This day, a year ago, 12 March 2013. On that day, the conclave to elect the 266th Pope and 265th Successor of St. Peter the Apostle as the Leader of the Universal Church began.
Below is the picture of Monsignor Guido Marini, the Papal Master of Ceremonies, who closed off the Sistine Chapel to the non-participating people, with the famous utterance “Extra Omnes!” (lit. everybody out!)
Today, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Cardinal Priest of S. Giustino, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino by Pope John Paul II in the 2003 Consistory of Cardinals on 21 October 2003, the ninth and last Consistory of his pontificate. Cardinal Pham Minh Man was made a Cardinal in honour of his position as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, which he has held since 1998 and still held until this day, and which encompasses the city of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), one of the two most important dioceses in Vietnam.
http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/than0.htm#121
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Pham Minh Man, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still continue to work great graces and good works of love and peace in in his current position as the shepherd of his people in the Ho Chi Minh Archdiocese, as he continued to minister to the people of God.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 218 members in total, with 121 Cardinal-electors and 97 Cardinal non-electors. There are now an excess of 1 Cardinal-elector as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, due to the recent Consistory of Cardinals on 22 February 2014 by Pope Francis.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Milan (Italy), on 14 March 2014.
On the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, on Saturday, 22 February 2014, the Vicar of Christ and Bishop of Rome, Leader of the Universal Church, Pope Francis elevates 19 new Cardinals to the Cardinalate by the bestowal of the red biretta, 15 of which are of the order of priests (Cardinal Priests) and 4 of which are of the order of deacons (Cardinal Deacons).
3 of the new Cardinals are non-electors, being above the age of 80, appointed purely as honorary Cardinals for their service to the Church, and the other 16 Cardinals are voting-age Cardinals (below 80), and will be eligible to vote for the next Pope in the next Conclave until they reach the age of 80.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 218 members, with 122 Cardinal-electors and 96 Cardinal non-electors as of 22 February 2014.
In total, 2 new Cardinal churches in Rome are created, 1 for Cardinal Titular church and 1 for Cardinal deaconry.There are as of now, 0 vacant Cardinal Title, and 6 vacant Cardinal Deaconries.
Cardinal Deaconries :
1. Pietro Cardinal Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State
Cardinal Deaconry of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo e Torre Angela (New Deaconry)
2. Lorenzo Cardinal Baldisseri, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops and College of Cardinals
Cardinal Deaconry of S. Anselmo all’Aventino
3. Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Muller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Deaconry of S. Agnese in Agone
4. Beniamino Cardinal Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy
Cardinal Deaconry of Ss. Cosma e Damiano
Cardinal Titles :
1. Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (UK)
Cardinal Title of Ss. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana
2. Leopoldo Jose Cardinal Brenes Solorzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)
Cardinal Title of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello
3. Gerald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quebec (Canada)
Cardinal Title of Giuseppe all’Aurelio
4. Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast/Cote d’Ivoire)
Cardinal Title of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
5. Orani Joao Cardinal Tempesta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Cardinal Title of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza e Monte Verde
6. Gualtiero Cardinal Bassetti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve (Italy)
Cardinal Title of S. Cecilia
7. Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Cardinal Title of S. Roberto Bellarmino
8. Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul (South Korea)
Cardinal Title of S. Crisogono
9. Ricardo Cardinal Ezzati Andrello, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)
Cardinal Title of Ss. Redentore a Valmelaina
10. Philippe Nakellentuba Cardinal Ouedraogo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Cardinal Title of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino
11. Orlando Beltran Cardinal Quevedo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines)
Cardinal Title of S. Maria ‘Regina Mundi’ a Torre Spaccata
12. Chibly Cardinal Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)
Cardinal Title of S. Giacomo in Augusta (New Title)
13. Loris Francesco Cardinal Capovilla, Titular Archbishop of Mesembria, Personal Secretary to Blessed Pope John XXIII
Cardinal Title of S. Maria in Trastevere
14. Fernando Cardinal Sebastian Aguilar, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)
Cardinal Title of S. Angela Merici
15. Kelvin Cardinal Edward Felix, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Castries (Saint Lucia)
Cardinal Title of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle
Today, Thursday, 30 January 2014, Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re of Italy, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, the Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops, turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re was made Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli by Pope John Paul II in the 2001 Consistory of Cardinals on 21 February 2001, the eighth Consistory of his pontificate. Cardinal Re was made a Cardinal in honour of his long service to the Church as the Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and the College of Cardinals from 1987 to 1989, and works in the Secretariat of State, until in 2000 when he was appointed the Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Cardinal Re was promoted as one of the six Cardinal Bishops in the Church in 2002, after the passing of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin.
In his position as the senior Cardinal Bishop under 80 in 2013 Conclave, he is the Acting Dean of the College of Cardinals in the 2013 Papal Conclave which elected Pope Francis as the 266th Pope and Leader of the Universal Church.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-8.htm#134
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Re, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still continue to work great graces and good works of love and peace in his old age and retirement, as he continued to minister to the people of God.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 199 members in total, with 106 Cardinal-electors and 93 Cardinal non-electors. There are now vacancy of 14 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI had sometimes surpassed this limit.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), on 5 March 2014.
Today, Wednesday, 25 December 2013, on Christmas Day, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana, the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Koln, of Germany, turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Joachim Meisner was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana by Blessed Pope John Paul II in the 1983 Consistory of Cardinals on 2 February 1983, the Solemnity of the Presentation of the Lord, the second Consistory of his pontificate. Cardinal Meisner was made a Cardinal in his position as the Bishop of Berlin since 1980, and in 1988 until now, he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koln.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-2.htm#102
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Meisner, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still continue carry out the mission God had given him in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koln, where he continues to be the shepherd of the people of God.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 199 members in total, with 108 Cardinal-electors and 91 Cardinal non-electors. There are now vacancy of 12 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI had sometimes surpassed this limit.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Quito (Ecuador), on New Year’s Day, 1 January 2014.
Cardinal Ricardo Maria Carles Gordo, Cardinal Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino has passed away on Tuesday, 17 December 2013 at the age of 87. He was the Archbishop of Barcelona, as an Archdiocese directly subjected to the Holy See from 1990 to 2004.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-6.htm#27
Cardinal Carles Gordo was created Cardinal in 1994 by Blessed Pope John Paul II in his sixth Cardinal creation consistory on 26 November 1994. His motto was Ut Omnes Unum Sint, “That they all may be One”, part of the prayer of Jesus for His disciples before His Passion, for the unity of His Church.
We pray for Cardinal Carles Gordo, that he will rest in peace, and God will reward him for all his hard and great work as the long time servant of God as the shepherd of the faithful in Barcelona, for all the ministries and good works he had done there for the sake of God and His people. May the Lord welcome him into His embrace in heaven and give him eternal rest and happiness that he deserved.
With the passing of Cardinal Carles Gordo, the College of Cardinals now stands at 199 members, with 109 Cardinal-electors and 90 Cardinal non-electors.
There are now 11 Cardinal-elector vacancies in the College of Cardinals, 13 vacant Cardinal Titles (for Cardinal Priests) and 9 vacant Cardinal Deaconries (for Cardinal Deacons)
Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, Cardinal Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesu e Maria in Via Lata has passed away on Monday, 11 November 2013 at the age of 96. He was the Director of the Sistine Chapel Choir (1956-1997), better known as his title of the Director Master of the Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardB16-3.htm#45954
Cardinal Bartolucci was created Cardinal in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI in his third Cardinal creation consistory and he was a longtime Director of the Sistine Chapel choir, a great conductor and composer of sacred and liturgical music, for over 41 years from 1956 to 1997. Cardinal Bartolucci retired in 1997, but even then, he still conducted his beloved choir and created more beautiful music for worship after he retired. He was honoured by Pope Benedict XVI for his longtime service to the Church by the bestowal of the red hat of a Cardinal in 2010, when he was 93.
We pray for Cardinal Bartolucci, that he will rest in peace, and God will reward him for all his hard and great work as the long time servant of God through music as the conductor, director, and composer of the Papal liturgical music and sacred music through the Sistine Chapel choir and his numerous other contributions to the Universal Church and for the Lord’s sake. May the Lord welcome him into His embrace in heaven and give him eternal rest and happiness that he deserved.
With the passing of Cardinal Bartolucci, the College of Cardinals now stands at 200 members, with 109 Cardinal-electors and 91 Cardinal non-electors.
There are now 11 Cardinal-elector vacancies in the College of Cardinals, 12 vacant Cardinal Titles (for Cardinal Priests) and 9 vacant Cardinal Deaconries (for Cardinal Deacons)
Today, Saturday, 19 October 2013, Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Sao Salvador da Bahia, of Brazil, turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova by Pope John Paul II in the 2001 Consistory of Cardinals on 21 February 2001, the eighth of his pontificate. He was also the once the Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1991, prior to his appointment as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia in 1999. He retired in 2011.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-8.htm#1
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Agnelo, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still carry out the mission God had given him in an active retirement and old age.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 201 members in total, with 109 Cardinal-electors and 92 Cardinal non-electors. There are now vacancy of 11 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI had sometimes surpassed this limit.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Koln (Germany), on 25 December 2013.
Today, Tuesday, 24 September 2013, Cardinal Raffaele Farina, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni della Pigna, the Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives and the current President of the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion, of Italy, turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Raffaele Farina was made Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni della Pigna by Pope Benedict XVI in the 2007 Consistory of Cardinals on 24 November 2007, the second of his pontificate. He was also the once the Rectors of several Pontifical Universities and the Prefect and later Librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Library.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardB16-2.htm#743
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Farina, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still carry out the mission God had given him.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 201 members in total, with 110 Cardinal-electors and 91 Cardinal non-electors. There are now vacancy of 10 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI had sometimes surpassed this limit.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Sao Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), on 19 October 2013.
Today, Thursday, 5 September 2013, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace, and Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago, Chile, turns 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he loses his right to vote in any future conclave.
Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace by Blessed Pope John Paul II in the 2001 Consistory of Cardinals on 21 February 2001, the eighth of his pontificate. He was also the Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago in Chile from April 1998 to December 2010.
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-8.htm#49
May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Errazuriz Ossa, with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still carry out the mission God had given him.
The College of Cardinals now stands at 201 members in total, with 111 Cardinal-electors and 90 Cardinal non-electors. There are now vacancy of 9 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120, although Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI had sometimes surpassed this limit.
Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Raffaele Farina, the former Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives and the current President of the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion, on 24 September 2013.
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