer SJ |
Spain |
19 April 1944 |
28 June 2018 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Augusto Paolo Lojudice |
Italy |
1 July 1964 |
28 November 2020 |
Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d'Elsa–Montalcino and Bishop of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza |
Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente |
Portugal |
16 July 1948 |
14 February 2015 |
Patriarch of Lisbon |
Dominique Mamberti |
France |
7 March 1952 |
14 February 2015 |
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura |
Reinhard Marx |
Germany |
21 September 1953 |
20 November 2010 |
Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Coordinator of the Council for the Economy |
Francesco Montenegro |
Italy |
22 May 1946 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop emeritus of Agrigento |
Gerhard Ludwig Müller |
Germany |
31 December 1947 |
22 February 2014 |
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Vincent Gerard Nichols |
United Kingdom |
8 November 1945 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Westminster |
Kazimierz Nycz |
Poland |
1 February 1950 |
20 November 2010 |
Archbishop of Warsaw |
Juan José Omella Omella |
Spain |
21 April 1946 |
28 June 2017 |
Archbishop of Barcelona |
Carlos Osoro Sierra |
Spain |
16 May 1945 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Madrid |
Pietro Parolin |
Italy |
17 January 1955 |
22 February 2014 |
Secretary of State |
Giuseppe Petrocchi |
Italy |
19 August 1948 |
28 June 2018 |
Archbishop of L'Aquila |
Mauro Piacenza |
Italy |
15 September 1944 |
20 November 2010 |
Major Penitentiary |
Vinko Puljić |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
8 September 1945 |
26 November 1994 |
Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna |
Christophe Pierre | France |
|
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Apostolic Nuncio to the United States |
Jean-Pierre Ricard |
France |
25 September 1944 |
24 March 2006 |
Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux |
Arthur Roche |
United Kingdom |
6 March 1950 |
27 August 2022 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
Stanisław Ryłko |
Poland |
4 July 1945 |
24 November 2007 |
Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major |
Grzegorz Ryś | Poland | 09 February 1964 (age 59) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Łódź |
Christoph Schönborn OP |
Austria |
22 January 1945 |
21 February 1998 |
Archbishop of Vienna |
Marcello Semeraro |
Italy |
22 December 1947 |
28 November 2020 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints |
Emil Paul Tscherrig
|
Switzerland |
3 February 1947 |
30 September 2023 |
Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino |
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC |
Spain
|
1 March 1945 |
27 August 2022 |
President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
Rainer Maria Woelki |
Germany |
18 August 1956 |
18 February 2012 |
Archbishop of Cologne |
Mario Zenari |
Italy |
5 January 1946 |
19 November 2016 |
Apostolic Nuncio to Syria |
Matteo Maria Zuppi |
Italy |
11 October 1955 |
5 October 2019
|
Archbishop of Bologna |
AFRICA
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24 January 1960 (age 62) | 5 October 2019 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Kinshasa |
Stephen Brislin | South Africa | 24 September 1956 (age 66) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Cape Town |
Arlindo Gomes Furtado |
Cape Verde |
15 November 1949 |
14 February 2015 |
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde |
Antoine Kambanda |
Rwanda |
10 November 1958 |
28 November 2020 |
Archbishop of Kigali |
Jean-Pierre Kutwa |
Ivory Coast |
22 December 1945 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Abidjan |
Cristóbal López Romero SDB |
Morocco |
19 May 1952 |
5 October 2019 |
Archbishop of Rabat |
Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | South Sudan | 10 January 1964 (age 59) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop of Juba |
John Njue |
Kenya |
1944 |
24 November 2007 |
Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi |
Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp |
Central African Republic |
14 March 1967 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Bangui |
Peter Ebere Okpaleke |
Nigeria |
1 March 1963 |
27 August 2022 |
Bishop of Ekwulobia |
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan |
Nigeria |
29 January 1944 |
24 November 2012 |
Archbishop emeritus of Abuja |
Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo |
Burkina Faso |
25 January 1945 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop of Ouagadougou |
Polycarp Pengo |
Tanzania |
5 August 1944 |
21 February 1998 |
Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam |
Protase Rugambwa | Tanzania | 31 May 1960 (age 63) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Archbishop Coadjutor of Tabora |
Robert Sarah |
Guinea |
15 June 1945 |
20 November 2010 |
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM |
Ethiopia |
14 July 1948 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop of Addis Abeba |
Désiré Tsarahazana |
Madagascar |
13 June 1954 |
28 June 2018 |
Archbishop of Toamasina |
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
|
Ghana |
11 October 1948 |
21 October 2003 |
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences |
Jean Zerbo |
Mali |
27 December 1943 |
28 June 2017 |
Archbishop of Bamako |
ASIA
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
Jose Fuerte Advincula | Philippines | 30 March 1952 (age 70) | 28 November 2022 (Pope Francis) | Archbishop of Manila |
George Alencherry | India | 19 April 1945 (age 77) | 18 February 2012 (Pope Benedict XVI) | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church) |
Charles Maung Bo SDB |
Myanmar |
29 October 1948 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop of Yangon |
Stephen Chow Sau-yan SJ | China (Hongkong) | 07 August 1959 (age 63) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Bishop of Hong Kong |
Joseph Coutts |
Pakistan |
21 July 1945 |
28 June 2018 |
Archbishop emeritus of Karachi |
Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB |
East Timor |
27 November 1967 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Díli |
Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão |
India |
20 January 1953 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies |
Patrick D'Rozario CSC |
Bangladesh |
1 October 1943 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka |
Sebastian Francis | Malaysia | 11 November 1951 (age 71) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Bishop of Penang |
William Goh Seng Chye |
Singapore |
25 June 1957 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Singapore |
Oswald Gracias |
India |
24 December 1944 |
24 November 2007 |
Archbishop of Bombay |
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij |
Thailand |
27 June 1949 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop of Bangkok |
Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda |
Japan |
3 March 1949 |
28 June 2018 |
Archbishop of Osaka |
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun IVD |
Laos |
8 April 1944 |
28 June 2017 |
Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane |
Giorgio Marengo IMC |
Mongolia |
7 June 1974 |
27 August 2022 |
Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar |
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don |
Sri Lanka |
15 November 1947 |
20 November 2010 |
Archbishop of Colombo |
Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM | Palestine | 21 April 1965 (age 58) |
30 September 2023 (Pope Francis) |
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem |
Anthony Poola |
India |
15 November 1961 |
27 August 2022 |
Archbishop of Hyderabad |
Louis Raphaël I Sako |
Iraq |
4 July 1948 |
28 June 2018 |
Patriarch of Baghdad |
Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo |
Indonesia |
9 July 1950 |
5 October 2019 |
Archbishop of Jakarta |
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle |
Philippines |
21 June 1957 |
24 November 2012 |
Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization |
Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal
|
India |
15 June 1959 |
24 November 2012 |
Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
|
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung |
South Korea |
5 December 1943 |
22 February 2014 |
Archbishop emeritus of Seoul |
Lazzaro You Heung-sik |
South Korea |
17 November 1951 |
27 August 2022 |
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy |
OCEANIA
NAME | COUNTRY | BORN | CONSISTORY | OFFICE |
John Atcherley Dew |
New Zealand |
5 May 1948 |
14 February 2015 |
Archbishop of Wellington |
Soane Patita Paini Mafi |
Tonga |
19 December 1961 |
14 February 2015 |
Bishop of Tonga |
John Ribat MSC |
Papua New Guinea |
9 February 1957 |
19 November 2016 |
Archbishop of Port Moresby |