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Papal Conclave: Current Eligible Electors

 

The Next Papal Conclave: Current Eligible Electors

by Dr. Edward N. Peters

 

     The election of the Roman Pontiff has been reserved to the College of Cardinals since late in the 13th century. Under current ecclesiastical law (John Paul II, ap. con. Universi Dominici gregis, 1996) all those, but only those, cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote, except that cardinals whose names remained reserved by the pope "in pectore"  would be ineligible (UDG 33, 36). There are presently 117 cardinals, some of them retired (emeritus) from their last posts, eligible to vote in the next papal conclave (this number occasionally went over the papally self-imposed limit of 120). Voting is secret and politicking is prohibited (UDG 79-83), but the following "blocs" are noteworthy: approximately 30 Europeans (outside Italy); 20 Italians; 18 Latin Americans; 11 Americans (plus at least 7 more from heavily Anglo-cultures); and 9 Emergent Africans.

Cardinal

Country

Posted to

Turns 80

Appt.

Italy

Venice (emer)

Jul 08, 2005

JPII

Álvarez Martínez

Spain

Toledo (emer)

Jul 14, 2005

JPII

Razafindratandra

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Aug 07, 2005

JPII

Falcăo

Brazil

Brasilia

Oct 23, 2005

JPII

Panafieu

France

Marseilles

Jan 26, 2006

JPII

Obando Bravo

Nicaragua

Managua

Feb 02, 2006

JPII

Agré

Ivory Coast

Abidjan

Mar 02, 2006

JPII

Connell

Ireland

Dublin

Mar 24, 2006

JPII

Cacciavillan

Italy

Roman Curia   (emer)

Aug 14, 2006

JPII

Jaworski

Ukraine

Lviv of the Latins

Aug 21, 2006

JPII

Lustiger

France

Paris

Sep 17, 2006

JPII

Carles Gordó

Spain

Barcelona

Sep 24, 2006

JPII

Baum

USA

Roman Curia  (emer)

Nov 21, 2006

P6

Wamala

Uganda

Kampala

Dec 15, 2006

JPII

Medina Estévez

Chile

Roman Curia (emer)

Dec 23, 2006

JPII

Suárez Rivera

Mexico

Monterrey (emer)

Jan 09, 2007

JPII

Martini

Italy

Milan (emer)

Feb 15, 2007

JPII

Quezada-Toruno

Guatamala

Guatamala City

Mar 08, 2007

JPII

Martínez Somalo

Spain

Roman Curia

Mar 31, 2007

JPII

Ratzinger (Dean)

Germany

Roman Curia

Apr 16, 2007

P6

Paskai

Hungary

Eszterg-Buda. (emer)

May 08, 2007

JPII

Macharski

Poland

Krakow

May 20, 2007

JPII

Vithayathil

India

Syro-Malabars

May 29, 2007

JPII

Szoka

USA

Roman Curia

Sep 14, 2007

JPII

Sodano

Italy

Roman Curia

Nov 23, 2007

JPII

Martino

Italy

Roman Curia

Nov 23, 2007

JPII

Schied

Brazil

Rio De Janiero

Dec 08, 2007

JPII

Lozana Barragan

Spain

Roman Curia

Jan 26 2008

JPII

Wetter

Germany

Munich & Freising

Feb 20, 2008

JPII

Biffi

Italy

Bologna

Jun 13, 2008

JPII

Shirayanagi

Japan

Tokyo (emer)

Jun 17, 2008

JPII

Amigo Vallejo

Spain

Seville

Aug 23, 2008

JPII

Sin

Philippines

Manila (emer)

Aug 31, 2008

P6

Kitbunchu

Thailand

Bangkok

Jan 25, 2009

JPII

Pompedda

Italy

Roman Curia (emer)

Apr 18, 2009

JPII

Marchisano

Italy

Roman Curia  (emer)

Jun 25, 2009

JPII

Castrillón Hoyos

Colombia

Roman Curia

Jul 04, 2009

JPII

Bertone

Italy

Genoa

Dec 02, 2009

JPII

Glemp

Poland

Warsaw

Dec 18, 2009

JPII

Pham Minh Man

Vietnam

Ho Chi City

--, 2009

JPII

Ambrozic

Canada

Toronto

Jan 27, 2010

JPII

Casado Herranz

Spain

Roman Curia

Mar 31, 2010

JPII

Rigali

USA

Philadelphia