Pope Francis announces Consistory for creation of 21 new Cardinals will be held in the Vatican on 8 December
Pope Francis revealed during his Sunday Angelus that there will be a Consistory for appointing new Cardinals on 8 December 2024, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, at the Vatican.
The Consistory, gathering participants from all over the world, will occur prior to the start of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and following the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. Pope Francis recently held a consistory to appoint new Cardinals before the First Session of the Synod on Synodality on 30 September 2023.
The Pope mentioned that the Cardinal-designates come from different parts of the globe.
21 new cardinals will be eligible to select Pope Francis’ replacement
Francis, aged 87, revealed the unexpected news while discussing the escalating tensions in the Middle East and commemorating the October 7 assaults on Israel.
Throughout his pontificate as Pope, Francis has revamped the makeup of the group responsible for choosing his replacement, ensuring it reflects the diversity of the global church. He has discarded the traditional, unspoken practice of appointing bishops from specific dioceses in Italy as cardinals, and has opted to bestow “red hats” on the outskirts instead.
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List of the Future Cardinals
1. H.E. Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
2. H.E. Mgr. Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
3. H.E. Msgr. Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Primate of Argentina).
4. H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador).
5. H.E. Msgr. Fernando Natalio CHOMALÍ GARIB Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile).
6. Archbishop Tarcisio Isao KIKUCHI, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan).
7. H.E. Msgr. Pablo Virgilio SIONGCO DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines).
8. H. E. Msgr. Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia).
9. H.E. Msgr. Jaime SPENGLER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brasil).
10. H.E. Mgr Ignace BESSI DOGBO, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
11. H.E. Mgr Jean-Paul VESCO, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria).
12. H.E. Mgr. Paskalis Bruno SYUKUR, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia).
13. H. E. Msgr. Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran Ispahan (Iran).
14. H.E. Msgr. Roberto REPOLE, Archbishop of Turin (Italy).
15. H.E. Msgr. Baldassare REINA, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, formerly Vice-gerent and, as of today, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.
16. H.E. Msgr. Francis LEO, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada).
17. H.E. Msgr. Rolandas MAKRICKAS, Archpriest Coadjutor Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.
18. H.E. Mgr Mykola BYCHOK, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians
19. R.P. Timothy Peter Joseph RADCLIFFE, OP, theologian
20. R. P. Fabio BAGGIO, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
21. Mgr George Jacob KOOVAKAD, Official of the Secretary of State, Responsible for Travel
