By Charles Igwe
After the Sunday Angelus on October 8th, Pope Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals on December 8, 2024, coinciding with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This major event will take place in the Vatican, preceding the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and following the conclusion of the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality.
The Pope highlighted the diverse origins of the Cardinal-elects, emphasizing the universal mission of the Church. “Their inclusion in the Diocese of Rome manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the particular Churches spread throughout the world,” Pope Francis said. He also called on the faithful to pray for the new Cardinals, asking that their fidelity to Christ help him in his ministry for the good of the Church.
With the upcoming Consistory, the College of Cardinals will increase to 256 members, with 141 electors eligible to participate in a papal conclave.
Here is the full list of the future Cardinals:
- H.E. Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
- H.E. Msgr. Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
- H.E. Msgr. Vicente Bokalic Iglic C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
- H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
- H.E. Msgr. Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
- Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan)
- H.E. Msgr. Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines)
- H.E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd-Smederevo (Serbia)
- H.E. Msgr. Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)
- H.E. Msgr. Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- H.E. Msgr. Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria)
- H.E. Msgr. Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)
- H.E. Msgr. Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran-Ispahan (Iran)
- H.E. Msgr. Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Turin (Italy)
- H.E. Msgr. Baldassare Reina, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome and Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome
- H.E. Msgr. Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)
- H.E. Msgr. Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest Coadjutor, Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major
- H.E. Msgr. Mykola Bychok, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians
- R.P. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., Theologian
- R.P. Fabio Baggio, C.S., Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
- Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad, Official of the Secretariat of State, Responsible for Papal Travels
