Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals, including archbishops of Tehran and Toronto

Vatican City, October 6, 2024 / 7:41am

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals at a Dec. 8 conference of cardinals, including archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo and Toronto.

The 87-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after saying the Angelus prayer on Oct. 6.

This is the complete list:

Archbishop Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Tarkisius Isao Kikuchi SVD, Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan)

Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, OFM Order, Archbishop of Tehran and Ispahan (Belgian Missionary Bishop of Iran)

Bishop Mykola Bikok, CSsR, Holy Diocese of Ukrainian Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian Bishop of Australia)

Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, Theologian (UK)

Father Fabio Baggio, CS, Undersecretary of the Immigration and Refugee Division of the Office for the Promotion of Integral Human Development (Italy)

Monsignor George Jacob Kouvakad, State Department official, papal travel organizer (India)

Bishop Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome (Italy)

Archbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasorio, Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Pascalis Bruno Sukur, OFM, Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Archbishop Vicente Bocaric Iglich, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM, Archbishop of Metropolitan Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomari Gharib, Archbishop of Metropolitan Santiago de Chile (Chile)

Bishop Pablo Virgilio Shonco David, Bishop of Caloocan (Philippines)

Archbishop Laszlo Nemet, SVD, Archbishop of Belgrade (Serbia)

Archbishop Jaime Spengler, OFM, Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, OP, Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria)

Archbishop Roberto Lepore, Archbishop of Turin (Italy)

Archbishop Rolandas Makrikas, Archbishop Co-Priest of St. Mary Major Cathedral (Lithuania)

One of the next cardinals is already over 80 years old.

Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has created 142 cardinals in nine churches from 70 countries.

The last meeting to create new cardinals took place on September 30, 2023. The new cardinals included Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong. and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Bishops’ Office for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The 15 members of the College of Cardinals have turned 80 since the last College of Cardinals, meaning they will no longer have the opportunity to participate in future papal elections.

After the December congress, 141 cardinal electors will be elected (excluding the unexpected death of a cardinal). Of these, 111 (79%) were appointed by Pope Francis.