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Cardinals electors
[Updated: 6 April 2025]
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Name
Date of Birth
Created by
Country
- A -
ADVINCULA Card. Jose Fuerte
[
English
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Italian
]
30-03-1952
Francis
Philippines
AGUIAR ALVES Card. Américo Manuel
[
English
-
Italian
]
12-12-1973
Francis
Portugal
AGUIAR RETES Card. Carlos
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-01-1950
Francis
Mexico
ALENCHERRY Card. George
[
English
-
Italian
]
19-04-1945
Benedict XVI
India
AMBONGO BESUNGU_Card. Fridolin, O.F.M. Cap.
[
English
-
Italian
]
24-01-1960
Francis
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ARBORELIUS Card. Anders, O.C.D.,
[
English
-
Italian
]
24-09-1949
Francis
Sweden
AVELINE Card. Jean-Marc
[
English
-
Italian
]
26-12-1958
Francis
France
AVIZ Card. João Braz de
[
English
-
Italian
]
24-04-1947
Benedict XVI
Brazil
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BAGGIO Card. Fabio, C.S.
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-01-1965
Francis
Italy
BARBARIN Card. Philippe
[
English
-
Italian
]
17-10-1950
St. John Paul II
France
BASELIOS Card. Cleemis
[
English
-
Italian
]
25-05-1960
Benedict XVI
India
BATTAGLIA Card. Domenico
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-01-1963
Francis
Italy
BESSI DOGBO Card. Ignace
[
English
-
Italian
]
17-08-1961
Francis
Ivory Coast
BETORI Card. Giuseppe
[
English
-
Italian
]
25-02-1947
Benedict XVI
Italy
BO Card. Charles Maung, S.D.B.
[
English
-
Italian
]
29-10-1948
Francis
Myanmar
BOKALIC IGLIC Card. Vicente, C.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-06-1952
Francis
Argentina
BOZANIĆ Card. Josip
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-03-1949
St. John Paul II
Croatia
BRENES SOLÓRZANO Card. Leopoldo José
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-03-1949
Francis
Nicaragua
BRISLIN Card. Stephen
[
English
-
Italian
]
24-09-1956
Francis
South Africa
BURKE Card. Raymond Leo
[
English
-
Italian
]
30-06-1948
Benedict XVI
United States of America
BUSTILLO Card. François-Xavier, O.F.M. Conv.
[
English
-
Italian
]
23-11-1968
Francis
France
BYCHOK Card. Mykola, C.SS.R.
[
English
-
Italian
]
13-02-1980
Francis
Australia
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CABRERA HERRERA Card. Luis Gerardo, O.F.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-10-1955
Francis
Ecuador
CAÑIZARES LLOVERA Card. Antonio
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-10-1945
Benedict XVI
Spain
CANTONI Card. Oscar
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-09-1950
Francis
Italy
CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO Card. Carlos Gustavo
[
English
-
Italian
]
02-02-1950
Francis
Peru
CHOMALÍ GARIB Card. Fernando Natalio
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-03-1957
Francis
Chile
CHOW SAU-YAN Card. Stephen, S.I.
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-08-1959
Francis
Cina
CLEMENTE Card. Manuel
[
English
-
Italian
]
16-07-1948
Francis
Portugal
COBO CANO Card. José
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-09-1965
Francis
Spain
COLLINS Card. Thomas Christopher
[
English
-
Italian
]
16-01-1947
Benedict XVI
Canada
COSTA Card. Paulo Ceza
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-07-1967
Francis
Brazil
COUTTS Card. Joseph
[
English
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Italian
]
21-07-1945
Francis
Pakistan
CUPICH Card. Blase J.
[
English
-
Italian
]
19-03-1949
Francis
United States of America
CZERNY Card. Michael, S.I.
[
English
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Italian
]
18-07-1946
Francis
Canada
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DAVID Card. Pablo Virgilio Siongco
[
English
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Italian
]
02-03-1959
Francis
Philippines
DE DONATIS Card. Angelo
[
English
-
Italian
]
04-01-1954
Francis
Italy
DE KESEL Card. Jozef
[
English
-
Italian
]
17-06-1947
Francis
Belgium
DEW Card. John Atcherley
[
English
-
Italian
]
05-05-1948
Francis
New Zealand
DiNARDO Card. Daniel Nicholas
[
English
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Italian
]
23-05-1949
Benedict XVI
United States of America
DO CARMO DA SILVA Card. Virgilio, S.D.B.
[
English
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Italian
]
27-11-1967
Francis
East Timor
DOLAN Card. Timothy Michael
[
English
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Italian
]
06-02-1950
Benedict XVI
United States of America
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EIJK Card. Willem Jacobus
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-06-1953
Benedict XVI
Netherlands
ERDŐ Card. Péter
[
English
-
Italian
]
25-06-1952
St. John Paul II
Hungary
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FARRELL Card. Kevin Joseph
[
English
-
Italian
]
02-09-1947
Francis
United States of America
FERNÁNDEZ Card. Víctor Manuel
[
English
-
Italian
]
18-07-1962
Francis
Argentina
FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME Card. Ángel, S.D.B.
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-08-1960
Francis
Spain
FERRÃO Card. Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-01-1953
Francis
India
FILONI Card. Fernando
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-04-1946
Benedict XVI
Italy
FRANCIS Card. Sebastian
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-11-1951
Francis
Malaysia
FURTADO Card. Arlindo GOMES
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-11-1949
Francis
Cape Verde
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GAMBETTI Card. Mauro, O.F.M. Conv.
[
English
-
Italian
]
27-10-1965
Francis
Italy
GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ Card. Juan de la Caridad
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-07-1948
Francis
Cuba
GOH Card. William Seng Chye
[
English
-
Italian
]
25-06-1957
Francis
Singapore
GRECH Card. Mario
[
English
-
Italian
]
20-02-1957
Francis
Malta
GREGORY Card. Wilton Daniel
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-12-1947
Francis
United States of America
GUGEROTTI Card. Claudio
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-10-1955
Francis
Italy
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HARVEY Card. James Michael
[
English
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Italian
]
20-10-1949
Benedict XVI
United States of America
HOLLERICH Card. Jean-Claude, S.I.
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-08-1958
Francis
Luxembourg
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- K -
KAMBANDA Card. Antoine
[
English
-
Italian
]
10-11-1958
Francis
Rwanda
KIKUCHI Card. Tarcisio Isao, S.V.D.
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-11-1958
Francis
Giappone
KOCH Card. Kurt
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-03-1950
Benedict XVI
Switzerland
KOOVAKAD Card. George Jacob
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-08-1973
Francis
India
KOVITHAVANIJ Card. Francis Xavier Kriengsak
[
English
-
Italian
]
27-06-1949
Francis
Thailandia
KRAJEWSKI Card. Konrad
[
English
-
Italian
]
25-11-1963
Francis
Poland
KUTWA Card. Jean-Pierre
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-12-1945
Francis
Ivory Coast
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- L -
LACROIX Card. Gérald Cyprien
[
English
-
Italian
]
27-07-1957
Francis
Canada
LANGLOIS Card. Chibly
[
English
-
Italian
]
29-11-1958
Francis
Haiti
LEO Card. Frank
[
English
-
Italian
]
30-06-1971
Francis
Canada
LOJUDICE Card. Augusto Paolo
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-07-1964
Francis
Italy
LÓPEZ ROMERO Card. Cristóbal, S.D.B.
[
English
-
Italian
]
19-05-1952
Francis
Marocco
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- M -
MAEDA Card. Thomas Aquino Manyo
[
English
-
Italian
]
03-03-1949
Francis
Giappone
MAFI Card. Soane Patita Paini
[
English
-
Italian
]
19-12-1961
Francis
Tonga
MAKRICKAS Card. Rolandas
[
English
-
Italian
]
31-01-1972
Francis
Lithuania
MAMBERTI Card. Dominique
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-03-1952
Francis
France
MARENGO Card. Giorgio, I.M.C.
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-06-1974
Francis
Mongolia
MARTÍNEZ FLORES Card. Adalberto
[
English
-
Italian
]
08-07-1951
Francis
Paraguay
MARTO dos SANTOS Card. António Augusto
[
English
-
Italian
]
05-05-1947
Francis
Portugal
MARX Card. Reinhard
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-09-1953
Benedict XVI
Germany
MATHIEU Card. Dominique Joseph, O.F.M. Conv.
[
English
-
Italian
]
13-06-1963
Francis
Iran
McELROY Card. Robert Walter
[
English
-
Italian
]
05-02-1954
Francis
United States of America
MENDONÇA Card. José Tolentino de
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-12-1965
Francis
Portugal
MONTENEGRO Card. Francesco
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-05-1946
Francis
Italy
MULLA Card. Stephen Ameyu Martin
[
English
-
Italian
]
10-01-1964
Francis
Sud Sudan
MÜLLER Card. Gerhard Ludwig
[
English
-
Italian
]
31-12-1947
Francis
Germany
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- N -
NEMET Card. Ladislav, S.V.D.
[
English
-
Italian
]
07-09-1956
Francis
Serbia
NICHOLS Card. Gerard Vincent
[
English
-
Italian
]
08-11-1945
Francis
United Kingdom
NJUE Card. John
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-01-1946
Benedict XVI
Kenya
NYCZ Card. Kazimierz
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-02-1950
Benedict XVI
Poland
NZAPALAINGA Card. Dieudonné
[
English
-
Italian
]
14-03-1967
Francis
Central African Republic
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- O -
OKPALEKE Card. Peter Ebere
[
English
-
Italian
]
01-03-1963
Francis
Nigeria
OMELLA Card. Juan José
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-04-1946
Francis
Spain
OSORO SIERRA Card. Carlos
[
English
-
Italian
]
16-05-1945
Francis
Spain
OUÉDRAOGO Card. Nakellentuba Philippe
[
English
-
Italian
]
31-12-1945
Francis
Burkina Faso
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- P -
PAROLIN Card. Pietro
[
English
-
Italian
]
17-01-1955
Francis
Italy
PATABENDIGE DON Card. Albert Malcolm Ranjith
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-11-1947
Benedict XVI
Sri Lanka
PETROCCHI Card. Giuseppe
[
English
-
Italian
]
19-08-1948
Francis
Italy
PIERRE Christophe Louis Yves Georges
[
English
-
Italian
]
30-01-1946
Francis
France
PIZZABALLA Card. Pierbattista, O.F.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-04-1965
Francis
Gerusalemme
POLI Card. Mario Aurelio
[
English
-
Italian
]
29-11-1947
Francis
Argentina
POOLA Card. Anthony
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-11-1961
Francis
India
PREVOST Card. Robert Francis, O.S.A.
[
English
-
Italian
]
04-09-1955
Francis
United States of America
PULJIĆ Card. Vinko
[
English
-
Italian
]
08-09-1945
St. John Paul II
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- R -
RADCLIFFE Card. Timothy Peter Joseph, O.P.
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-08-1945
Francis
United Kingdom
RAMAZZINI IMERI Card. Álvaro Leonel
[
English
-
Italian
]
16-07-1947
Francis
Guatemala
REINA Card. Baldassare
[
English
-
Italian
]
26-11-1970
Francis
Italy
REPOLE Card. Roberto
[
English
-
Italian
]
29-01-1967
Francis
Italy
RIBAT Card. John, M.S.C.
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-02-1957
Francis
Papua Nuova Guinea
ROBLES ORTEGA Card. Francisco
[
English
-
Italian
]
02-03-1949
Benedict XVI
Mexico
ROCHA Card. Sérgio da
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-10-1959
Francis
Brazil
ROCHE Card. Arthur
[
English
-
Italian
]
06-03-1950
Francis
United Kingdom
ROSSI Card. Ángel Sixto, S.I.
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-08-1958
Francis
Argentina
RUEDA APARICIO Card. Luis José
[
English
-
Italian
]
03-03-1962
Francis
Colombia
RUGAMBWA Card. Protase
[
English
-
Italian
]
31-05-1960
Francis
Tanzania
RYŁKO Card. Stanisław
[
English
-
Italian
]
04-07-1945
Benedict XVI
Poland
RYŚ Card. Grzegorz
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-02-1964
Francis
Poland
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SAKO Card. Louis Raphaël
[
English
-
Italian
]
04-07-1948
Francis
Iraq
SARAH Card. Robert
[
English
-
Italian
]
15-06-1945
Benedict XVI
Guinea
SCHERER Card. Odilo Pedro
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-09-1949
Benedict XVI
Brazil
SEMERARO Card. Marcello
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-12-1947
Francis
Italy
SOURAPHIEL Card. Berhaneyesus Demerew, C.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
14-07-1948
Francis
Ethiopia
SPENGLER Card. Jaime, O.F.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
06-09-1960
Francis
Brazil
STEINER Card. Leonardo Ulrich, O.F.M.
[
English
-
Italian
]
06-11-1950
Francis
Brazil
STURLA BERHOUET Card. Daniel Fernando, S.D.B.
[
English
-
Italian
]
04-07-1959
Francis
Uruguay
SUHARYO HARDJOATMODJO Card. Ignatius
[
English
-
Italian
]
09-07-1950
Francis
Indonesia
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TAGLE Card. Luis Antonio Gokim
[
English
-
Italian
]
21-06-1957
Benedict XVI
Philippines
TEMPESTA Card. Orani João, O.Cist.
[
English
-
Italian
]
22-06-1950
Francis
Brazil
TOBIN Card. Joseph William, C.SS.R.
[
English
-
Italian
]
03-05-1952
Francis
United States of America
TSARAHAZANA Card. Désiré
[
English
-
Italian
]
13-06-1954
Francis
Madagascar
TSCHERRIG Card. Emil Paul
[
English
-
Italian
]
03-02-1947
Francis
Switzerland
TURKSON Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-10-1948
St. John Paul II
Ghana
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VESCO Card. Jean-Paul, O.P.
[
English
-
Italian
]
10-03-1962
Francis
Algeria
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WOELKI Card. Rainer Maria
[
English
-
Italian
]
18-08-1956
Benedict XVI
Germany
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YOU HEUNG-SIK Card. Lazzaro
[
English
-
Italian
]
17-11-1951
Francis
Korea
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ZENARI Card. Mario
[
English
-
Italian
]
05-01-1946
Francis
Italy
ZUPPI Card. Matteo Maria
[
English
-
Italian
]
11-10-1955
Francis
Italy
Total: 136