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The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders, with formal precedence in the following sequence: [1]. Cardinal bishops (CB): the six cardinals who are assigned the titles of the seven suburbicarian dioceses in the vicinity of Rome by the pope, [a] plus a few other cardinals who have been exceptionally co-opted into the order, [9] [10] as well as patriarchs who head one of the Eastern ...
Cardinal-Deacon: Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich, S. J. Archbishop of Luxembourg Titular of San Giovanni Crisostomo al Monte Sacro Alto: 9 August 1958 66 years, 175 days: 9 October 2019 Pope Francis Cardinal-Priest Sigitas Cardinal Tamkevičius, S. J. Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas Titular of Sant'Angela Merici: 7 November 1938 86 years, 85 days ...
Coat of arms before becoming a cardinal (used 2015–2022) Robert Walter McElroy (born February 5, 1954) is an American Catholic prelate who was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis in 2022 and was also appointed as Archbishop of Washington in 2025.
Blase Cupich was born on March 19, 1949, in Omaha, Nebraska, into a family of Croatian descent, one of the nine children of Blase and Mary (née Mayhan) Cupich. [6] He attended Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary in Elkhorn, Nebraska, and then Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska.
An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliaries in culturally diverse dioceses. As of 2024, 34 active foreign-born bishops are serving in the United States, representing about 11% of all active American bishops. Nine bishops are from Mexico
The pope's ambassador to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who researches candidates and prepares files on his top three recommendations for the Vatican's Congregation of Bishops, is ...
Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (born 9 August 1958) is a Luxembourgish Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Luxembourg since 2011. He was the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) from March 2018 to 2023.
Robert Sarah (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ saʁa]; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church.A cardinal since 20 November 2010, he was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021, and is currently a Cardinal.