Rorate Caeli

Preparing for the Conclave: Francis Creates New Cardinals


At the end of this Sunday’s Regina Caeli, Francis announced the creation of new Cardinals, for a consistory set for August 27. They are the following:


 1. Archbishop Arthur Roche - Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

2. Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung sik – Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

3. Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. – President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate for Vatican City State

4. Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline - Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)

5. Bishop Peter Okpaleke - Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

6. Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. - Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

7. Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão - Archbishop of Goa and Damão (India)

8. Bishop Robert Walter McElroy – Bishop of San Diego (U.S.A)

9. Archbishop Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, S.D.B. – Archbishop of Dili (East Timor)

10. Bishop Oscar Cantoni - Bishop of Como (Italy)

11. Archbishop Anthony Poola - Archbishop di Hyderabad (India).

12. Archbishop Paulo Cezar Costa - Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

13. Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Africa - Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

14. Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye - Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

15. Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores - Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

16. Archbishop Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. – Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

NON-VOTING CARDINALS:

17. Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal - Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

18. Archbishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. - Archbishop Emeritus of Gent (Belgium)

19. Archbishop Arrigo Miglio - Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari (Italy)

20. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. – Professor di Theology

21. Msgr. Fortunato Frezza – Canon of Saint Peter's Basilica