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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.
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Cardinal |
Country |
Posted to |
Turns 80 |
Appt. |
|
Cé |
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 |
Apr 19, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Hamao |
Japan |
Roman Curia |
Mar 09, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Maida |
USA |
Detroit |
Mar 18, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Williams  |
New Zealand |
Wellington (emer) |
Mar 20, 2010 |
JPII |
|
McCarrick |
USA |
DC |
Jul 07, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Poupard |
France |
Roman Curia |
Aug 30, 2010 |
JPII |
|
De Giorgi |
Italy |
Palermo |
Sep 06, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Daoud |
Syria |
Roman Curia |
Sep 18, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Giordano |
Italy |
Naples |
Sep 26, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Tumi |
Cameroon |
Douala |
Oct 15, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Pujats |
Latvia |
Riga |
Nov 14, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Etsou-Nzabi-Bam. |
Congo |
Kinshasa |
Dec 03, 2010 |
JPII |
|
Vidal |
Philippines |
Cebu |
Feb 06, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Ruini |
Italy |
Roman Curia |
Feb 19, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Keeler |
USA |
Baltimore |
Mar 04, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Sebastiani |
Italy |
Roman Curia |
Apr 11, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Olubunmi Okogie |
Nigeria |
Lagos |
Jun 16, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Law |
USA |
Boston (emer) |
Nov 04, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Antonelli |
Italy |
Florence |
Nov 18, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Simonis |
Netherlands |
Utrecht |
Nov 26, 2011 |
JPII |
|
Saraiva Martins |
Portugal |
Roman Curia |
Jan 06, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Nicora |
Italy |
Roman Curia |
Mar 16, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Egan |
USA |
New York |
Apr 02, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Vlk |
Czech Repub. |
Prague |
May 17, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Schwery |
Switzerland |
Sion |
Jun 14, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Stafford |
USA |
Roman Curia |
Jul 26, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Murphy-OConnor  |
England |
Westminster |
Aug 24, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Rubiano Sáenz |
Colombia |
Bogotá |
Sep 13, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Arinze |
Nigeria |
Roman Curia |
Nov 01, 2012 |
JPII |
|
Husar |
Ukraine |
Lviv of Ukr. |
Feb 26, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Kasper |
Germany |
Roman Curia |
Mar 05, 2013 |
JPII |
|
O'Brien  |
Scotland |
Edinburgh |
Mar 17, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Poletto |
Italy |
Turin |
Mar 18, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Sandoval Ińiguez |
Mexico |
Guadalajara |
Mar 28, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Danneels |
Belgium |
Mesch.-Brussels |
Jun 04, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Errázuriz Ossa |
Chile |
Santiago |
Sep 05, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Agnelo |
Brazil |
Sao Salv, d. Bahia |
Oct 19, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Meisner |
Germany |
Cologne |
Dec 25, 2013 |
JPII |
|
Re |
Italy |
Roman Curia |
Jan 30, 2014 |
JPII |
|
Tettamanzi |
Italy |
Genoa |
Mar 14, 2014 |
JPII |
|
Hummes |
Brazil |
Sao Paolo |
Aug 08, 2014 |
JPII |
|
Darmaatmadja |
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Dec 20, 2014 |
JPII |
|
Toppo |
India |
Ranchi |
Oct 15 , 2015 |
JPII |
|
López Trujillo |
Colombia |
Roman Curia |
Nov 08 , 2015 |
JPII |
|
Sterzinsky |
Germany |
Berlin |
Feb 09, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Policarpo |
Portugal |
Lisbon |
Feb 26, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Mahony |
USA |
Los Angeles |
Feb 27, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Zubeir Wako |
Sudan |
Khartoum |
Feb 27, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Terrazas Sandoval |
Bolivia |
Santa Cruz |
Mar 07, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Dias |
India |
Bombay |
Apr 14, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Lehmann |
Germany |
Mainz |
May 16, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Pell  |
Australia |
Sydney |
Jun 08, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Turcotte |
Canada |
Montreal |
Jun 26, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Rouco Varela |
Spain |
Madrid |
Aug 24, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Ortega y Alamino |
Cuba |
Havana |
Oct 18, 2016 |
JPII |
|
López Rodriguez |
Dom. Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Oct 31, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Scola |
Italy |
Venice |
Nov 7, 2016 |
JPII |
|
Bergoglio |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Dec 17, 2016 |
JPII |
|
George |
USA |
Chicago |
Jan 16, 2017 |
JPII |
|
Backis |
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Feb 01, 2017 |
JPII |
|
Tauran |
France |
Roman Curia |
Apr 05, 2018 |
JPII |
|
Ouellet |
Canada |
Quebec |
Oct 11, 2019 |
JPII |
|
Grocholewski |
Poland |
Roman Curia |
Oct 11, 2019 |
JPII |
|
Napier |
South Africa |
Durban |
Mar 08, 2021 |
JPII |
|
Rivera Carrera |
Mexico |
DF |
Jun 06, 2022 |
JPII |
|
Rodríguez-Marad. |
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Dec 29, 2022 |
JPII |
|
Sepe |
Italy |
Roman Curia |
Jun 02, 2023 |
JPII |
|
Appiah Turkson |
Ghana |
Cape Coast |
Oct 11, 2023 |
JPII |
|
Cipriani Thorne |
Peru |
Lima |
Dec 28, 2023 |
JPII |
|
Bozanic |
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Mar 20, 2024 |
JPII |
|
Pengo |
Tanzania |
Dar-Eo-Salam |
Aug 05, 2024 |
JPII |
|
Schönborn |
Austria |
Vienna |
Jan 22, 2025 |
JPII |
|
Puljic |
Bosnia |
Vrhbosna |
Sep 08, 2025 |
JPII |
|
Barbarin |
France |
Lyon |
Oct 17, 2025 |
JPII |
|
Erdo |
Hungary |
Eszt.-Budapest |
Jun 25, 2027 |
JPII |
This table is made available courtesy of Dr. Edward Peters, one of America's leading lay canon lawyers. A specialist in the Roman Catholic Church's internal legal system, Dr. Peters
teaches, writes, speaks, and consults on a wide variety of canonical issues. Visit his informative homepage at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/ Dr. Peter is also the author of Annulments and the Catholic Church. , the most complete, informative, and practical guide available on the subject.
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