Pope to create new cardinals on August 27 consistory.

On Saturday, 27th August 2022, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory.

The new cardinals include:
1. Archbishop Arthur Roche – Prefect of the Congregation

On Saturday, 27th August 2022, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory.

The new cardinals include:
1. Archbishop Arthur Roche – Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

2. Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung sik – Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

3. Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. – President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate for Vatican City State

4. Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline – Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)

5. Bishop Peter Okpaleke – Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

6. Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. – Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

7. Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão – Archbishop of Goa and Damão (India)

8. Bishop Robert Walter McElroy – Bishop of San Diego (U.S.A)

9. Archbishop Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, S.D.B. – Archbishop of Dili (East Timor)

10. Bishop Oscar Cantoni – Bishop of Como (Italy)

11. Archbishop Anthony Poola – Archbishop di Hyderabad (India).

12. Archbishop Paulo Cezar Costa – Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

13. Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Africa – Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

14. Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye – Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

15. Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores – Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

16. Archbishop Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. – Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

17. Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal – Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

18. Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. – Bishop Emeritus of Gent (Belgium)

19. Archbishop Arrigo Miglio – Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari (Italy)

20. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. – Professor di Theology

21. Msgr. Fortunato Frezza – Canon of Saint Peter’s Basilica

The ceremony will be followed by the Vatican’s traditional “courtesy visit,” in which the new cardinals greet the general public.

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