Mon Oct 07 03:31:18 UTC 2024: ## Pope Francis Announces New Cardinals for 2024 Consistory

**Vatican City** – Pope Francis has announced that he will hold a Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals on December 8, 2024, coinciding with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The event, which will be held in the Vatican, will feature representatives from various countries around the globe.

This Consistory will take place ahead of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope and after the conclusion of the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality. Pope Francis last held a consistory for new Cardinals on September 30, 2023, prior to the First Session of the Synod on Synodality.

The Pope emphasized the global representation of the Cardinal-elects, stating that their diverse origins reflect the universality of the Church and its mission to spread God’s merciful love. He also highlighted the close connection between the See of Peter in Rome and the various Churches throughout the world.

The Pope urged the faithful to pray for the future Cardinals, “that by confirming their adherence to Christ, the merciful and faithful High Priest, they may help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of all God’s holy people.”

With the addition of these new Cardinals, the College of Cardinals will expand to 256 members, with 141 serving as Cardinal electors.

**The newly appointed Cardinals include:**

* **H.E. Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio**
* **H.E. Mgr. Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO, Archbishop of Lima (Peru)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Primate of Argentina)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Fernando Natalio CHOMALÍ GARIB, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile)**
* **Archbishop Tarcisio Isao KIKUCHI, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Pablo Virgilio SIONGCO DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines)**
* **H. E. Msgr. Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Jaime SPENGLER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brasil)**
* **H.E. Mgr Ignace BESSI DOGBO, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)**
* **H.E. Mgr Jean-Paul VESCO, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria)**
* **H.E. Mgr. Paskalis Bruno SYUKUR, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)**
* **H. E. Msgr. Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran Ispahan (Iran)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Roberto REPOLE, Archbishop of Turin (Italy)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Baldassare REINA, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, formerly Vice-gerent and, as of today, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.**
* **H.E. Msgr. Francis LEO, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)**
* **H.E. Msgr. Rolandas MAKRICKAS, Archpriest Coadjutor Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.**
* **H.E. Mgr Mykola BYCHOK, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians**
* **R.P. Timothy Peter Joseph RADCLIFFE, OP, theologian**
* **R. P. Fabio BAGGIO, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development**
* **Mgr George Jacob KOOVAKAD, Official of the Secretary of State, Responsible for Travel**

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