CNA—Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo, and Toronto, at a consistory on Dec. 8, 2024. The 87-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Angelus prayer on Oct. 6. This is the full list: Archbishop Frank Leo, metropolitan archbishop of Toronto (Canada) Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, SVD, metropolitan archbishop of Tokyo (Japan) Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, OFM Conv, archbishop of Tehran-Ispahan (Belgian missionary bishop in Iran) Bishop Mykola Bycok, CSsR, Eparch of Sts. Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Ukrainian bishop in Australia) Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, theologian (United Kingdom) Father Fabio Baggio, CS, undersecretary for the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development (Italy) Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, official of the Secretariat of State and organizer of papal trips (India) Bishop Baldassare Reina, vicar general of the diocese of Rome (Italy) Archbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, metropolitan archbishop of Lima (Peru) Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, OFM, bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM, metropolitan archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib, metropolitan archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile) Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, bishop of Kalookan (Philippines) Archbishop Laszlo Nemet, SVD, metropolitan archbishop of Belgrade (Serbia) Archbishop Jaime Spengler, OFM, metropolitan archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, metropolitan archbishop of Abidjian (Ivory Coast) Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, OP, metropolitan archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) Archbishop Roberto Repole, metropolitan archbishop of Turin (Italy)...
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