Next Saturday, August 27, Pope Francis will hold a consistory in which he will create 21 new cardinals, of which 16 are 'electors' and five are over-eighty.
This was announced by the Pontiff himself to Regina Coeli.
"We pray for the new cardinals that by confirming their adhesion to Christ they will help me in my ministry as bishop of Rome for the good of all the faithful holy people of God," said Pope Francis after reading the list of 21 new cardinals. of which 16 'electors' in a future Conclave, which he will create in the Consistory - the ninth of his Pontificate - announced for August 27th.
In the following days, the Pontiff always announced, "on Monday and Tuesday 29 and 30 August a meeting of all the cardinals will be held to reflect on the new apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium", which reforms the Roman Curia.
There will be five new
Italian
cardinals that Pope Francis will create in the consistories announced for August 27: of these two will be the 'electors' and three will be over-eighty.
The new cardinal electors will be Msgr.
Osacr Cantoni, bishop of Como, and Msgr.
Giorgio Marengo, apostolic prefect of Ulan Bator (Mongolia).
The over-80s are instead the bishop emeritus of Cagliari Arrigo Miglio, the former rector of the Gregorian, Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, and Msgr.
Fortunato Frezza, rectory of San Pietro.
Here are the names of the new Cardinals: 1. HE Mons. Arthur Roche - Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
2. HE Mons. Lazzaro You Heung sik - Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
3. HE Mons. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC - President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State.
4. HE Mons. Jean-Marc Aveline - Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France).
5. HE Msgr. Peter Okpaleke - Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria).
6. HE Mons. Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, OFM - Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil).
7. HE Msgr. Filipe Neri António Sebastião of Rosário Ferrão - Archbishop of Goa and Damão (India).
8. HE Msgr. Robert Walter McElroy - Bishop of San Diego (USA) 9. HE Msgr.
Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, SDB - Archbishop of Dili (East Timor).
10. HE Mons. Oscar Cantoni - Bishop of Como (Italy).
11. HE Msgr. Anthony Poola - Archbishop of Hyderabad (India).
12. HE Msgr. Paulo Cezar Costa - Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil).
13. HE Msgr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr M. Afr - Bishop of Wa (Ghana).
14. HE Msgr. William Goh Seng Chye - Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore).
15. HE Msgr. Adalberto Martínez Flores - Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay).
16. HE Mons. Giorgio Marengo, IMC - Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
Together with them I will unite the members of the College of Cardinals: 1. HE Msgr. Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal - Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia).
2. HE Mons.
Lucas Van Looy sdb - Archbishop Emeritus of Ghent (Belgium).
3. HE Mons. Arrigo Miglio - Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari (Italy).
4. RP Gianfranco Ghirlanda sj.
- Professor of Theology.
5. Mons. Fortunato Frezza - Canon of San Pietro ".
