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The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders, with formal precedence in the following sequence: [1]. Cardinal bishops (CB): the six cardinals who are assigned the titles of the seven suburbicarian dioceses in the vicinity of Rome by the pope, [a] plus a few other cardinals who have been exceptionally co-opted into the order, [9] [10] as well as patriarchs who head one of the Eastern ...
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The lead is quite short for a list of this length, and includes bullet points. I would rather see it all in prose form with a greater summary of the information provided in the tables. Harrias talk 20:47, 20 October 2017 (UTC) All the tables need row scopes to meet MOS:DTT; A few terms, like "sui iuris" are presented with little to no explanation.
The first class to form was that of the cardinal-deacons, direct theological descendants of the original seven ordained in Acts 6, followed by the cardinal-priests, and finally, the cardinal-bishops. [5] The college played an integral part in various reforms within the Church as well, as early as the pontificate of Pope Leo IX (1050).
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Each of Francis' consistories has increased the number of cardinal electors from at or less than the set limit of 120 [b] to a number higher than 120, as high as 140 in 2024, surpassing the record 135 set by Pope John Paul II in 2001 and 2003. [2] Since 2 June 2023, two-thirds of the cardinal electors have been cardinals created by Francis. [3]