At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope
Benedict XVI announced a consistory for February 18th next. The cardinals to be created
are:
1. Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples;
2. Msgr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary;
3. Msgr. Santos Abril Y Castellò, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;
4. Msgr Antonio Maria Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral
Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
5. Msgr. Giuseppe Bertelli, President
of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate
of the same State;
6. Msgr Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical
Council for Legislative Texts;
7. Msgr JOÃO Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation
for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life;
8. Msgr
Edwin O'Brien, Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
9. Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the
Apostolic See;
10. Msgr Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for
Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
11. His Beatitude GEORGE Alencherry, Major
Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro Malabar (India);
12. Msgr Thomas
Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada);
13. Msgr Dominik Duka,
Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic);
14. Msgr Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop
of Utrecht (Netherlands);
15. Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence
(Italy);
16. Msgr Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States);
17.
Msgr. Rainer Maria Woelk, Archbishop of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany);
18.
Msgr John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (China);
The Holy Father has also decided
to raise to the dignity of cardinal a revered prelate, who carries out his ministry
as Pastor and Father of the Church, and three worthy clergymen, who are distinguished
for their commitment to serving the Church.
They are:
1. His Beatitude
Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia of the Romanians (Romania);
2.
Rev. Julien Ries, priest of the Diocese of Namur and professor emeritus of history
of religions at the Catholic University of Louvain;
3. Fr. Prospero Grech,
OSA, Professor Emeritus of various Roman universities and Consultant to the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith;
4. Fr. Karl Becker, SJ, Professor Emeritus of
the Pontifical Gregorian University, Consultant for many years the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith.