Recent Appointments

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Cardinal-Bishop of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), passed away at 92

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) and Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), was appointed as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., resigned as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Almoner of His Holiness of Dicastery for the Service of Charity and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)

Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako resigned as President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Brazil of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Uruguay of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Man (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), passed away at 81

Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo (USA)

Cardinal Anthony Poola, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, Member of Council for the Economy and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Cardinal Mario Zenari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi and Applied Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Cardinal Stephen Brislin resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town (South Africa)

Cardinal Mario Zenari, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri and Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal John Njue, Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi (Kenya), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Kenya)

Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Burkina Faso)

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) and President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Timor and Metropolitan Archbishop of Díli (Timor-Leste), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Timor

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.)

Cardinal Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis resigned as Apostolic Commissioner for Heralds of the Gospel

Cardinal Baldassare Reina took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Assunta e S. Giuseppe a Primavalle

Cardinal Frank Leo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle

Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) and President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (England)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 82

Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ancona–Osimo (Italy), passed away at 86

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Mauro Abate

Cardinal Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life and Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, was appointed as Applied Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle took possession as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Cardinal Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi

Cardinal Domenico Battaglia took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino

Cardinal Angelo Acerbi took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio and Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 94

Cardinal Vinko Puljić, Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Cardinal Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata and Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (England)

Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Cardinal-Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), passed away at 99

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches, President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Member of Council of Cardinals, President of Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector and President of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations, was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Cardinal Joseph Coutts, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Karachi (Pakistan), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Pakistan)

Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) and Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France), passed away at 82

Cardinal Agostino Vallini resigned as Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was appointed as Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title and Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Poland)

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria, passed away at 98

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Cardinal Robert Sarah, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Guinea)

Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Mario e Compagni Martiri

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, Cardinal-Bishop of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle, Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation and Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, President of Synod of the Romanian Church, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) and President of Episcopal Conference of Romania, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Romania

Cardinal Ladislav Német, S.V.D., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Stella Maris

Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanna Antida Thouret

Cardinal Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science