2024 Pope Consistory - 21 new cardinals appointed

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This year features representatives of six of the seven continents.  

His Holiness Pope Francis’ words on this year’s Consistory and the newly appointed cardinals: “Their origin reflects the universality of the Church, that continues to announce God's merciful love to all people.”

Full list of the 21 new cardinals:

1. His Excellency Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
2. His Excellency Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio of Lima, Peru
3. His Excellency Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic of Santiago del Estero, Primate of Argentina
4. His Excellency Archbishop Gerardo Cabrera Herrera of Guayaquil, Ecuador
5. His Excellency Archbishop Natalio Chomalí Garib of Santiago de Chile, Chile
6. His Excellency Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, Japan
7. His Excellency Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan, Philippines
8. His Excellency Archbishop Ladislav Nemet of Belgrade, Serbia
9. His Excellency Archbishop Jaime Spengler of Porto Alegre, Brazil
10. His Excellency Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
11. His Excellency Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers, Algeria
12. His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Mathieu of Tehran-Ispahan of the Latins, Iran
13. His Excellency Archbishop Roberto Repole of Turin, Italy
14. His Excellency Bishop Baldassare Reina, who will be, from today on, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome
15. His Excellency Archbishop Francis Leo of Toronto, Canada
16. His Excellency Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, Co-adjutor Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major
17. His Excellency Bishop Mykola Bychok of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne for Ukrainians, Australia
18. Reverend Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, Theologian
19. Reverend Father Fabio Baggio, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
20. Reverend Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad, Official of the Secretariat of State, responsible for Papal Travels
21. His Excellency Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy