Sant'Alberto Magno (cardinal title)

Cardinal priest of Sant'Alberto Magno
Title holder's coat of arms	Built	Nov 19, 2016
	From	Pope Francis (Pope)
	Title holder	Anthony Soter Fernandez
	since	Nov 19, 2016
	Title church	Sant'Alberto Magno

The cardinal title of Cardinal Priest of Sant'Alberto Magno was recreated by Pope Francis with the elevation of the Roman parish church of the same name, Sant'Alberto Magno, to the title church .

history

Pope Francis justified the creation of the title with the need to have a sufficient number of titles available for the increasing number of cardinals. At the same time, with the selection of the church in the district of Vigne Nuove in the Municipio Roma III, he continued the expansion of the titles from "Ancient Rome" to the periphery.

Title holder

Cardinal Fernandez is the 1st Cardinal Priest of Sant'Alberto Magno:

Surname	country	Born	Deceased	appointment		Remarks
				on 1	by  Pope
Anthony Soter Fernandez	Malaysia	Apr 22, 1932	NO Age: 88 years 2	Nov 19, 2016	Francis	Old Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur

¹At the age of 80, cardinals lose their active papal suffrage

²In modern times, the appointment takes place regularly on the day of creation in the consistory

See also

• List of the Roman title churches
• List of living cardinals

Web links

• S. Alberto Magno. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
• Entry for Sant'Alberto Magno on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on S. Alberto Magno on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 19, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 (Italian).