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Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...
The name was also given to the senior priest in each of the "title" churches (the parish churches) of Rome and to the bishops of the seven sees surrounding the city. By the 8th century the Roman cardinals constituted a privileged class among the Roman clergy. They took part in the administration of the Church of Rome and in the papal liturgy.
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. [1] As of 31 December 2024, there are 252 cardinals, of whom 139 are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appointed by the pope for life but eligibility to vote ceases at the age of 80.
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List of the promotions of the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Dates of the consistories are known or possible to establish only from the pontificate of Pope Gelasius II (1118–1119). [1] Information concerning the number and names of the cardinals created before this pontificate are certainly incomplete. [2]
List of cardinals created between 904–985; List of current cardinals; E. List of cardinals excommunicated by the Catholic Church; L. Lay cardinal;
This is a list of cardinals of the Catholic Church from England. It does not include cardinals of non-English national origin appointed to English ecclesiastical offices such as the cardinal protectors of England. Dates in parentheses are the dates of elevation and death (or, in the case of Pope Adrian IV, the date of his election as pope).
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan (510) was the twelfth Archbishop of Baltimore. The Archbishops of Chicago, including Samuel Cardinal Stritch (352) and John Cardinal Cody (527), are buried in this tomb at Mount Carmel Cemetery. In 1948, Louis Joseph Reicher (542) became the first bishop of Austin (cathedral pictured.)