VATICAN CITY, JAN. 6, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI today announced than on Feb. 18, he will add 22 men to the College of Cardinals.
Of the 22, four are already past the age of 80, meaning they are not eligible to vote in a conclave.
The list includes two from the United States: the archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, who is a native of St. Louis, Missouri; and Edwin O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, who is a native of New York.
Toronto’s archbishop, Thomas Collins, is also on the list, as is the bishop of Hong Kong, John Tong Hon.
George Alencherry, the major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India, will also be made a cardinal.
The full list and the ages of the future cardinals is below.
— Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Age: 65.8
— Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary; Age: 73.9
— Santos Abril y Castelló, Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber; Age: 76.4
— Antonio Maria Vegliò, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People; Age: 74.0
— Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State; Age: 69.4
— Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; Age: 73.9
— João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life; Age: 64.8
— Edwin O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; Age: 72.9
— Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See; Age: 69.0
— Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See; Age: 68.6
— George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India; Age: 66.8
— Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Age: 65.1
— Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P., Archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic; Age: 68.8
— Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands; Age: 58.7
— Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence, Italy; Age: 65.0
— Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York; Age: 62.0
— Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Berlin, Germany; Age: 55.5
— John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, China; Age: 72.5
The list of non-voting cardinals (and their ages) is below.
— Lucian Mureşan, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania; Age: 80.7
— Julien Ries, Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium; Age: 91.8
— Prospero Grech, O.S.A., Priest of Order of St. Augustine; Age: 86.2
— Karl Josef Becker, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus; Age: 83.8
