College of Cardinals

College of Cardinals

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

popes 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
(age 74)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Thomas Christopher Collins

Canada

16 January 1947
(age 76)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Toronto

Blase Joseph Cupich

United States

19 March 1949
(age 73)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Chicago

Michael Czerny SJ

Canada

18 July 1946
(age 76)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Daniel Nicholas DiNardo

United States

23 May 1949
(age 73)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Galveston–Houston

Timothy Michael Dolan

United States

6 February 1950
(age 72)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of New York

Kevin Joseph Farrell

United States

2 September 1947
(age 75)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 75)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Washington

James Michael Harvey

United States

20 October 1949
(age 73)

24 November 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Gérald Cyprien Lacroix ISPX

Canada

27 July 1957
(age 65)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Quebec

Robert Walter McElroy

United States

5 February 1954
(age 68)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of San Diego

Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap

United States

29 June 1944
(age 78)

24 March 2006
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Boston and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Francisco Robles Ortega

Mexico

2 March 1949
(age 73)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Guadalajara

Marc Ouellet PSS

Canada

8 June 1944
(age 78)

21 October 2003
(Pope John Paul II)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

Robert Francis Prevost OSA

 

United States

14 September 1955
(Age 67)

30 September 2023
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

Joseph William Tobin CSsR

United States

3 May 1952 
(age 70)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 77)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ

Peru

12 February 1944
(age 78)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Huancayo

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne

Peru

28 December 1943
(age 79)

21 February 2001
(Pope John Paul II)

Archbishop emeritus of Lima

Paulo Cezar Costa

Brazil

20 July 1967
(age 55)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Brasília

Sérgio da Rocha

Brazil

21 October 1959
(age 63)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia

João Braz de Aviz

Brazil

24 April 1947
(age 75)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez

Cuba

11 July 1948
(age 74)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana

Víctor Manuel Fernández

Argentina

18 July 1962
(age 60)

30 September 2023
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Adalberto Martínez Flores

Paraguay

8 July 1951
(age 71)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Asunción

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

Guatemala

16 July 1947
(age 75)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Huehuetenango

Chibly Langlois

Haiti

29 November 1958
(age 64)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Les Cayes

José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR

Panama

24 February 1944
(age 78)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of David

Mario Aurelio Poli

Argentina

29 November 1947
(age 75)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Buenos Aires

Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo

Venezuela

10 October 1944
(age 78)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 79)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Odilo Pedro Scherer

Brazil

 

21 September 1949
(age 73)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of São Paulo

Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano

Nicaragua

7 March 1949
(age 73)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Managua

Leonardo Ulrich Steiner OFM

 

Brazil

6 November 1950
(age 72)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Manaus

Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet SDB

Uruguay

4 July 1959
(age 63)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Montevideo

Orani João Tempesta OCist

Brazil

23 June 1950
(age 72)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 73)

28 June 2017
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Stockholm

Jean-Marc Aveline

France

26 December 1958
(age 64)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Marseille

Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot MCCJ

Spain

17 June 1952
(age 70)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Philippe Barbarin

France

17 October 1950
(age 72)

21 October 2003
(Pope John Paul II)

Archbishop emeritus of Lyon

Giuseppe Betori

Italy

25 February 1947
(age 75)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Florence

Josip Bozanić

Croatia

20 March 1949
(age 73)

21 October 2003
(Pope John Paul II)

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
(age 77)

24 March 2006
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop emeritus of Valencia

Oscar Cantoni

Italy

1 September 1950
(age 72)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 69)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran

Jozef De Kesel

Belgium

17 June 1947
(age 75)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels

José Tolentino de Mendonça

Portugal

15 December 1965
(age 57)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

António Augusto dos Santos Marto

Portugal

5 May 1947
(age 75)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima

Willem Jacobus Eijk

Netherlands

22 June 1953
(age 69)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Utrecht

Péter Erdő

Hungary

25 June 1952
(age 70)

21 October 2003
(Pope John Paul II)

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
(age 76)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Mauro Gambetti OFMConv

Italy

27 October 1965
(age 57)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 65)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops

Claudio Gugerotti

Italy

18 July 1962
(age 60)

30 September 2023
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ

Luxembourg

9 August 1958
(age 64)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Luxembourg

Konrad Krajewski

Poland

25 November 1963
(age 59)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Almoner of His Holiness

Kurt Koch

Switzerland

15 March 1950
(age 72)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer SJ

Spain

19 April 1944
(age 78)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Augusto Paolo Lojudice

Italy

1 July 1964
(age 58)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 74)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Patriarch of Lisbon

Dominique Mamberti

France

7 March 1952
(age 70)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Reinhard Marx

Germany

21 September 1953
(age 69)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Coordinator of the Council for the Economy

Francesco Montenegro

Italy

22 May 1946
(age 76)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop emeritus of Agrigento

Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Germany

31 December 1947
(age 75)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Vincent Gerard Nichols

United Kingdom

8 November 1945
(age 77)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Westminster

Kazimierz Nycz

Poland

1 February 1950
(age 72)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Warsaw

Juan José Omella Omella

Spain

21 April 1946
(age 76)

28 June 2017
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Barcelona

Carlos Osoro Sierra

Spain

16 May 1945
(age 77)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Madrid

Pietro Parolin

Italy

17 January 1955
(age 68)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Secretary of State

Giuseppe Petrocchi

Italy

19 August 1948
(age 74)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of L'Aquila

Mauro Piacenza

Italy

15 September 1944
(age 78)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Major Penitentiary

Vinko Puljić

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8 September 1945
(age 77)

26 November 1994
(Pope John Paul II)

Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna

Christophe Pierre France


30 January 1946
(age 77)

30 September 2023
(Pope Francis)
Apostolic Nuncio to the United States

Jean-Pierre Ricard

France

25 September 1944
(age 78)

24 March 2006
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux

Arthur Roche

United Kingdom

6 March 1950
(age 72)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Stanisław Ryłko

Poland

4 July 1945
(age 77)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

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
(age 77)

21 February 1998
(Pope John Paul II)

Archbishop of Vienna

Marcello Semeraro

Italy

22 December 1947
(age 75)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Emil Paul Tscherrig

 

Switzerland

 

3 February 1947
(age 76)

30 September 2023
(Pope Francis)

Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino

Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC

Spain

 

1 March 1945
(age 77)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

 

Rainer Maria Woelki

Germany

18 August 1956
(age 66)

18 February 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Cologne

Mario Zenari

Italy

5 January 1946
(age 77)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Matteo Maria Zuppi

Italy

11 October 1955
(age 67)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

 

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
(age 73)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Antoine Kambanda

Rwanda

10 November 1958
(age 64)

28 November 2020
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Kigali

Jean-Pierre Kutwa

Ivory Coast

22 December 1945
(age 77)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Abidjan

Cristóbal López Romero SDB

Morocco

19 May 1952
(age 70)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 78–79)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi

Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp

Central African Republic

14 March 1967
(age 55)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Bangui

Peter Ebere Okpaleke

Nigeria

1 March 1963
(age 59)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Ekwulobia

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan

Nigeria

29 January 1944
(age 78)

24 November 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop emeritus of Abuja

Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

Burkina Faso

25 January 1945
(age 77)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Ouagadougou

Polycarp Pengo

Tanzania

5 August 1944
(age 78)

21 February 1998
(Pope John Paul II)

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
(age 77)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM

Ethiopia

14 July 1948
(age 74)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Addis Abeba
(Ethiopian Catholic Church)

Désiré Tsarahazana

Madagascar

13 June 1954
(age 68)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Toamasina

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

 

Ghana

11 October 1948
(age 74)

21 October 2003
(Pope John Paul II)

Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Jean Zerbo

Mali

27 December 1943
(age 79)

28 June 2017
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 74)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 77)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop emeritus of Karachi

Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB

East Timor

27 November 1967
(age 55)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Díli

Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão

India

20 January 1953
(age 69)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies

Patrick D'Rozario CSC

Bangladesh

1 October 1943
(age 79)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

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
(age 65)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Singapore

Oswald Gracias

India

24 December 1944
(age 78)

24 November 2007
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Archbishop of Bombay

Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij

Thailand

27 June 1949
(age 73)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Bangkok

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda

Japan

3 March 1949
(age 73)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Osaka

Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun IVD

Laos

8 April 1944
(age 78)

28 June 2017
(Pope Francis)

Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane

Giorgio Marengo IMC

Mongolia

7 June 1974
(age 48)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar

Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don

Sri Lanka

15 November 1947
(age 75)

20 November 2010
(Pope Benedict XVI)

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
(age 61)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Hyderabad

Louis Raphaël I Sako

Iraq

4 July 1948
(age 74)

28 June 2018
(Pope Francis)

Patriarch of Baghdad
(Chaldean Catholic Church)

Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo

Indonesia

9 July 1950
(age 72)

5 October 2019
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Jakarta

Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle

Philippines

21 June 1957 
(age 65)

24 November 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal

 

India

15 June 1959
(age 63)

24 November 2012
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
(Syro-Malankara Catholic Church)

 

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung

South Korea

5 December 1943
(age 79)

22 February 2014
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop emeritus of Seoul

Lazzaro You Heung-sik

South Korea

17 November 1951
(age 71)

27 August 2022
(Pope Francis)

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

 

OCEANIA

NAME COUNTRY BORN CONSISTORY OFFICE

John Atcherley Dew

New Zealand

5 May 1948
(age 74)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Wellington

Soane Patita Paini Mafi

Tonga

19 December 1961
(age 61)

14 February 2015
(Pope Francis)

Bishop of Tonga

John Ribat MSC

Papua New Guinea

9 February 1957
(age 65)

19 November 2016
(Pope Francis)

Archbishop of Port Moresby