Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the Vatican’s recently appointed doctrinal chief Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, at a consistory on Sept. 30.
The 86-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Angelus prayer on July 9.
This is the full list:
• Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops (United States)
• Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (Argentina)
• Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. (France)
• Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (Italy)
• Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy (Switzerland)
• Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J., Bishop of Hong Kong (China)
• Archbishop José Cobo Cano, Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)
• Archbishop Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)
• Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches (Italy)
• Archbishop Ángel Sixto Rossi, Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)
• Archbishop Luis Rueda Aparicio, Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)
• Archbishop Grzegorz Ry, Archbishop of Lodz (Poland)
• Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)
• Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)
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