VATICAN City — Pope Francis has appointed Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Kalookan Bishop Pablo David as among the 21 new cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican News reported Sunday, October 6.
The 21 new ‘princes’ of the Church will be formally created in a consistory in the Vatican on December 8, 2024, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The consistory will fall before the opening of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and after the conclusion of the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality in the Vatican.
Of the 21 new cardinals, 10 are from Europe, six (6) of whom are Italians; six (6) from the Americas; six (6) are from South America; four (4) are Asians, and an African.
The future Cardinals include:
1. H.E. Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
2. H.E. Mgr. Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
3. H.E. Msgr. Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Primado de la Argentina).
4. H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador).
5. H.E. Msgr. Fernando Natalio CHOMALÍ GARIB Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile).
6. Archbishop Tarcisio Isao KIKUCHI, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan).
7. H.E. Msgr. Pablo Virgilio SIONGCO DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines).
8. H. E. Msgr. Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia).
9. H.E. Msgr. Jaime SPENGLER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brasil).
10. H.E. Mgr Ignace BESSI DOGBO, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
11. H.E. Mgr Jean-Paul VESCO, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria).
12. H.E. Mgr. Paskalis Bruno SYUKUR, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia).
13. H. E. Msgr. Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran Ispahan (Iran).
14. H.E. Msgr. Roberto REPOLE, Archbishop of Turin (Italy).
15. H.E. Msgr. Baldassare REINA, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, formerly Vice-gerent and, as of today, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.
16. H.E. Msgr. Francis LEO, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada).
17. H.E. Msgr. Rolandas MAKRICKAS, Archpriest Coadjutor Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.
18. H.E. Mgr Mykola BYCHOK, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians
19. R.P. Timothy Peter Joseph RADCLIFFE, OP, theologian
20. R. P. Fabio BAGGIO, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
21. Mgr George Jacob KOOVAKAD, Official of the Secretary of State, Responsible for Travel
Exactly last year, Pope Francis has also elected 21 new cardinals to help him reform the catholic Church, leaning heavily on diversity just days ahead of a meeting where he will outline plans for its future and discuss controversial issues such as LGBTQ+ followers, women’s roles in the church and celibacy.|
