The five Latin Americans are the archbishop of Lima, Carlos Castillo, that of Santiago del Estero and primate of Argentina, Vicente Bokalic, that of Guayaquil, Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, that of Santiago de Chile, Fernando Chomalí, and that of Porto Alegre (Brazil ), Jaime Spengler.
He Pope Francis announced this Sunday the creation of 21 new cardinals around the world, five Latin Americans, who will be named during a consistory next December 8.
“I am pleased to announce that on December 8 I will hold a consistory for the appointment of new cardinals,” the Pope declared during the weekly Angelus prayer. “Its origin expresses the universality of the Church and (…) manifests the inseparable link between the See of Peter and the particular Churches spread throughout the world,” added the 87-year-old pontiff.
ItThe five Latin Americans are the archbishop of Lima, Carlos Castillo, that of Santiago del Estero and primate of Argentina, Vicente Bokalic, that of Guayaquil, Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, that of Santiago de Chile, Fernando Chomalí, and that of Porto Alegre (Brazil ), Jaime Spengler.
Francis created 17 new cardinals and called them to fight against “polarization and exclusion”
Who are the new cardinals
Castle, Considered progressive, he was appointed archbishop of Lima in 2019 by Pope Francis in 2019, replacing the ultra-conservative Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani. He is a disciple of Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of Liberation Theology.
Bokalic, The son of Slovenian parents who emigrated to Argentina after the Second World War, he was appointed bishop of Santiago del Estero in 2013 by Pope Francis, who last July elevated that diocese to primate see of Argentina and granted him the rank of primate. .
For its part, Cabrera He has been archbishop of Guayaquil since 2015 and was previously vice president of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference. Chomalí has been archbishop of Santiago de Chile since 2023, after serving since 2011 as archbishop of Concepción. Spengler has been at the head of the archbishopric of Porto Alegre since 2013.
Italy will take the lion’s share with four new cardinals, although only three will be able to vote in the elections for Francis’ successor, since the fourth has already exceeded the age limit to be able to vote for the Pope.
The others come from countries as diverse as Indonesia, Japan, Serbia, Canada, the Philippines, India, Belgium and Ukraine. The latter, Mykola Bychok, born in Ternopil (western Ukraine), currently archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), will be the youngest of the new cardinals, at 44 years old.
Source: Ambito
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