Summer Surprise: Pope Will Create 21 New Cardinals in September 2023. Here Is The Complete List

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 07.09.2023).- At the end of his address and the recitation of the Marian Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced the creation of new Cardinals. “I wish to announce that on September 30 I will hold a Consistory for the appointment of new Cardinals.” The Holy Father emphasized that “Their provenance expresses the universality of the Church, which continues proclaiming the merciful love of God to all men on earth.” And he added, “The inclusion of the new Cardinals in the Diocese of Rome manifests also the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the particular Churches scattered throughout the world.”

Here are the names of the new Cardinals:

1. Robert Francis PREVOST, O.S.A.., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

2. Claudio GUGEROTTI, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches

3. Victor Manuel FERNÁDEZ, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

4. Emil Paul TSCHERRIG, Apostolic Nuncio;

5. Christophe Louis Yves Georges PIERRE, Apostolic Nuncio;

6. Pierbattista PIZZABALLA, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem;

7. Stephen BRISLIN, Archbishop of Cape Town (Kaapstad);

8. Angel Sixto ROSSI, S.J., Archbishop of Córdoba;

9. Luis José RUEDA APARICIO, Archbishop of Bogotá;

10. Grzegorz RYŚ, Archbishop of Lódź;

11. Stephen Ameyu Martin MULLA, Archbishop of Juba;