VATICAN - Pope announces Consistory for creation of 21 new Cardinals in December

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased to announce that on December 8th, I will hold a consistory for the appointment of new cardinals". As has often happened in these years of his pontificate, Pope Francis announced during the Angelus a consistory in which he will create a total of 21 new cardinals.

Their origin, as underlined by the Pontiff, "reflects the universality of the Church, that continues to announce God's merciful love to all people" and "manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the particular Churches spread throughout the world". Four Asian dioceses (Tokyo in Japan, Kalookan in the Philippines, Bogor in Indonesia and Tehran-Ispahan in Iran), two African dioceses (Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and Algiers in Algeria), six American dioceses, including five Latin American dioceses (Lima in Peru, Santiago del Estero in Argentina, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Santiago de Chile in Chile, Porto Alegre in Brazil) and one Canadian dioceses (Toronto) will have a cardinal in the future. And Oceania will also have a new cardinal, the Bishop of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians, in Serbia (Beograd-Smederevo) and in Italy (Turin).

They are joined by two from the Roman Curia, the Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, the Coadjutor Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore, an English Dominican theologian and an Apostolic Nuncio.
The latter is the only one of the new cardinals who will not be eligible for election in a future conclave due to the age limit.

Here is a list of the future Cardinals:
• His Excellency Mons. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
• His Excellency Mons. Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
• His Excellency Mons. Vicente Bokalic Iglic, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Primate of Argentina
• His Excellency Mons. Cabrera Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
• His Excellency Mons. Natalio Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile
• His Excellency Mons. Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
• His Excellency Mons. Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
• His Excellency Mons. Ladislav Nemet, Archbishop of Belgrade-Smederevo, Serbia
• His Excellency Mons. Jaime Spengler, Archbishop of Porto Alegre,
• His Excellency Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• His Excellency Mons. Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, Algeria
• His Excellency Mons. Paskalis Bruno Syukur, Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
• His Excellency Mons. Joseph Mathieu, Archbishop of Tehran-Ispahan, Iran
• His Excellency Mons. Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Turin, Italy
• His Excellency Mons. Baldassare Reina, who will be, from today on, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome
• His Excellency Mons. Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, Canada
• His Excellency Mons. Rolandas Makrickas, Co-adjutor Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major
• His Excellency Mons. Mykola Bychok, Eparch of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne for Ukrainians
• Reverend Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, Theologian
• Reverend Father Fabio Baggio, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
• Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, Official of the Secretariat of State, responsible for Papal Travels

In total, Pope Francis has appointed 142 cardinals in the almost twelve years of his pontificate, of whom 113 are eligible to vote. From Sunday, December 8, 2024, the College of Cardinals will then consist of a total of 256 members, of whom 141 are electors and 115 are non-electors. (F.B.) (Agenzia Fides, 6/10/2024)

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