Recent Appointments

Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S., was consecrated as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia and Titular Archbishop of Urusi

Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Patriarch of East Indies, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, was appointed as President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., resigned as President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.), was appointed as Vice-President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don resigned as Vice-President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), was appointed as President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos)

Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Archbishop Frank Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Mauro Abate

Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Mario e Compagni Martiri

Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle

Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran) and President of Iranian Episcopal Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanna Antida Thouret

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Titular Archbishop of Zella, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Archbishop-elect Fabio Baggio, C.S., Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission and Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino

Archbishop Baldassare Reina, Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University, Titular Archbishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Assunta e S. Giuseppe a Primavalle

Archbishop Roberto Repole, Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Bishop of Susa (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and President of Caritas Internationalis, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi

Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, Titular Archbishop of Tolentino and Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone

Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.), was created Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Archbishop Ladislav Német, S.V.D., President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences and Metropolitan Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Stella Maris

Cardinal Arrigo Miglio resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias (Italy)

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità, Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, passed away at 72

Cardinal Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano

Cardinal Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Commission for Advocates, was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, passed away at 91

Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Cardinal Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P., Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Bishop emeritus of Benguela (Angola), passed away at 85

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Venezuela)

Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça resigned as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University

Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola), passed away at 99

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane pro hac vice Title and Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., resigned as Vice-President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Tanzania)

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Cardinal Jean Zerbo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali)

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agnese in Agone, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title

Cardinal James Michael Harvey, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (USA)

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Cardinal-Bishop of S. Maria in Traspontina, Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for Bishops and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Canada)

Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Castries (Saint Lucia), passed away at 91

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cardinal Sebastian Francis (施恩天) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Causa Nostræ Lætitiæ

Cardinal Stephen Brislin took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) 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 Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Ursona

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Ursona and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio, Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission and former President of International Theological Commission, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Cardinal Giuseppe Betori resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia), passed away at 91

Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D., Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Laos)

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza resigned as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Prefect of Dicastery for Culture and Education, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University

Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, passed away at 89

Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) and Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ursona

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain)

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra resigned as Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain)

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino and Bishop emeritus of David (Panama), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Panama)

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission, was appointed as Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

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

Cardinal Protase Rugambwa took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Montesanto

Cardinal Anthony Poola resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda (India)

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of David (Panama)

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense, President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huancayo (Peru), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Peru)

Cardinal José Cobo Cano took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abuja (Nigeria), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Nigeria)

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica