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2022.03.05 | Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 95 |
2022.03.04 | Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina pro hac vice Title Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina pro hac vice Title Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami pro hac vice Title Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio, Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice Title Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title |
2022.02.19 | Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) |
2022.02.16 | Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata and Major Pro-Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 95 |
2022.01.29 | Cardinal Vinko Puljić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
2022.01.28 | Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto resigned as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) |
2022.01.07 | 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) |
2022.01.05 | 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 |
2022.01.04 | 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 |
2022.01.01 | 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 |
2021.12.23 | Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico) |
2021.11.28 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica |
2021.11.18 | Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council and President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua |
2021.11.11 | Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar |
2021.11.09 | Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina |
2021.11.07 | 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) |
2021.10.28 | Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) |
2021.10.10 | Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto |
2021.10.03 | 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 |
2021.10.01 | 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 |
2021.09.29 | 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 |
2021.09.27 | Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa |
2021.09.26 | 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 |
2021.09.25 | 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 |
2021.09.23 | Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 79 |
2021.08.18 | 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) |
2021.08.10 | 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 |
2021.07.29 | 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 |
2021.07.28 | Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile |
2021.07.19 | 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) |
2021.07.11 | 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 |
2021.06.19 | Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo |
2021.06.13 | Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine |
2021.06.11 | 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 |
2021.06.09 | Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa) |
2021.06.08 | 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) |
2021.06.02 | Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio |
2021.05.29 | 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 |
2021.05.24 | Cardinal Enrico Feroci took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva |
2021.05.22 | Cardinal Francesco Montenegro resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agrigento (Italy) |
2021.05.17 | Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
2021.05.03 | 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 |
2021.04.27 | Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 89 |
2021.04.17 | 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 |
2021.04.10 | Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), 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 |
2021.04.02 | 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 |
2021.03.25 | Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) |
2021.03.08 | 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) |
2021.03.02 | Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) |
2021.02.27 | 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) |
2021.02.20 | 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 |
2021.02.11 | Cardinal Joseph Coutts resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan) |
2021.02.09 | Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa) |
2021.01.23 | Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere |
2021.01.13 | 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 |
2021.01.07 | Cardinal Henri Schwery, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica and Bishop emeritus of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 88 |
2021.01.04 | Cardinal John Njue resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) |
2020.12.12 | Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) |
2020.12 | Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh |
2020.11.29 | Cardinal Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort |
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