Pope Francis during the Angelus today announced a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals from around the world to be held at the Vatican on 30 September 2023.
Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, SJ, Bishop of Hong Kong has been named the new Cardinal and he is the 4th Cardinal of the Diocese of Hong Kong.
Bishop Chow urges the faithful to keep praying for him and the Diocese of Hong Kong.
Here are the names of the new Cardinals:
1.) Archbishop Robert Francis PREVOST, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
2.) Archbishop Claudio GUGEROTTI, Prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches
3.) Archbishop Víctor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
4.) Archbishop Emil Paul TSCHERRIG, Apostolic Nunzio
5.) Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges PIERRE, Apostolic Nunzio
6.) Archbishop Pierbattista PIZZABALLA, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
7.) Archbishop Stephen BRISLIN, Archbishop of the Capetown (Kaapstad)
8.) Archbishop Ángel Sixto ROSSI, S.J., Archbishop of Córdoba
9.) Archbishop Luis José RUEDA APARICIO, Archbishop of Bogotá
10.) Archbishop Grzegorz RYŚ, Archbishop of Łódź
11.) Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin MULLA, Archbishop of Juba
12.) Archbishop José COBO CANO, Archbishop of Madrid
13.) Archbishop Protase RUGAMBWA, Coadjutor
14.) Archbishop of Tabora,Bishop Sebastian FRANCIS, Bishop of Penang
15.) Bishop Stephen CHOW SAU-YAN, S.J., Bishop of Hong Kong
16.) Bishop François-Xavier BUSTILLO, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Ajaccio
17.) Bishop Américo Manuel ALVES AGUIAR, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon
18.) Reverend Ángel FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME, s.d.b., Rector Major of the Salesians
