- Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the Vatican’s recently appointed doctrinal chief Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, at a consistory on Sept. 30.
- The 86-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Angelus prayer on July 9.
- This is the full list:
- Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops (United States)
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- Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (Argentina)
- Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S. (France)
- Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (Italy)
- Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio to Italy (Switzerland)
- Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, SJ, bishop of Hong Kong (China)
- Archbishop José Cobo Cano, archbishop of Madrid (Spain)
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- Archbishop Stephen Brislin, archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)
- Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches (Italy)
- Archbishop Ángel Sixto Rossi, archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)
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- Archbishop Luis Rueda Aparicio, archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)
- Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Lodz (Poland)
- Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)
- Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, coadjutor archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)