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Cardinal-electors from officially English-speaking countries (List)

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Christine Rousselle - published on 04/23/25
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39 of the cardinal-electors come from countries where English is an official language. The USA has most at 10, Canada and India have 4 each and the UK and Philippines have 3 each.

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Here is a list of the cardinal-electors from countries where English is an official language.

United States of America (10 cardinals)

Name: Cardinal Wilton Gregory
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
Age: 77
Created Cardinal: November 28, 2020
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Robert McElroy
Title: Archbishop of Washington
Age: 71
Created cardinal: August 27, 2022
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Blase Cupich
Title: Archbishop of Chicago
Age: 76
Created cardinal: November 19, 2016
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Daniel DiNardo
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston
Age: 75
Created Cardinal: November 24, 2007
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Title: Archbishop of New York
Age: 75
Created Cardinal: February 18, 2012
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Kevin Farrell
Title: Camerlengo
Age: 77
Created Cardinal: November 19, 2016
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Joseph Tobin
Title: Archbishop of Newark
Age: 72
Created Cardinal: November 19, 2016
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke
Title: Patron Emeritus of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Age: 76
Created Cardinal: November 20, 2010
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal James Harvey
Title: Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
Age: 75
Created Cardinal: November 24, 2012
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Robert Prevost
Title: Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
Age: 69
Created Cardinal: September 30, 2023
First Conclave

Canada (4 cardinals)

Name: Cardinal Thomas Collins
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
Age: 78
Created Cardinal: February 18, 2012
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Gérald Lacroix
Title: Archbishop of Quebec
Age: 67
Created Cardinal: February 22, 2014
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Frank Leo
Title: Archbishop of Toronto
Age: 53
Created Cardinal: December 7, 2024
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Michael Czerny
Title: Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Age: 78
Created Cardinal: October 5, 2019
First Conclave

United Kingdom (3 cardinals)

Name: Cardinal Arthur Roche
Title: Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Age: 75
Created Cardinal: August 27, 2022
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe
Title: Master Emeritus of the Order of Preachers
Age: 79
Created Cardinal: December 7, 2024
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Title: Archbishop of Westminster
Age: 79
Created Cardinal: February 22, 2014
First Conclave

Australia

Name: Mykola Bychok
Title: Eparch of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne
Age: 45
Created Cardinal: December 7, 2024
First Conclave - (he is the Church's youngest cardinal)

Ghana

Name: Cardinal Peter Turkson
Title: Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Age: 76
Created Cardinal: October 21, 2003
Third Conclave

Hong Kong

Name: Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan
Title: Bishop of Hong Kong
Age: 65
Created Cardinal: September 30, 2023
First Conclave

India (4 cardinals)

Name: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis
Title: Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
Age: 65
Created Cardinal: November 24, 2012
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Felipe Neri Ferrão
Title: Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies
Age: 72
Created Cardinal: August 27, 2022
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Anthony Poola
Title: Archbishop of Hyderabad
Age: 63
Created Cardinal: August 27. 2022
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal George Koovakad
Title: Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Age: 51
Created Cardinal: December 7, 2024
First Conclave

Kenya

Name: Cardinal John Njue
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi
Age: 79
Created Cardinal: November 24, 2007
Second Conclave

Malta

Name: Cardinal Mario Grech
Title: Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops
Age: 68
Created Cardinal: November 28, 2020
First Conclave

New Zealand

Name: Cardinal John Dew
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington
Age: 76
Created Cardinal: February 14, 2015
First Conclave

Nigeria

Name: Cardinal Peter Okpaleke
Title: Bishop of Ekwulobia
Age: 62
Created Cardinal: August 27, 2022
First Conclave

Pakistan

Name: Cardinal Joseph Coutts
Title: Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi
Age: 79
Created Cardinal: June 28, 2018
First Conclave

Papua New Guinea

Name: Cardinal John Ribat
Title: Archbishop of Port Moresby
Age: 68
Created Cardinal: November 19, 2016
First Conclave

Philippines (3 cardinals):

Name: Cardinal Luis Tagle
Title: Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
Age: 67
Created Cardinal: November 24, 2012
Second Conclave

Name: Cardinal Jose Advincula
Title: Archbishop of Manila
Age: 73
Created Cardinal: November 28, 2020
First Conclave

Name: Cardinal Pablo David
Title: Bishop of Kalookan
Age: 66
Created Cardinal: December 7, 2024
First Conclave

Rwanda

Name: Cardinal Antoine Kambanda
Title: Archbishop of Kigali
Age: 66
Created Cardinal: November 20, 2020
First Conclave

Singapore

Name: Cardinal William Goh
Title: Archbishop of Singapore
Age: 67
Created Cardinal: August 27, 2022
First Conclave

South Africa

Name: Cardinal Stephen Brislin
Title: Archbishop of Johannesburg
Age: 68
Created Cardinal: September 30, 2023
First Conclave

South Sudan

Name: Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla
Title: Archbishop of Juba
Age: 61
Created Cardinal: September 30, 2023
First Conclave

Tanzania

Name: Cardinal Protase Rugambwa
Title: Archbishop of Tabora
Age: 64
Created Cardinal: September 30, 2023
First Conclave

Tonga

Name: Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi
Title: Bishop of Tonga
Age: 63
Created Cardinal: February 14, 2015
First Conclave

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