The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Additions 2011

December

December 31
Vatican Insider reported that the mediation conducted by Cardinal Peter Erdö, archbishop of Esztergom Budapest, Hungary, apostolic visitor to resolve the conflict between the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú and the archbishopric of Lima has failed due to the inflexibility of the university authorities, who refused to accept the authority of the Church concerning the application of the apostolic constitution Ex Cordae Ecclesiae, written by Pope John Paul II on August 15, 1990 to guide Catholic higher education institutions around the world. In Crónica - 2011.

December 29
Pope Benedict XVI has named members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Cardinals Josip Bozanić, archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia; Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India; John Njue, archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya; and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. In Crónica - 2011.

December 28
Vatican Diary / The next cardinals, name by name by Sandro Magister, Chiesa, December 28, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

December 26
Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, United States, told Chicago station WLS-TV, that he hopes that Pope Benedict XVI will not accept his resignation from that see when he turns 75 years old on January 16, 2012, as mandated by the Code of Canon Law. Also, Vatican: The position of bishops who do not want to retire, Vatican Insider, 12/31/2011.

December 26
Additional information concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Scipione Rebiba (1555); Scipione Borghese (1770); Innocenzo Conti (1771); and Leopold Ernest von Firmian (1772), has been included in their biographical entries, kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

December 22
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) in the consistory of April 15, 1776 (V).

December 19
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) in the consistory of November 13, 1775 (IV).

December 18
Today, the site The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church reached 1,500,000 hits since January 1, 2002, an average of 150,000 per year.

December 16
Cardinal John Foley's funeral slideshow, Catholic Philly.

December 16
Homily of Archbishop Timothy Dolan at the funeral of Cardinal John Patrick Foley at the cathedral-basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul of Philadelphia. YouTube.

December 16
Rector of Cathedral Basilica in Philadelphia shows crypt where Cardinal Foley will be entombed , YouTube.

December 15
Media coverage of Cardinal John Foley's funeral Mass, Catholic Philly.

December 15
Ongoing coverage of Cardinal John Foley's funeral: Photos of reception of the body and Midmorning Prayer at Seminary, Catholic Philly.

December 14
The funeral of Cardinal John Patrick Foley, which will take place on Friday December 16, 2011, at the cathedral basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, in Philadelphia, will be presided over by Archbishop Edwin Frederick O'Brien, pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of St. John of Jerusalem and apostolic administrator of Baltimore. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York will be the homilist. Following mass, the coffin will be carried into the crypt beneath the main altar, where it will be immured after a brief Rite of Committal. The crypt contains the bodies of three priests and 14 former bishops, archbishops and cardinal-archbishops, including Michael Francis Egan, Philadelphia's first bishop. The last person entombed there was Cardinal John Joseph Krol, on March 8, 1996.

December 12
Upon learning of the death of Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., of Philadelphia. Analogous telegram was sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State. In Crónica - 2011.

December 11
The blog Whispers in the Loggia announced that Cardinal John Patrick Foley, grand master emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died of leukemia, at around 3 a.m., at Villa St. Joseph in Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, United States of America. The funeral is expected to take place in the cathedral-basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in that city. After the death of Cardinal Foley, the total number of cardinals is 192. The cardinal electors are now 109; 63 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 46 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 83, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 68 by Pope John Paul II; and 11 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011. Video, NBC Philadelphia.

December 10
Pope Benedict XVI has named members of the Pontifical Council for Culture Cardinals Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, United States of America. In Crónica - 2011.

December 8
The Italian consistory and the date conundrum, Vatican Insider, December 8, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

December 7
Catholic News Agency reported that Pope Benedict XVI elevated Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need to the status of a pontifical foundation and named Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, its first president. In Crónica - 2011.

December 7
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Guadalajara, México, presented by Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, in conformity to canon 401§1 of the Code of Canon Law. The pope has named archbishop of Guadalajara Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, until then archbishop of Monterrey, México. In Crónica - 2011.

December 7
Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea and apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of P'yöng-yang, Norh Korea, turned eighty years old and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 110; 63 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 47 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 83, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 68 by Pope John Paul II; and 11 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

December 5
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, president of the 23rd International Mariological Marian Congress, which will take place from September 4 to 9, at the Auditorium Antonianum, Pontifical Antonianum University, Viale Manzoni 1, Rome.

December 5
Vatican Insider reported that Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, special papal envoy to the celebration of the centennial of the metropolitan cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), will meet Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Buddhist, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. In Crónica - 2011.

December 5
Tweeting cardinals spread the word in 140 characters. By Ella Ide (AFP).

December 5
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) in the consistory of July 17, 1775 (III).

December 1
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) in the consistory of May 29, 1775 (II).

November

November 29
Vatican Insider reported that Cardinal Peter Erdö, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, head of the inquiry into the rebellious stance taken by the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú, will arrive in Lima on December 5, 2011, to collect information necessary for finding a diplomatic solution in the dispute between that institution and the archbishopric of Lima. In Crónica - 2011.

November 26
Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis, archbishop emeritus of Utrecht, Holland, turned eighty years old and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 111; 63 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 48 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 82, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 68 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

November 24
In the gallery of the archbishops of Valencia, in the capitular hall of the cathedral, was installed the portrait of Cardinal Agustía García Gasco Vicente, archbishop of that city from 1992 until 2009, who died in Rome on May 1, 2011. The artist who painted the portrait was Mr. Alex Alemany, from Gandía, Valencia. Information provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain. In Crónica - 2011.

November 23
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) in the consistory of April 24, 1775 (I).

November 21
Cardinal Bernard Francis Law ceased as archpriest of the papal Liberian basilica and Pope Benedict XVI named to succeed him in that post Santos Abril y Castelló, titular archbishop of Tamada, vice camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. In Crónica - 2011.

November 19
The Bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See informed that "At 10:30 a.m., after concluding the courtesy visit to the President of the Republic, the Pope left Cotonou to go by car to the city of Ouidah. The Holy Father arrived at 11.15 a.m., at the Seminary of Saint Gall, where currently study 140 candidates to the priesthood from Benin and Togo, and was received by the Rector at the entrance of the chapel dedicated to Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, patroness of the Missions. After the adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Pope prayed before the tomb of Louis Parisot, SMA, Vicar Apostolic of Dahomeny and Ouidah from 1935 to 1955 and first Archbishop of Cotonou (1955-1060); and before the tomb of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, archbishop of Cotonou from 1960 to 1971, when Pope Paul VI called him to the Roman Curia, where he became the first African cardinal to head a dicastery (Iustitia et Pax; and then Cor Unum; and finally the Congregation for Bishops), also holding the office of Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1993 to 2002. In the chapel of the Seminary of Saint Gall were present some old or sick priests and religious and a small group of ill people who suffer from leprosy. Also present was the president of the Foundation Bernardin Gantin - with two bishops from the Board - who gave the Pope a copy of the Statutes of the Foundation.

November 14
The Vatican Information Service (VIS) reported that in a press conference celebrated on November 14, 2011, concerning the trip of Pope Benedict XVI to Benin, which will take place on November 18 to 20, Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Press Office of the Holy See, informed that "Another key moment will be the Pope's visit to the tomb of the Beninese Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, who died in 2008 but is still much loved by his people, Fr. Lombardi explained. This affection is shared by the Holy Father because Cardinal Gantin was very close to the Pope for various reasons, having been prefect of the Congregation for Bishops at the time that Benedict XVI was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and having been his immediate predecessor as dean of the College of Cardinals. In Benin he is considered as a national hero, a person who enjoys truly immense public affection. For this reason, the Pope's visit to his tomb will be one of the most significant episodes of the trip". Besides, Cardinal Gantin was elevated to the cardinalate in the same consistory as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).

November 14
Forty six links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistories of September 23, 1771 (VII); December 16, 1771 (VIII); December 14, 1772 (IX); March 15, 1773 (X); April 19, 1773 (XI); and April 26, 1773 (XII), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

November 10
The Press Office of the Holy See anounced that Pope Benedict XVI has named members of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinals Attilio Nicora, president of the Authority of Financial Information; and Velasio De Paolis, C.S., president emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. In Crónica - 2011.

November 7
Twenty seven links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistories of December 18, 1769 (I); January 29, 1770 (II); August 6, 1770 (III); September 10, 1770 (IV); December 12, 1770 (V); and June 17, 1771 (VI), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

November 4
Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, archpriest of the papal Liberian basilica, turned eighty years old and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 112; 64 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 48 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 81, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 67 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

November 3
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that at 11:30 a.m., in the Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica, Pope Benedict XVI presided the eucharistic celebration in suffrage of the cardinals and bishops who have died in the course of the year. The pope also delivered the homily. Between November 22, 2010 and September 11, 2011, ten cardinals died. And 118 archbishops and bishops passed away between October 28, 2010 and October 24, 2011. Thirty four cardinals concelebrated with the pope, among them Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals; Giovanni Battista Re; and Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State. Present were Cardinals Roger Etchegaray, sub-dean of the College of Cardinals; Ignace Moussa I Daoud; Velasio De Paolis, C.S.; and Walter Brandmüller, with several bishops and prelates of the Roman Curia. Also in attendance were numerous members of the diplomatic corps accredited before the Holy See accompanied by Archbishops Giovanni Angelo Becciù, substitute of the Secretariat of State and Dominique Mamberti, secretary for the Relations with the States; and Monsignor Fortunatus Nwachukwu, chief of protocol of the Secretariat of State. The pope was accompanied by Archbishops James Michael Harvey, prefect of the Papal Household; Félix del Blanco Prieto, papal almoner; by Bishop Paolo De Nicolo, regent of the Papal Household; by Monsignors Georg Ganswein, his personal secretary; and Alfred Xuereb, of the papal private secretariat; and by Professor Patrizio Polisca, his personal physician. The rite, highlighted by the songs of the Sistine Chapel, led by Maestro Massimo Palombella, was directed by Monsignor Guido Marini, master of papal liturgical celebrations, assisted by the papal ceremonieri. The liturgical service was assisted by ministers from Collegio Urbano and the altar boys from the Pre-Seminary Saint Pius X. In Crónica - 2011.

November 1
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Johannes von Montel, dean of the Sacred Roman Rota, based on information kindly provided by Father Jean LeBlanc, from Ottawa, Canada, and Mr. Martin Wolters, from Hamminkeln, Germany.

October

October 30
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of April 26, 1773 (XII).

October 28
Catholic News Service (CNS) reported that the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú announced it will not accept directives from the apostolic visitor, Cardinal Péter Erdö, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to mediate in the dispute between that institution and the archbishopric of Lima.

October 28
Additional biographical information has been included in the entries of Cardinals Alfred Bengsch (1967); Francesco Carpino (1967); Carlo Confalonieri (1958); János Csernoch (1914); Elia dalla Costa (1933); Jean Daniélou, S.J. (1969); Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1969); George Basil Hume, O.S.B. (1976); Alberto di Jorio (1958); Narciso Jubany Arnau (1973); Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre (1960); Henri de Lubac, S.J. (1983); James Francis McIntyre (1953); John Joseph O'Connor (1985); Giuseppe Paupini (1969); António Ribeiro (1973); Clément-Émile Roques (1946); Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1965); Thomas Joseph Winning (1994); and Quasi-cardinal Carlo Agostini (1953), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

October 26
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced today that on Thursday November 3, 2011, at 11:30 a.m., Pope Benedict XVI will preside in the Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica the concelebration of the mass with the members of the College of Cardinals in suffrage for the cardinals and bishops who have died during the year.

October 24
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of April 19, 1773 (XI).

October 22
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C., United States of America, relator general of the Thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in Vatican City from October 7 to 28, 2012 with the theme "The new evangelization for the transmission of the Christian faith".

October 22
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinals Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy, and Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France, members of the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See.

October 22
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany, special papal envoy to the celebration of the eighth centenary of the birth of Saint Agnes of Bohemia, which will take place in the cathedral of Prague, Czech Republic, on November 12, 2011. Saint Agnes of Bohemia (1211-March 6, 1282), was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort. Although she was venerated soon after her death, Agnes was not beatified and canonized for over 700 years.

October 22
Vatican Insider reported that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China, ended his hunger strike at 10 a.m. and said that he intended to study more closely the Government's new regulations regarding the management of the region's sponsored schools.

October 21
Vatican Insider reported growing solidarity with Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China, on the third day of his hunger strike in Hong Kong over the Court of Final Appeals' decision for Catholic schools.

October 20
The Pontifical Catholic University of Perú (PUCP) announced that the apostolic visitor who will intervene in the dispute between that institution and the archbishopric of Lima will be Cardinal Péter Erdö, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary. The announcement was made on October 19 by the university council, which in a communique points out that the information was received from the apostolic nunciature in Perú and that the date of arrival of the cardinal has not been determined yet. The university authorities reiterated their "will to dialog" as expressed in the assembly celebrated at the university on September 23 last, in which the PUCP refused to adapt its statutes to the apostolic constitution Ex Cordae Ecclesiae, and thus risking its condition of pontifical and Catholic. Cardinal Erdö is the current president of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences for the period 2011-2016.

October 19
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China, fasts in "grief" for three days over court's decision for Hong Kong's Catholic schools. In Crónica - 2011.

October 18
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Angelo Paoli, O.Carm., based on information kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

October 15
New images of Cardinals Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (2001); Giacomo della Chiesa (1914); Andrzej Maria Deskur (1985); Bolesław Filipiak (1976); Maurilio Fossati, O.SS.C.G. (1933); Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (1895); Paul Gouyon (1969); Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (1967); August Hlond, S.D.B. (1927); Antonio Innocenti (1985); Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. (1998); John Joseph Krol (1967); Joseph Mac Rory (1929); Scipione Rebiba (1555); Sylwester Sembratowicz (1895); Karol Wojtyła (1967); and Paul Huyn (1916) (quasi-cardinal), have been included in their biographical entries and in the image galleries.

October 13
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Manila, Philippines, presented by Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. The pope named new metropolitan archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, until then bishop of Imus, Philippines. Cardinal Rosales will be apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until the installation of his successor. In Crónica - 2011.

October 10
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of March 15, 1773 (X).

October 8
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, special papal envoy to the celebration of the centenary of the cathedral of Yangon, Myanmar, programmed for December 8, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

October 7
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Paul von Huyn, archbishop of Prague, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (1916), based on information kindly provided by Mr. Martin Wolters, from Hamminkeln, Germany.

October 5
New bibliographic items added to the site during the months of July to September 2011.

October 3
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Antonio Bacci (1960); Corrado Bafile (1976); Francesco Carpino (1967); Agostino Casaroli (1979); Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B.Cas. (1884); Cosimo Corsi (1842); Giovanni Doria (1604); Pietro Gravina (1816); Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (1953); Louis-Jean Guyot (1973); Alessandro Lualdi (1907); Joseph Mac Rory (1929); Carlo Luigi Morichini (1852); Patrick O'Donnell (1925); Pier Matteo Petrucci, Orat. (1686); Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, Theat. (1839); Opilio Rossi (1976); Laurean Rugambwa (1960); José Salazar López (1973); Sylwester Sembratowicz (1895); Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia (1553); Domenico Tardini (1958); Niccolò Tedeschi, O.S.B. (1440) (pseudocardinal); Ludovico de Torres, iuniore (1606); Gaetano Maria Trigona e Parisi (1834); Thomas Joseph Winning (1994), courtesy of Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

October 1
As it was announced on September 3 last, Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo ceased as president of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president of the Governatorate of the same state. Giuseppe Bertello, titular archbishop of Urbisaglia, until then apostolic nuncio in Italy and the Republic of San Marino, succeeded him as president of both entities. In the afternoon of Friday September 30, in the Cortile della Pigna, in the Vatican, took place the ceremony of presentation of the new president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate. Also officially presented was the new secretary general of the Governorate, Bishop-elect Giuseppe Sciacca; and was discharged Bishop Giorgio Corbellini, who since 1993 was deputy secretary general. In the presence of fourteen cardinals of the Roman Curia, including the dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano; directors and employees of various offices of the Governorate and other Vatican personalities - among them the director of L'Osservatore Roman - Cardinal Lajolo gave the farewell speech. Then, Archbishop Bertello emphasized a sense of service and the spirit of continuity with which he is prepared to carry out his mission, as it is done in "a family who works for the Church." He thanked Cardinal Lajolo, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the outgoing general secretary, who has been named papal nuncio in an important country, and Bishop Corbellini. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State was also present in the ceremony; as well as other clergy, diplomats and politicians, including Gianni Letta, secretary to the presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers.

October 1
In its edition of October 2, 2011, L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, informed that Cardinal Péter Erdö, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, primate of Hungary and president of the Episcopal Conference of Hungary, was confirmed for a second five year mandate (2011-2016) as president of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE). The decision was made in the afternoon of September 30, 2011, by the presidents of the European episcopal conferences, gathered in Tirana, Albania. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and Archbishop Józef Michalik of Przemył of the Latins and president of the Polish Episcopal Conference, were elected vice-presidents of the CCEE for a quienquennium. In Crónica - 2011.

September

September 30
The Legacy of Cardinal Dulles by Matthew Cantirino, First Thoughts, First Things, Thursday, September 29, 2011.

September 30
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of December 14, 1772 (IX).

September 27
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, as his special envoy to the celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral of Speyer in Germany, due to take place on October 2, 2011.

September 27
The Vatican Press Office published the calendar of papal activities for the months of October to December 2012 and indicated that on Thursday November 3, 2011, at 11:30 a.m., in the Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica, there will be a capella papale in which Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate the mass in suffrage of the cardinals and bishops who have died during the year.

September 26
From November 18th to the 20th, Pope Benedict XVI will visit the country of Benin to meet with African bishops. Two years ago, their Synod took place. During his visit, the pope plans to deliver the post Synodal exhortation to the group, which will use it as a guide in the coming years. During his visit, the pope will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Benin's evangelization. He will also honor the life and work of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, a native of Benin, who was dean of the College of Cardinals from June 5, 1993 until November 30, 2002. On Saturday November 19, 2011, at 11:15 a.m., the pope will visit the tomb of the cardinal in the chapel of the Grand Seminary of Saint Gall, Ouidah.

September 25
Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy, made his solemn entrance in the archdiocese. The ecclesiastical province of which Cardinal Scola is metropolitan archbishop includes the ten dioceses in the Italian region of Lombardy: Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantua, Pavia and Vigevano. Video, You Tube.

September 24
Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, archbishop emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia, turned eighty years old and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 113; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 48 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 80, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 66 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI.

September 21
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation presented because of limit of age by Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., from the charge of president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and named to succeed him Giuseppe Versaldi, until then bishop of Alessandria, Italy, elevating him at the same time to the dignity of archbishop.

September 21
At noon today, in the chapel of the private apartment of the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI imposed the pallium on Cardinal Angelo Scola, metropolitan archbishop of Milan. The chapel was a gift from the Polish episcopate to Pope Pius XI in 1934. The pope was accompanied by Monsignor Georg Ganswein, his private secretary. After a prayer in Latin, the cardinal recited the formula of the oath to the pope, standing before him. The pope imposed the pallium on the cardinal and exchanged with him a sign of peace. The singing of the Our Father and the aposolic benediction concluded the ceremony. The rite was directed by Monsignor Guido Marini, master of the Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, assited by Father Jan Dubina, from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, and by Augustinian Father Pavel Benedik, from the Pontifical Sacristy. Present were the auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Milan, Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli; Mario Enrico Delpini; Luigi Stucchi; Erminio De Scalzi; Franco Giulio Brambilla; with Angelo Mascheroni, former auxiliary bishop of Milan; and Monsignori Gianni Zappa; Bruno Molinari; and Father Luciano Capra. The delegation, which was received by Archbishop James Michael Harvey, prefect of the Papal Household, was accompanied by Monsignor Gabriel Richi Alberti, Marco Zibardi and Eugenio Pozzoli. Also present was Saverio Petrillo, director of the Pontifical Villas.

September 19
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Wednesday September 28, 2011, at 6 p.m., Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, former director of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia, will take possession of the deaconry of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata, situated in Via del Corso, 45, Rome.

September 18
Memorial and funeral inscriptions and details have been added to the biographical entries of Cardinals Pierre de Gondi (1587); Louis-Antoine de Noailles (1700); Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (1709); Pietro Colonna Pamphili (1766); Giovanni Battista Caprara (1792); Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri (1794); Charles Erskine (1801); Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle (1803); Antonio Lamberto Rusconi (1816); Gaetano Baluffi (1846); François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (1853); Paul Cullen (1866); Léon-Adolphe Amette (1911); Louis-Ernest Dubois (1916); Jean Verdier, P.S.S. (1929); and Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard (1935), kindly provided by Mr. Mark West, from London, England.

September 16
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, informed that today, the ninth anniversary of the death of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân, a mass will be celebrated at noon in the chapel of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, of which the late Vietnamese cardinal was president. He was jailed by the Communist government from 1975-1988 and spent nine of those years in isolation; he was never tried or sentenced. Freed from jail on November 21, 1988, he was obligated to reside in the archbishop's house in Hânoi, impeded to return to his see, Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (ex-Saigon). He was declared persona non grata by the government of Viêt Nam during a 1991 visit to Rome, where he remained. The cause of his beatification was introduced on September 16, 2007.

September 15
Pope Congratulates Brazilian Archbishop of Aparecida, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, on the 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration.

September 14
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of December 16, 1771 (VIII).

September 12
The funeral of Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, took place today, at 11 a.m., in the Shrine of Blessed Pope John Paul II, in the Shrine of the Divine Mercy, in Kraków-Lagiewniki, Poland. The Eucharist was presided by Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, archbishop emeritus of Kraków. The ceremony was attended by Celestino Migliore, titular archbishop of Canosa, apostolic nuncio in Poland; the other cardinals; numerous members of the Polish episcopate, among them Archbishop Józef Michalik of Przemyśl of the Latins, who also spoke in the ceremony; and priests of the archdiocese of Kraków; as well as by a large number of faithful. Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, delivered the homily. After the mass, the body of the late cardinal was buried in the crypt of the shrine. Like the blessed pope, the late cardinal was a great advocate of the Divine Mercy.

September 11
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Dionisio Laurerio, O.S.M. (1539); Stefano Bonucci, O.S.M. (1587); Domenico Ginnasi (1604); Carlo Francesco Caselli, O.S.M. (1801); Carlo Oppizzoni (1804); Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus (1836); Antonino Saverio De Luca (1863); Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. (1927); Enrique Pla y Deniel (1946); Thomas Tien ken-Sin, S.V.D. (1946); Joseph Wendel (1953); Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. (1965); John Joseph Krol (1967); Francis Joseph Brennan (1967); Paul Yü Pin (1969); Antonio Innocenti (1985); Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (1988); and Avery Dulles, S.J. (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

September 9
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi ceased as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Milan when Cardinal Angelo Scola took possession of the see by procurator, Carlo Maria Redaelli, titular bishop of Lambesi, vicar general, in the metropolitan cathedral of Milan. The ceremony took place at noon in cappella feriale, behind the main altar. Two priests from the patriarchate of Venice, Monsignor Antonio Meneguolo, patriarchal delegate for the patrimony of the Church and the Basilica of S. Marco; and Monsignor Valter Perini, episcopal vicar for evangelization and catechesis, read the letter by which Cardinal Scola appointed Bishop Redaelli his procurator, to anticipate the taking of possession of the diocese with regard to the date of his solemn entrance on September 25. Opened and shown to the College of Consultants of the diocese, along with the Auxiliary Bishops, the Metropolitan Chapter, the Episcopal Council of Milan, and the staff of the Archiepiscopal Curia, was the Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI with which, on June 28 last, he nominated Cardinal Scola archbishop of Milan. The archiepiscopal chancellor, Don Marino Mosconi, read it out in Italian. Concluded these two rituals, Bishop Redaelli sat on the episcopal throne, giving the official start to the episcopate of Cardinal Scola in Milan, while the congregation gave thanks to the Lord and rang the bells of the cathedral. From the pulpit, the bishop procurator led the celebration of the liturgy of the hours. Introducing a brief moment of silence, he underlined a passage in the Apostolic Letter in which Pope Benedict XVI invoked the great tradition of the diocese as a support in the difficult task of leading the Church in Milan. At the end of the celebration in the cathedral, the procurator, going through the underground walkway, went to the private chapel of the archbishop. There the chancellor Monsignor Mosconi read the minutes of the taking of possession, which were then signed by Bishop Redaelli, Monsignor Angelo Mascheroni, and the members of the College of Consultants. Video, in Italian, You Tube.

September 8
Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali ceased as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, when the new Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., was installed at the metropolitan cathedral basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in that city. Video, You Tube.

September 7
At the end of the general audience celebrated this morning at 10:30 in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the following words to the Polish pilgrims present in the audience:

Witam serdecznie pielgrzymów polskich. Bracia i Siostry! Wczoraj podczas liturgii pogrzebowej poźegnaliśmy kardynała Andrzeja Marie; Deskura, waszego rodaka, przyjaciela błogosławionego Jana Pawła II. Modlitwą i cierpieniem wspierał przez lata jego papieską posługę, zawierzając swe źycie Niepokalanej Matce. Niech wyjedna mu Ona radość nieba. Polecając jego duszę waszym modlitwom, z serca błogosławię wam tu obecnym i waszym bliskim.

(Welcome Polish pilgrims. Brothers and Sisters! During yesterday's funeral, we bid our final farewell to Cardinal Andrei Maria Deskur, a friend of Blessed John Paul II and your countryman. His service to the Pope was sustained with prayer and suffering, and he entrusted his own life to Mary Immaculate. May she implore heavenly glory for him. Commending his soul to your prayers, I cordially bless you who are present here and your loved ones.)

September 6
The Catholic Church in Kenya has set aside 6th September as the day for the National Annual Commemoration of the Servant of God Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga. This year, 2011, will be the first year for such celebrations.

September 6
The requiem mass for Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur took place at the Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica on Tuesday September 6, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. It was presided over by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, in the name of Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Sodano also pronounced the homily. Twenty-five cardinals concelebrated, including Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of State, José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, and Franciszek Macharski, archbishop emeritus of Kraków, on behalf of the diocese to which the late cardinal belonged. Fifteen archbishops and bishops also concelebrated. Among them, James Michael Harvey, titular archbishop of Memphis, prefect of the Papal Household; Claudio Maria Celli, titular archbishop of Civitanova, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications; Celestino Migliore, titular archbishop of Canosa, apostolic nuncio in Poland; Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly, former auxiliary of Gniezno; and Paolo De Nicolò, titular bishop of Martana, regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household. Also present were Cardinals Roger Etchegaray, vice dean of the College of Cardinals, and Renato Raffaele Martino, president emeritus of the Pontifical Councils Iustitia et Pax and for the Pastoral of Migrants and Itinerants. With the diplomatic corps were Monsignors Peter Bryan Wells, assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State; and Fortunatus Nwachukwu, chief of protocol. Also present was the ambassador of Poland to the Holy See, Hanna Suchocka. The celebration was attended by the family of Cardinal Deskur, among them his sister Wanda, numerous nephews and nieces, and the president of the international association which unites the Deskur family, whose noble origins are French. With the family was Don Stefano Occelli, who assisted the late cardinal for a long time, and the nuns of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who have been close to Cardinal Deskur for over thirty years. Also present were members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate, the entities where the cardinal had done his service; as well as canons of the papal Vatican basilica and prelates of the Roman Curia and officials of the Secretariat of State. In Kraków, on Monday September 12, 2011, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of that city, will celebrate the funeral mass at the Shrine of Divine Mercy and Blessed Pope John Paul II, where Cardinal Deskur will then be buried in its crypt.

September 5
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Tuesday September 6, 2011, at 11:30 a.m., in the Altar of the Chair of the Papal Vatican Basilica, will take place the exequies for Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur, priest of the title of San Cesario in Palatio, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communicationsi. The exequial liturgy will be celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops. In Crónica - 2011.

September 4
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that upon learning the news of the death of Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, Poland. A similar telegram was sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State. In Crónica - 2011.

September 3
The archdiocese of Kraków, Poland, announced that Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur, president emeritus of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died today at 6 p.m. The cardinal passed away in his apartment at Palazzo San Carlo, in Vatican City. A communique from Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, informed that the late cardinal will be buried in the crypt of the Shrine of Bl. John Paul II in Kraków. The total number of cardinals is now 193. The cardinal electors are 114; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 79, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 66 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

September 3
Pope Benedict XVI accepted, according to canon 354 of the Code of Canon Law, the resignation of Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president of the Governatorate of the same state, asking him to remain in the posts until October 1, 2011, with all the faculties inherent to such offices. At the same time, the pope the pope named president of both entities Giuseppe Bertello, titular archbishop of Urbisaglia, apostolic nuncio in Italy and the Republic of San Marino, who will assume the offices next October 1. In Crónica - 2011.

September 2
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of September 23, 1771 (VII).

August

August 31
The funeral Mass of Cardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, archbishop emeritus of Toronto, took place at 10:30 a.m. It was presided over by Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto, who also delivered the homily, and concelebrated by several bishops, among them the auxiliaries of Toronto John A. Boissonneau, William McGrattanand, Vincent Nguyen; and retired auxiliary bishop of Toronto M. Pearse Lacey. Present were Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montréal, Canada; Archbishop Anton Stres of Ljubljana, president of the Episcopal Conference of Slovenia; and Monsignor Luca Lorusso, representing the Vatican in Canada. About a thousand people gathered at the cathedral to remember the late cardinal. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Ontario Lieutenant-Governor David Onley, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion were among the dignitaries attending the funeral at the cathedral. The funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Newediuk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel, 2058 Kipling Avenue, Toronto. The body of the late cardinal was buried in the Bishops Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery. In Crónica - 2011.

August 31
At 6 p.m. today, in the inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, will take place a concert given in honor of Pope Benedict XVI by Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir. The program will include four compositions by the cardinal: the poem Benedictus, written for this event, for soprano, chorus at three equal voices and orchestra; the Ave Maria, from the lyric opera Il Brunelleschi, for soprano, chorus at three equal voices; the sacred poem Baptisma, for soprano, baritone, female chorus and small orchestra; and the motet Christus circumdedit me, for soprano, chorus and orchestra. Soloist Enrica Fabbri, soprano; Lykke Anholm, soprano; Michele Govi, baritono; the "Rossini Chamber Choir" of Pesaro; and the Philarmonia Orchestra Marchigiana "FORM" will be directed by master director and conductor Simone Baiocchi.

August 29
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation presented by Cardinal John Patrick Foley from the charge of grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and named pro-grand master of the order Edwin Frederick O'Brien, until then archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Archbishop O'Brien will be apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Baltimore until the installation of his successor.In Crónica - 2011.

August 28
The archdiocese of Toronto published the details of the visitation and funeral for Cardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, archbishop emeritus of Toronto, who passed away on August 26, 2011:
The body of Cardinal Ambrozic will arrive at St. Michael's Cathedral on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. At that time the Rite of Reception will be held. His Eminence will lie in state for visitation at the cathedral Tuesday afternoon from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. with the Office for the Dead being celebrated at 8:30 p.m. All Tuesday events are open to the public, who are most welcome to visit the cathedral to pay their respects. The funeral Mass for Cardinal Ambrozic will take place on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael's Cathedral. Due to renovations currently underway at the cathedral, expected participation by up to 500 priests, family, friends, etc. there will be extremely limited public seating available. In lieu of flowers, those who wish to pay tribute to the Cardinal are invited to donate to one of His Eminence's favourite charities, the Shepherds' Trust.

August 26
The archdiocese of Toronto announced that Cardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, archbishop emeritus of Toronto, Canada, died today after a lengthy illness.The cardinal will lie in state at St. Michael's metropolitan cathedral, Toronto, for a public viewing, dates and times to be determined. His funeral mass will also take place at the cathedral. An online tribute to Cardinal Ambrozic including photos, a complete biography and other relevant information can be found at: www.archtoronto.org. Upon learning the news of the death of the cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto. Cardinal Franc Rodé, C.M., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, a Slovenian born, issued a statement on the death of the cardinal; Archbishop Anton Stres of Ljubljana, president of the Episcopal Conference of Slovenia, also issued a statement. Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada; Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty; and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford also expressed their sorrow over the death of Cardinal Ambrozic. The total number of cardinals is now 194. The cardinal electors are 114; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 80, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 67 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

August 26
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of June 17, 1771 (VI).

August 24
Pope Benedict XVI sent to Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J., bishop emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia, a congratulatory letter, published by the Vatican Press Office, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his episcopal consecration. The letter was dated August 15, 2011. The cardinal, a Jesuit, was secretly consecrated on August 24, 1951, when he was 27 years old and had not been a priest for a full year. In 1951, when most of the bishops of the country had been jailed and sentenced to long prison terms by the Communist regime, the Holy See decided to consecrate bishops in secret to assure the existence of the Church. In Crónica - 2011.

August 21
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of December 12, 1770 (V).

August 18
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of September 10, 1770 (IV).

August 16
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of August 6, 1770 (III).

August 13
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the Consistories of December 18, 1769 (I) and.January 29, 1770 (II).

August 11
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the quasi-cardinal created by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774) in the consistory of December 18, 1769.

August 8
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Claude de Longwy de Givry (1533); Dionisio Laurerio, O.S.M. (1539); Pietro Maria Pieri, O.S.M. (1734); Carlo Francesco Caselli, O.S.M. (1801); Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. (1882); Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (1895); Pio Laghi (1991); Edward Idris Cassidy (1991); and Quasi-cardinals Stefano Mucciarelli, O.S.M. (1424); and Paulo de Carvalho de Mendoça (1769).

August 6
Fifty three links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of September 26, 1766 (VII) have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

August 3
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Zbigniew z Oleśnicy (1439); Giovanni Battista Orsini (1483); Fryderyk Jagiellończyk (1493); Stanisław Hosius (1561); Jerzy Radziwiłł (1583); Andrzej Batory (1584); Bernard Maciejowski (1604); Jan Olbracht Waza, S.J. (1629); Jan Kazimierz Waza, S.J. (1646); Jan Kazimierz Denhoff (1686); Radziejowski, Augustyn Michał Stefan (1686); Jan Aleksander Lipski (1737); Mihail Lewicki (1856); Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1875); Włodzimierz Czacki (1882); Albin Dunajewski (1890); Sylwester Sembratowicz (1895); Jan Puzyna (1901); Edmund Dalbor (1919); Aleksander Kakowski (1919); August Hlond, S.D.B. (1927); Adam Stefan Sapieha (1946); Stefan Wyszyński (1953); Bolesław Kominek (1973); Bolesław Filipiak (1976); Franciszek Macharski (1979); Władysław Rubin (1979); Józef Glemp (1983); Andrzej Maria Deskur (1985); Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (1985); Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. (1998); Zenon Grocholewski (2001); Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (2001); and Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. (2003); Stanisław Dziwisz (2006); Quasi-cardinal Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (2007); and Pseudocardinals Aleksander Mazowiecki (1440); and Wincenty Kot z Dębna (1444), kindly provided by Father Sebastian Wiśniewski, from Gliwice, Poland.

August 1
Catalog of Polish cardinals from 1439 until 2010.

July

July 30
Biographical entry of Cardinal Siro (1130), based on the information kindly provided by Mr. Tomasz Karlikowski, from Poznań, Poland.

July 28
Twenty three links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistories of July 18, 1763 (V); and July 21, 1766 (VI), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

July 26
Today at 10 a.m., took place in Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica, the exequial liturgy for the late Cardinal Virgilio Noè, presided over by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, and concelebrated by eleven cardinals; and nineteen archbishops and bishops, among them Piero Marini, former master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations; Vittorio Lanzani, delegate of the Fabric of St. Peter; Giovanni Giudici, bishop of Pavia; and Paolo Magnani, former rector of the Seminary of Pavia. Present were Archbishops Giovanni Angelo Becciu and Dominique Mamberti, substitute of the Secretariat of State and secretary for the Relations with the States respectively. With the diplomatic corps was Monsignor Fortunatus Nwachukwu, head of protocol. Participating in the celebration were relatives of the late cardinal, particularly his sister, Maria, and his two nieces, Maria Virgilia and Piera; with them was Sister Angela Messina, who tended the cardinal forty years, with several other sisters of the Congregation of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary. Also present were canons of the chapter of the Vatican basilica, among them Monsignor Pier Enrico Stefanetti; Rogationist Father Leonardo Sapienza, of the protocol of the Prefecture of the Papal Household; a delegation of the diocese of Pavia with the vicar general, Monsignor Adriano Migliavacca, and several priests; a representation of the native town of the cardinal, Zelata, of the commune of Bereguardo, with the parish priest and the mayor; the superior general of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Queen of Peace; and numerous persons who in various capacities had collaborated with Cardinal Noè. Cardinal Sodano also delivered the homily. Cardinal Noè was buried in the chapel of the canons of the papal Vatican basilica in the Roman cemetery of Campo Verano. The chronicle was taken from L'Osservatore Romano, July 27, 2011, p. 8.

July 26
Photo gallery of the funeral and burial of Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev and former apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Pinsk, Belarus, in the cathedral of Pinsk, Catholic.by.

July 25
Today, at noon, took place the requiem mass for Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev and former apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Pinsk, Belarus, in front of the cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) in Pinsk. In the name of the pope, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, Poland, presided over the mass. Concelebrants were Cardinal Jānis Pujats, archbishop emeritus of Riga, Latvia, and Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev and apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Pinsk. Also present were all the bishops of Belarus and bishops from Poland and the Ukraine. Before the burial rite, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz delievered very emotional words to the late cardinal and paid high respects to a "real servant of God". Then, the coffin was brought by six priests in a procession into the cathedral, accompanied by the bishops and the clergy. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany.

July 25
Upon learning the news of the death of Cardinal Virgilio Noè, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to his sister, Signora Maria Noè. An analogous telegram was sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State. The Office of Liturgical Celebrations announced that the exequial liturgy, presided over by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, will take place at Altar of the Chair of the papal Vatican basilica on Tuesday July 26, 2011, at 10 a.m. The other cardinals, archbishops and bishops will concelebrate. In Crónica - 2011.

July 24
Cardinal Virgilio Noè, archpriest emeritus of the papal Vatican Basilica, vicar general emeritus of His Holiness for Vatican City and president emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter, died in the morning in Rome. The total number of cardinals is now 195. The cardinal electors are 114; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 81, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 68 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

July 23
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, his special envoy to the celebration for the centennial of the dedication of the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, Russian Federation, programmed for September 25, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

July 21
Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev and former apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Pinsk, Belarus, died at 9.00 a.m., in the Central Hospital in Pinsk. Upon learning the news of the death of the cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Aleksander Kaszkiewicz, bishop of Grodno and president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus. At the time of his death, he was the second oldest member of the College of Cardinals. A first requiem mass will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at 1.00 p.m., in the cathedral of Saint Mary in Minsk. After the ceremony the body of the late cardinal will lie in state until the last mass in this cathedral takes place. Then the remains will be transferred to Pinsk. The requiem mass in Pinsk will take place on Monday July 25, 2011, at noon. in the cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady (Assumption of the Virgin Mary), presided by Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, Poland, as representative of the pope. After the requiem mass, the body of the cardinal will be buried in a marble sarcophagus in the crypt of that cathedral.The total number of cardinals is now 196. The cardinal electors are 114; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 82, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 69 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011. Video, in Russian, from Internet Broadcasting Department of Belteleradiocompany.

July 21
Sixty three links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of November 23, 1761 (IV) have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

July 20
Raymond Leo Burke, the "great puppeteer" of American appointees by Marco Tosatti, Vatican Insider, 07/20/2011.

July 19
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, presented by Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. The pope named metropolitan archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., until then archbishop of Denver, Colorado, United States of America. Cardinal Rigali will be apostolic administrator of Philadelphia until the installation of his successor on September 8, 2011, in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at 2:00 p.m. After the installation, Cardinal Rigali will begin his time of retirement in the diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has been invited to live. A member of the Prairie Band Potowatami Tribe, Archbishop Chaput is the second Native American to be consecrated a bishop in the United States and the first Native American archbishop. In Crónica - 2011. Exclusive interview with Archbishop Charles Chaput, John L. Allen, Jr., The National Catholic Reporter. From the Prairie to the Atlantic Coast. The New Bishops Stateside, interview with Mr. Sandro Magister, Chiesa, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso Spa.

July 18
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Stanisław Jan Siestrzeńcewicz-Bohusz, archbishop of Mohilev, Russia (1796), kindly provided by Father Sebastian Wiśniewski, from Gliwice, Poland.

July 16
Photographs of the funeral and burial of Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, archbishop emeritus of Berlin, Germany, from the archdiocese of Berlin.

July 15
One hundred eleven links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of September 24, 1759 (III) have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

July 13
New bibliographic items added to the site during the months of April to June 2011.

July 11
Twenty six links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistories of September 11, 1758 (I); and October 2, 1758 (II), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

July 9
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Monterrey, México, special papal envoy to the conclusive celebrations of the jubilar year for the 375th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Our Lady of the Angels, patroness of Costa Rica, which will take place in Cartago, on August 2, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

July 8
Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Press Office of the Holy See made the following declaration: Tomorrow 9 July, the new Republic of South Sudan will be proclaimed in the city of Juba. For this solemn occasion, the Holy Father has sent an official delegation headed by Cardinal John Njue, archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Kenya Episcopal Conference. The delegation, which will also include Leo Boccardi, titular archbishop of Bitetto, apostolic nuncio to Sudan; and Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona, secretary of the apostolic nunciature to Kenya, will bring the authorities of the new State, and all its citizens, many of whom are Catholic, best wishes for peace and prosperity. In Crónica - 2011.

July 7
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the request of Cardinal Attilio Nicora, president of the Financial Information Authority (A.I.F.), to be relieved from the charge of president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. The pope named to succeed him in the same post Domenico Calcagno, archbishop-bishop emeritus of Savona-Noli, until then secretary of that administration. Cardinal Nicora made the request to be able to dedicate himself full-time to the presidency of the A.I.F.

July 6
As informed, the requiem mass for Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky will take place Saturday, July 9, 2011, at 3:00 p.m., in the metropolitan cathedral of Sankt Hedwig, Berlin-Mitte, Germany. Following, the late cardinal will be buried in the crypt of that cathedral. The requiem will be broadcast on German TV. Present will be many bishops from Germany and abroad, as well as the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany, Jean-Claude Périsset, titular archbishop of Giustiniana prima; the chairman of the German Bishops Conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg im Brisgau; and Cardinals Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz; Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising; and Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne (predecessor of Cardinal Sterzinsky in the see of Berlin). Also present will be the successor, Archbishop-elect Rainer Maria Woelki. The homily will be delivered by Joachim Wanke, bishop of Erfurt, who consecrated Cardinal Sterzinsky in 1989. The choir of the cathedral of Sankt Hedwig will sing the "Requiem" of Gabriel Fauré. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany.

July 6
Additional details concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Ludovico Calini (1766); Niccolò Serra (1766); Niccolò Oddi, S.J. (1766); Antonio Branciforte Colonna (1766); Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini (1766); Vitaliano Borromeo (1766); Pietro Colonna Pamphili (1766); Giuseppe Simonetti (1766); Urbano Paracciani (1766); Antonio Eugenio Visconti (1771); Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1773); and Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (1776), have been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

July 5
Starting tomorrow, Wednesday July 6, 2011, the body of the late Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky will be exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Sankt Hedwig, Berlin. The archdiocese has invited the sending of condolences via e-mail at: Presse Arzbistumberlin. The cardinal's successor, Archbishop-elect Rainer Maria Woelki, will take possession of the see of Berlin on August 27, 2011. Video, Katholisch1.tv.

July 4
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of September 26, 1766 (VII).

July 2
The Press Office of the Holy See announced that on June 30 and July 1, 2011, was held at the Vatican the meeting of the Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See, chaired by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State. It was attended by the Cardinals Antonio María Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain; Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of México, México; Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.., archbishop of Durban, South Africa; Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Perú; Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria; Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome; Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea; and Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil.

The Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See was represented by its president, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., and the Accountant General, Dr. Stephen Fralleoni. For the Governatorate of the State of Vatican City (SCV) and the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) were present Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo; and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, respectively chairman of the Commission of Cardinals for the SCV and secretary general of the Governatorate (SCV); Cardinal Attilio Nicora; and Archbishop Domenico Calcagno, respectively president and secretary of the APSA. At the invitation of the cardinal secretary of State were heard for the matter of their competence, the director general of Vatican Radio, Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., and Dr. Alberto Gasbarri, managing director.

The agenda items were: - Consolidated accounting of the Holy See for the year 2010; - Actual budget of the Governorate of Vatican City for 2010; - Peter's Pence and contributions based on canon 271 of the Code of Canon Law, received in 2010. The Holy See's Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year 2010 reported a total income of 245.2 million Euros and total costs of 235.3 million, resulting in a surplus of almost 10 million Euros. This is a positive result, especially compared to the previous two budgets: in 2009, with a loss of 4.1 million; and in 2008, with a loss of 911 thousand Euros. In Crónica - 2011.

July 2
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, special papal envoy to the conclusive celebrations of the jubilar year for the 600th anniversary of the "eucharistic miracle of Ludbreg", Croatia, to take place at the Shrine of Ludbreg, diocese of Varaždin, on September 4, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

July 2
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops, special papal envoy to the 25th Italian National Eucharistic Congress that will take place in Ancona from September 3 to 11, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

July 2
Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, special papal envoy to the celebration of the millennium of the Abbey of Santissima Trinità, in Cava, Italy, programmed for September 4, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

July 2
The Vatican Press Office announced that Pope Benedict XVI named, after the election by the high metropolitan chapter of Berlin, Rainer Maria Woelki, until then titular bishop of Scampa, auxiliary of Cologne, Germany, metropolitan archbishop Berlin. He succeeds Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, who died on June 30. In Crónica - 2011.

July 1
Stefan Förner, press officer of the archdiocese of Berlin, informed that the name of the new archbishop, successor to the late Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, will be announced tomorrow, July 2, 2011, at noon, at the Vatican. At the same time, Dr. Stefan Dybowski, provost of the metropolitan chapter of Berlin, will announce the name of the new archbishop after the Angelus in Sankt Hedwig's cathedral. Following the announcement, the provost and Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich, diocesan administrator of Berlin, will have a press interview. In Crónica - 2011.

July 1
The Vatican Information Service (VIS) informed that the College of Cardinals today offered a luncheon in Pope Benedict XVI's honor in the Sala Ducale of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, at 1 p.m., to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. In Crónica - 2011.

July 1
Fifty links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of April 5, 1756 (VII) have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

June

June 30
Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek ceased as apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Pinsk, Belarus. The pope named Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mahilyow to replace him. In Crónica - 2011.

June 30
The archdiocese of Berlin announced that early in the morning, Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, archbishop emeritus of Berlin, Germany, died in Sankt Hedwigskrankenhaus Berlin-Mitte, after a long and painful illness; he suffered from diabetes and in January 2011, he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. A book of condolences will be available for the faithful to sign at noon today in the metropolitan cathedral of Sankt Hedwig. The cathedral hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the morning of his death, the cathedral chapter of Berlin celebrated a first requiem beside the bed of the late cardinal. Upon learning the news of the death of the cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to Matthias Heinrich, titular bishop of Thibaris, auxiliary and diocesan administrator of Berlin. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg im Brisgau, chairman of the German Bishops Conference, issued a statement on the death of the cardinal. After his death, there are 197 cardinals; 114 are electors and 83 are non-electors. The requiem mass for Cardinal Sterzinsky will take place on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in the metropolitan cathedral of Sankt Hedwig, Berlin. Following the funeral, he will be buried in the crypt of that cathedral. The cardinal electors are 114; 65 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 83, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 70 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

June 28
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Milan, Italy, presented by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. The pope named metropolitan archbishop of Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola, until then patriarch of Venice. Cardinal Tettamanzi will be apostolic administrator of Milan until the installation of his successor. Cardinal Scola will be apostolic administrator of Venice until September 7, 2011; then, he will be succeeded as such by Beniamino Pizziol, bishop of Vicenza, former auxiliary of Venice, until the new patriarch is appointed. ardinal Scola will take canonical possession of the metropolitan see of Milan on September 9. In Crónica - 2011.

June 26
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Jean Soreth, O.Carm. (1455/1458), based on information kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

June 23
Additional details concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Costanzo da Sarnano, O.F.M.Conv. (1586); Antonio Caetani (1621); Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta (1629); Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. (1641); Giulio Spinola (1666); Francesco Nerli, iuniore (1673); Francesco Buonvisi (1681); Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (1695); Girolamo Grimaldi (1730); Bartolomeo Massei (1730); Domenico Silvio Passionei (1738); Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini (1766), have been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

June 21
Catalog of English cardinals from 1142 until 2001.

June 19
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of July 21, 1766 (VI).

June 16
Additional details concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Gaspare Mattei (1643); Raniero Felice Simonetti (1747); Giuseppe Maria Feroni (1753); Giovanni Francesco Stoppani (1753); Luca Melchiore Tempi (1753); Carlo Francesco Durini (1753); Giovanni Battista Rovero (1756); Carlo Rezzonico, iuniore (1758); Ferdinando Maria de Rossi (1759); Ignazio Michele Crivelli (1759); Luigi Gualterio (1759); Girolamo Spinola (1759); Sante Veronese (1759); Christoph Anton von Migazzi (1761); Franz Christoph von Hutten (1761); Enrichtto Virginio Natta, O.P. (1761); Giovanni Molino (1761); and Pietro Respighi (1899), have been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

June 13
Eighty links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistories of November 26, 1753 (IV); April 22, 1754 (V); and December 18, 1754 (VI), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

June 10
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of July 18, 1763 (V).

June 8
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1960); Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1969); Giovanni Canestri (1988); Giovanni Cheli (1998); Ernesto Civardi (1979); Peter Poreku Dery (2006); Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (1979); Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. (2007), courtesy of Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

June 6
Eighty links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistories of April 10, 1747 (II); and July 3, 1747 (III), have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

June 5
On his last day in Croatia, Pope Benedict XVI visited the metropolitan cathedral of Zagreb and prayed before the tomb of Blessed Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, who headed that archdiocese from 1937 until 1960. The pope celebrated Vespers with bishops, priests, religious men and women, and seminarists and pronounced a discourse praising the life and works of the cardinal, who opposed Nazism, Fascism and Communism. The pope called the cardinal an "advocate of God in that land because he tenaciously defended the truth and the right of men to live with God". Cardinal Stepinac opposed the laws of the Nazis and the persecution of the Jews. He was incarcerated by the regime of Marshall Tito and died under house arrest under suspicion of having being poisoned. In Crónica - 2011.

June 4
Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain, was named special papal envoy to the conclusive celebrations of the Jubilar Year of the 500th anniversary of the canonical erection of the first ecclesiastical circumscriptions in America: Santo Domingo and La Vega, Dominican Republic; and San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, programmed for August 7 and 8, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

June 1
Additional information has been added to the biographical entries of Cardinals Guglielmo de Longhi (1294); Luigi Cornaro (1551); Federico Cornaro, iuniore (1626); Gregorio Barbarigo (1660); Pietro Priuli (1706); Leandro di Porzia, O.S.B.Cas. (1728); Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (1759); Francesco Carrara (1785); Angelo Mai (1837); Antonio Agliardi (1896) and Felice Cavagnis (1901), taken from Lorenzo Dentella, I vescovi di Bergamo. (Notizie storica). Bergamo : Editrice Sant'Alessandro, 1939.

May

May 30
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Sunday June 5, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising, Germany, will take possession of the title of San Corbiniano, Via Carlo Orff, 12, Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

May 29
After the prayer of the Regina Cæli, at noon, from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, primate of Poland, on the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The diocesan phase of the cardinal's cause concluded in Warsaw and was sent to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints in the Vatican. In Crónica - 2011.

May 28
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of November 23, 1761 (IV).

May 25
Vatican Radio announced that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was re-elected president of Caritas International on Tuesday May 24, 2011, during the Caritas federation General Assembly taking place in Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

May 24
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of September 24, 1759 (III).

May 23
Catholic.by, Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, informed that Metropolitan Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk and Mahilyow, Belarus, has requested the prayers of the faithful in support of Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, apostolic administrator, ad nutum Sanctae Sedis, of Pinsk and archbishop emeritus of Minsk and Mahilyow, who continues in critical condition. May 21 marked the twentieth anniversary of the cardinal's episcopal consecration. Information kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church. In Crónica - 2011.

May 22
domradio.de informed that the condition of Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, archbishop emeritus of Berlin, Germany, is very serious after he developed pneumonia and had to be brought from the rehabilitation center back to the hospital. Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich of Berlin, diocesan administrator until the appointment of a successor to Cardinal Sterzinsky, asked the faithful to pray for the cardinal. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany. In Crónica - 2011.

May 21
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of October 2, 1758 (II).

May 19
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Tuesday May 24, 2011, at 6:15 p.m., Cardinal Paolo Sardi, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta, will take possession of the deaconry of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana, Piazza di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, 54, Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

May 19
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising, Germany, was named special papal envoy to the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the Marian Shrine of Werl, archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, which will take place on July 2, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

May 18
Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida, Brazil, completed his four year mandate as president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano) (CELAM). This afternoon, during the 33rd General Assembly of CELAM that is taking place in Montevideo, Uruguay, Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Tlanepantla, México, was elected president for the quadrennium 2011-2015. In Crónica - 2011.

May 15
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769) in the consistory of September 11, 1758 (I).

May 13
Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida, Brazil, was elected president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Confêrencia Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil) for a quadrennium, 2011-2015. In Crónica - 2011.

May 13
Catalog of Portuguese cardinals from 1205 until 2001.

May 12
The Press Office of the Holy See published a communique from the Pontifical Council Cor Unum announcing that two months after the terrible earthquake that struck the Japanese people, Cardinal Robert Sarah, its president, will visit the affected areas on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI from May 13 to 16, 2011. The pope wishes this way to make felt his proximity, his prayers and his assistance. The secretary of the dicastery, Monsignor Segundo Tejado, will accompany the cardinal. In Crónica - 2011.

May 10
The Press Office of the Holy See announced that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation presented by reasons of limit of age, by Cardinal Ivan Dias from the charge of prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The pope has named Fernando Filoni, titular archbishop of Volturno, until then substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, as new prefect of that congregation. The pope named new substitute Giovanni Angelo Becciu, titular archbishop of Roselle, until then nuncio in Cuba. In Crónica - 2011.

May 10
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Sunday May 15, 2011, at 11:30 a.m., Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., president of the Prefecture of Economic Affairs of the Holy See, will take possession of the deaconry of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola, Via Luigi Perna, 3, Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

May 7
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of April 5, 1756 (VII).

May 5
Cardinal José de la Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, was elected president of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference on Tuesday May 3, 2011, for a triennium. He had been president of the conference from 1999 until 2005. In Crónica - 2011.

May 5
Six cardinals, thirty one bishops and more than three hundred priests concelebrated the exequial mass for Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia, Spain, in the metropolitan cathedral of Santa Maria of Valencia on May 4, 2011. Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia presided over the concelebration and delivered the homily. At the end of the concelebration, the mortal remains of the cardinal were buried in the chapel of San José in that cathedral. In Crónica - 2011.

May 3
Hundreds of people visited and paid their final respects to the late Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia, Spain, during the nine hours that his body was exposed in the funeral chapel in the archiepiscopal palace of Valencia. The Princes of Asturias, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, sent a telegram of condolence to the archdiocese and the family of the late cardinal. The cathedral chapter of Valencia visited the funeral chapel before its opening to the general public and prayed before the coffin of the late cardinal. Representatives of the Valencian institutions also visited the chapel and prayed before the body of Cardinal Garcia-Gasco. Five cardinals and eight bishops have confirmed their participation in the concelebrated exequial mass, corpore insepulto, which will be presided by Archbishop Carlo Osoro Sierra of Valencia, on May 4, 2011, at 5 p.m., in the metropolitan cathedral of Santa Maria. In Crónica - 2011.

May 3
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, United States of America, will take possession of the title of San Pietro in Vincoli, located at Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli, 4/A, Rome, on Sunday May 8, 2011, at 11 a.m. In Crónica - 2011.

May 2
The body of Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia, arrived tonight at Manises International Airport in that city. It was received by Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia; Enrique Benavent, auxiliary bishop of Valencia; Rita Barberá, mayor of Valencia; Counselor Miguel Domínguez; together with other priests and authorities. The body of the cardinal was embalmed in Rome because the norms of airports require the technique before transporting the body. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Osoro, the cardinal's family and the archdiocese of Valencia. On Monday May 2, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Lloveras, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, celebrated a funeral mass in Colegio Español in Rome for the eternal repose of the late cardinal. Archbishop Osoro decreed that May 2, 3, and 4, 2011, will be official days or mourning in the archdiocese, and that prayers will be said in all parishes and churches for the eternal repose of the soul of the late cardinal. Likewise, a mass will be celebrated during the month of May in each of those parishes and churches for the late cardinal. The body of Cardinal García Gasco will be exposed in the funeral chapel (capilla ardiente) installed in the archiepiscopal palace on May 3, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.; and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on May 4. The exequial mass corpore insepulto will be celebrated on May 4 at 5 p.m. in the metropolitan cathedral of Valencia. The dean of the Faculty of Theology "San Vicente Ferrer" of Valencia, Juan Miguel Díaz Rodelas, announced that classes will be suspended during the days of official mourning of the archidiocese. The rector of the Catholic University "San Vicente Mártir" of Valencia, José Alfredo Peris, announced that classes will be suspended on Wednesday May 4 in the afternoon to facilitate the attendance of the students to the exequial mass for Cardinal García-Gasco.

May 1
The archdiocese of Valencia, Spain, announced that Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia, died suddenly, possibly of a cardiac crisis, in the early morning, at the residence for pilgrims "San Juan de Ribera", of the Obreras de la Cruz, in Rome. Last evening, he had participated in the vigil at Circo Maximo for the beatification of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II. When he did not go to the dining room for breakfast, someone went to his room and found him unconscious; an ambulance was called and he was taken to Hospital "San Carlo", where the doctors certified his death. He had arrived in Rome on Wednesday April 27 and was going to participate in the beatification mass this morning. His body will be flown back to Valencia and after the funeral, he will be buried in the chapel of "San José" in the metropolitan cathedral of Santa María of Valencia, according to his will. He had prepared his tomb in that chapel some time ago. The date of the funeral has not yet been determined. Upon learning the news of the death of Cardinal García-Gasco, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia. After his death, there are 198 cardinals; 115 are electors and 83 are non-electors. The cardinal electors are 115; 66 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 83, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 70 by Pope John Paul II; and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

May 1
The Servant of God Pope John Paul II was beatified during a solemn mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square today, Second Sunday of Easter, day of the Divine Mercy. In Crónica - 2011.

April

April 29
The Press Office of the Holy See announced today that Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, was mamed special papal envoy to the celebrations of the fourth centennial of the dedication of the cathedral of Włocławek, Poland, which will take place on June 26, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

April 28
Catalog of French cardinals from 1417 until 2010.

April 26
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of December 18, 1754 (VI).

April 23
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of April 22, 1754 (V).

April 21
Additional information has been included in the biographical entry of the cardinal created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of July 3, 1747 (III).

April 19
The Office of Liturgical Celebartions of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Friday April 29, 2011, at 6 p.m., Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, will take possession of the title of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, Via del Monte Oppio, 28, Rome; and that on Friday April 29, 2011, at 7 p.m., Cardinal José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, archbishop military vicar emeritus of Spain, will take possession of the title of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa, Viale Cortina d'Ampezzo, 144, Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

April 18
Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy, died in Clinica San Giuseppe, in Milan, on April 18, 2011, shortly after 7 p.m. The cardinal had been in that clinic for a week after having been in Clinica Capitano for a month. From that evening, the body of the cardinal was exposed in the parish church of S. Francesco di Paola, where he had resided since his retirement in 1999; around 11 p.m., it was visited by the archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, who prayed before it. The mortuary chapel in that church will remain open until Tuesday April 19 in the afternoon. Also in that church, on Tuesday, at 6 p.m., presided by the archbishop of Milan, will take place the recitation of the Holy Rosary and Holy Mass of suffrage will be celebrated at 6:30. After the celebration of suffrage, the body will be moved to the cathedral of Turin, where it will be exposed and the funeral will be held. The funeral, presided over by Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin, will take place on April 20, 2011, at 3:30 p.m., in the metropolitan cathedral of Turin. Archbishop Nosiglia will deliver the homlily. The body of the cardinal will be laid to rest, according to his will, in that cathedral, next to the altar dedicated to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the Turinese youth of the Catholic Action beatified in 1990. Cardinal Tettamanzi will be present at the funeral. Upon learning the news of the death of Cardinal Saldarini, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Nosiglia of Turin. After his death, there are 199 cardinals; 115 are electors and 84 are non-electors. The cardinal electors are 115; 66 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 84, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 70 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

April 18
domradio.de, German Catholic radio station, announced today that Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, archbishop emeritus of Berlin, Germany, was transferred to a rehabilitation clinic. The archdiocese of Berlin is further asking for the prayers of the faithful, said diocesan spokesman Stefan Förner. Since the cardinal's resignation, Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich has been the apostolic administrator until a new archbishop is named. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany. In Crónica - 2011.

April 18
Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, United States of America, wias named special papal envoy to the celebrations of the bicentennial of the birth of Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, which will take place in Prachatice, Czech Republic, on June 18, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

April 14
The Vatican Press Office published today the letter of Pope Benedict XVI, dated April 8, 2011, by which he appoints Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, his delegate for the confirmation of the ecclesiastical communion to His Beatitude Béchara Boutros al-Raï, new patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites. In Crónica - 2011.

April 13
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of November 26, 1753 (IV).

April 11
The German edition of Vatican Radio confirmed the health conditions of Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Pinsk, and said that Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, has asked the faithful to pray for the cardinal. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany. In Crónica - 2011.

April 11
Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, president emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 115; 66 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 85, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 71 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

April 10
Today, ZENIT, the world seen fom Rome, a Catholic news agency, reported the following:

New Resting Place Prepared for John Paul II. Tomb to Be Moved to St. Peter's Basilica After Beatification
The remains of Blessed Innocent XI (1676-1689) were moved from the Chapel of St. Sebastian in St. Peter's Basilica to make room for the body of John Paul II.
On Thursday evening a ceremony was held in which Blessed Innocent's urn was removed from its place under the altar in the Chapel of St. Sebastian.
The urn was carried in a procession, accompanied by the singing of the litany of Papal saints, to the altar of the Transfiguration, under which it will now rest behind the same grate that it protected beneath the altar of St. Sebastian.
Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, presided over the rite, which concluded with a prayer and benediction, and the reading and signing of the document concerning the act of transfer.
In the Chapel of St. Sebastian, where restoration work has been recently completed, the space beneath the altar is now open to receive the body of John Paul II after his May 1 beatification.
That chapel is located between the Chapel of the Pieta and the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. The altar is flanked by statues of Pius XI and Pius XII.
According to a statement by Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, the coffin containing the remains of John Paul II will be removed from its place beneath the Vatican Basilica on April 29 and placed before the main altar on May 1 so that the faithful may venerate it following the beatification.
The crypt of St. Peter's Basilica will be closed to the public April 29-May 1.
Father Lombardi said that John Paul II's body will not be removed from the coffin and the coffin will not be opened.
L'Osservatore Romano reported that the Pontiff's body will be "enclosed" and that the tomb will be marked "by a simple marble stone engraved with: Beatus Ioannes Paulus II." In Crónica - 2011.

April 10
The funeral of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil was held at St. Mary's cathedral basilica, Ernakulam. The funeral rites began at 2.30 pm. There were special prayers, holy Masses and other rites at the Syro-Malabar churches and other establishments. Bishop Bosco Puthur, administrator of the archdiocese major of Ernakulam-Angalamy, said black flags were hoisted at the churches as part of the mourning. The president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay; Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi; the papal nuncio in India, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio; the heads of the Malankar and Latin Churches and other Church leaders also attended the funeral. The body of the cardinal was buried at the sanctum of the cathedral basilica of St. Mary, in Ernakulam, alongside his illustrious predecessors Bishop Mar Louis Pazheparampil, Archbishop Augustine Kandathil, Cardinal Joseph Parekattil, Archbishop Abraham Kattumana and Cardinal Antoney Padiyara. In Crónica - 2011.

April 9
Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi, archbishop emeritus of Palermo, Italy, was named special papal envoy to the celebrations that will take place on May 30, 2011, in Pozzuoli, Italy, in the occasion of the closing of the diocesan Pauline Jubilar Year in the 1950º anniversary of the landing and the preaching of the Apostle St. Paul in that city. In Crónica - 2011.

April 9
The body of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R., archbishop major of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, will be kept for paying homage at Agamaly Basilca from 7:30 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.; at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad, from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; at St. Mary's Basilica, Ernakulam, from 2:30 p.m. onwards. Video tribute, archdiocese of Changanacherry. In Crónica - 2011.

April 8
ZENIT, The world seen from Rome, a Catholic news agency, reported that Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, whom Pope Benedict XVI sent to Ivory Coast as an assurance of solidarity with the warring nation, has been unable to reach the Ivorian capital and has been stuck for six days in Accra, Ghana, a country that shares Ivory Coast's eastern border. Flights to Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, have been cancelled as Laurent Gbagbo remains holed up in the presidential palace, unwilling to cede power to his democratically elected replacement, Alassane Ouattara. In Crónica - 2011.

April 8
Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Pinsk, Belarus, broke a leg on March 8, 2011 and was hospitalized. On April 7, 2011, an operation was necessary, and since then, the cardinal is unconscious and in a coma. At 96, he is the second oldest cardinal of the Church. Information kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany. In Crónica - 2011.

April 8
KNA (German Catholic News Agency) reported, that Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky, archbishop of Berlin, Germany, was awaken from the induced coma on Tuesday April 5, 2011. His condition has improved but is not yet good, said the spokesman of the archdiocese, Stefan Förner. In Crónica - 2011.

April 8
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, will participate as delegate of Pope Benedict XVI to the 14th International Book Fair, which will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from May 4 to 22, 2011. The government of the Dominican Republic has designated the Holy See as the Guest of Honor Country of the fair. In Crónica - 2011.

April 7
New bibliographic items added to the site during the months of January to March 2011.

April 3
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of April 10, 1747 (II).

April 1
Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R., archbishop major of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, died after prolonged heart problems at Lisie Hospital in Ernakulam. Upon learning the news, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent a telegram of condolence to Bosco Puthur, titular bishop of Foraziana, Major Archiepiscopal Curia, Kakkanad. At the moment, the bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church are realizing their ad limina visit in Rome. The late cardinal had stayed home because of poor health. Bishop Puthur and the auxiliary bishops of the major archdiocese were received in audience by the pope this morning. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India issued a communique mourning the death of the cardinal. His funeral will take place on Sunday, April 10, 2011. at 2:30 p.m., at St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala, India. After his death, there are 200 cardinals; 116 are electors and 84 are non-electors. The cardinal electors are 116; 67 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 84, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 70 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

March

March 30
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax, will go as papal envoy to Ivory Coast to manifest Pope Benedict XVI's solidarity, and that of the Universal Church, to the victims of the conflict that affects that nation, and encourge reconciliation and peace. In Crónica - 2011.

March 30
One hundred and one links to textual and pictorial information as well as biographical data about the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of September 9, 1743 (I) have been included in their entries, kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

March 28
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Saturday April 2, 2011, at 4:30 p.m., Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane, Via Laurentina, 473; and that on Sunday April 3, 2011, at noon, Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida, Brazil, will take possession of the title of Immacolata al Tiburtino, Via del Mortaro, 24. In Crónica - 2011.

March 27
Pope Benedict XVI visited Fosse Ardeatine, site of Nazi massacre in Rome on March 24, 1944. Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest emeritus of the papal basilica of S. Paolo fuori le mura, whose father was one of the victims of the massacre, was present in the ceremony. In Crónica - 2011.

March 24
Catalog of Spanish cardinals from 1492 until 2010.

March 20
At 8.30 a.m., today, Second Sunday of Lent, Pope Benedict XVI went in pastoral visit to the parish of San Corbiniano all'Infernetto, in the southern sector of the diocese of Rome, to celebrate the Holy Mass and dedicate the new church. The pope left the Vatican by helicopter and arrived at 8.45 a.m. in the small square contiguous to the parish, and was received by Cardinals Agostino Vallini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome; Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising, of the title of San Corbiniano; and Friedrich Wetter, archbishop emeritus of München und Freising; by the auxiliary bishops of Rome Paolino Schiavon and Ernesto Mandara; by Bishop Josef Clemens, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; by Father Antonio Magnotta, parish pastor; and by Father Pier Luigi Stolfi, assistant pastor. At 9:00 a.m., the pope presided the eucharistic celebration in the new church, which was consecrated during the sacred rite. The pope pronounced the homily during the eucharistic celebration. At the end of the mass, before departing for the Vatican at 11:30 a.m. by helicopter for the recitation of the Angelus, the pope greeted the faithful who were in the church. In Crónica - 2011.

March 20
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Sisto Riario Sforza (1846); Paul Cullen (1866); Henry Edward Manning (1875); Lucido Maria Parocchi (1877); Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie, M.Afr. (1882); Guglielmo Massaia, O.F.M.Cap. (1884); José de Calasanz Vives y Tutó, O.F.M.Cap. (1899); Paulin-Pierre Andrieu (1907); František Saleský Bauer (1911); Louis Billot, S.J. (1911); Giacomo della Chiesa (1914); Felix von Hartmann (1914); Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi (1916); Giovanni Tacci (1921); Luigi Sincero (1923); Giuseppe Gamba (1926); Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, Orat. (1935); Domenico Jorio (1935); John Joseph Glennon (1946); Agustín Parrado y García (1946); Giuseppe Siri (1953); Stefan Wyszyński (1953); José María Bueno y Monreal (1958); Francesco Bracci (1958); Léon-Étienne Duval (1965); Enrico Dante (1965); Cesare Zerba (1965); Agnelo Rossi (1965); John Joseph Krol (1967); Michele Pellegrino (1967); François Marty (1969); John Joseph Carberry (1969); Joseph Höffner (1969); Sergio Guerri (1969); Jean Daniélou, S.J. (1969); James Robert Knox (1973); Bolesław Kominek (1973); Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (1973); Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1973); Jaime Lachica Sin (1976); Reginald John Delargey (1976); Bernardin Gantin (1977); Egano Righi-Lambertini (1979); Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. (1979); Tomás Ó Fiaich (1979); Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (1979); Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1985); Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. (1985); John Joseph O'Connor (1985); Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. (1988); Mario Revollo Bravo (1988); James Aloysius Hickey (1988); Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. (1988); Antonio Quarracino (1991); Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1991); Paolo Dezza, S.J. (1991); Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. (1998); Louis-Marie Billé (2001); and Quasi-cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar (1988), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

March 17
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Saturday March 26, 2011, at 6 p.m., Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, archbishop emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia, will take possession of the title of S. Emerenziana at Tor Fiorenza, Via Lucrino 53, Rome. In Crónica - 2011.

March 17
Additional information concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Tommaso Parentucelli (1446); Giuliano della Rovere (1471); Raffaele Cosimo de' Girolami (1743); Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini (1743); Giovanni Battista Barni (1743); Giacomo Oddi (1743); Marcello Crescenzi (1743); Giorgio Doria (1743); Francesco Landi (1743); Giuseppe Pozzobonelli (1743); Johann Theodor von Bayern (1743); Ludovico Merlini (1759); and Quasi-cardinal Antonio Maria Pallavicini (1743), has been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

March 15
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of the cardinals created by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) in the consistory of September 9, 1743 (I).

March 12
Catalog of Pseudocardinals (1058-1444).

March 10
Notes, sources and catalog of participants in the election of Antipope Paschal III on April 22, 1164; as well as additional information in their respective biographical entries, kindly provided by Mr. Tomasz Karlikowski, from Poznań, Poland.

March 8
The epitaphs of Cardinals Robert Somercotes (1239); Matteo Orsini (1262); Ordoño Álvarez (1278); Geoffroy de Bar (1281); Bonaventura Badoaro de Peraga, O.E.S.A. (1378); Agapito Colonna (1378); Francesco Uguccione (1405); Pietro Morosini, iuniore (1408); and Enrico Rampini (1446), have been included in their respective biographical entries, taken from Die Mittelalterlichen Grabmäler in Rom und Latium vom 13. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert. 2 vol. Bearbeitet von Tassilo Blittersdorff ... [et al.], unter Mitarbeit von Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau und Walter Koch ; redigiert von Jörg Garms, Roswitha Juffinger und Bryan Ward-Perkins. Rom : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981-1994.

March 6
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Pierre Veuillot (1967); Alexandre-Charles Renard (1967); Jean-Marie Lustiger (1983); Henri de Lubac, S.J. (1983); Albert Decourtray (1985); Yves Congar, O.P. (1994); and Louis-Marie Billé (2001), taken from their Acte de décès, kindly provided by M. Alexandre Jore, from Versailles, France.

March 4
Cardinal William Henry Keeler, archbishop emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 116; 67 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 85, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI; 71 by Pope John Paul II; and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

March 3
The archdiocese of Warsaw, Poland, announced that Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz will take possession of the title of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, Via Domenichino, 7, on April 29, 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

March 2
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Sunday March 6, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, former president of the Pontifical Committe of Historical Sciences, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, Via del Sudario, 40; and that on Saturday March 12, 2011, at 5 p.m., Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, former president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Angelo in Pescheria, Via della Tribuna di Campitelli, 6. In Crónica - 2011.

March 1
Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain, was reelected today president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference for the triennium 2011-2014. In Crónica - 2011.

March 1
The Bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See announced today that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, United States of America, presented by Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony, in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by José Horacio Gómez, until then archbishop coadjutor of the same archdiocese. In Crónica - 2011.

February

February 27
The site of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels made the the following announcement:

Ceremony of Transition
Sunday, February 27, 2011 @ 10:00am (english) & 12:30pm (spanish)
All are invited to be present for a Ceremony of Transition as Archbishop José Horacio Gómez assumes his role as Archbishop of Los Angeles. The love and prayers of the Archdiocesan Community accompany Cardinal Mahony and Archbishop Gomez as they begin new chapters in their lives of service to the Local Church of Los Angeles. The masses will take place on Sunday, February 27th at 10:00am in English and 12:30pm in Spanish.
In Crónica - 2011.

February 27
New or better photographs of Cardinals José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M.Disc. (1884); Angelo Di Pietro (1893); Lörinc Schlauch (1893); Francesco di Paola Satolli (1895); Domenico Ferrata (1896); Donato Maria dell'Olio (1901); Benedetto Lorenzelli (1907); George William Mundelein (1924); Lorenzo Lauri (1926); Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia (1946); Valerian Gracias (1953); Peter Thomas McKeefry (1969); Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (2001); and of Quasi-cardinals Stefan Zachariasz Pawlicki, D.N.I.Chr.; and Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, have been included in their biographical entries and in the image galleries.

February 26
El Nuevo Herald, Spanish newspaper of Miami, Florida, reported in today's edition that José Horacio Gómez, of the personal prelature of Opus Dei, coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles, California, will become head of the archdiocese when Cardinal Roger Mahony, current archbishop, steps down tomorrow, his 75th birthday, during a mass celebrated at the metropolitan cathedral. The Los Angeles Times also reported today the story in a column by Mr. Tim Rutten. The event is also mentioned at the end of the biography of Archbishop Gómez in the site of the archdiocese of Los Angeles. The archdiocese is already organizing a pilgrimage to Rome for the conferral of the pallium on the new archbishop of Los Angeles by Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2011. The Vatican has not yet made an official announcement concerning the resignation of the cardinal and the succession of the archbishop coadjutor. In Crónica - 2011.

February 26
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted, in accordance to canon 126 § 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO), the resignation from the office of patriarch of Antiochia of the Maronites presented by Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir. The pope sent the cardinal a letter at the end of his service as patriarch. In Crónica - 2011.

February 25
Additional information concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Achille Grassi (1511); Thomas Wolsey (1515); Federico Borromeo, iuniore (1670); Marcantonio Barbarigo (1686); Baldassare Cenci, seniore (1695); Carlo Vittorio Amedeo Delle Lanze (1747); Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana (1778); and Pietro Giannelli (1875), has been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

February 24
The Catholic Standard and Times, the Official Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, announced today that "Cardinal John Patrick Foley, 75, is retiring and resigning from his post as grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Rome. The former editor of The Catholic Standard & Times and a former director of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications suffers from leukemia and anemia. 'It's been getting progressively worse and I get weaker,' Cardinal Foley said. 'I didn't have the energy to perform my duties.'" He submitted a letter of resignation to the Vatican's secretary of State on February 8, 2011; met with Pope Benedict XVI on February 10; and returned to the archdiocese of Philadelphia on February 12, to live at Villa St. Joseph, a residence for retired, infirm and convalescent priests in Darby.The Vatican has not announced yet the acceptance of the resignation. In Crónica - 2011.

February 24
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Berlin, Germany, presented by Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. The archdiocese of Berlin also issued a communique announcing the resignation. The cardinal's condition remains serious. Under the provisions of canon law, Matthias Heinrich, titular bishop of Thibaris, auxiliary and episcopal vicar of Berlin, within eight days has to summon the metropolitan cathedral chapter of St. Hedwig, to elect a diocesan administrator. The diocesan administrator will lead the archdiocese of Berlin during the vacancy until the appointment of a new diocesan bishop. In Crónica - 2011.

February 22
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Sunday February 27, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, penitentiary major, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Anselmo all'Aventino, Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 5. In Crónica - 2011.

February 21
At the end of the ordinary public consistory for the canonization of three blesseds celebrated today at noon in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, six cardinal deacons opted for the order of cardinal priests after having being in the former order for ten years: Agostino Cacciavillan of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Girardino, protodeacon; Sergio Sebastiani of S. Eustachio; Zenon Grocholewski of S. Nicola in Carcere; Jorge María Mejía of S. Giorlamo della Carità; Walter Kasper of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova; and Roberto Tucci, S.J., of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio; all these deaconries were elevated pro hac vice to title at the request of their occupants. Cardinal Kasper was absent and his request was presented by the secretary of the College of Cardinals Manuel Monteiro de Castro, titular archbishop of Benevento. After the option of Cardinal Cacciavillan to the order of priests, the pope confirmed Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, in the office of protodeacon. Forty seven cardinals were in attendance. In Crónica - 2011.

February 19
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general emeritus of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome, archpriest emeritus of the papal basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano, grand chancellor emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University and president emeritus of the Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 117; 68 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 84, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI, 70 by Pope John Paul II and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

February 18
The Vatican Information Service (VIS) informed that the Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:

"The beatification of Servant of God Pope John Paul II will be a major ecclesial event divided into the following five stages:

"A preparatory vigil organised by the diocese of Rome will take place at the Circus Maximus on the evening of Saturday 30 April (preparation from 8.30 to 9 p.m., vigil from 9 to 10.30 p.m.), organised by the diocese of Rome, which had the Venerable Servant of God as its bishop. The vigil will be led by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, His Holiness' vicar general for the diocese of Rome, while the Holy Father Benedict XVI will be spiritually present through video linkup.

"The beatification ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday 1 May in St. Peter's Square, presided by the Holy Father. Participation in the event does not require a ticket, although access to the Square and surrounding areas will be regulated by the police.

"The veneration of the remains of the new blessed will be possible for all faithful, beginning immediately after the beatification ceremony on Sunday 1 May. The remains of the new blessed will remain exposed for veneration in front of the Altar of the Confession in the Vatican Basilica for as long as the faithful continue to arrive.

"A Mass of thanksgiving is scheduled to take place in St. Peter's Square at 10.30 a.m. on Monday 2 May, presided by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B.

"The interment of the remains of the new blessed in the Chapel of St. Sebastian in the Vatican Basilica will take place privately". In Crónica - 2011. In Crónica - 2011.

February 17
Catalog of Quasi-cardinals (1251-2007).

February 17
New cardinals 2010 has been moved from the home page to Catalogs.

February 15
To facilitate the identification of the cardinals known only by their given names, their respective suburbicarian sees, titles and deaconries have been added to the alphabetical catalogs of the 5th to 13th centuries, as well as to the comprehensive catalog (492 to 2011), and to the general lists of cardinals of the 5th to 13th centuries.

February 14
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Leon Michał Przyłuski, archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań, Poland, Prussia, kindly provided by Deacon Sebastian Wiśniewski, from Gliwice, Poland.

February 12
Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia, Spain, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 118; 69 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 49 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 83, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI, 69 by Pope John Paul II and 10 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

February 10
Pope Benedict XVI accepted, according to canon 126 § 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO), the resignation of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., from the office of archbishop major of Kyiv-Halyč, Ukraine. The administrator of the see will be Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R., archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians, who will be responsible for convening the Synod of the Bishops of the Greek Ukrainian Catholic Church for the election of the new major archbishop. In Crónica - 2011.

February 9
On the occasion of his 75th birthday of Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky, archbishop of Berlin, Germany, on February 9, 2011, the archdiocese issued the following bulletin. "On 9 February 2011 Cardinal Sterzinsky will celebrate his 75th birthday. No celebrations are possible, as Cardinal Sterzinsky still is in the hospital. His health has not improved. "It's a good habit, to wish good health on the occasion of a birthday" said Vicar General Monsignor Ronald Rother. "But it's not possible to deliver these wishes personally. I therefore have my prayers and our desires in prayer before God, and I invite you all together with the whole archdiocese to pray for the Cardinal. We especially thank God that Cardinal Sterzinsky has headed our archdiocese now for more than 20 years."

According to a kreuz.net katholische nachrichten statement from Berlin, since January 24, 2011, the cardinal has been operated on four times and is in serious condition, kept in an artificial coma in intensive care in the hospital of the Sisters of St. Francis, in Budapest street, in Mitte district, Berlin. At the end of January, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

February 6
Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal, archbishop emeritus of Cebu, Philippines, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 119; 69 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 50 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 82, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI, 69 by Pope John Paul II and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

February 6
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Donald William Wuerl (2010); Kazimierz Nycz (2010); Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (2010); José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (2010); and Elio Sgreccia (2010), kindly provided by Mr. Lambert Stamer, from Giessen, Germany.

February 4
During the celebration of the National Day of the Catholic University of Portugal, in Lisbon, Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, was awarded a doctorate honoris causa from that university. In Crónica - 2011.

February 3
To mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's historic first visit to India, the bishops of the nation organized a symposium, from February 3 to 10, 2011, to reflect on the teachings of the pontiff, and to launch a book on his social thought. An event, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), took place Thursday February 3, and gathered some three hundred participants, including the papal delegate Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, archbishop emeritus of Westminster, England. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, CBCI president and archbishop of Bombay, also participated, as did Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi, and Salvatore Pennacchio, titular archbishop of Montemarano, apostolic nuncio in India. In Crónica - 2011.

February 3
A communique from the archdiocese of Berlin announced the cancellation for an indefinite time of the celebrations for 75th birthday of Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky, archbishop of Berlin, Germany, and asked the faithful to pray for the archbishop. In Crónica - 2011.

February 1
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Saturday February 5, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Agata de' Goti, in Via Mazzarino, 16; on Friday February 11, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Maria in Aquiro, in Piazza Capranica; on Saturday February 12, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, archpriest of the papal basilica of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Paolo alla Regola, in Via di San Paolo alla Regola, 6; and on Sunday February 13, 2011, at noon, Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, will take possession of the title of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, in Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina, 16/A. In Crónica - 2011.

January

January 30
domradio.de - Katholische Nachrichten announced today that Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky, archbishop of Berlin, Germany, is seriously ill. He will turn 75 next week but all celebrations were canceled today. The cardinal has been in the hospital since Monday January 24, when he had to undergo an emergency surgery. Last night a second surgery was necessary. No information about the reasons for the operations and the cardinal's condition have been given yet. In Crónica - 2011.

January 30
Additional information concerning the priestly ordination of Cardinal Carlo Livizzani (1785); and the episcopal consecration of Cardinals Benedetto Accolti (1527); Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch (1686); Giacomo Boncompagni (1695); Francesco Saverio de Zelada (1773); Leonardo Antonelli (1775); Giovanni Archinto (1776); Angelo Maria Durini (1776); Marcantonio Marcolini (1777); Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano (1789); Giovanni Battista Caprara (1792); and Giovanni Battista Bussi de Pretis (1794), has been included in their respective biographical entries kindly provided by Mr. Charles N. Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

January 28
Additional information has been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals John Fisher (1535); Angelo Maria Durini (1776); Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1837); Edward Henry Howard of Norfolk (1877); Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (1895); Gennaro Portanova (1899); José de Calasanz Vives y Tutó, O.F.M.Cap. (1899); Bartolomeo Bacilieri (1901); Felice Cavagnis (1901); Anton Hubert Fischer (1903); Gaetano de Lai (1907); Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (1916); Aleksander Kakowski (1919); Karl Joseph Schulte (1921); Eugenio Tosi, O.SS.C.A. (1922); Carlo Perosi (1926); Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. (1927); Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. (1930); Giulio Serafini (1930); Elia Dalla Costa (1933); Massimo Massimi (1935); Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. (1937); John Joseph Glennon (1946); Francis Joseph Spellman (1946); Carlos María de la Torre (1953); Giovanni Urbani (1958); Alfonso Castaldo (1958); Luigi Traglia (1960); Rufino Jiao Santos (1960); Joseph Elmer Ritter (1961); Ermenegildo Florit (1965); Corrado Ursi (1967); John Joseph Carberry (1969); Terence James Cooke (1969); Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. (1969); John Joseph Wright (1969); Maurice Otunga (1973); Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1976); Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (1976); Giovanni Benelli (1977); Joseph-Marie Trinh Van-Can (1979); Andrzej Maria Deskur (1985); and Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. (2007), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

January 26
Cardinal Bernard Panafieu, archbishop emeritus of Marseille, France, turned eighty years old, and, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave. The cardinal electors are now 120; 70 have been created by Pope John Paul II; and 50 by Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal non-electors are 81, of which 4 were created by Pope Paul VI, 68 by Pope John Paul II and 9 by Pope Benedict XVI. In Crónica - 2011.

January 25
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was honored by the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, with a dinner and the award of the Cross of Lambeth. The dinner was hosted with the aid of the Nikean Club, an ecumenical association of the Church of England. The Cross of Lambeth is conferred on religious leaders who have rendered exceptional service to the cause of Christian unity, and in particular with the Anglican Communion. In Crónica - 2011.

January 23
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, titular archbishop of Rizeo, internuncio in Turkey and apostolic administrator of the apostolic vicariate of Istanbul (1960).

January 22
Cardinal Paolo Sardi, patron of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, ceased as vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. Pope Benedict XVI named Santos Abril y Castelló, titular archbishop of Tamada, apostolic nuncio, as the new vice-camerlengo. In Crónica - 2011.

January 19
Pope Benedict XVI has named president of the newly established Financial Information Authority Cardinal Attilio Nicora, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. In Crónica - 2011.

January 18
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1928), archbishop of Valencia, Spain.

January 16
The engravings of Cardinals Niccolò Acciaioli (1669); Marcantonio Barbarigo (1686); Carlo Barberini (1653); Francesco Buonvisi (1681); Giacomo Cantelmo (1690); Leandro Colloredo, Orat. (1686); Costaguti, Giovanni Battista (1690); Giovanni Delfino (1667); Marcello Durazzo (1686); Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1686); Francesco Maidalchini (1647); Savo Millini (1681); Giovanni Francesco Negroni (1686); Pietro Ottoboni (1689); Benedetto Pamphili, O.S.Io.Hieros. (1681); Bandino Panciatici (1690); Fabrizio Paolucci (1697); Giambattista Rubini (1690); and Sebastiano Tanara (1695), have been added to their respective biographical entries, kindly provided by the Rev. James M. Weiss, Department of Theology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

January 15
The Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Saturday January 22, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., Cardinal Paolo Romeo, archbishop of Palermo, Italy, will take possession of the title of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani, deaconry elevated pro hac vice to title, situated on Via del Tritone, 82. On that same day, at 6 p.m., Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, will take possession of the title of S. Maria "Regina Pacis" in Ostia mare, situated on Piazza Regina Pacis, 13. On Sunday January 23, 2011, at 11 a.m., Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, will take possession of the deaconry of S. Giorgio in Velabro, on Via del Velabro, 19. On Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 11.30 a.m., Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", will take possession of the deaconry of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana, located on Viale dei Salesiani, 9. In Crónica - 2011.

January 14
Pope Benedict XVI received in private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. During the audience, the pope authorized the congregation to promulgate the decree concerning a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła), Supreme Pontiff; born in Wadowice, Poland, on May 18, 1920 and died in Rome on April 2, 2005. Several decrees concerning other Servants of God were also authorized. The beatification ceremony will take place on May 1, 2011, Second Sunday of Easter, day of the Divine Mercy, at the Vatican, presided by Pope Benedict XVI. Pope John Paul II's remains will be moved from the grotto located beneath St. Peter's basilica to a chapel in the main church. The transportation of the coffin will take place without exhumation, hence the pope's body will not be exposed. The body will be enclosed and the placement of his body will be marked by a simple marble stone engraved with the words "Beatus Ioannes Paulus II." The pope's body will be placed in the chapel of St. Sebastian, which is located between the chapel of the Pietà and the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. The chapel houses the remains of Blessed Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689), and is named after the main figure in the mosaic above the altar, which was completed by Pier Paolo Cristofari. Statues of Pius XI and Pius XII flank the right and left sides of the altar, respectively. In Crónica - 2011.

January 12
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, presented by Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, in conformity to canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. The pope has named new metropolitan archbishop of that see Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I., until then archbishop of Florianópolis. Cardinal Agnelo will be apostolic administrator until the installation of his successor on March 25. In Crónica - 2011.

January 11
CNA Catholic News Agency reported today that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, recently stated he has been the target of death threats since 2009. He believes the threats are from supporters of the country's deposed President Manuel Zelaya. The cardinal stated on January 6 that he has been receiving death threats from individuals who have labeled him a "golpista" (supporter of the coup). The cardinal then told Honduras' Channel 10 that soon after the Honduran bishops' conference issued a statement about the intentions of then-President Zelaya to hold a referendum to draft a new constitution, he (the cardinal) "had already become the target of death threats". He added that the threats "have been continuous" since June 2009. "We had all of the pertinent information," Cardinal Maradiaga said, "and we issued a statement, which I read as president (of the Honduran Episcopal Conference), on Saturday" (June 27, 2009, the day before Zelaya was removed from office). The followers of the deposed president form the "Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular", coordinated by Mr. Zelaya from his exile in the Domincian Republic.

January 11
Philip A. Cunningham, director of the Catholic-Jewish Relations Institute of St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and College of Arts & Sciences Dean William Madges presented Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, with an honorary doctoral degree in Sacred Theology from Saint Joseph's University. The citation praised Cardinal Kasper "for your dedication to the vision of a new relationship between Catholics and Jews set forth by the Second Vatican Council, for your labors to begin to achieve that vision as President of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and for your exemplary modeling of the work of a Catholic theologian in service to the Church and to interreligious understanding." The ceremony took place in the Vatican.

January 10
A communique from the Pontifical Council Cor Unum informed that Pope Benedict XVI has sent its president, Cardinal Robert Sarah, to Haiti on the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated that country, with a special message and economic assistance of $1.2 millions, $800,000 for the reconstruction of Haitian schools and $400,000 for the reconstruction of churches. According to the Vatican, the funds come from offerings received to support earthquake relief. The cardinal will visit the country from January 10 to the 13th and will celebrate several masses, meet different communities and thank all those who are working in the reconstruction of Haiti. On January 11th, the cardinal will meet with President René Préval. In Crónica - 2011.

January 9
Catalog of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1198 to 1431, and introductory note, kindly provided by Mr. Tomasz Karlikowski, from Poznań, Poland.

January 7
New bibliographic items added to the site during the months of October to December 2010.

January 4
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation presented, by reasons of age, by Cardinal Franc Rodé, C.M., from the charge of prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life and has named to succeed him in that charge João Braz de Aviz, until then archbishop of Brasília, Brazil. In Crónica - 2011

January 3
Catalog of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1431 to 1503.

January 2
Catalog of cardinals arranged by country from 1873 to 2010.

On January 1, 2011, the members of the College of Cardinals are 201; 121 are electors and 80 are non-electors, having lost their right to participate in the conclave when they turned 80 years old, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis. During this year, ten cardinals will turn 80. They are: Bernard Panafieu, January 26; Ricardo Vidal, February 6; Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, February 12; Camillo Ruini, February 19; William Henry Keeler, March 4; Sergio Sebastiani, April 11; Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, September 24; Bernard Francis Law, November 4; Adrianus Johannes Simonis, November 26; and Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk, December 7.

Cardinal deacons Agostino Cacciavillan of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Girardino, protodeacon; Sergio Sebastiani of S. Eustachio; Zenon Grocholewski of S. Nicola in Carcere; Jorge María Mejía of S. Girolamo della Carità; Walter Kasper of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova; and Roberto Tucci, S.J., of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio, promoted to the cardinalate in the consistory of February 21, 2001, after having been in that order for ten years, will be able to opt for the order of cardinal priests in 2011.

From January 1 to December 31, 2010, the cardinals' site received 146,930 visits and innumerable electronic messages with comments, corrections, and additional information, both textual and pictorial. The counter records only the initial visit to the site and not the ones to other sections on the same occasion. During the year, the biographical entries of the 4,259 cardinals, quasi-cardinals and pseudocardinals identified between 492 and 2010 were completed and thus the main part of the project was finished.

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