VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announces Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience this morning the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announced that there will be a Consistory on 24 November during which he will appoint new cardinals. The Pope said: “I have the joy of announcing that on 24 November the vigil of the solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe I will hold a Consistory during which, derogating by one unit a limit set by Pope Paul VI, confirmed by my venerable predecessor John Paul II in the constitution Apostolica Universi dominici gregis (cfr n. 33), I will apoint 18 new cardinals, here are their names:
1. Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Catholic Churches Churches;
2. Archbishop John Patrick Foley, Pro-Gran Maestro of the Ordine Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem;
3. Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, President of the Pontifical Commission and Governatorate of Vatican City State;
4. Archbishop Paul Joseph Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum;
5. Archbishop Angelo Comastri, Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica, Vicar General for the S.C.V. and President of the Fabbrica di San Pietro;
6. Archbishop Stanisław Ryłko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity;
7. Archbishop Raffaele Farina, Archivist and Librarian S.R.C.;
8. Archbishop Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Archbishop of Valencia (Spain);
9. Archbishop Seán Baptist Brady, Archbishop of Armagh (Ireland);
10. Archbishop Lluís Martínez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain);
11. Archbishop André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris (France);
12. Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa (Italy);
13. Archbishop Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal);
14. Archbishop Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay (India);
15. Archbishop Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico);
16. Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston (United States of America);
17. Archbishop Odilio Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil);
18. Archbishop John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya).
I also wish to raise to the dignity of Cardinal three venerable Bishops and two deserving ecclesiastics, particularly worthy of merit for their service to the Church:
1. His Beatitude. Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans;
2. Archbishop Giovanni Coppa, Apostolic Nuncio;
3. Archbishop Esteban Karlic, Archbishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina);
4.Fr. Urbano Navarrete, S.I., former Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University;
5. Fr. Umberto Betti, O.F.M., former Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University.
Among these I had wished to include the elderly Bishop Ignacy Jeż, of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, in Poland, deserving Bishop Presule, who died suddenly yesterday morning.
Let us pray for the repose of his soul.” (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 17/10/2007; righe 38, parole 406)