U.S. cardinals who will enter conclave to elect pope

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here is a list of the U.S. cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to elect a new pope:

— Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, retired prefect of the Apostolic Signature.
— Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
— Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston.
— Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
— Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life under Pope Francis.
— Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retired archbishop of Washington.
— Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
— Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, archbishop of Washington.
— Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis.
— Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J.

Note: Former Baltimore Archbishop Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien, 86, is too old to participate. Cardinal O’Brien is the retired grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher based at the Vatican and resides in Rome.

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