VATICAN - The Pope announces the creation of 21 new cardinals on September 30

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Sunday, July 9, at the end of the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals with these words: "Dear brothers and sisters, I would like to announce that next 30 September I will hold a Consistory for the appointment of new Cardinals. Where they come from expresses the universality of the Church, which continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all people of the earth. In addition, the insertion of the new Cardinals in the Diocese of Rome, manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the local Churches spread throughout the world".

The new future cardinals, in the order they were announced by the Pope, are:
Archbishop Robert Francis PREVOST, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;
Archbishop Claudio GUGEROTTI, Prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches;
Archbishop Víctor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
Archbishop Emil Paul TSCHERRIG, Apostolic Nunzio to Italy and San Marino;
Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges PIERRE, Apostolic Nunzio to the United States;
Archbishop Pierbattista PIZZABALLA, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem;
Archbishop Stephen BRISLIN, Archbishop of the Capetown (Kaapstad, South Africa);
Archbishop Ángel Sixto ROSSI, S.J., Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina);
Archbishop Luis José RUEDA APARICIO, Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia);
Archbishop Grzegorz RYŚ, Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)
Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin MULLA, Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan);
Archbishop José COBO CANO, Archbishop of Madrid (Spain);
Archbishop Protase RUGAMBWA, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania);
Bishop Sebastian FRANCIS, Bishop of Penang (Malaysia);
Bishop Stephen CHOW SAU-YAN, S.J., Bishop of Hong Kong;
Bishop François-Xavier BUSTILLO, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Ajaccio (France);
Bishop Américo Manuel ALVES AGUIAR, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon;
Reverend Ángel FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME, S.D.B., Rector Major of the Salesians
Together with them, the Pope will join to the members of the College of Cardinals two archbishops and one religious over 80 years of age who have distinguished themselves for their service to the Church:
Archbishop Agostino MARCHETTO, Apostolic Nuncio;
Archbishop Diego Rafael PADRÓN SÁNCHEZ, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná;
Father Luis Pascual DRI, OFM Cap., Confessor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei, Buenos Aires;

"Let us pray for the new Cardinals - concluded the Pope - so that, confirming their adhesion to Christ, the merciful and faithful High Priest (cf. Heb 2:17), they might help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of the entire Holy People faithful to God". (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 9/7/2023)