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Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was among 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis May 29, 2022. Archbishop McElroy is pictured in a 2019 photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Bishop McElroy

May 30, 2022
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis announced he will create 21 new cardinals Aug. 27, including 68-year-old Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, Calif.

The pope made the announcement at the end of his “Regina Coeli” address May 29, telling the crowd in St. Peter’s Square the names of the 16 cardinals under the age of 80, who will be eligible to vote in a conclave, and the names of five elderly churchmen whose red hats are a sign of esteem and honor.

“Let us pray for the new cardinals so that, in confirming their adhesion to Christ, they may help me in my ministry as bishop of Rome for the good of the entire holy people of God,” the pope said.

After the Aug. 27 consistory, there will be 132 cardinals eligible to enter a conclave, and the number of those over 80 will be 97, bringing the total number of cardinals to 229.

Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, was among 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis May 29, 2022. Archbishop Roche is pictured in a Jan. 21, 2022, photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Here is the full list of the new cardinals, in the order named by the pope:

— Archbishop Arthur Roche, 72, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

— Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, 70, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

— Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, 77, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and president of the Governorate of Vatican City State.

— Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France, 63.

— Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke of Ekwulobia, Nigeria, 59.

— Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner of Manaus, Brazil, 71.

— Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão of Goa, India, 69.

— Bishop Robert Walter McElroy of San Diego, 68.

— Archbishop Virgílio do Carmo da Silva of Dili, Timor-Leste, 54.

— Bishop Oscar Cantoni of Como, Italy, 71.

— Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, India, 60.

— Archbishop Paulo Cezar Costa of Brasília, Brazil, 54.

— Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, 62.

— Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye of Singapore, 64.

— Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores of Asunción, Paraguay, 70.

— Bishop Giorgio Marengo, apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, who will be 48 June 7.

— Retired Archbishop Jorge Jiménez Carvajal of Cartagena, Colombia, 80.

— Retired Archbishop Lucas Van Looy of Ghent, Belgium, 80.

— Retired Archbishop Arrigo Miglio of Cagliari, Italy, who turns 80 July 18.

— Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, professor of canon law, who turns 80 July 5.

— Msgr. Fortunato Frezza, canon of St. Peter’s Basilica, 80.

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