Pope Francis announced today his intention to create 21 20 new cardinals on 27 August 2022.
- Created Cardinal:
- Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Age: 72.4
- Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Age: 70.7
- Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; Age: 77.4
- Jean-Marc Noël Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, France; Age: 63.6
- Peter Ebere Okpaleke, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria; Age: 59.4
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; Age: 71.8
- Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India; Age: 69.6
- Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA; Age: 68.5
- Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste; Age: 54.7
- Oscar Cantoni, Bishop of Como, Italy; Age: 71.9
- Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India; Age: 60.7
- Paulo Cezar Costa, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil; Age: 55.1
- Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Bishop of Wa, Ghana; Age: 63.1
- William Goh Seng Chye, Archbishop of Singapore; Age: 65.1
- Adalberto Martínez Flores, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay; Age: 71.1
- Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Age: 48.2
- Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):
- Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia; Age: 80.4
Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B., Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium; Age: 80.9- Arrigo Miglio, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy; Age: 80.1
- Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus; Age: 80.1
- Fortunato Frezza, Priest of Viterbo, Italy; Age: 80.5
Count: 5; Average Age: 80.4
Count: 4; Average Age: 80.3
The website page about this consistory: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/event/cs2022.html
Note: listed age is as of the consistory when they will be created cardinals.
Bishop Lucas Van Looy, SDB requested to not be created a Cardinal and this has been accepted by the Holy Father.
(updated on 16 Jun 2022)
