Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Pope Benedict Names 24 New Cardinals

As predicted, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a November consistory. The consistory will fall on 11/20/10, eve of the Solemnity of Christ the King (Novus Ordo calendar). The Holy Father named 24 new cardinals. They are...
20 Electors:
Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
His Beatitude Antonios Naguib, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt
Archbishop Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls
Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, penitentiary major of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura   [Yea!]
Archbishop Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Archbishop Paolo Sardi, vice chamberlain of Holy Roman Church
Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
Archbishop Velasio De Paolis C.S., president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
Archbishop Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, emeritus Quito, Ecuador
Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Archbishop Paolo Romeo of Palermo, Italy
Archbishop Donald William Wuerl of Washington, U.S.A.
Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis of Aparecida, Brazil
Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz of Warsaw, Poland
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany
4 Non-Electors:
Archbishop Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens, military ordinary emeritus of Spain
Bishop Elio Sgreccia, former president of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Msgr. Walter Brandmuller, former president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci, former director of the Pontifical Choir
Source: VIS
[10/20]