In 2022, 10 cardinals will turn 80. That means they will no longer be able to participate in the election of a new pope. Of those 10, six participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.
The first to turn 80 will be Card. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile, on Jan. 7. He was created cardinal in 2014.
A few months later, on April 7, Italian cardinal, Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia – Città della Pieve, will turn 80.
Less than a week later, on April 13, Ricardo Blázquez Pérez will celebrate his 80th birthday. The Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain, paid a visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican in November 2021.
Then on June 6, Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico City, Card. Norberto Rivera Carrera, will cross the threshold.
Two cardinals will turn 80 in September. The first, on Sep. 3, will be Card. Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. He became El Salvador's first cardinal in 2017.
Card. Rubén Salazar Gómez, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia, will follow on Sept. 22. Benedict XVI created him cardinal in 2012.
On Oct. 1, Italian cardinal, Giuseppe Bertello, will turn 80. He was the President of the Governorate of Vatican City State from 2011 until 2021.
On Oct. 18, another Italian cardinal, Gianfranco Ravasi, will celebrate his 80th birthday. He is currently the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Then, on Nov. 7, Card. André Armand Vingt-Trois, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France, will turn 80 and lose the right to participate in future conclaves.
The last of the new former cardinal-electors will be Card. Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, from Honduras. He will turn 80 on Dec. 29.
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