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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] 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.
On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal deacons the deaconry of Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia. [15] In place of the red biretta given to the new cardinals of the Latin rite, Francis placed a black and red shash on Koovakad's head.
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. [1] As of 31 December 2024, there are 252 cardinals, of whom 139 are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appointed by the pope for life but eligibility to vote ceases at the age of 80.
At that consistory he was made cardinal priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous. [ 7 ] As cardinal he has incorporated the standard insignia of his rank as a cardinal and metropolitan archbishop into his new coat of arms, displaying it on the Facebook page of the Archdiocese of Cordoba when it announced he was taking possession of his titular ...
Pope Francis elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals on 22 February 2014. [3] As of February 2023, Langlois is the first and only Haitian cardinal in history. He was the only new cardinal elevated in the February 2014 consistory who was not an archbishop. [citation needed]