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Each of Francis' consistories has increased the number of cardinal electors from at or less than the set limit of 120 [b] to a number higher than 120, as high as 140 in 2024, surpassing the record 135 set by Pope John Paul II in 2001 and 2003. [2] Since 2 June 2023, two-thirds of the cardinal electors have been cardinals created by Francis. [3]
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] Oswald Gracias was the most recent cardinal elector to turn 80, on 24 December 2024; Christoph Schönborn will be the next cardinal elector to turn 80, on 22 January 2025.
By the start of next year, there will be 140 cardinal electors, almost 80% of them chosen by Francis. This increases the possibility that the next pope will share his vision of a more progressive ...
There are now 137 cardinal electors, about 73 percent of them chosen by Franc. Pope Francis on Saturday further cemented his legacy, elevating 21 prelates to the high rank of cardinal and ...
By the papacy of Sixtus V (1585–1590), the number was set at seventy on 3 December 1586, divided among fourteen cardinal-deacons, fifty cardinal-priests, and six cardinal-bishops. [ 5 ] Popes respected that limit until Pope John XXIII increased the number of cardinals several times to 88 in January 1961 [ 15 ] and Pope Paul VI continued this ...
Pope Francis taps one of most outspoken and progressive-leaning U.S. Catholic leaders to Washington, D.C., ahead of Trump term, immigration battle.
Of the 115 attending cardinal electors, 4 were cardinal bishops, 81 were cardinal priests, and 30 were cardinal deacons; 48 had been created cardinals by Pope John Paul II and 67 by Pope Benedict XVI; 29 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 61 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and 25 had retired.
Pope Francis 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, 154 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 ...