Recent Appointments

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore a Valmelaina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 96

Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico)

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Cardinal Angelo Scola, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milano (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉れん洙政) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, passed away at 94

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand

Cardinal Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maputo (Mozambique), passed away at 97

Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa

Cardinal José Freire Falcão, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brasília (Brazil), passed away at 95

Cardinal Mario Grech took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols resigned as Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco resigned as President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, was appointed as Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 79

Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina, Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy and former President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title and Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera, passed away at 94

Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission, passed away at 98

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia, Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) and President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Mauritius)

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 81

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Albano (Italy)

Cardinal Beniamino Stella resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy and President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) and Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Australia)

Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio

Cardinal Cornelius Sim, Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo and Vicar Apostolic of Brunei (Brunei), passed away at 69

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

Cardinal Enrico Feroci took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯ゆ漢かん) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong 香港ほんこん (Hong Kong)

Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Robert Sarah, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane and Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of Pontifical Council for Culture, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti and Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭てい鎮奭), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 89

Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I., Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio and Bishop emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek (Lesotho), passed away at 91

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛かずら錫すず迪すすむ), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title, President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, passed away at 96

Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Douala (Cameroon), passed away at 90

Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa) and Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (South Africa)

Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Sudan)

Cardinal Robert Sarah resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal Angelo Comastri resigned as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of St. Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of St. Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter

Cardinal Joseph Coutts resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa)

Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Cardinal Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Ordinary emeritus of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil), passed away at 88

Cardinal Henri Schwery, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica and Bishop emeritus of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 88

Cardinal John Njue resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Cardinal Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Bishop Cornelius Sim, Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei (Brunei) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, was created Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo

Archbishop Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

Archbishop Enrico Feroci, Titular Archbishop of Passo Corese, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva

Archbishop Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

Archbishop Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio

Archbishop Marcello Semeraro, Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), Pontifical Delegate for Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, Archbishop ad personam, Apostolic Administrator of Albano (Italy) and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Titular Archbishop of Asolo and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Bishop Mario Grech, Secretary General of Synod of Bishops, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Archbishop Jose Fuerte Advincula, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines), was created Cardinal-Priest of San Vigilio

Archbishop Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) and Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), was created Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) and Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) and President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz, Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 97

Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), was appointed as President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Cardinal Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador), passed away at 86

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re took possession as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (USA)

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua) and Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua