St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. Today, June 28, 2018 at 4pm local time during the Consistory at the St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis formally publishes the decree of elevation to Cardinal of those whom he has announced on May 20. They are the following:
- Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq; Age: 69.9
- Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Age: 74.1
- Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy; Age: 64.4
- Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State; Age: 70.0
- Konrad Krajewski, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities; Age: 54.5
- Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan; Age: 72.9
- António Augusto dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal; Age: 71.1
- Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru; Age: 74.3
- Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar; Age: 64.0
- Giuseppe Petrocchi, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy; Age: 69.8
- Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan; Age: 69.3
- Sergio Obeso Rivera, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México; Age: 86.6
- Toribio Ticona Porco, Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia; Age: 81.1
- Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Age: 80.1
Among the three created non-voting Cardinals is our very own former General Superior, now Archbishop of Urusi, a civitas and ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis in present-day Tunisia.
More on the Archdiocese of Urusi: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2u16.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urusi
