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Pope Francis (r. 2013–present) has created cardinals at ten consistories held at roughly annual intervals beginning in 2014, most recently on 7 December 2024. The cardinals created by Francis include 163 cardinals from 76 countries, 25 of which had never been represented in the College of Cardinals.
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List of the promotions of the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Dates of the consistories are known or possible to establish only from the pontificate of Pope Gelasius II (1118–1119). [ 1 ] Information concerning the number and names of the cardinals created before this pontificate are certainly incomplete. [ 2 ]
The most recent consistory for the creation of cardinals was held on 7 December 2024, when Pope Francis created 21 cardinals, including 20 cardinal electors. [5] Christoph Schönborn was the most recent cardinal elector to turn 80, on 22 January 2025; Fernando Vérgez Alzaga will be the next cardinal elector to turn 80, on 1 March 2025.
[1] [11] Pope Francis created Coutts a cardinal priest in the consistory of 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio. He became the country's second cardinal after Joseph Cordeiro (1918–1994) who was also of Goan origin. [12] [13] He is a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. [14]
On 9 October 2016, Pope Francis announced that he planned to raise Ribat to the rank of cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 19 November 2016. [3] He was made a Cardinal Priest on that day and assigned to the titular church of San Giovanni Battista de Rossi. [4] He is the first cardinal from his country.
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Cardinal Langlois took possession of his titular church on 7 June 2014. [11] On 22 May 2014, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Langlois a member of both the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and Secretariat for Communications. [12] Langlois was injured during the 2021 Haiti earthquake. He was at ...