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The cardinals who will lose their right to vote in a conclave in 2023

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Cyprien Viet - Isabella H. de Carvalho - published on 12/27/22
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11 cardinals will turn 80 years old in 2023, meaning they will stop being electors and thus won't be able to vote for a new pope.

In 2023, 11 cardinals will be celebrating their 80th birthdays and thus are expected to lose their right to vote in a conclave. All born in 1943, the cardinals who will cease to be electors are from the following countries: five from Italy, one from the Czech Republic, one from Bangladesh, one from Argentina, one from South Korea, one from Mali and one from Peru. 

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