The announcement of the consistory that will be held on 18-19 February is happening later today, a bit sooner than I expected. I'm going to join in the fun of predicting who will be the new Princes of the Church. Here are 14 bishops under the age of 80 and another one above 80 (my prediction):
Archbishop Fernando Filoni (65), Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Italy)- Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro (73), Major Penitentiary (Portugal)
- Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (64), Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (Brazil)
- Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló (76), Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major and Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church (Spain)
- Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello (69), President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and Governorate of the Vatican City State (Italy)
- Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio (73), President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts (Italy)
- Archbishop Edwin O’Brien (72), Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA)
Major Archbishop George Alencherry (66), Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly (India)- Archbishop Giuseppe Betori (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Florence (Italy)
- Archbishop Thomas Collins (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan)Archbishop Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)Archbishop Odon Razanakolona (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Bishop John Tong Hon (72), Bishop of Hong Kong (China) - Major Archbishop Lucian Mureşan (80), Romanian-Rite Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia (Romania)
Stay tuned for the real list at
www.GCatholic.org in 12 hours!
