17 New Cardinals Announced!

This morning Pope Francis announced his intention to create 17 new Cardinals on 19 November 2016.

To Be Created Cardinal:

• Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria; Age: 70.8


• Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic; Age: 49.6



• Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain; Age: 71.5



• Sérgio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil; Age: 57.0



• Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA; Age: 67.6



• Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Age: 73.1



• Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela; Age: 72.1



• Josef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium; Age: 69.4



• Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius; Age: 75.3



• Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Laity, Family and Life, Roman Curia; Age: 69.2



• Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México; Age: 66.8



• John Ribat, M.S.C., Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Age: 59.7



• Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Age: 64.5

Count: 13; Average Age: 66.7

To Be Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):

• Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Age: 84.5



• Renato Corti, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy; Age: 80.7



• Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho; Age: 87.1



• Ernest Simoni, Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania; Age: 88.0

Count: 4; Average Age: 85.1


The page on the site for the new Consistory.

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