Recent Appointments

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti resigned as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, President of Commission for Confidential Matters and President of Committee for Investments, was appointed as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea

Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro pro hac vice Title, Archbishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy), President emeritus of Fabric of Saint Peter, Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Vicar General for the Vatican City State emeritus of Roma (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), passed away at 89

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉), Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception and Bishop emeritus of Alessandria (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Anthony Poola took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

Cardinal Péter Erdő took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and President of International Theological Commission

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel resigned as Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium)

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Pontifical Assistant for Memores Domini Lay Association, was appointed as Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke resigned as Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo

Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer resigned as First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano resigned as Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico)

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Alberto Magno

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Czechia)

Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Cardinal Josip Bozanić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) and Vice-President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Cardinal Péter Erdő, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary), Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia and President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., resigned as President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Reinhard Marx resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., resigned as Coordinator of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) and President of Episcopal Conference of Spain, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Member of Financial Security Committee, Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), Member of Council of Cardinals and First Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, was appointed as President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Savona–Noli (Italy) and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) and Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy, passed away at 81

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and Coordinator of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Honduras)

Cardinal Severino Poletto, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy), passed away at 89

Cardinal Oscar Cantoni took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Cardinal Fortunato Frezza took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Gesù

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio

Cardinal Arthur Roche took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) and Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Bishop of Wa (Ghana), passed away at 63

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Cardinal Arrigo Miglio took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle resigned as President of Caritas Internationalis

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植) took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Cardinal Oswald Gracias resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) and Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Cardinal Anthony Poola, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda (India)

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title and President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)