Cardinals Created by Francis (2023)

Consistory of 2023.09.30 (21)

Peru1. Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68)Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68)

In illo uno unum

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops
President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Archbishop ad personam
Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo (Peru)

Born:1955.09.14 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:2014.12.12
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians) (2001.09.14 – 2013.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru) (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (2015.09.26 – 2023.01.30)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2018.03.08 – 2023.01.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Callao (Peru) (2020.04.15 – 2021.04.17)

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2023.01.30 – ...)

Italy2. Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti (67)Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti (67)

Per orientalem viam

Titular Archbishop of Ravello
Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Born:1955.10.07 (Verona, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1982.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:2002.01.06
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Verona (Italy) (1982.05.29 – 2001.12.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1990.09.25 – 1998.02.02)

Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1997.12.17 – 2001.12.07)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.02.02 – 2001.12.07)

Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia (2001.12.07 – 2011.07.15)

Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia (2001.12.07 – 2011.07.15)

Titular Archbishop of Ravello (2001.12.07 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian (2001.12.13 – 2011.07.15)

Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus (2011.07.15 – 2015.11.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine (2015.11.13 – 2020.07.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain (2020.07.04 – 2022.11.21)

Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (2022.11.21 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2022.11.21 – ...)

Argentina3. Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández (61)Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández (61)

En medio de tu pueblo

Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
President of Pontifical Biblical Commission
President of International Theological Commission
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina)

Born:1962.07.18 (Alcira Gigena, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1986.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:2013.06.15
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1986.08.15 – 2013.05.13)

Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (2011.05 – 2018.04.23)

Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia (2013.05.13 – 2018.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina) (2018.06.02 – 2023.07.01)

Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (2023.07.01 – ...)

President of Pontifical Biblical Commission (2023.07.01 – ...)

President of International Theological Commission (2023.07.01 – ...)

Switzerland4. Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig (76)Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig (76)

Spes mea Christus

Titular Archbishop of Voli
Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Born:1947.02.03 (Unterems, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1974.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:1996.06.27
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Sion (Switzerland) (1974.04.11 – 1996.05.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1980.05.15 – 1992.11.26)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1992.11.26 – 1996.05.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (1996.05.04 – 2000.07.08)

Titular Archbishop of Voli (1996.05.04 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Delegate to Antilles (2000.07.08 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda (2001.01.20 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados (2001.01.20 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname (2001.01.20 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis (2001.06.01 – 2004.05.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Korea (2004.05.22 – 2008.01.26)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia (2004.06.17 – 2008.01.26)

Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark (2008.01.26 – 2012.01.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Finland (2008.01.26 – 2012.01.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland (2008.01.26 – 2012.01.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Norway (2008.01.26 – 2012.01.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden (2008.01.26 – 2012.01.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina (2012.01.05 – 2017.09.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to Italy (2017.09.12 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino (2017.09.12 – ...)

France5. Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (77)Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (77)

Si scires donum Dei

Titular Archbishop of Gunela
Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Born:1946.01.30 (Rennes, France)
Ordained Priest:1970.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1995.09.24
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Rennes (France) (1970.04.05 – 1995.07.12)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1979.02.05 – 1992.11.26)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1992.11.26 – 1995.07.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti (1995.07.12 – 1999.05.10)

Titular Archbishop of Gunela (1995.07.12 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda (1999.05.10 – 2007.03.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2007.03.22 – 2016.04.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America (2016.04.12 – ...)

Palestine6. Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (58)Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (58)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)
President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions
President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land
Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Born:1965.04.21 (Cologno al Serio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1990.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:2016.09.10
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land (2004.05.15 – 2016.05.20)

Titular Archbishop of Verbe (2016.06.24 – 2020.10.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2016.06.24 – 2020.10.24)

Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (2016.06.24 – ...)

Vice-President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (2017.02.17 – 2020?)

Pro-President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (2020? – 2020.10.24)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2020.10.24 – ...)

President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (2020.10.24 – ...)

President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (2020.10.24 – ...)

South Africa7. Archbishop Stephen Brislin (66)Archbishop Stephen Brislin (66)

Veritas in caritate

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Born:1956.09.24 (Welkom, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:1983.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:2007.01.28
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Kroonstad (South Africa) (1983.11.19 – 2006.10.17)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2002.08.02 – 2006.10.17)

Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa) (2006.10.17 – 2009.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa) (2009.12.18 – ...)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (2012.08 – 2016.11)

President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2013.02 – 2019.02)

Argentina8. Archbishop Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. (65)Archbishop Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. (65)

En todo amar y servir

Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Born:1958.08.11 (Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1994.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:2021.12.17
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (2021.11.06 – ...)

Colombia9. Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (61)Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (61)

Permanezcan en mi amor

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)
President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Born:1962.03.03 (San Gil, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1989.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:2012.04.18
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1989.11.23 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia) (2012.02.02 – 2018.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (2018.05.19 – 2020.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2020.04.25 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Soacha (Colombia) (2021.05.13 – 2022.04.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2021.07.04 – ...)

Poland10. Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś (59)Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś (59)

Virtus in infirmitate

Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)

Born:1964.02.09 (Kraków, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1988.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2011.09.28
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Kraków (Poland) (1988.05.22 – 2011.07.16)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2010.02.06 – 2011.07.16)

Titular Bishop of Arcavica (2011.07.16 – 2017.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (2011.07.16 – 2017.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland) (2017.09.14 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Kalisz (Poland) (2020.06.25 – 2020.10.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz (Poland) (2020.10.17 – 2021.01.25)

South Sudan11. Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla (59)Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla (59)

Joy in the eternal Word made flesh

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)
Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Born:1964.01.10 (Ido, South Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1991.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:2019.03.03
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Torit (South Sudan) (1991.04.21 – 2019.01.03)

Bishop of Torit (South Sudan) (2019.01.03 – 2019.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) (2019.12.12 – ...)

Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan (2020.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan) (2020.03.22 – 2022.11.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Wau (South Sudan) (2020.09.21 – 2020.11.18)

Spain12. Archbishop José Cobo Cano (58)Archbishop José Cobo Cano (58)

In misericordia tua, confidere et servire

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)

Born:1965.09.20 (Sobiote, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1994.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:2018.02.17
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Madrid (Spain) (1994.04.23 – 2017.12.29)

Titular Bishop of Baeza (2017.12.29 – 2023.06.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) (2017.12.29 – 2023.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) (2023.06.12 – ...)

Tanzania13. Archbishop Protase Rugambwa (63)Archbishop Protase Rugambwa (63)

Mwanzo na mwisho

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)
Bishop emeritus of Kigoma (Tanzania)

Born:1960.05.31 (Bunena, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1990.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:2008.04.13
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Rulenge (Tanzania) (1990.09.02 – 2008.01.18)

Bishop of Kigoma (Tanzania) (2008.01.18 – 2012.06.26)

Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (2012.06.26 – 2017.11.09)

Archbishop ad personam (2012.06.26 – 2023.04.13)

Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (2017.11.09 – 2022.06.05)

Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University (2017.11.09 – 2023.03.15)

Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation (2022.06.05 – 2023.03.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania) (2023.04.13 – ...)

Malaysia14. Bishop Sebastian Francis (71)Bishop Sebastian Francis (施恩天) (71)

Fiat voluntas tua

Bishop of Penang (Malaysia)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Born:1951.11.11 (Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
Ordained Priest:1977.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:2012.08.20
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia) (1977.07.28 – 2012.07.07)

Bishop of Penang (Malaysia) (2012.07.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2015.01.01 – 2017.01.01)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2017.01.01 – ...)

Hong Kong15. Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. (64)Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan (周守仁), S.J. (64)

愈顯主榮 / Ad majorem Dei gloriam

Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Born:1959.08.07 (Hong Kong)
Ordained Priest:1994.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:2021.12.04
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (2021.05.17 – ...)

France16. Bishop François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. (54)Bishop François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. (54)

In ipso vita erat

Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Born:1968.11.23 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1994.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:2021.06.13
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (2021.05.11 – ...)

Portugal17. Bishop Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar (49)Bishop Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar (49)

In manus tuas

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal)

Born:1973.12.12 (Leça do Balio, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:2001.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:2019.03.31
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Porto (Portugal) (2001.07.08 – 2019.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Dagnum (2019.03.01 – 2023.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (2019.03.01 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Spain18. Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (63)Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (63)

Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)
Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)
Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità
Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University

Born:1960.08.21 (Gozón-Luanco, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1987.07.04
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) (2014.03.25 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University (2014.03.25 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità (2014.03.25 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium) (2014.03.25 – ...)

Italy19. Archbishop Agostino Marchetto (83)Archbishop Agostino Marchetto (83)

In patientia cum gaudio

Titular Archbishop of Écija
Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Born:1940.08.28 (Vicenza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1985.11.01
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Vicenza (Italy) (1964.06.28 – 1985.08.31)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1973.08.27 – 1983.12.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1983.12.29 – 1985.08.31)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar (1985.08.31 – 1990.12.07)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius (1985.08.31 – 1990.12.07)

Titular Archbishop of Écija (1985.08.31 – ...)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania (1990.12.07 – 1994.05.18)

Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus (1994.05.18 – 1996)

Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999.07.08 – 2001.11.06)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2001.11.06 – 2010.08.25)

Venezuela20. Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (84)Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Born:1939.05.17 (Montalbán, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1963.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:1990.05.27
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Priest of Valencia (Venezuela) (1963.08.04 – 1990.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1990.04.04 – 1994.05.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1990.04.04 – 1994.05.07)

Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela) (1994.05.07 – 2002.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (2002.03.27 – 2018.05.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2012.01.12 – 2018.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Venezuela) (2014.01.25 – 2014.07.11)

Argentina21. Fr. Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. (96)Fr. Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. (96)

Born:1927.04.17 (Federación, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1952.03.29
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

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