Cardinals Created by Francis (2022)

Consistory of 2022.08.27 (20)

1. Cardinal Arthur Roche (74)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba
Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Bishop emeritus of Leeds (England)

Born:	1950.03.06 (Batley Carr, England)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.05.10
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Leeds (England) (1975.07.19 – 2001.04.12)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1994.04 – 2001.04.12)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1996.06.16 – 2001.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (2001.04.12 – 2002.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (2001.04.12 – 2002.07.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds (England) (2002.07.16 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop of Leeds (England) (2004.04.07 – 2012.06.26)

Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2012.06.26 – 2021.05.27)

Archbishop ad personam (2012.06.26 – 2022.08.27)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – 2022)

Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2021.05.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba (2022.08.27 [2022.12.04] – ...)

2. Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植) (73)

Lux mundi / 세상의 빛

Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Prefect of Dicastery for the Clergy
President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order
President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations
Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

Born:	1951.11.17 (Nonsan, Chungnam, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.19
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) (1979.12.09 – 2003.07.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) (2003.07.09 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) (2005.04.01 – 2021.06.11)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (2020.10.15 – 2021.06.11)

Archbishop ad personam (2021.06.11 – 2022.08.27)

Prefect of Dicastery for the Clergy (2021.06.11 – ...)

President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order (2021.06.11 – ...)

President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations (2022.06.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (2022.08.27 [2022.11.20] – ...)

3. Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (79)

Christus in vobis spes gloriæ

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani
President of Governorate of Vatican City State
President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Member of Commission for Confidential Matters
Member of Financial Security Committee
Member of Council of Cardinals

Born:	1945.03.01 (Salamanca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1969.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.11.15
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State (2008.02.01 – 2021.10.01)

Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State (2013.08.30 – 2021.10.01)

Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2013.10.15 – 2021.09.08)

Member of Financial Security Committee (2016.04.04 – ...)

Member of Commission for Confidential Matters (2020.09.29 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2021.09.08 – 2022.08.27)

President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (2021.10.01 – ...)

President of Governorate of Vatican City State (2021.10.01 – ...)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani (2022.08.27 [2023.01.29] – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2023.03.07 – ...)

4. Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (65)

Que tout ce passe selon ta parole

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti
Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Born:	1958.12.26 (Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria)
Ordained Priest:	1984.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.26
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Marseille (France) (1984.11.03 – 2013.12.19)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2009.07.04 – 2013.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (2013.12.19 – 2019.08.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France) (2013.12.19 – 2019.08.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France) (2019.08.08 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti (2022.08.27 [2023.04.23] – ...)

5. Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

Born:	1963.03.01 (Amesi, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.21
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Awka (Nigeria) (1992.08.22 – 2012.12.07)

Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria) (2012.12.07 – 2018.02.19 not possessed)

Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria) (2020.03.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno (2022.08.27 [2023.02.05] – ...)

6. Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (74)

Verbo feito carne

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio
Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)
First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Born:	1950.11.06 (Forquilhinha, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.16
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil) (2005.02.02 – 2011.09.21)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2019.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (2011.09.21 – 2019.11.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2011.09.21 – 2019.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2019.11.27 – ...)

First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) (2022.03.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio (2022.08.27 [2022.12.04] – ...)

7. Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (71)

Tim sogllim ek zaum

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via
Patriarch of East Indies
Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)
President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Born:	1953.01.20 (Aldona, India)
Ordained Priest:	1979.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.04.10
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Goa and Daman (India) (1979.10.28 – 1993.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Vanariona (1993.12.20 – 2004.01.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India) (1993.12.20 – 2004.01.16)

Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India) (2004.01.16 – 2006.11.25)

Patriarch of East Indies (2004.01.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India) (2006.11.25 – ...)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011.01.11 – 2017.02.06)

Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2014.02.12 – 2018.02.09)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2019.01.12 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2022.08.27 [2023.10.22] – ...)

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2025.01.01 – ...)

8. Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy (70)

Dignitatis humanæ

Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Born:	1954.02.05 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1980.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.07
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1980.04.12 – 2010.07.06)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1996.04.06 – 2010.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (2010.07.06 – 2015.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (2010.07.06 – 2015.03.03)

Bishop of San Diego (USA) (2015.03.03 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (2022.08.27 [2023.04.23] – ...)

9. Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. (56)

Ad Deum Patrem omnipotentem

Cardinal-Priest of S. Alberto Magno
Metropolitan Archbishop of Díli (Timor-Leste)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Timor

Born:	1967.11.27 (Venilale, Timor-Leste)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.03.19
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Timor (2016? – ...)

Bishop of Díli (Timor-Leste) (2016.01.30 – 2019.09.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Díli (Timor-Leste) (2019.09.11 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Alberto Magno (2022.08.27 [2023.05.07] – ...)

10. Cardinal Oscar Cantoni (74)

Fare di Cristo il cuore del mondo

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde
Bishop of Como (Italy)

Born:	1950.09.01 (Lenno, CO, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.05
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Como (Italy) (1975.06.28 – 2005.01.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2000.07.11 – 2005.01.25)

Bishop of Crema (Italy) (2005.01.25 – 2016.10.04)

Bishop of Como (Italy) (2016.10.04 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2022.08.27 [2022.12.08] – ...)

11. Cardinal Anthony Poola (63)

Good news to the poor

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)

Born:	1961.11.15 (Poluru, India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.04.19
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Cuddapah (India) (1992.02.20 – 2008.02.08)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (2008.02.08 – 2020.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India) (2020.11.19 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (2022.08.27 [2023.07.02] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda (India) (2022.10.29 – 2024.02.17)

12. Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa (57)

Omnia sustinet propter electos

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio
Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Born:	1967.07.20 (Valença, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.05
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Valença (Brazil) (1992.12.05 – 2010.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Œscus (2010.11.24 – 2016.06.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2010.11.24 – 2016.06.22)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2016.06.22 – 2020.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2020.10.21 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2022.08.27 [2022.10.07] – ...)

13. Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr.

Servus misericordiæ Dei

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea
former Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

Born:	1959.06.21 (Tom-Zendagangn, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1987.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.07
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27
Died:	2022.11.27 (Roma, Italy † 63)

Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1987.07.18 – 2016.02.17)

Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (2010.05.31 – 2016.02.17)

Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (2010.05.31 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop of Wa (Ghana) (2016.02.17 – 2022.11.27)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2022.08.01 – 2022.11.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea (2022.08.27 – 2022.11.27)

14. Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) (67)

Ut vivant

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare
Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Born:	1957.06.25 (Singapore)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.02.22
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Singapore (Singapore) (1985.05.01 – 2012.12.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore) (2012.12.29 – 2013.05.20)

Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore) (2013.05.20 – ...)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2017.01.01 – 2018)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2021 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (2022.08.27 [2023.04.23] – ...)

15. Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores (73)

Que todos sean uno

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Born:	1951.07.08 (Asunción, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.11.08
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.08.24 – 1994)

Priest of Asunción (Paraguay) (1994 – 1997.08.14)

Titular Bishop of Tatilti (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay) (2000.05.18 – 2007.02.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2005 – 2011)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (2007.02.19 – 2012.03.14)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)

Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2012.03.14 – 2018.06.23)

Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – 2022.02.17)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (2022.02.17 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (2022.08.27 [2022.12.07] – ...)

16. Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (50)

Respicite ad eum et illuminamini

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo
Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Born:	1974.06.07 (Cuneo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	2001.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.08
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Titular Bishop of Castra severiana (2020.04.02 – 2022.08.27)

Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) (2020.04.02 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo (2022.08.27 [2023.05.21] – ...)

17. Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82)

Viva Jesus y María

Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

Born:	1942.03.29 (Bucaramanga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.12.12
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1993 – 1995)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1995 – 1999)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2003)

Apostolic Administrator of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (2004.02.06 – 2004.06.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (2004.02.06 – 2005.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (2005.10.24 – 2021.03.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea (2022.08.27 [2023.10.03] – ...)

18. Cardinal Arrigo Miglio (82)

Gaudium vestrum impleatur

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente
Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias (Italy)
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy)

Born:	1942.07.18 (San Giorgio Canavese, TO, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1967.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.04.25
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Ivrea (Italy) (1967.09.23 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1992.03.25 – 1999.02.20)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1999.02.20 – 2012.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (2012.02.25 – 2019.11.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (2022.08.27 [2022.11.23] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias (Italy) (2022.10.06 – ...)

19. Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. (82)

Virtus in infirmitate

Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Gesù
Pontifical Assistant for Memores Domini Lay Association
Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Born:	1942.07.05 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.24
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University (2004.09.01 – 2010.09.01)

Pontifical Assistant for Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ (2014.07.04 – 2019.05.31)

Pontifical Assistant for Memores Domini Lay Association (2021.09.24 – ...)

Apostolic Commissioner for Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (2021.11.19 – 2022.05.13)

Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Gesù (2022.08.27 [2022.12.08] – ...)

Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (2023.06.19 – ...)

20. Cardinal Fortunato Frezza (82)

Loquendo Scripturas aperiens

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
Undersecretary emeritus of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

Born:	1942.02.06 (Montecalvello, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.07.23
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Viterbo (Italy) (1966.06.28 – 2022.06.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1990.08.26 – 1999.03.18)

Undersecretary of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1997.06.23 – 2013.09)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1999.03.18 – 2022.08.27)

Titular Archbishop of Treba (2022.06.07 – 2022.08.27)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (2022.08.27 [2022.12.08] – ...)