College of Cardinals (with new Designees): Notes, Statistics, and updated Charts

The Charts (Warning: PDF format)

The charts are:

• Number of Cardinals (1585-2022; 1915-2022; and 1965-2022) 
• Average Age (1585-2022; 1915-2022; and 1965-2022)

As of today:

• 205 living Cardinals (116 Electors).
• Youngest: Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki (Archbishop of Berlin, Germany) at 56.2
• Average Age (all): 78.3 years
• Average Age (Electors Only): 72.3 years
• Average Length of Service as Cardinal (all): 11.8 years
• Average Length of Service as Cardinal (Electors Only): 7.5 years

As of 24 November 2012: (with new Cardinals added)

• 211 living Cardinals (120 Electors).
• Youngest: Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal (Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese)), India at 53.4
• 2nd Youngest: Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (Archbishop of Manila, Philippines) at 55.4
• Average Age (all): 78.0 years
• Average Age (Electors Only): 71.9 years
• Average Length of Service as Cardinal (all): 11.5 years
• Average Length of Service as Cardinal (Electors Only): 7.2 years

Note:

• Two Cardinal Electors will turn 80 before the new Consistory:
  Francis Cardinal Arinze on 1 Nov and Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino on 23 Nov.

About the new class of Cardinal-Designates:

• Six, all under the age of 80, so they will all become Cardinal-Electors
• Average age: 63.9
• Full List of new Cardinal-Designates

Future numbers, assuming no deaths or new creations of Cardinal-Electors:

• By the end of 2012: 119 Cardinal-Electors
• By the end of 2013: 109 Cardinal-Electors
• By the end of 2014: 97 Cardinal-Electors
• By the end of 2015: 92 Cardinal-Electors
• By the end of 2016: 78 Cardinal-Electors

The last time 2 Consistories to create Cardinals were held in the same year was under Pope Pius XI in 1929 (July and December). He also did the same in 1923, 1925, 1926, and 1927.

The last Consistory to create Cardinals with 6 or fewer designees was under Pope Paul VI (actually his last one) - in June 1977 - just over a year before his death.

Among those named, was a young (50 years old) new (a month after his consecration) Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany - named Joseph Ratzinger (better known now as Pope Benedict XVI).