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The next pope is one of the following

This blog is still in mourning for the loss  - whilst he still lives! - of the Pope of Summorum Pontificum and of the hermeneutic of reform in continuity: we will have more to say in the upcoming days.

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Cardinal-voters who will elect the next Pontiff - almost certainly one among them. (Table provided by Catholic Hierarchy.)

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyev (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church) will miss the conclave for a couple of days, since the see will become vacant two days after his 80th birthday.


BirthdateAgeElevatedNameCurrent Title
21 Sep193577.3918 Feb2012Santos Cardinal Abril y CastellóArchpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
19 Oct193379.3121 Feb2001Geraldo Majella Cardinal AgneloArchbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da BahiaBrazil
19 Apr194567.8118 Feb2012George Cardinal AlencherryMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese)India
8 Jun 193874.6720 Nov2010Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B.Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
23 Aug193478.4721 Oct2003Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}Spain
18 Nov193676.2321 Oct2003Ennio Cardinal AntonelliPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
1 Feb193776.0321 Feb2001Audrys Juozas Cardinal BačkisArchbishop of VilniusLithuania
14 Jan194370.0824 Nov2007Angelo Cardinal BagnascoArchbishop of Genova {Genoa}Italy
17 Oct195062.3221 Oct2003Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal BarbarinArchbishop of LyonFrance
17 Dec193676.1521 Feb2001Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J.Archbishop of Buenos AiresArgentina
1 Oct194270.3618 Feb2012Giuseppe Cardinal BertelloPresident of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
2 Dec193478.1921 Oct2003Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.Secretary of the Secretariat of State
25 Feb194765.9618 Feb2012Giuseppe Cardinal BetoriArchbishop of Firenze {Florence}Italy
20 Mar194963.8921 Oct2003Josip Cardinal BozanićArchbishop of ZagrebCroatia
16 Aug193973.4924 Nov2007Seán Baptist Cardinal BradyArchbishop of ArmaghIreland
24 Apr194765.8018 Feb2012João Cardinal Bráz de AvizPrefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
30 Jun194864.6120 Nov2010Raymond Leo Cardinal BurkePrefect of the Apostolic Signatura
1 Jun 193874.6924 Mar2006Carlo Cardinal CaffarraArchbishop of BolognaItaly
3 Feb194370.0218 Feb2012Domenico Cardinal CalcagnoPresident of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
15 Oct194567.3224 Mar2006Antonio Cardinal Cañizares LloveraPrefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
28 Dec194369.1221 Feb2001Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani ThorneArchbishop of LimaPeru
6 Mar193874.9318 Feb2012Francesco Cardinal CoccopalmerioPresident of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
16 Jan194766.0718 Feb2012Thomas Christopher Cardinal CollinsArchbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 Sep194369.4024 Nov2007Angelo Cardinal ComastriPresident of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Sep193478.4324 Nov2007Paul Josef Cardinal CordesPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
15 Feb193775.9920 Nov2010Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno AssisArchbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Jun 193379.692 Feb1983Godfried Cardinal DanneelsArchbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}Belgium
20 Dec193478.1426 Nov1994Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja, S.J.Archbishop Emeritus of JakartaIndonesia
19 Sep193577.3920 Nov2010Velasio Cardinal De Paolis, C.S.President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
14 Apr193676.8321 Feb2001Ivan Cardinal DiasPrefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 May194963.7224 Nov2007Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardoArchbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
6 Feb195063.0118 Feb2012Timothy Michael Cardinal DolanArchbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Apr194369.7918 Feb2012Dominik Jaroslav Cardinal Duka, O.P.Archbishop of Praha {Prague}Czech Republic
27 Apr193973.7924 Mar2006Stanisław Cardinal DziwiszArchbishop of Kraków {Cracow}Poland
22 Jun195359.6418 Feb2012Willem Jacobus Cardinal EijkArchbishop of UtrechtNetherlands
25 Jun195260.6321 Oct2003Péter Cardinal ErdõArchbishop of Esztergom-BudapestHungary
5 Sep193379.4321 Feb2001Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz OssaArchbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
24 Sep193379.3824 Nov2007Raffaele Cardinal Farina, S.D.B.Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
15 Apr194666.8218 Feb2012Fernando Cardinal FiloniPrefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
16 Jan193776.0721 Feb1998Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I.Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 Dec194468.1324 Nov2007Oswald Cardinal GraciasArchbishop of BombayIndia
11 Oct193973.3321 Feb2001Zenon Cardinal GrocholewskiPrefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
20 Oct194963.3124 Nov2012James Michael Cardinal HarveyArchpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
8 Aug193478.5121 Feb2001Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M.Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
26 Feb193379.9621 Feb2001Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U.Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)Ukraine
5 Mar193379.9321 Feb2001Walter Cardinal KasperPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
15 Mar195062.9120 Nov2010Kurt Cardinal KochPresident of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
3 Jan 193578.1124 Nov2007Giovanni Cardinal LajoloPresident Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
16 May193676.7421 Feb2001Karl Cardinal LehmannBishop of MainzGermany
15 Jun193676.6624 Mar2006William Joseph Cardinal LevadaPrefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
31 Oct193676.2828 Jun1991Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López RodríguezArchbishop of Santo DomingoDominican Republic
27 Feb193676.9628 Jun1991Roger Michael Cardinal MahonyArchbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
29 Apr193775.7824 Nov2007Lluís Cardinal Martínez SistachArchbishop of BarcelonaSpain
21 Sep195359.3920 Nov2010Reinhard Cardinal MarxArchbishop of München und Freising {Munich}Germany
25 Dec193379.132 Feb1983Joachim Cardinal MeisnerArchbishop of Köln {Cologne}Germany
7 Oct193973.3420 Nov2010Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo PasinyaArchbishop of KinshasaCongo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar193874.8718 Feb2012Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de CastroMajor Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
28 May193478.7020 Nov2010Francesco Cardinal MonterisiArchpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
7 Mar193577.9320 Nov2010Antonios Cardinal NaguibPatriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)Egypt
8 Mar194171.9221 Feb2001Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.Archbishop of DurbanSouth Africa
16 Mar193775.9021 Oct2003Attilio Cardinal NicoraPresident Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
19446924 Nov2007John Cardinal NjueArchbishop of NairobiKenya
1 Feb195063.0320 Nov2010Kazimierz Cardinal NyczArchbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}Poland
8 Apr193973.8418 Feb2012Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’BrienGrand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
17 Mar193874.9021 Oct2003Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’BrienArchbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Jun193676.6521 Oct2003Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal OkogieArchbishop Emeritus of LagosNigeria
29 Jun194468.6224 Mar2006Sean Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 Jan194469.0324 Nov2012John Olorunfemi Cardinal OnaiyekanArchbishop of AbujaNigeria
18 Oct193676.3126 Nov1994Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y AlaminoArchbishop of San Cristobal de la HabanaCuba
8 Jun 194468.6721 Oct2003Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
15 Nov194765.2420 Nov2010Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige DonArchbishop of ColomboSri Lanka
8 Jun 194171.6721 Oct2003George Cardinal PellArchbishop of SydneyAustralia
5 Aug194468.5221 Feb1998Polycarp Cardinal PengoArchbishop of Dar-es-SalaamTanzania
5 Mar193478.9321 Oct2003Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Pham Minh MânArchbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)Viêt Nam
15 Sep194468.4120 Nov2010Mauro Cardinal PiacenzaPrefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
18 Mar193379.9021 Feb2001Severino Cardinal PolettoArchbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}Italy
26 Feb193676.9621 Feb2001José da Cruz Cardinal PolicarpoPatriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}Portugal
8 Sep194567.4226 Nov1994Vinko Cardinal PuljicArchbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}Bosnia and Herzegovina
25 Feb194072.9624 Nov2012Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)Lebanon
18 Oct194270.3120 Nov2010Gianfranco Cardinal RavasiPresident of the Pontifical Council for Culture
30 Jan193479.0321 Feb2001Giovanni Battista Cardinal RePrefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
26 Sep194468.3824 Mar2006Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal RicardArchbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)France
19 Apr193577.8121 Oct2003Justin Francis Cardinal RigaliArchbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jun 194270.6821 Feb1998Norberto Cardinal Rivera CarreraArchbishop of México, Federal District
2 Mar194963.9424 Nov2007José Francisco Cardinal Robles OrtegaArchbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 Sep193478.3824 Mar2006Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
29 Dec194270.1221 Feb2001Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.Archbishop of TegucigalpaHonduras
20 Feb193874.9820 Nov2010Paolo Cardinal RomeoArchbishop of PalermoItaly
24 Aug193676.4621 Feb1998Antonio María Cardinal Rouco VarelaArchbishop of MadridSpain
4 Jul 194567.6024 Nov2007Stanisław Cardinal RyłkoPresident of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
22 Sep194270.3924 Nov2012Rubén Cardinal Salazar GómezArchbishop of BogotáColombia
28 Mar193379.8726 Nov1994Juan Cardinal Sandoval ÍñiguezArchbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
18 Nov194369.2324 Nov2007Leonardo Cardinal SandriPrefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
15 Jun194567.6620 Nov2010Robert Cardinal SarahPresident of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
1 Sep193478.4420 Nov2010Paolo Cardinal SardiVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
28 Nov193676.2024 Nov2007Théodore-Adrien Cardinal SarrArchbishop of DakarSenegal
21 Sep194963.3924 Nov2007Odilo Pedro Cardinal SchererArchbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Jan194568.0521 Feb1998Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}Austria
7 Nov194171.2621 Oct2003Angelo Cardinal ScolaArchbishop of Milano {Milan}Italy
2 Jun 194369.6921 Feb2001Crescenzio Cardinal SepeArchbishop of Napoli {Naples}Italy
21 Jun195755.6424 Nov2012Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal TagleArchbishop of ManilaPhilippines
5 Apr194369.8521 Oct2003Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal TauranPresident of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Mar193676.9321 Feb2001Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la SierraBolivia
14 Mar193478.9121 Feb1998Dionigi Cardinal TettamanziArchbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}Italy
15 Jun195953.6624 Nov2012Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Cardinal ThottunkalMajor Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese)India
31 Jul193973.5318 Feb2012John Cardinal Tong HonBishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]China
15 Oct193973.3221 Oct2003Telesphore Placidus Cardinal ToppoArchbishop of RanchiIndia
26 Jun193676.6326 Nov1994Jean-Claude Cardinal TurcotteArchbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
11 Oct194864.3321 Oct2003Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal TurksonPresident of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 Aug194270.4524 Mar2006Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa SavinoArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Apr194072.8224 Mar2006Agostino Cardinal ValliniVicar General of Roma {Rome}Italy
3 Feb193875.0218 Feb2012Antonio Maria Cardinal VegliòPresident of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
1 Jan 193479.1120 Nov2010Raúl Eduardo Cardinal Vela ChiribogaArchbishop Emeritus of QuitoEcuador
30 Jul194369.5318 Feb2012Giuseppe Cardinal VersaldiPresident of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
7 Nov194270.2624 Nov2007André Armand Cardinal Vingt-TroisArchbishop of ParisFrance
18 Aug195656.4818 Feb2012Rainer Maria Cardinal WoelkiArchbishop of BerlinGermany
12 Nov194072.2520 Nov2010Donald William Cardinal WuerlArchbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
27 Feb194171.9621 Oct2003Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir WakoArchbishop of KhartoumSudan