Cardinal Electors
NOTE: Cardinals that reach the age of 80 before the day the Holy See becomes vacant may not vote in a conclave.
Therefore Cardinal Lubomyr Husar from the Ukraine, born on Feb 26 1933, is not eligible to vote.
Name | Birthdate | Elevated | Current Title |
Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. | February 26, 1933 | February 21, 2001 | Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
Walter Kasper | 5 Mar 1933 | February 21, 2001 | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity |
Severino Poletto | 18 Mar 1933 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | 28 Mar 1933 | November 26, 1994 | Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
Godfried Danneels | June 4, 1933 | February 2, 1983 | Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium |
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa | September 5, 1933 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile |
Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. | September 24, 1933 | November 24, 2007 | Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives |
Geraldo Majella Agnelo | 19 Oct 1933 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
Joachim Meisner | 25 Dec 1933 | February 2, 1983 | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga | 1 Jan 1934 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador |
Giovanni Battista Re | 30 Jan 1934 | February 21, 2001 | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops |
Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân | 5 Mar 1934 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viêt Nam |
Dionigi Tettamanzi | 14 Mar 1934 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
Francesco Monterisi | 28 May 1934 | November 20, 2010 | Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura |
Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. | August 8, 1934 | February 21, 2001 | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy |
Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. | August 23, 1934 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
Paolo Sardi | September 1, 1934 | November 20, 2010 | Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber |
Paul Josef Cordes | September 5, 1934 | November 24, 2007 | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” |
Franc Rodé, C.M. | September 23, 1934 | 24 Mar 2006 | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life |
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. | 2 Dec 1934 | 21 Oct 2003 | Secretary of the Secretariat of State |
Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. | 20 Dec 1934 | November 26, 1994 | Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia |
Giovanni Lajolo | 3 Jan 1935 | November 24, 2007 | President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
Antonios Naguib | 7 Mar 1935 | November 20, 2010 | Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt |
Justin Francis Rigali | April 19, 1935 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Velasio De Paolis, C.S. | September 19, 1935 | November 20, 2010 | President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
Santos Abril y Castelló | September 21, 1935 | February 18, 2012 | Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
José da Cruz Policarpo | February 26, 1936 | February 21, 2001 | Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal |
Roger Michael Mahony | February 27, 1936 | June 28, 1991 | Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA |
Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. | 7 Mar 1936 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Ivan Dias | April 14, 1936 | February 21, 2001 | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
Karl Lehmann | 16 May 1936 | February 21, 2001 | Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
William Joseph Levada | June 15, 1936 | 24 Mar 2006 | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | June 16, 1936 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria |
Jean-Claude Turcotte | June 26, 1936 | November 26, 1994 | Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Antonio María Rouco Varela | August 24, 1936 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop of Madrid, Spain |
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino | 18 Oct 1936 | November 26, 1994 | Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba |
Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | 31 Oct 1936 | June 28, 1991 | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Ennio Antonelli | November 18, 1936 | 21 Oct 2003 | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family |
Théodore-Adrien Sarr | November 28, 1936 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal |
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. | 17 Dec 1936 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. | 16 Jan 1937 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Audrys Juozas Bačkis | February 1, 1937 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
Raymundo Damasceno Assis | February 15, 1937 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Attilio Nicora | 16 Mar 1937 | 21 Oct 2003 | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
Lluís Martínez Sistach | April 29, 1937 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain |
Antonio Maria Vegliò | February 3, 1938 | February 18, 2012 | President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People |
Paolo Romeo | February 20, 1938 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
Francesco Coccopalmerio | 6 Mar 1938 | February 18, 2012 | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts |
Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien | 17 Mar 1938 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain |
Manuel Monteiro de Castro | 29 Mar 1938 | February 18, 2012 | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
Carlo Caffarra | June 1, 1938 | 24 Mar 2006 | Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | June 8, 1938 | November 20, 2010 | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints |
Edwin Frederick O’Brien | April 8, 1939 | February 18, 2012 | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
Stanisław Dziwisz | April 27, 1939 | 24 Mar 2006 | Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland |
John Tong Hon | July 31, 1939 | February 18, 2012 | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
Seán Baptist Brady | August 16, 1939 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | 7 Oct 1939 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
Zenon Grocholewski | 11 Oct 1939 | February 21, 2001 | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education |
Telesphore Placidus Toppo | 15 Oct 1939 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Ranchi, India |
Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. | February 25, 1940 | November 24, 2012 | Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon |
Agostino Vallini | April 17, 1940 | 24 Mar 2006 | Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
Donald William Wuerl | November 12, 1940 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Gabriel Zubeir Wako | February 27, 1941 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan |
Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. | 8 Mar 1941 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Durban, South Africa |
George Pell | June 8, 1941 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Sydney, Australia |
Angelo Scola | November 7, 1941 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
Norberto Rivera Carrera | June 6, 1942 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino | August 28, 1942 | 24 Mar 2006 | Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
Rubén Salazar Gómez | September 22, 1942 | November 24, 2012 | Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia |
Giuseppe Bertello | 1 Oct 1942 | February 18, 2012 | President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
Gianfranco Ravasi | 18 Oct 1942 | November 20, 2010 | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture |
André Armand Vingt-Trois | November 7, 1942 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Paris, France |
Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. | 29 Dec 1942 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Angelo Bagnasco | 14 Jan 1943 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
Domenico Calcagno | February 3, 1943 | February 18, 2012 | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran | April 5, 1943 | 21 Oct 2003 | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. | April 26, 1943 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
Crescenzio Sepe | June 2, 1943 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
Giuseppe Versaldi | July 30, 1943 | February 18, 2012 | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
Angelo Comastri | September 17, 1943 | November 24, 2007 | President of the Fabric of St. Peter |
Leonardo Sandri | November 18, 1943 | November 24, 2007 | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne | 28 Dec 1943 | February 21, 2001 | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
John Njue | April 27, 1905 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya |
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan | 29 Jan 1944 | November 24, 2012 | Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria |
Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. | June 8, 1944 | 21 Oct 2003 | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops |
Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. | June 29, 1944 | 24 Mar 2006 | Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Polycarp Pengo | August 5, 1944 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
Mauro Piacenza | September 15, 1944 | November 20, 2010 | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy |
Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard | September 26, 1944 | 24 Mar 2006 | Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France |
Oswald Gracias | 24 Dec 1944 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Bombay, India |
Christoph Schönborn, O.P. | 22 Jan 1945 | February 21, 1998 | Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria |
George Alencherry | April 19, 1945 | February 18, 2012 | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India |
Robert Sarah | June 15, 1945 | November 20, 2010 | President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” |
Stanisław Ryłko | July 4, 1945 | November 24, 2007 | President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity |
Vinko Puljic | September 8, 1945 | November 26, 1994 | Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Antonio Cañizares Llovera | 15 Oct 1945 | 24 Mar 2006 | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
Fernando Filoni | April 15, 1946 | February 18, 2012 | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
Thomas Christopher Collins | 16 Jan 1947 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Giuseppe Betori | February 25, 1947 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy |
João Bráz de Aviz | April 24, 1947 | February 18, 2012 | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | November 15, 1947 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Raymond Leo Burke | June 30, 1948 | November 20, 2010 | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura |
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | 11 Oct 1948 | 21 Oct 2003 | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace |
José Francisco Robles Ortega | 2 Mar 1949 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
Josip Bozanić | 20 Mar 1949 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia |
Daniel Nicholas DiNardo | 23 May 1949 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA |
Odilo Pedro Scherer | September 21, 1949 | November 24, 2007 | Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
James Michael Harvey | 20 Oct 1949 | November 24, 2012 | Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} |
Kazimierz Nycz | February 1, 1950 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland |
Timothy Michael Dolan | February 6, 1950 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |
Kurt Koch | 15 Mar 1950 | November 20, 2010 | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity |
Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin | 17 Oct 1950 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
Péter Erdõ | June 25, 1952 | 21 Oct 2003 | Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary |
Willem Jacobus Eijk | June 22, 1953 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
Reinhard Marx | September 21, 1953 | November 20, 2010 | Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany |
Rainer Maria Woelki | August 18, 1956 | February 18, 2012 | Archbishop of Berlin, Germany |
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | June 21, 1957 | November 24, 2012 | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |
Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal | June 15, 1959 | November 24, 2012 | Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India |
I think Christoph Schoborn of Vieena will be the next Holy Father
(25 Feb 2013)
Penso che i sigg. Cardinali dovrebbero indicare Joseph Ratzinger come Sommo Pontefice
I hope Fr. Tagle is the new pope….