Pope Francis names new cardinals

Thirteen of the new cardinals will be under eighty years old and are thus eligible to vote in a conclave.

The Holy Father said that those chosen come from five continents. They include three American archbishops and archbishops from Mauritius and Bangladesh.

The list is made up of the following:
Archbishop Mario Zenari, Italy (Papal Nuncio to Syria).
Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Central African Republic
Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra, Spain
Archbishop Sérgio da Rocha, Brazil
Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, U.S.A.
Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, Bangladesh
Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Venezuela
Archbishop Jozef De Kesel, Belgium
Archbishop Maurice Piat, Mauritius
Archbishop Kevin Joseph Farrell, U.S.A.
Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, Mexico
Archbishop John Ribat, Papua New Guinea
Archbishop Joseph William Tobin U.S.A.
Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Archbishop Renato Corti, Archbishop Emeritus of Novara Italy
Archbishop Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek Lesotho
Father Ernest Simoni, priest of the Archdiocese of Shkodrë-Pult, Scutari – Albania.