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	Archbishops Burke, Wuerl to Become Cardinals By Edward Pentin National Catholic Register October 20, 2010 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/archbishops-burke-wuerl-to-become-cardinals?utm_source=NCRegister.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8b916c77cb-RSS_DAILY_EMAIL#When:10:39:17Z At the end of his weekly General Audience this morning, Pope Benedict XVI announced the names of 24 new cardinals who will be raised to the cardinalate at a consistory next month. The complete list, in the order announced by the Holy Father: Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Coptic Patriarch Antonios Naguib of Alexandria, Egypt (also General Relator of the current Synod on the Middle East) Archbishop Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, Archpriest of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, prefect of the Apostolic Penitentiary Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (his statement can be read here) Archbishop Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Archbishop Paolo Sardi, Pro-Patron of the Knights of Malta Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe of Lusaka, Zambia Archbishop Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, of Kinshasa, DRC Archbishop Paolo Romeo of Palermo, Italy Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Archbishop of Aparecida, Brazil Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz of Warsaw, Poland Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany Archbishop Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Military Ordinary-emeritus of Spain Bishop Elio Sgreccia, president emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life Msgr. Walter Brandmueller, president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci, Maestro Emeritus of the Sistine Chapel Choir Four of the twenty four named this morning are over 80 years of age, meaning they will not be able to vote in conclave. Ten are heads of various curial dicasteries, ten of them are Italian. Currently there are 179 members of the College of Cardinals, 102 of whom are eligible to vote in conclave. The largest single group of electors is Europe with a total of 52 cardinals, followed by North America with 17 and South America with 11. The 24 archbishops and monsignori will be elevated to the College of Cardinals on November 20th.
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