The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Additions 2022

May

May 20
L'Osservatore Romano informed that today in the morning, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, presided a Eucharistic concelebration for the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. Concelebrating were Cardinals Leonardo Sandri, Francis Arinze, Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Robert Sarah and Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle.

May 18
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals James Francis McIntyre (1953) and Timothy Manning (1973), kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

May 15
Additional details have been included in the biographical entry of Cardinal Gil de Albornoz (1627), kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

May 13
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic, presented by Cardinal Dominick Duka, O.P., and named Jan Graubner, until then archbishop of Olomouc, to succeed him.

May 11
Catholic News Agency informed that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been released on bail hours after he was arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to media reports. The reports emerged shortly after the Vatican said that it was concerned to hear of the 90-year-old cardinal’s arrest on May 11.

May 11
Reuters informed that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to local media reports. The cardinal and four others who helped run a now-disbanded humanitarian fund for protesters, all on charges of "collusion with foreign forces", a legal source said. The cardinal was being held in Chai Wan police station close to his church residence, according to a police sergeant on the scene. The other people arrested in connection with the case are senior barrister Margaret Ng, 74; activist and pop singer Denise Ho; former lawmaker Cyd Ho; and former academic Hui Po-keung.
All were taken into custody for alleged "collusion with foreign forces", according to the source. The five were trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund" which helped protesters who had been arrested during pro-democracy, anti-China protests in 2019 to help pay their legal and medical fees.

May 7
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (1946); Julius Döpfner (1958); Francesco Roberti (1958); Peter Tatsuo Doi (1960); Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1960); Rufino Jiao Santos (1960); Lorenz Jaeger (1965); Josef Beran (1965); Maurice Roy (1965); Owen McCann (1965); Léon-Étienne Duval (1965); Federico Callori di Vignale (1965); Ángel Herrera Oria (1965); Joseph-Léon Cardijn (1965); Charles Journet (1965); Giuseppe Beltrami (1967); Alfredo Pacini (1967); Egidio Vagnozzi (1967); John Patrick Cody (1967); Corrado Ursi (1967); Alfred Bengsch (1967) Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (1967); Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1969); Julio Rosales y Ras (1969); Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez (1969); François Marty (1969); Jéróme Rakotomalala (1969); Paul Gouyon (1969); Joseph Malula (1969); Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (1969); Joseph Höffner (1969); Albino Luciani (1973); António Ribeiro (1973); Avelar Brandão Vilela (1973); Hermann Volk (1973); Opilio Rossi (1976) and Quasi-cardinal Louis Bouyer, Orat. (1967), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

May 5
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson will take possession as chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 6, 2022, Monday after the Solemnity of Pentecost.

May 1
Additional details have been included in the biographical entry of Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., archbishop of Santiago de Chile, kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

April

April 30
L'Osservatore Romano informed that in the late afternoon of Saturday April 30, 2022, Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, solemnly took possession of the title of San Vigilio all'Eur. Arriving in the Roman church in via Paolo Di Dono, the cardinal was welcomed by the parish priest Don Alfio Tirrò, who presented him with the crucifix for kissing and veneration. He then presided over the Mass concelebrated by the parish priest, who read the nomination bull, by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, archbishop emeritus of Manila, and by several priests of the parish and of Collegio Filipino. Present, among others, were the ambassadors of the Philippines to the Holy See, Myla Grace Ragenia Catalbas Macahilig, and to the Quirinale (Italy), Domingo P. Nolasco, and of many members of the Filipino community residing in Rome. Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, papal ceremoniere, conducted the rite.

April 30
The Archdiocese of Sevilla informed that at half past ten in the morning, the mortal remains of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, were transferred to the Seo on the shoulders of the seminarians, acolytes, deacons and concelebrating priests, in an emotional tour of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Cardenal Amigo Street, Alemanes, Avenida de la Constitución until entering the cathedral through the Puerta de la Asunción reserved for very solemn events of the archdiocese.
Arriving at the altar, the coffin was placed in the center of the presbytery, with its back to the altar and facing the people, next to the lit Paschal candle, surrounded by four candlesticks.
After the monition, the archbishop of Sevilla, José Ángel Saiz Meneses, said a prayer next to the lit Paschal candle and placed the chasuble and the miter on the coffin, to one side, the crozier and the Gospel book, “so that, as he consecrated his life to announce the Gospel of Christ, now enjoy contemplating, face to face, that same truth that, already when he lived in the limited light of this world, he glimpsed in the word of God and preached to his brothers”.
The Eucharist, presided over by Archbishop Saiz Meneses, was concelebrated by Juan José Asenjo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, the apostolic nuncio, Bernardito Cleopas Azuza, titular archbishop of Suacia, the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), the cardinal archbishop of Barcelona, Juan José Omella Omella, the cardinal archbishop of Madrid, Carlos Osoro Sierra; the cardinal archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares Llovera; the cardinal archbishop of Valladolid, Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, other Spanish bishops along with a broad representation of priests from the diocesan clergy.
Archbishop Saiz Meneses stated that last Wednesday he shared a long time with the cardinal, where they could "chat without haste, and pray together." In addition, they spoke of “Our Lord and the definitive encounter with Him, also of Mary and Saint Francis of Assisi. He listened carefully and nodded. After a few moments he left us, with great peace and serenity”.
Particularly moving was the intervention of Brother Pablo Noguera, the cardinal's faithful secretary for several decades, who exposed the charisma of the late cardinal, his affection for Sevilla, his entire dedication to the people entrusted to him, his availability and, above all, the joy that he always wanted to spread wherever he went. An intervention that was crowned by a long ovation from the assembly that, in this way, paid its last tribute to the cardinal of Sevilla. Later, the 'song of Brother Sun' was sung. The apostolic nuncio read the telegram sent by Pope Francis to the archbishop of Sevilla, and the secretary general of the archdiocese, Isacio Siguero, did the same with the one sent by the King and Queen of Spain.
The funeral ritual ended with the burial of the remains of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo in the chapel of San Pablo in the cathedral, which is located between the Royal Chapel and the Puerta de Campanillas, dedicated to San Pablo.
Numerous authorities participated in the funeral Mass, with the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, at the head. Along with him, among others, the mayor of Sevilla, Antonio Muñoz; the president of the Provincial Council of Sevilla, Fernando Rodríguez Villalobos; the minister of Culture of the Board, Patricia del Pozo; the lieutenant general of the Land Force, José Rodríguez; Senator José Luis Sanz; with the deputy Reyes Romero.
Funeral Mass of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, YouTube.

April 30
Vida Nueva Digital informed that due to a delay in the transfer, the body of the late Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán did not arrive until Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Basílica of Guadalupe in México City, where it was received by Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of México, and some bishops of the country. The Mass on Friday April 29 at the Baslica of Guadalupe in the capital of the country was a previous stop before the remains were buried in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the diocese of Zamora, according to the will of the late cardinal. Also present at the Tepeyac shrine was Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop emeritus of México, the auxiliary bishops of the primatial archdiocese, as well as several bishops from the country who were very close to the deceased cardinal. The homily was delivered by Father Álvaro Lozano Platonoff, of the archdiocese of México, who serves as pastoral vicar of that see. After the celebration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the body was transferred to the city of Zamora to be buried in the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Mass there was presided over by Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara. In Zamora, a tour of the coffin was planned through the streets of the city but beause to the delay in the transfer from Mexico City, only the Eucharist was celebrated, in which several bishops from the country were also present, among them the bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, the see occupied by Cardinal Lozano Barragán from 1984 to 1997. The remains of the late cardinal rest in that Marian shrine.

April 30
The Press office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church, member of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

April 30
The Press office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, papal legate the 800th anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral of Cosenza which will take place on June 25, 2022.

April 29
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed that on Saturday April 30, 2022, at 7 p.m., Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, wll take possession of the title of San Vigilio, Via Paolo Di Dono, 218, Rome.

April 28
Press Communique of the Council of Cardinals, 28.04.2022
On April 25, 2022, in the presence of the Holy Father, the 41st session of the Council of Cardinals began, the first after the publication of the Apostolic Constitution Predicate Evangelium. Present at the meeting were Cardinals Giuseppe Bertello, Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga, S.D.B, Reinhard Marx, Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Osvald Gracias, and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., together with the secretary of the Council, Archbishop Marco Mellino. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, was absent due to institutional commitments in México.

After the prayer, Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, coordinator of the Council, greeted the Holy Father and the members.
Subsequently, reflection began on the war in Ukraine and the consequent socio-political, ecclesial and ecumenical situation. The Holy Father reported on the various initiatives undertaken by him, the secretary of State and the Secretariat of State to pursue peace. A moment of reflection followed between members who supported and encouraged the Holy Father in his tireless work for the solution of the ongoing conflict.
Afterwards, each cardinal presented the socio-political and ecclesial situation of his own continent of origin, deepening themes such as: peace, health, poverty, fragile political situation and pastoral problems of the local Churches.
In the morning session on Tuesday April 26, the Council discussed the issue of climate change and the COP27 to be held in Egypt in November 2022.
Concerning the question "Can we, as a Church, together with other Confessions and Religions, give voice to these concerns?", Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M.Cap., argued by analyzing the world situation, the needs and expectations regarding COP26 Glasgow, with a special look at the concerns of the poor countries of Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania.
In the afternoon session of April 26 the Council continued the study, begun in the session last February, on the theme of women in the Church, with a report, from a pastoral perspective, given by Sister Laura Vicuña, an indigenous woman from Amazonia (Brazil) and belonging to a Congregation of the Franciscan Family. A debate between the members of the Council and the rapporteur followed.
In the session of Wednesday April 27, reflection continued on the theme of the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See, the role and activities of the apostolic nuncios, introduced by a report by Cardinal Gracias, followed by a debate among the participants.
The last topic addressed were the indications for the implementation of the Apostolic Constitution Predicate Evangelium in the Roman Curia, suggesting a possible process of actions that accompany the implementation of the new legislation and which also provides for the evaluation of the steps taken and the challenges to be taken.
The meeting ended yesterday April 27 with the Regina Coeli prayer; the next meeting is set for the month of June of this year.

April 28
After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain, of the title of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, the Holy Father sent José Ángel Saiz Meneses, archbishop of Sevilla, a telegram of condolence.

April 27
Vatican News informed that according to the archdiocese of Sevilla, the late Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, will lay in state in the Throne Room of the archbishopric of Sevilla on the afternoon of Thursday, April 28. Upon his arrival, a Eucharist will be celebrated in the archbishop's chapel for his relatives and the diocesan Curia presided over by José Ángel Saiz Meneses, archbishop of Sevilla. The faithful who so wish may pray for the cardinal before his remains from 8:30 p.m. until closing at 11:00 p.m. The next day, the schedule will be from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
At the same time, the archdiocese added, Masses will be celebrated in the cathedral for this reason, on Thursday at 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and on Friday at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m. the funeral Mass will be celebrated at the cathedral's Jubilee Altar. The coffin will be transferred to the seo with the following route: Cardenal Amigo Vallejo Street, Alemanes, Avenida de la Constitución and entrance to the cathedral through the Puerta de la Asunción.
After the Mass, the late cardinal will be buried in the Chapel of San Pablo in the cathedral, which is located between the Royal Chapel and the Puerta de Campanillas.
All Masses celebrated in the archdiocese up to and including the third Sunday of Easter may be offered for the eternal repose of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo.

April 27
The Spanish Episcopal Conference informed that Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain, died early this morning due to a cardiac insufficiency in the University Hospital of Guadalajara. He had been operated due to a fall on February 25. He had fallen on February 22 while participating in the celebration of the 25th aniversary of the episcopal consecration of the archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra in the cathedral of the Almudena. He was 87 years old.
After the death of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo the number of cardinals is 209. The cardinal electors are 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 92.

April 23
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., until then prefect ad interim of the same Dicastery.

April 22
The Office of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Monday April 25, 2022, at 2 p.m., at the Altar of the Cathedra of Saint Peter's basilica, will take place the exequies of Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, of the title of Santa Dorotea, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral of Health Care Workers (for the Pastoral of Health).
The exquial liturgy will be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, Holy Father Francis will preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio.

April 20
After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, the Holy Father sent Javier Navarro Rodríguez, bishop of Zamora, México, a telegram of condolence.

April 20
swissinfo.ch informed that Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president emeritus of Pontifical Council for Pastoral of Health Care Workers, died today in Rome. He was 89 years old.
After a fall in his room on Wednesday April 13, 2022, he was hospitalized at Pio XI clinic in Rome but after a day he returned home because the doctors reported that nothing could be done, due to his delicate state of health, sources close to the cardinal reported.
By his own will, the late cardinal will be buried in Zamora, México, where his house and the headquarters of the foundation dedicated to his mother, Lolita, are located.
Pope Francis, with whom he had been friends since before his election to the papacy, visited the cardinal on Good Friday, before heading to the Colosseum to participate in the Via Crucis and used to call him "Lazarus", joking because the Mexican cardinal always managed to recover from his health problems.
After the death of Cardinal Lozano Barragán the number of cardinals is 210. The cardinal electors are 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 93.

April 18
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Bernardo Navagero (1561); Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (1916); Adolf Bertram (1916); Grégoire Pierre XV Agagianian (1946); John Joseph Glennon (1946); Benedetto Aloisi Masella (1946); Clemente Micara (1946); Edward Aloysius Mooney (1946); Clément-Émile Roques (1946); Francis Joseph Spellman (1946); José María Caro Rodríguez (1946); Jaime de Barros Câmara (1946); Maurice Feltin (1953); Marcello Mimmi (1953); Carlos María de la Torre (1953); Giuseppe Siri (1953); John Francis D'Alton (1953); James Francis McIntyre (1953); Giacomo Lercaro (1953), and Quasi-cardinals Paul von Huyn (1916) and Carlo Agostini (1953), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

April 16
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI (Cardinal Josef Ratzinger) turned 95 years old today. He is the longest living pope in the history of the Church.

April 15
Additional details concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinal Muzio Gallo have been included in his biographical entry, kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

April 13
Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, archbishop of Valladolid, Spain, turned 80 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 number of cardinals is 211. The cardinal electors are now 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 94.

April 11
The body of the late Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts, has been buried in the Notre Dame d'Egypte cathedral, Madinat an Nasr, Cairo, Egypt, alongside his immediate predecessors Cardinals Stéphanos I Sidarouss and Stéphanos II Ghattas.

April 9
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Godefroy Brossais-Saint-Marc (1875); Charles-Philippe Place (1886); Gaspard Mermillod (1890); Alessio Ascalesi (1916); Louis-Joseph Maurin (1916); Camillo Laurenti (1921); Achille Locatelli (1922); Giuseppe Mori (1922); Jean Verdier (1929); Achille Liénart (1930) and Santiago Luis Copello (1935), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

April 7
Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, Italy, turned 80 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 number of cardinals is 211. The cardinal electors are now 118; and the cardinal non-electors are now 93.

April 5
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Louis Billot , S.J. (1911); Hector-Irénée Sevin (1914); Louis-Ernest Dubois (1916) and Louis-Joseph Maurin (1916), kindly provided by M. Christophe Maillard, from Tours, France.

April 4
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson chancellor of the pontifical Academy of Science and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

April 1
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Etienne Le Camus (1686); Guido Calcagnini (1776); Muzio Gallo (1785); Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti (1826); Angelo Mai (1837); Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (1838); Niccola Paracciani Clarelli (1844); Giovanni Brunelli (1852); Giovanni Simeoni (1875); Lajos Haynald (1879); Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas (1893); François-Virgil Dubillard (1911) and Michele Lega (1914), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

March

March 29
The Press Office of the Holy See published the telegram of condolence that the Holy Father sent Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt, for the death of Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts.

March 28
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel, Belgium, special papal envoy to the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the dedication of the Notre-Dame cathedral of Tournai, Belgium, which will take place on May 22, 2022.

March 28
Agenzia Fides informed that Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt, died today in the Italian Hospital in Cairo. He was 87 years old.
After the death of Cardinal Naguib, there are 211 cardinals; 119 are electors and 92 are non-electors.

March 27
Vida Nueva Digital informed that Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil, resigned from the presidency of the Conferencia Eclesial de la Amazonía (CEAMA) for reasons of health. Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., archbishop of Huancayo, Perú, was elected president of CEAMA for the period 2022-2026.

March 23
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Thomas Wolsey (1515); Patrick Francis Moran (1885); Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1886); James Gibbons (1886); Desiré Mercier (1907); Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E. (1922); Agustín Parrado y García (1946); Thomas Tien Ken-sin, S.V.D. (1946); Paul Pierre Meouchi (1965); Josyf Slipyj (1965); Franjo Šeper (1965); Ermenegildo Florit (1965); Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1965); John Joseph Carberry (1969); John Joseph Wright (1969); Silvio Oddi (1969); Giuseppe Paupini (1969); Giacomo Violardo (1969); Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1976); Joseph-Marie Trinh-Nhu-Khuê (1976); Bolesław Filipiak (1976); Egano Righi-Lambertini (1979); Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (1979); Franjo Kuharić (1983); Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1985); Christian Wiyghan Tumi (1988); John Baptist Wu Cheng-Chung (1988); Alexandru Todea (1991); Edward Idris Cassidy (1991); Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. (1991); Giovanni Cheli (1998); Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998); Zenon Grocholewski (2001); Anthony Soter Fernandez (2016); and Quasi-cardinals Iuliu Hossu and Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (2007), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

March 22
Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, archbishop of an Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba, was named apostolic administrator of the diocese of Matanzas, Cuba, aftehr the resignation of Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal.

March 19
The Press Office of the Holy See published the Apostolic Constitution “Praedicate Evangelium” on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and the World. The Apostolic Constitution will enter into effect on June 5, 2022, Solemnity of Pentecost.
The Press Office informed that with the entry into force of this Apostolic Constitution, the Apostolic Constitution Pastor bonus is completely abrogated and replaced and in this way the reform action concerning the Roman Curia finds its complete form.

March 17
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Giovanni D'Andrea (1852); Gerald Emmett Carter (1979); Felice Cavagnis (1901); Giulio Serafini (1930); Carlo Chiarlo (1958); Godfried Danneels (1983); Albert Decourtray (1985); Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1985); Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1998); Jean Balland (1998); Marian Jaworski (1998) and Louis-Marie Billé (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

March 9
Zona Cero informed that Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, archbishop emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia, is in a delicate state of health due to a heart attack. He is in the intensive care unit of a clinic in Bogotá.

March 8
puntoedu informed that Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., archbishop of Huancayo, Perú, was named grand chancellor of the Pontifical University of Perú (PUCP) for a period of three years. He succeeds Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, who had occupied the post since 2016.

March 8
The diocese of Vicenza informed that the late Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan will be buried on Wednesday March 9, 2022 in the cemetery of Arzignano, Vicenza, following a funeral Mass presided by Beniamino Pizziol, bishop of Vicenza, at 10 a.m., in the parish church of the same locality.

March 5
After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Signora Agnese Cacciavillan, sister of the late cardinal.

March 5
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Monday March 7, 2022, at 11 a.m., at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter's Basilica, the funeral of Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, of the title of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino, president emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, will take place celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, the Holy Father will preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio.

March 5
Vatican News informed that Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, president emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, died early this morning in his Vatican apartment. He was 95 years old.
After the death of Cardinal Cacciavillan, there are 212 cardinals; 119 are electors and 93 are non-electors.

March 4
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that this morning, at 10:30 a.m., in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father presided over the celebration of the Ora Terza and the ordinary public consistory for the canonization of the following blesseds:
Titus Brandsma, professed priest of the Carmelite Order, martyr;
Marie Rivier, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary;
Mary of Jesus (née Carolina Santocanale), founder of the Congregation of the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes.
During the consistory, the pope decreed that the blesseds be inscribed in the Book of Saints on Sunday May 15, 2022.
This was followed by the Optatio of nine cardinals from the diaconal order to the presbyteral order:
At the request of Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, the deaconry of San Domenico di Guzmán was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, the deaconry of San Ponziano was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, the deaconry of San Cesario in Palatio was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, the deaconry of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, the deaconry of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the deaconry of Santa Elena fuori Porta Prenestina was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, the deaconry of San Sebastiano al Palatino was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, the deaconry of l’Annunciazione della Beata Virgine Maria a Via Ardeatina was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
At the request of Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, the deaconry of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title.

March 1
Additional details have been added to the biographical entries of cardinals Giuseppe Pozzobonelli (1743); Giuseppe Garampi (1785); Luigi Lambruschini, C.R.S.P. (1831); Giovanni Serafini (1843); Karl August von Reisach (1855); Camillo Tarquini, S.J. (1873); Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1886); James Gibbons (1886); Giuseppe Guarino (1893); Michael Logue (1893); Egidio Mauri, O.P. (1894); Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (1899); Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (1899); Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1911); Louis Nazaire Bégin (1914); Carlo Perosi (1926); Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. (1927); Arthur Hinsley (1937); John Jospeh Glennon (1946); Clemente Micara (1946); André Jullien (1958); José da Costa Nunes (1962); John Carmel Heenan (1965); William Conway (1965); Corrado Ursi (1967); Louis-Jean Guyot (1973); Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (1976); José Alí Lebrún Moratinos (1983); Simon Ignatius Pimenta (1988); José Freire Falcão (1988); Mario Revollo Bravo (1988); Antonio Ignacio Velasco García, S.D.B. (2001); Justin Francis Rigali (2003); Velasio de Paolis (2010); Cornelius Sim (2020); Silvano Maria Tomasi (2020) and Quasi-cardinal Josip Uhač (1998), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

February

February 23
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that on February 21 and 22, 2022 and in the afternoon of February 23, a session of the Council of Cardinals took place at Casa Santa Marta.
The meeting was attended, together with the Holy Father, by Cardinals Pietro Parolin, Giuseppe Bertello, Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Reinhard Marx, Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Oswald Gracias and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., together with the Secretary of the Council, Archbishop Marco Mellino.
After a conversation in which the various cardinals intervened to describe the socio-political and ecclesial situation in their regions of origin, they reflected on the theme of synodality as a process of listening and discernment at the heart of the identity of the Church and the necessary conversion that this it requires of clerics and laity.
Subsequently, among the various topics dealt with, a reflection was held on some aspects relating to the diplomatic service of the Holy See, the role and activity of the nuncios in the current political and ecclesial framework.
Furthermore, during the session, the members of the Council listened to and commented on a report by the theologian Sister Linda Pocher, F.M.A., on the role of women and the "Marian principle" in the Church.
The meeting ended at 5:30 p.m., and the next appointment is set for the month of April 2022.

February 21
L'Osservatore Romano informed that in the morning of Monday February 21, 2022, the meeting of the Council of Cardinals opened in the presence of the pope.
The previous meetings of the pope with the cardinals who help him in the governance of the Church and in the reform of the Roman Curia took place on October 1-3 and December 3-5, 2013; February 17-19, April 27-30, July 1-4, September 15-17 and December 9-11, 2014; February 9-11, April 13-15, June 8-10, September 14-16 and December 10-12, 2015; February 8-9, April 11-13, June 6-8, September 12-14 and December 12-14, 2016; February 13-15, April 24-26, June 12-14, September 11-13 and December 11-13, 2017; February 26-28, April 23-25, June 11-13, September 10-12 and December 10-12, 2018; February 18-20, April 8-10, June 25-27, September 17-19 and December 2-4, 2019. After the meeting of February 17-19, 2020, due to Covid-19, the meetings were interrupted. Resuming with a new formula (one day and via internet) on October 13 and then on December 1. In 2021, the meetings took place on May 6, June 24 and September 21. The last meeting was held between December 13 and 15 at Casa Santa Marta.

February 19
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the request presented by His Beatitude Cardinal Raphaël Louis I Sako on behalf of the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Church, approving the change of the title "Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans" to "Patriarchate of Baghdad of the Chaldeans".

February 18
The Press Office informed that during the audience granted to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Congregation to promulgate the decrees regarding the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, born on December 3, 1920 in Nueve de Julio (Argentina) and died on February 5, 1998 in Rome (Italy) and four other servants of God.

February 17
A very large number of faithful attended the funeral of Cardinal Luigi De Magistris in the metropolitan cathedral of Cagliari The funeral Mass was celebrated by Giuseppe Baturi, archbishop of Cagliari. In attendance were the highest regional political and religious authorities. Present, among others, were the regional councilor for Programming Alessandra Zedda and the mayor of Cagliari Paolo Truzzu. The late cardinal was buried in the family vault in the Cimitero Monumentale di Bonaria, Cagliari.

February 16
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that after learning the news of the death of Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, pro-penitentiary major emeritus, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Giuseppe Baturi, archbishop of Cagliari.

February 16
L'Unione Sarda informed that Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, pro-penitentiary major emeritus, died today, in the evening, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was 95 years old. He would have turned 96 on February 23.
The funeral for the late cardinal will be celebrated on Thursday February 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. in the metropolitan cathedral of Cagliari.
After the death of Cardinal De Magistris there are 213 cardinals; 119 are electors and 94 are non-electors

February 12
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Jacques de Vitry, Can. Reg. of Saint Augustine (1228); Girolamo Vidoni (1626); Joseph-Emmanuel de La Trémoille (1706); Prospero Marefoschi (1724); Giuseppe Alberghini (1834); Francesco Orioli, O.F.M.Conv. (1838); Pietro De Silvestri (1858); Pier Francesco Meglia (1879); Pierre-Hector Coullié (1897); Benedetto Lorenzelli (1907); Adolf Bertram (1916); Augusto Hlond, S.D.B. (1927); Giuseppe Pizzardo (1937); Pierre Petit de Julleville (1946); Giuseppe Ferretto (1961); Owen McCann (1965); James Darcy Freeman (1973); Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1976); Franciszek Macharski (1979); Giacomo Biffi (1985); Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.(1991); Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (1994); Giovanni Battista Re (2001); Carlo Caffarra (2006); and Quasi-cardinals Charles Joseph Benoît Mercy d'Argenteau (1836); Paul von Huyn (1916); Pietro Tacchi Venturi, S.J. (1935); Alfonso Carinci (1946); Áron Márton (1969) and Pietro Sigismondi (1967), kndly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

February 7
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of cardinals François-Désiré Mathieu (1899); Filippo Giustini (1914); Patrick Joseph Hayes (1924); Jozef-Ernest van Roey (1927); Augustine Bea, S.J. (1959); Boleslaw Kominek (1973); Timothy Manning (1973); Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (1973); Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (1976); Józef Glemp (1983); Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998); Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (2001); Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien (2003) and Quasi-Cardinal Armando Pietro Sabadel, O.F.M.Cap. (1914), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta

February 4
Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Fabio Maria Asquini (1844); Miguel García Cuesta (1861); Camillo Tarquini, S.J. (1873); Carlo Salotti (1933); Theodor Innitzer (1933); Agostino Casaroli (1979); Ernesto Civardi (1979); Godfried Danneels (1983); Christian Tumi (1988); Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1994); Ivan Dias (2001); Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. (2016) and Quasi-cardinal Diego Venini (1960), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

January

January 29
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the metropolitan archdiocese of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo (Bosnia i Herzegovina), presented by Cardinal Vinko Puljić. He was succeeded by Tomo Vukšić, until then coadjutor archbishop of that archdiocese.

January 28
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the diocese of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal, presented by Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto. To succeed him the Holy Father named José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., until then bishop of Setúbal.

January 27
Additional details concerning the process of canonization of Blessed Cardinal Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B.Cas. (1889), and the process of beatification of Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, C.M. (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

January 22
Il Sismografo informed that according to his Twitter profile, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Serra, archbishop of Madrid, vice president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, has tested positive to Covid-19 and will not be able to participate in the ad limina visit scheduled for next week in the Vatican. The cardinal is well and is in home isolation.

January 20
La Razón informed that Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, archbishop of Valencia, Spain, has tested positive to Covid-19 after returning from Rome for the ad limina visit. The cardinal does not have any symptoms.
According to the archdiocese of Valencia "He immediately isolated himself and his current condition, with the evolution of the days, "remains asymptomatic and is perfectly fine, waiting for the result of the new test to be negative and so that he can return to normal activity."
According to the same source, "the cardinal thanks the signs of affection received and blesses all the sick, especially those infected with Covid-19, their families and also the health workers, who continue to face the pandemic, and asks that prayers be said for all of them".

January 18
National Catholic Register informed that Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, substitute of the Secretariat of State, have contracted Covid-19. They caught the virus after having two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and the booster shot, with only Cardinal Parolin, 67, showing symptoms of the disease. The cardinal has light symptoms and the archbishop none. They are both in isolation in their respective apartments.

January 17
The Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia informed that President Zoran Milanović bestowed the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir with sash and star upon Cardinal Vinko Puljić, archbishop of Vrhbosna, for his outstanding contribution to the preservation of the Croatian identity, and for extraordinary achievement in interreligious, cultural and humanitarian activities.

January 17
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Ignazio Cannavò (1991), kindly provided by Mr. Charles 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 11
Il Sismografo published the list of cardinals who have been affected by Covid-19:
1) Eusébio Oscar Scheid, C.S.I., archbishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died of Covid-19 on January 13, 2021
2) Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop emeritus of Caracas, Venezuela. Died of Covid-19 on September 23, 2021
3) José Freire Falcão, archbishop emeritus of Brasília, Brazil. Died of Covid-19 on September 26, 2021
Cardinals infected and healed
4) Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines
5) Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M.Cap., archbishop of Santiago, Chile
6) Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop emeritus of Genoa, Italy, president of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe
7) Gualtiero Bassetti (twice infected), archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
8) Giuseppe Bertello, president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City, and president emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City
9) Leopoldo Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
10) Raymond Leo Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta
11) Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome
12) Jean-Claude Höllerich, S.J., archbishop of Luxembourg and president of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE)
13) Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner
14) Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., archbishop of Québec, Canada
15) Francesco Montenegro, archbishop emerius of Agrigento, Italy
16) Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso
17) Vinko Puljić, archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia i Erzegovina
18) Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop emeritus of México, México
19) Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20) Crescenzio Sepe, archbishop emeritus of Naples, Italy
21) Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, archbishop emeritus of Manila, Philippines, and prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22) Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, Italy
23) Dominik Duka, O.P., archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic
24) Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Feising, Germany
25) Wilton Daniel Gregory, archbishop of Washington, D.C., United States of America;
26) Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, México; and
27) Toribio Sergio Ticona Porco, prelate emeritus di Corocoro, Bolivia.

January 10
Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Raymund Anton von Strasoldo (1766), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

January 7
La Tribuna de Toledo informed the following: the primatial cathedral was the scene of a historical event. Not every day there is a funeral held inside. In this case, the occasion corresponded to the one who was archbishop of Toledo between 1995 and 2002, Francisco Álvarez Martínez. Before the coffin reached the primatial temple, it was carried in procession by a hundred priests, bishops and cardinals from the chapel of the Immaculate, located on Trinidad street, where his remains had been since Wednesday, January 5.
The procession arrived at the cathedral around 12 noon for the burial ceremony to take place. It was presided by the current archbishop of the archdiocese, Francisco Cerro Chaves, along with the archbishop emeritus, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, and four cardinals: Juan José Omella Omella who is also president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Carlos Osoro Sierra and Antonio Cañizares Llovera. In the homily, Archbishop Chaves thanked the late cardinal for the work carried out throughout his career, especially in Toledo, "because he did not have an easy role because he had to replace Cardinal Marcelo González Martín." The current archbishop also acknowledged that they did not have much relationship, but they did keep "affection and "cariño", so he summarized the life of the deceased in "an example of kindness and serenity during all the days of his life."
After the celebration of the Eucharist, all the participants processed through the interior of the Cathedral to the chapel of the Descent, the place chosen for the burial. The coffin of the late cardinal was buried along with the remains of his parents and his sister. A burial that had the collaboration of the Brotherhood of Charity, the oldest in Spain and characterized by giving the last shovel of earth in burials to the poor or executed. Therefore, following the tradition, from this brotherhood they added the last grams of earth to the tomb of the recently deceased cardinal.
In addition to the aforementioned cardinals, bishops from different Spanish cities also attended the ceremony. These are the cases of Ángel Rubio, from Segovia; Demetrio Fernández, from Córdoba; Carlos Escribano, from Zaragoza; Ginés Ramón García, from Getafe; and Ángel Fernández Collado, bishop of Albacete. Regarding assistance of a political nature, the municipal government team was attended by councilors Teo García, José Pablo Sabrido and Mar Álvarez. The opposition was attended by the Popular councilor Pablo Corrales; Carolina Agudo, general secretary of the PP in Castilla-La Mancha; and the former mayor of Toledo, Agustín Conde. The current councilor, Milagros Tolón, and the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, did not attend because the funeral coincided with the celebration of the Federal Committee of the PSOE.
In this way, Toledo gave an emotional last goodbye to Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez while waiting for the current health situation to allow to celebrate his funeral.

January 7
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., archbishop emeritus of Santiago, Chile, 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 number of cardinals is 214. The cardinal electors are now 119; and the cardinal non-electors are now 95.

January 5
La Tribuna de Toledo informed that the funeral of the cardinal archbishop emeritus of Toledo, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, will be held on Friday, January 7, at noon, in the primada cathedral, and will be presided over by the archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Cerro Chaves.
The coffin with the mortal remains of the late cardinal will be installed this afternoon in the Chapel of the Immaculate, located on Trinidad street. Priests, members of the consecrated life and laity who so wish will be able to visit the chapel between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. today. And tomorrow, January 6, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
In addition, this afternoon, at 7:30 p.m., the archbishop will preside, in the aforementioned chapel, a liturgical celebration of the Word, which the faithful may attend until the capacity allowed by the health situation is completed.
The body of the cardinal will be buried in the primate cathedral, in front of the Chapel of the Descent of the Virgin.
Later, when the sanitary situation allows it, a funeral Mass will be celebrated in the primatial temple on a date that will be communicated in due course.

January 5
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that after learning the news of the death of Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, archbishop emeritus of Toledo, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Francisco Cerro Chaves, archbishop of Toledo.

January 5
Vida Nueva Digital informed that Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, archbishop emeritus of Toledo, Spain, died at 6:45 a.m. in a hospital in Madrid after a long illness. He was 96 years old.
After the death of Cardinal Álvarez Martínez the members of the College of Cardinals are 214; 120 are electors and 94 are non-electors.

January 4
The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named member of the Council for the Economy Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Iraq.

As of January 1, 2022, the members of the College of Cardinals are 215; 120 are electors and 95 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: Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., January 7; Gualtiero Bassetti, April 7; Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, April 13; Norberto Rivera Carrera, June 6; Gregorio Rosa Chávez, September 3; Rubén Salazar Gómez, September 22; Giuseppe Bertello, October 1; Gianfranco Ravasi, October 18; André Vingt-Trois, November 7; and Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., December 29.

From January 1 to December 31, 2021, the cardinals' site received 80,295 visits as well as numerous electronic messages with comments, corrections, and additional information. The counter records only the initial visit to the site and not the ones to other sections on the same occasion. On January 1, 2021, the number of visitors to the site since January 1, 2002, was 2,614,589. The site contains the biographical entries of the 4,493 pre-cardinals, cardinals, quasi-cardinals and pseudocardinals identified between 494 and 2021.