23 Oct 2007

European Cardinals to be created at consistory

A consistory to create new cardinals will be held on 24 November 2007. The following Europeans will be added to the College of Cardinals at that time:
Giovanni Lajolo, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State.
Paul Josef Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
Angelo Comastri, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
Stanisław Ryłko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
Seán B. Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
Lluís Martínez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
André Armand Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, France
Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

Plus 3 over 80, namely:
Giovanni Coppa, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
Urbano Navarrete, S.J., già Rettore della Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Umberto Betti, O.F.M., già Rettore della Pontificia Università Lateranense,

making a total of 13 of the 23 new cardinals, well over half the total number.

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