Pope Names 19 New Cardinals Including 16 Who May Vote and the 98-Year-Old Secretary of Pope John Xxiii, by Robert Mickens, The Tablet, January 12, 2014

Pope Names 19 New Cardinals Including 16 Who May Vote and the 98-Year-Old Secretary of Pope John Xxiii

By Robert Mickens
The Tablet
January 12, 2014

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/315/0/pope-names-16-new-cardinal-electors-three-non-voters-over-80

[with video]

Pope Francis today ended months of speculation and announced the names of 16 men from twelve countries that he will create cardinal-electors at his first consistory on 22 February, among them is Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster.

Archbishop Loris Capovilla, 98, the beloved secretary of the soon-to-be-canonised Pope John XXIII, is the most notable among the elderly men without the right to vote in a conclave.

Francis announced the new cardinals at the end of the Angelus today from the window of the papal study overlooking St Peter’s Square.

As expected he will give the “red hat” to his Secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, and three other top Roman Curia officials. They include Archbishops Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops; Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Faith; and Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

The only other Italian to be named was a surprise choice – Archbishop Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia. It is the first time the central Italian diocese will be headed by a cardinal since 1846 when it was led by the future Pope Leo XIII.

Most of the other heads of archdioceses that will get the red hat are in places customarily headed by a cardinal. However, the selection of Archbishop Orlando Quevedo in the Philippines and Bishop Chibly Langlois from Haiti were further surprises.

Pope Francis named only one North American among the new cardinals – Archbishop Gerald Lacroix of Quebec. Archbishops Nichols and Bassetti were the only heads of dioceses in Europe to receive the honour.

Following is the list of the new cardinals in the order that Pope Francis announced them:

1. Pietro Parolin, 59, Secretary of State

2. Lorenzo Baldisseri, 73, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

3. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 66, Prefect of the CDF

4. Beniamino Stella, 72, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

5. Vincent Gerard Nichols, 68, Westminster (Great Britain)

6. Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano, 64, Managua (Nicaragua)

7. Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, 56, Quebec (Canada)

8. Jean-Pierre Kutwa, 68, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

9. Orani Joao Tempesta, O.Cist, 63, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

10. Gualtiero Bassetti, 71, Perugia-Citta della Pieve (Italy)

11. Mario Aurelio Poli, 66, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

12. Andrew Yeom Soo jung, 70, Seoul (Korea)

13. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello SDB, 72, Santiago del Cile (Chile)

14. Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo, 69, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

15. Orlando B. Quevedo OMI, 74, Cotabato (Philippines)

16. Chibly Langlois, 55, Les Cayes (Haiti)

Newly announced cardinals over the age of 80:

1. Loris Francesco Capovilla, 98, Titular Archbishop of Mesembria (Italy)

2. Fernando Sebastian Aguilar CMF, 84, Archbishop-emeritus of Pamplona (Spain)

3. Mgr Kelvin Edward Felix, 81, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries (Antilles)

Watch Pope Francis announce the names of the new cardinals in St Peter's Square in Rome.