Cardinal Sub-Dean

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Kardinalsubdekan (eigtl. Subdean of the Sacred College , lat. Subdecanus Sacri Collegii ) is the name of the deputy chairman of the College of Cardinals .

Position in the College of Cardinals

After the Cardinal Dean , he is the most senior cardinal bishop and thus formally second-highest-ranking cardinal at all.

choice

The Cardinal Sub-Dean is in accordance with the 1965 of Paul VI. in the Motu proprio Sacrum cardinalium consilio , elected by the six cardinal bishops who hold a suburbicarian diocese ( Albano , Frascati , Palestrina , Porto-Santa Rufina , Sabina-Poggio Mirteto , Velletri-Segni ).

The election takes place as soon as the position of the cardinal sub-dean is vacant (e.g. through resignation, death or election as pope ), in a meeting of the six cardinal bishops mentioned, chaired by the cardinal dean or in the latter's absence of the elder, in which these then one Identify candidates from your group. This must be confirmed by the Pope in his election.

tasks

During the vacancy of the Sedis and the ensuing conclave , he will also have important functions insofar as the Cardinal Dean is prevented or has already passed the age of 80. In this case, if the elected Pope is not a bishop , he may ordain bishop . Likewise, if the cardinal dean himself is elected Pope - as in the case of the election of Pope Benedict XVI. in 2005 to the then Sub-Dean Angelo Sodano - the questions about the election acceptance ("Acceptasne electionem de te canonice factam in Summum Pontificem?") and the name of the Pope.

Current situation (2020)

In the event of a vacancy in the chair of Petri, the incumbent sub-dean, who in 2018 was appointed cardinal bishop by Pope Francis without a suburbicarian seat, Leonardo Sandri , should take over the leadership of the conclave, as Cardinal dean Giovanni Battista Re has already exceeded the age limit. The functions of the cardinal sub-dean would then be carried out in a makeshift manner in the conclave by the currently second highest ranked, non-emeritus Cardinal Bishop (currently Pietro Parolin ). If both the dean and the sub-dean of the Holy College have already exceeded the age limit, the senior cardinal bishops under 80 will lead the conclave.

Historical examples: Since both the dean ( Angelo Sodano and Carlo Confalonieri ) and the subdean ( Roger Etchegaray and Paolo Marella ) were over 80 years old in the papal elections in March 2013 and in August and October 1978, the then in the ranking of senior cardinal bishops under 80, namely Giovanni Battista Re and Jean-Marie Villot, the leadership of the conclave and the papal election.

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