The Archbishop of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Most Rev. Ignace Bessi Dogbo, and the Archbishop of Algiers, Algeria, Most Rev. Jean-Paul Vesco, made up the list of the newly created 21 Cardinals by the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
After his Angelus prayer on Sunday, October 6, 2024, Pope Francis announced the creation of 21 cardinals. With the new Princes of the church coming from 18 different nationalities, only the Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to the Netherlands, Italy, Most Rev. Angelo Acerbi, is over 80 years of age, and will therefore not be eligible for election in the event of a conclave.
The continent of Asia had Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan, Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines, Paskalis Bruno Syukur, Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia, and George Jacob Koovakad, official of the Secretariat of State, India.
From Europe, Lรกszlรณ Nรฉmet, Belgrade, Serbia, Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Turin, Italy, Baldassare Reina, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, Italy, Fabio Baggio, Undersecretary, Italy, Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest, Lithuania, and Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, theologian, United Kingdom, made the list.
North America had only Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, Canada, and South America had Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima, Peru, Vicente Bokalic Iglic, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Fernando Natalio Chomalรญ Garib, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Chile, Jaime Spengler, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Australia/Oceania, equally had only Mykola Bychok, Ukrainian Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul, Melbourne, Australia, same with Dominique Joseph Mathieu, Archbishop of Teheran Ispahan, Iran, from the Middle East.
With the consistory scheduled for December 8, 2024, the college of cardinal electors will therefore, include 141 electors and 115 non-voters.
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