Pope Francis Names 20 New Cardinals
Pope Francis has named 20 new cardinals, including churchmen from Tonga, Ethiopia and Myanmar.
Fifteen of the new appointees are under 80, making them eligible to enter a conclave to elect the Pope's successor.
Pope Francis said the appointment of
cardinals from 14 countries from every
continent in the world showed the Vatican's "inseparable link" with Catholic Churches around the world.
They will be formally installed on 14 February.
Pope Francis also announced on Sunday that he would lead of meeting of all cardinals to discuss reform of the Roman Curia, the Vatican's administrative body, on 12 and 13 February.
Overhaul
The list of names includes five retired bishops who will join the College of Cardinals but are over 80 and so cannot take part in a papal election.
The College of Cardinals is made up of the Church's most senior officials who are usually ordained bishops.
It is the second time Pope Francis has
announced the appointment of new cardinals from a wide variety of countries.
Last January he named 19 new additions,
including churchmen from Haiti and Burkina Faso, which a Vatican spokesman said reflected his commitment to the poor.
Appointing cardinals is the most powerful way for the Pope to shape the Catholic Church, He has now chosen over a quarter of all cardinals able to vote for the next Pope.
The 20 new cardinals
...Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (France)
...Archbishop Manuel Jose Macario do
Nascimento Clemente (Portugal)
...Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew
Souraphiel (Ethiopia)
...Archbishop John Atcherley Dew (New
Zealand)
...Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli (Italy)
...Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon
(Vietnam)
...Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda (Mexico)
...Archbishop Charles Maung Bo (Myanmar)
...Archbishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak
Kovithavanij (Thailand)
...Archbishop Francesco Montenegro (Italy).
...Archbishop Daniel Fernando Sturla
Berhouet (Uruguay)
...Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez Perez (Spain).
...Bishop Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan
(Panama)
...Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado, (Capo
Verde).
...Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafia (Tonga)
...Archbishop emeritus Jose de Jesus
Pimiento RodrÃguez (Colombia)
...Titular Archbishop Luigi De Magistris
(Italy)
...Titular Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber
(Germany)
...Archbishop emeritus Luis Hector Villalba
(Argentina)
...Bishop emeritus Julio Duarte Langa
(Mozambique)
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Pope Francis Names 20 New Cardinals
Pope Francis has named 20 new cardinals, including churchmen from Tonga, Ethiopia and Myanmar.
Fifteen of the new appointees are under 80, making them eligible to enter a conclave to elect the Pope's successor.
Pope Francis said the appointment of
cardinals from 14 countries from every
continent in the world showed the Vatican's "inseparable link" with Catholic Churches around the world.
They will be formally installed on 14 February.
Pope Francis also announced on Sunday that he would lead of meeting of all cardinals to discuss reform of the Roman Curia, the Vatican's administrative body, on 12 and 13 February.
Overhaul
The list of names includes five retired bishops who will join the College of Cardinals but are over 80 and so cannot take part in a papal election.
The College of Cardinals is made up of the Church's most senior officials who are usually ordained bishops.
It is the second time Pope Francis has
announced the appointment of new cardinals from a wide variety of countries.
Last January he named 19 new additions,
including churchmen from Haiti and Burkina Faso, which a Vatican spokesman said reflected his commitment to the poor.
Appointing cardinals is the most powerful way for the Pope to shape the Catholic Church, He has now chosen over a quarter of all cardinals able to vote for the next Pope.
The 20 new cardinals
...Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (France)
...Archbishop Manuel Jose Macario do
Nascimento Clemente (Portugal)
...Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew
Souraphiel (Ethiopia)
...Archbishop John Atcherley Dew (New
Zealand)
...Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli (Italy)
...Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon
(Vietnam)
...Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda (Mexico)
...Archbishop Charles Maung Bo (Myanmar)
...Archbishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak
Kovithavanij (Thailand)
...Archbishop Francesco Montenegro (Italy).
...Archbishop Daniel Fernando Sturla
Berhouet (Uruguay)
...Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez Perez (Spain).
...Bishop Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan
(Panama)
...Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado, (Capo
Verde).
...Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafia (Tonga)
...Archbishop emeritus Jose de Jesus
Pimiento RodrÃguez (Colombia)
...Titular Archbishop Luigi De Magistris
(Italy)
...Titular Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber
(Germany)
...Archbishop emeritus Luis Hector Villalba
(Argentina)
...Bishop emeritus Julio Duarte Langa
(Mozambique)