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.

Birthdate	Age	Elevated	Name	Current Title
21 Sep1935	77.39	18 Feb2012	Santos Cardinal Abril y Castelló	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
19 Oct1933	79.31	21 Feb2001	Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
19 Apr1945	67.81	18 Feb2012	George Cardinal Alencherry	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Jun 1938	74.67	20 Nov2010	Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
23 Aug1934	78.47	21 Oct2003	Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.	Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Nov1936	76.23	21 Oct2003	Ennio Cardinal Antonelli	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
1 Feb1937	76.03	21 Feb2001	Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
14 Jan1943	70.08	24 Nov2007	Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
17 Oct1950	62.32	21 Oct2003	Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal Barbarin	Archbishop of Lyon, France
17 Dec1936	76.15	21 Feb2001	Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J.	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1 Oct1942	70.36	18 Feb2012	Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
2 Dec1934	78.19	21 Oct2003	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Secretariat of State
25 Feb1947	65.96	18 Feb2012	Giuseppe Cardinal Betori	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
20 Mar1949	63.89	21 Oct2003	Josip Cardinal Bozanić	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
16 Aug1939	73.49	24 Nov2007	Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
24 Apr1947	65.80	18 Feb2012	João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
30 Jun1948	64.61	20 Nov2010	Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
1 Jun 1938	74.69	24 Mar2006	Carlo Cardinal Caffarra	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
3 Feb1943	70.02	18 Feb2012	Domenico Cardinal Calcagno	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
15 Oct1945	67.32	24 Mar2006	Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
28 Dec1943	69.12	21 Feb2001	Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
6 Mar1938	74.93	18 Feb2012	Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
16 Jan1947	66.07	18 Feb2012	Thomas Christopher Cardinal Collins	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 Sep1943	69.40	24 Nov2007	Angelo Cardinal Comastri	President of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Sep1934	78.43	24 Nov2007	Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
15 Feb1937	75.99	20 Nov2010	Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno Assis	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Jun 1933	79.69	2 Feb1983	Godfried Cardinal Danneels	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
20 Dec1934	78.14	26 Nov1994	Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia
19 Sep1935	77.39	20 Nov2010	Velasio Cardinal De Paolis, C.S.	President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
14 Apr1936	76.83	21 Feb2001	Ivan Cardinal Dias	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 May1949	63.72	24 Nov2007	Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
6 Feb1950	63.01	18 Feb2012	Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Apr1943	69.79	18 Feb2012	Dominik Jaroslav Cardinal Duka, O.P.	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
27 Apr1939	73.79	24 Mar2006	Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
22 Jun1953	59.64	18 Feb2012	Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
25 Jun1952	60.63	21 Oct2003	Péter Cardinal Erdõ	Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
5 Sep1933	79.43	21 Feb2001	Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
24 Sep1933	79.38	24 Nov2007	Raffaele Cardinal Farina, S.D.B.	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
15 Apr1946	66.82	18 Feb2012	Fernando Cardinal Filoni	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
16 Jan1937	76.07	21 Feb1998	Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 Dec1944	68.13	24 Nov2007	Oswald Cardinal Gracias	Archbishop of Bombay, India
11 Oct1939	73.33	21 Feb2001	Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
20 Oct1949	63.31	24 Nov2012	James Michael Cardinal Harvey	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
8 Aug1934	78.51	21 Feb2001	Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M.	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
26 Feb1933	79.96	21 Feb2001	Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U.	Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Mar1933	79.93	21 Feb2001	Walter Cardinal Kasper	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
15 Mar1950	62.91	20 Nov2010	Kurt Cardinal Koch	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
3 Jan 1935	78.11	24 Nov2007	Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo	President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
16 May1936	76.74	21 Feb2001	Karl Cardinal Lehmann	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
15 Jun1936	76.66	24 Mar2006	William Joseph Cardinal Levada	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
31 Oct1936	76.28	28 Jun1991	Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
27 Feb1936	76.96	28 Jun1991	Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
29 Apr1937	75.78	24 Nov2007	Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
21 Sep1953	59.39	20 Nov2010	Reinhard Cardinal Marx	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
25 Dec1933	79.13	2 Feb1983	Joachim Cardinal Meisner	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
7 Oct1939	73.34	20 Nov2010	Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar1938	74.87	18 Feb2012	Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de Castro	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
28 May1934	78.70	20 Nov2010	Francesco Cardinal Monterisi	Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
7 Mar1935	77.93	20 Nov2010	Antonios Cardinal Naguib	Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
8 Mar1941	71.92	21 Feb2001	Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
16 Mar1937	75.90	21 Oct2003	Attilio Cardinal Nicora	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
1944	69	24 Nov2007	John Cardinal Njue	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
1 Feb1950	63.03	20 Nov2010	Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
8 Apr1939	73.84	18 Feb2012	Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
17 Mar1938	74.90	21 Oct2003	Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Jun1936	76.65	21 Oct2003	Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie	Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
29 Jun1944	68.62	24 Mar2006	Sean Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 Jan1944	69.03	24 Nov2012	John Olorunfemi Cardinal Onaiyekan	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
18 Oct1936	76.31	26 Nov1994	Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
8 Jun 1944	68.67	21 Oct2003	Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
15 Nov1947	65.24	20 Nov2010	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
8 Jun 1941	71.67	21 Oct2003	George Cardinal Pell	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
5 Aug1944	68.52	21 Feb1998	Polycarp Cardinal Pengo	Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
5 Mar1934	78.93	21 Oct2003	Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Pham Minh Mân	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viêt Nam
15 Sep1944	68.41	20 Nov2010	Mauro Cardinal Piacenza	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
18 Mar1933	79.90	21 Feb2001	Severino Cardinal Poletto	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
26 Feb1936	76.96	21 Feb2001	José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
8 Sep1945	67.42	26 Nov1994	Vinko Cardinal Puljic	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
25 Feb1940	72.96	24 Nov2012	Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
18 Oct1942	70.31	20 Nov2010	Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
30 Jan1934	79.03	21 Feb2001	Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
26 Sep1944	68.38	24 Mar2006	Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal Ricard	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
19 Apr1935	77.81	21 Oct2003	Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jun 1942	70.68	21 Feb1998	Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera	Archbishop of México, Federal District
2 Mar1949	63.94	24 Nov2007	José Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 Sep1934	78.38	24 Mar2006	Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
29 Dec1942	70.12	21 Feb2001	Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20 Feb1938	74.98	20 Nov2010	Paolo Cardinal Romeo	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
24 Aug1936	76.46	21 Feb1998	Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
4 Jul 1945	67.60	24 Nov2007	Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
22 Sep1942	70.39	24 Nov2012	Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
28 Mar1933	79.87	26 Nov1994	Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez	Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
18 Nov1943	69.23	24 Nov2007	Leonardo Cardinal Sandri	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
15 Jun1945	67.66	20 Nov2010	Robert Cardinal Sarah	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
1 Sep1934	78.44	20 Nov2010	Paolo Cardinal Sardi	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
28 Nov1936	76.20	24 Nov2007	Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
21 Sep1949	63.39	24 Nov2007	Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer	Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Jan1945	68.05	21 Feb1998	Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
7 Nov1941	71.26	21 Oct2003	Angelo Cardinal Scola	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
2 Jun 1943	69.69	21 Feb2001	Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
21 Jun1957	55.64	24 Nov2012	Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
5 Apr1943	69.85	21 Oct2003	Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Mar1936	76.93	21 Feb2001	Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
14 Mar1934	78.91	21 Feb1998	Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Jun1959	53.66	24 Nov2012	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Cardinal Thottunkal	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
31 Jul1939	73.53	18 Feb2012	John Cardinal Tong Hon	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
15 Oct1939	73.32	21 Oct2003	Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
26 Jun1936	76.63	26 Nov1994	Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte	Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
11 Oct1948	64.33	21 Oct2003	Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 Aug1942	70.45	24 Mar2006	Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa Savino	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Apr1940	72.82	24 Mar2006	Agostino Cardinal Vallini	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Feb1938	75.02	18 Feb2012	Antonio Maria Cardinal Vegliò	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
1 Jan 1934	79.11	20 Nov2010	Raúl Eduardo Cardinal Vela Chiriboga	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
30 Jul1943	69.53	18 Feb2012	Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
7 Nov1942	70.26	24 Nov2007	André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois	Archbishop of Paris, France
18 Aug1956	56.48	18 Feb2012	Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
12 Nov1940	72.25	20 Nov2010	Donald William Cardinal Wuerl	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
27 Feb1941	71.96	21 Oct2003	Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan