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22 February 2014

College of Cardinals: Notes, Statistics, and updated Charts

The Charts (Warning: PDF format) The charts are:
  • Number of Cardinals (1585-2024; 1915-2024; and 1965-2024)
  • Average Age (1585-2024; 1915-2024; and 1965-2024)

After this consistory (22 Feb 2014):
  • 218 Cardinals (122 Electors)
  • Average Age (all): 77.82
  • Average Age (Electors only): 71.49
  • Average Years as Cardinal (all): 11.54
  • Average Years as Cardinal (Electors only): 6.65

After the last consistory of Pope Benedict XVI (24 Nov 2012):
  • 211 Cardinals (120 Electors)
  • Average Age (all): 77.98
  • Average Age (Electors only): 71.88
  • Average Years as Cardinal (all): 11.50
  • Average Years as Cardinal (Electors only): 7.20

Notes:

Future numbers, assuming no deaths or new creations of Cardinal-Electors:
  • By the end of 2014: 112 Cardinal-Electors
  • By the end of 2015: 107
  • By the end of 2016: 94
  • By the end of 2017: 89
  • By the end of 2018: 82

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