List of the cardinal creations of Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI took the course of his pontificate (2005-2013) in five consistories the CREATION of 90 cardinals before, of which at the end of his pontificate, 83 alive and 67 at the conclave in 2013 took part.
Consistories
March 24, 2006
- United States : William Joseph Levada , Archbishop of Curia and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Slovenia : Franc Rodé CM , Curial Archbishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- Italy : Agostino Vallini , Archbishop of the Curia and Prefect of the Apostolic Signature
- Venezuela : Jorge Urosa , Archbishop of Caracas
- Philippines : Gaudencio Borbon Rosales , Archbishop of Manila
- France : Jean-Pierre Ricard , Archbishop of Bordeaux
- Spain : Antonio Cañizares Llovera , Archbishop of Toledo
- South Korea : Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk , Archbishop of Seoul
- United States : Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap , Archbishop of Boston
- Poland : Stanisław Dziwisz , Archbishop of Krakow
- Italy : Carlo Caffarra , Archbishop of Bologna
- People's Republic of China : Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB , Bishop of Hong Kong
- Already over 80:
- Italy : Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo , Archbishop and Archpriest of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Italy)
- Ghana : Peter Poreku Dery , em. Archbishop of Tamale
- France : Albert Vanhoye SJ , formerly at the Biblicum in Rome and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
November 24, 2007
- Argentina : Leonardo Sandri , Archbishop of the Curia , Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches
- United States : John Patrick Foley , Cardinal Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
- Italy : Giovanni Lajolo , former nuncio in Germany and president of the Pontifical Commission for the State of the Vatican City
- Germany : Paul Josef Cordes , Curia Archbishop , former Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn and President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
- Italy : Angelo Comastri , Archpriest of Saint Peter
- Poland : Stanisław Ryłko , Curia Archbishop President of the Pontifical Lay Council
- Italy : Raffaele Farina SDB , librarian of the Vatican Library and the Papal Secret Archives
- Spain : Agustín García-Gasco Vicente , Archbishop of Valencia
- Ireland : Seán Brady , Archbishop of Armagh
- Spain : Lluís Martínez Sistach , Archbishop of Barcelona
- France : André Vingt-Trois , Archbishop of Paris
- Italy : Angelo Bagnasco , Archbishop of Genoa
- Senegal : Théodore-Adrien Sarr , Archbishop of Dakar
- India : Oswald Gracias , Archbishop of Bombay
- Mexico : Francisco Robles Ortega , Archbishop of Monterrey
- United States : Daniel DiNardo , Archbishop of Galveston - Houston , Texas
- Brazil : Odilo Pedro Scherer , Archbishop of São Paulo
- Kenya : John Njue , Archbishop of Nairobi
- Already over 80:
- Iraq : Emmanuel III. Delly , Chaldean Archbishop of Babylon
- Italy : Giovanni Coppa , Nuncio emeritus in the Czech Republic
- Argentina : Estanislao Esteban Karlic , Archbishop Emeritus of Parana
- Spain : Father Urbano Navarrete Cortés SJ , former Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome
- Italy : Father Umberto Betti OFM , former rector of the Lateran University
November 20, 2010
- Italy : Angelo Amato SDB , Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Egypt : Antonios Naguib , Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria
- Guinea : Robert Sarah , President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
- Italy : Francesco Monterisi , Archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
- Italy : Fortunato Baldelli , Cardinal Major Penitentiary
- United States : Raymond Leo Burke , Prefect of the Apostolic Signature
- Switzerland : Kurt Koch , former Bishop of Basel, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
- Italy : Paolo Sardi , Cardinal Patron of the Order of Malta
- Italy : Mauro Piacenza , Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
- Italy : Velasio De Paolis CS , President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
- Italy : Gianfranco Ravasi , President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
- Zambia : Medardo Joseph Mazombwe , Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka
- Ecuador : Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga , Archbishop Emeritus of Quito
- Democratic Republic of the Congo : Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya , Archbishop of Kinshasa
- Italy : Paolo Romeo , Archbishop of Palermo
- United States : Donald Wuerl , Archbishop of Washington
- Brazil : Raymundo Damasceno Assis , Archbishop of Aparecida
- Poland : Kazimierz Nycz , Archbishop of Warsaw
- Sri Lanka : Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don , Archbishop of Colombo
- Germany : Reinhard Marx , Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- Already over 80:
- Spain : José Manuel Estepa Llaurens , emeritus military archbishop of Spain
- Italy : Elio Sgreccia , President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
- Germany : Walter Brandmüller , President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Studies
- Italy : Domenico Bartolucci , emeritus director of the Sistine Chapel Choir
February 18, 2012
- Italy : Fernando Filoni , Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Portugal : Manuel Monteiro de Castro , major penitentiary
- Spain : Santos Abril y Castelló , Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
- Italy : Antonio Maria Vegliò , President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care among Migrants and for the People on the Move
- Italy : Giuseppe Bertello , President of the Governorate of the Vatican City
- Italy : Francesco Coccopalmerio , President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legal Texts
- Brazil : João Bráz de Aviz , President of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- United States : Edwin Frederick O'Brien , Pro-Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
- Italy : Domenico Calcagno , President of the Administration of the Goods of the Apostolic See
- Italy : Giuseppe Versaldi , President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
- India : George Alencherry , Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church
- Canada : Thomas Christopher Collins , Archbishop of Toronto
- Czech Republic : Dominik Duka OP , Archbishop of Prague
- Netherlands : Willem Jacobus Eijk , Archbishop of Utrecht
- Italy : Giuseppe Betori , Archbishop of Florence
- United States : Timothy Dolan , Archbishop of New York
- Germany : Rainer Maria Woelki , Archbishop of Berlin
- People's Republic of China : John Tong Hon , Bishop of Hong Kong
- Already over 80:
- Romania : Lucian Mureșan , Grand Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia of the Romanian Church
- Belgium : Julien Ries , from the Diocese of Namur, titular archbishop of Bellicastrum
- Malta : Prosper Grech OSA , from the Order of St. Augustine, Titular Archbishop of San Leone
- Germany : Karl Josef Becker SJ , priest of the Jesuit order
November 24, 2012
- United States : James Michael Harvey , Archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
- Lebanon : Bechara Boutros Rai , Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
- India : Baselios Cleemis Thottunakal , Grand Archbishop of the Syro-Malankars
- Nigeria : John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan , Archbishop of Abuja
- Colombia : Rubén Salazar Gómez , Archbishop of Bogotá
- Philippines : Luis Antonio Tagle , Archbishop of Manila
Web links
- Cardinals created by Benedict XVI. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 28, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Il Collegio Cardinalizio . vatican.va. Retrieved May 6, 2013.