By Fr. Mike Mendl, SDB
(New Rochelle, NY – April 30) – As the Church prepares for the papal conclave, here are lists of Salesian, Canadian, and U.S. cardinal electors, as well as other living Salesian cardinals.
Salesian Cardinal Electors
Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Rangoon (Burma), 2015
Virgilio Do Carmo da Silva, archbishop of Dili (East Timor), 2022
Angel Fernandez Artime, pro-prefect of the dicastery for consecrated life, titular archbishop of Ursona; rector major emeritus of the the Salesians (Spain), 2023
Cristobal Lopez Romero, archbishop of Rabat (Morocco), 2019
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2015
Canadian Cardinal Electors
Thomas Collins, archbishop emeritus of Toronto (2007)
Michael Czerny, prefect of the dicastery for promoting integral human development (2022)
Francis Leo, archbishop of Toronto (2023)
Gérald Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec (2011)
U.S. Cardinal Electors
Raymond L. Burke, prefect emeritus of the Apostolic Signature
Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago
Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop emeritus of Galveston-Houston
Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York
Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life
Wilton D. Gregory, archbishop emeritus of Washington
James M. Harvey, archpriest of the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome
Robert W. McElroy, archbishop of Washington
Robert F. Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark
Other Living Salesian Cardinals
Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of state emeritus of the Holy See (Italy); formerly archbishop of Vercelli and archbishop of Genoa, 2003
Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile), 2014
Archbishop Raffaele Farina, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Library (Italy), 2007
Archbishop Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), 2001
Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong (China), 2006
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