[CitizenM]

One of these might be named the new pope. Click on the webpage link, and on the webpage you can click on the Cardinal's name to read a bio.

Current Collage of Cardinals

* indicates electors
§ indicates new Cardinals (2003 Consistory).

Cardinal Bishops

• Ratzinger, Joseph (Germany) - Aged 77*
• Sodano, Angelo (Italy) - Aged 77*
• Gantin, Bernardin (Benin) - Aged 82
• Etchegaray, Roger (France) - Aged 82
• López Trujillo, Alfonso (Colombia) - Aged 69*
• Re, Giovanni Battista (Italy) - Aged 71*
• Sfeir, Nasrallah Pierre (Lebanon) - Aged 84
• Ghattas, Stephanos II (Egypt) - Aged 85
• Daoud, Ignace Moussa I (Syria) - Aged 74*

Total Cardinal Bishops (including Patriarch-Cardinals): 9

Cardinal Priests

• Kim Sou-hwan, Stephen (Korea) - Aged 82
• Sales, Eugênio de Araújo (Brazil) - Aged 84
• Willebrands, Johannes (Netherlands) - Aged 95
• Aponte Martinez, Luis (Puerto Rico) - Aged 82
• Primatesta, Raúl Francisco (Argentina) - Aged 85
• Pappalardo, Salvatore (Italy) - Aged 86
• Arns, Paulo Evaristo (Brazil) - Aged 83
• Taofinu'u, Pio (Samoa) - Aged 81
• Sin, Jaime Lachica (Philippines) - Aged 76*
• Baum, William Wakefield (USA) - Aged 78*
• Lorscheider, Aloísio (Brazil) - Aged 80
• Caprio, Giuseppe (Italy) - Aged 90
• Cé, Marco (Italy) - Aged 79*
• Corripio Ahumada, Ernesto (Mexico) - Aged 85
• Macharski, Franciszek (Poland) - Aged 77*
• Kitbunchu, Michael Michae (Thailand) - Aged 76*
• do Nascimento, Alexandre (Angola) - Aged 80
• Danneels, Godfried (Belgium) - Aged 71*
• Williams, Thomas Stafford (New Zealand) - Aged 75*
• Martini, Carlo Maria (Italy) - Aged 78*
• Lustiger, Jean-Marie (France) - Aged 78*
• Glemp, Józef (Poland) - Aged 75*
• Meisner, Joachim (Germany) - Aged 71*
• Lourdusamy, D. Simon (India) - Aged 81
• Arinze, Francis (Nigeria) - Aged 72*
• Innocenti, Antonio (Italy) - Aged 89
• Obando Bravo, Miguel (Nicaragua) - Aged 79*
• Mayer, Paul Augustin (Germany) - Aged 93
• Suquía Goicoechea, Angel (Spain) - Aged 88
• Vidal, Ricardo J. (Philippines) - Aged 74*
• Gulbinowicz, Henryk Roman (Poland) - Aged 81
• Tomko, Jozef (Slovakia) - Aged 81
• Deskur, Andrzej Maria (Poland) - Aged 81
• Poupard, Paul (France) - Aged 74*
• Vachon, Louis-Albert (Canada) - Aged 93
• Castillo Lara, Rosalio José (Venezuela) - Aged 82
• Wetter, Friedrich (Germany) - Aged 77*
• Piovanelli, Silvano (Italy) - Aged 81
• Simonis, Adrianus Johannes (Netherlands) - Aged 73*
• Gagnon, Édouard (Canada) - Aged 87
• Stickler, Alfons Maria (Austria) - Aged 94
• Law, Bernard Francis (USA) - Aged 73*
• Biffi, Giacomo (Italy) - Aged 76*
• Martínez Somalo, Eduardo (Spain) - Aged 78*
• Silvestrini, Achille (Italy) - Aged 81
• Felici, Angelo (Italy) - Aged 85
• Falcão, José Freire (Brazil) - Aged 79*
• Giordano, Michele (Italy) - Aged 74*
• dos Santos, Alexandre José Maria (Mozambique) - Aged 81
• Canestri, Giovanni (Italy) - Aged 86
• Javierre Ortas, Antonio María (Spain) - Aged 84
• Pimenta, Simon Ignatius (India) - Aged 85
• Clancy, Edward Bede (Australia) - Aged 81
• Szoka, Edmund Casimir (USA) - Aged 77*
• Paskai, László (Hungary) - Aged 77*
• Tumi, Christian Wiyghan (Cameroon) - Aged 74*
• Margéot, Jean (Mauritius) - Aged 89
• Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Frédéric (Congo) - Aged 74*
• López Rodriguez, Nicolás de Jesús (Dominican Republic) - Aged 68*
• Mahony, Roger Michael (USA) - Aged 69*
• Bevilacqua, Anthony Joseph (USA) - Aged 81
• Saldarini, Giovanni (Italy) - Aged 80
• Daly, Cahal Brendan (Ireland) - Aged 87
• Ruini, Camillo (Italy) - Aged 74*
• Korec, Ján Chryzostom (Slovakia) - Aged 81
• Schwery, Henri (Switzerland) - Aged 72*
• Sterzinsky, Georg Maximilian (Germany) - Aged 69*
• Vlk, Miloslav (Czech Republic) - Aged 72*
• Shirayanagi, Peter Seiichi (Japan) - Aged 76*
• Suárez Rivera, Adolfo Antonio (Mexico) - Aged 78*
• Ortega y Alamino, Jaime Lucas (Cuba) - Aged 68*
• Darmaatmadja, Julius Riyadi (Indonesia) - Aged 70*
• Wamala, Emmanuel (Uganda) - Aged 78*
• Keeler, William Henry (USA) - Aged 74*
• Turcotte, Jean-Claude (Canada) - Aged 68*
• Carles Gordó, Ricardo María (Spain) - Aged 78*
• Maida, Adam Joseph (USA) - Aged 75*
• Puljic, Vinco (Bosnia) - Aged 59*
• Razafindratandra, Armand Gaétan (Madagascar) - Aged 79*
• Pham Dình Tung, Paul Joseph (Vietnam) - Aged 85
• Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan (Mexico) - Aged 72*
• Swiatek, Kazimierz (Belarus) - Aged 90
• Tonini, Ersilio (Italy) - Aged 90
• De Giorgi, Salvatore (Italy) - Aged 74*
• Araújo, Serafim Fernandes de (Brazil) - Aged 80
• Rouco Varela, Antonio María (Spain) - Aged 68*
• Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew (Canada) - Aged 75*
• Tettamanzi, Dionigi (Italy) - Aged 71*
• Pengo, Polycarp (Tanzania) - Aged 60*
• Schönborn, Christoph (Austria) - Aged 60*
• Rivera Carrera, Norberto (Mexico) - Aged 62*
• George, Francis Eugene (USA) - Aged 68*
• Shan Kui-hsi, Paul (Taiwan) - Aged 81
• Kozlowiecki, Adam (Poland) - Aged 94
• Laghi, Pio (Italy) - Aged 82
• Cassidy, Edward Idris (Australia) - Aged 80
• Sánchez, José T. (Philippines) - Aged 85
• Noè, Virgilio (Italy) - Aged 83
• Angelini, Fiorenzo (Italy) - Aged 88
• Poggi, Luigi (Italy) - Aged 87
• Furno, Carlo (Italy) - Aged 83
• Agustoni, Gilberto (Switzerland) - Aged 82
• Jaworski, Marian (Ukraine) - Aged 78*
• Pujats, Janis (Latvia) - Aged 74*
• González Zumárraga, Antonio José (Ecuador) - Aged 80
• Dias, Ivan (India) - Aged 68*
• Agnelo, Geraldo Majella (Brazil) - Aged 71*
• Rubiano Sáenz, Pedro (Colombia) - Aged 72*
• McCarrick, Theodore Edgar (USA) - Aged 74*
• Connell, Desmond (Ireland) - Aged 79*
• Backis, Audrys Juozas (Lithuania) - Aged 68*
• Errázuriz Ossa, Francisco Javier (Chile) - Aged 71*
• Terrazas Sandoval, Julio (Bolivia) - Aged 69*
• Napier, Wilfrid Fox (South Africa) - Aged 64*
• Rodríguez Maradiaga, Oscar Andrés (Honduras) - Aged 62*
• Agré, Bernard (Ivory Coast) - Aged 79*
• Cipriani Thorne, Juan Luis (Peru) - Aged 61*
• Álvarez Martínez, Francisco (Spain) - Aged 79*
• Hummes, Cláudio (Brazil) - Aged 70*
• Vithayathil, Varkey (India) - Aged 77*
• Bergoglio, Jorge Mario (Argentina) - Aged 68*
• Policarpo, José da Cruz (Portugal) - Aged 69*
• Poletto, Severino (Italy) - Aged 72*
• Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac (England) - Aged 72*
• Egan, Edward Michael (USA) - Aged 73*
• Husar, Lubomyr (Ukraine) - Aged 72*
• Lehmann, Karl (Germany) - Aged 68*
• Honoré, Jean (France) - Aged 84
• Scola, Angelo (Italy) - Aged 63*§
• Okogie, Anthony Olubumni (Nigeria) - Aged 68*§
• Panafieu, Bernard (France) - Aged 74*§
• Zubeir Wako, Gabriel (Sudan) - Aged 64*§
• Amigo Vallejo, Carlos (Spain) - Aged 70*§
• Rigali, Justin Francis (USA) - Aged 69*§
• O'Brien, Keith Michael Patrick (Scotland) - Aged 67*§
• Scheid, Eusebio Oscar (Brazil) - Aged 72*§
• Antonelli, Ennio (Italy) - Aged 68*§
• Bertone, Tarcisio (Italy) - Aged 70*§
• Turkson, Peter Kodwo Appiah (Ghana) - Aged 56*§
• Toppo, Telesphore Placidus (India) - Aged 65*§
• Pell, George (Australia) - Aged 63*§
• Bozanic, Josip (Croatia) - Aged 56*§
• Pham Minh Mán, Jean-Baptiste (Vietnam) - Aged 70*§
• Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo (Guatemala) - Aged 73*§
• Barbarin, Philippe (France) - Aged 54*§
• Erdö, Peter (Hungary) - Aged 52*§
• Ouellet, Marc (Canada) - Aged 60*§

Total Cardinal Priests: 147

Cardinal Deacons

• Medina Estévez, Jorge Arturo (Chile) - Aged 78*
• Castrillón Hoyos, Dario (Colombia) - Aged 75*
• Antonetti, Lorenzo (Italy) - Aged 82
• Stafford, James Francis (USA) - Aged 72*
• Cheli, Giovanni (Italy) - Aged 86
• Monduzzi, Dino (Italy) - Aged 83
• Cacciavillan, Agostino (Italy) - Aged 78*
• Sebastiani, Sergio (Italy) - Aged 73*
• Grocholewski, Zenon (Poland) - Aged 65*
• Saraiva Martins, José (Portugal) - Aged 73*
• Sepe, Crescenzio (Italy) - Aged 61*
• Mejía, Jorge María (Argentina) - Aged 82
• Pompedda, Mario Francesco (Italy) - Aged 75*
• Kasper, Walter (Germany) - Aged 72*
• Tucci, Roberto (Italy) - Aged 83
• Scheffczyk, Leo (Germany) - Aged 85
• Dulles, Avery (USA) - Aged 86
• Tauran, Jean-Louis (France) - Aged 62*§
• Martino, Renato Raffaele (Italy) - Aged 72*§
• Marchisano, Francesco (Italy) - Aged 75*§
• Herranz, Julian (Spain) - Aged 75*§
• Lozano Barragán, Javier (Mexico) - Aged 72*§
• Hamao, Stephen Fumio (Japan) - Aged 75*§
• Nicora, Attilio (Italy) - Aged 68*§
• Cottier, George Marie Martin (Switzerland) - Aged 82§
• Spidlik, Tomas (Czech Republic) - Aged 85§
• Nagy, Stanislas (Poland) - Aged 83§

Total Cardinal Deacons: 27

TOTAL CARDINAL ELECTORS: 117 (those eligible to vote)
TOTAL CARDINALS: 183

All figures correct as at Wednesday, April 06, 2005 [Except where Cardinals have recently died and have not yet been removed from the database]

This is a link to the Vatican Television Network which will broadcast Pope John Paul, The Great's Funeral-
Friday: 10am Rome time - 4am Eastern US time.

Live Transmission of The Funeral of PJP,II

[Salvation]

Conclave: Pope's 'electoral college' has moral values, no exit polls

Rome's Next Choice? [TIME: "Arch-Conservative" Ratzinger is top Papabile]

Lent in the Vatican: The Pope, the Curia, and the Conclave ( Who's On First )

WILL INDIAN PONTIFF SUCCEED POPE?

POPE: 117 CARDINALS ON STANDBY FOR CONCLAVE

Papal Transition (what happens between one pope and the next)

Vatican Bracing for Papal Succession

When Sad Day Comes, Eyes of World Will Be on Papal Selection [How next Pope will be chosen]

Mahony Flies To Rome For Solemnities, Conclave (Cardinal from Los Angeles to Visit Vatican)

Papal Election and Succession

Interview with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Cardinals Head to Vatican for Conclave

Pope's Election Shocked Communist Poland ~~ On an icy October night a quarter-century ago.....

The Next Pope? Twenty leading possibilities

Assessing the Papal Electors

The quest stands upon the edge of a knife... (Hewitt on the Conclave)

Date for election of new pope set (April 18)

The College of Cardinals - What is it, why is it, what they do, and who they are.

[thoughtomator]

Why are some Cardinals not allowed to vote? I thought that only those 70 and younger could vote, but it doesn't seem to fit with the data.

[sinkspur]

Because of their special devotion and holiness, they are called to assist the Holy Father in the governance of the Church.

Most of these guys are Cardinals because of Church politics, who they know, and their graduate Roman degrees.

Special devotion and holiness are well down the list of qualifications.