Rome: Pope Francis appoint 20 new cardinals for the Catholic Church during liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday August 27, 2022
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Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad, serving as Bishop Since 2008 is the first Dalit to become Cardinal first Telugu person to be in the College of Cardinals of the Roman Pontiff to guide Pope in various matters. The Archdiocese of Hyderabad termed this as a historic moment for Hyderabad, both Telugu states and India at large.
Sixty-two-year-old Anthony Poola hails from Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. For 12 years he served the Diocese of Kurnool. In 2020 Pope Francis appointed him as Archbishop of Hyderabad also announced that he would be elevating 21 churchmen, including two from India, to the rank of Cardinal.
Archbishop of Hyderabad and Newly Appointed Cardinal Anthony Poola
In the ceremony of consistory, new cardinals made a profession of faith, pronounced an oath of fidelity and obedience to Pope and his successors.
Each Cardinal approached Pope by kneeling before him to receive red Biretta and Cardinal's ring and a document naming the titular church he has assigned with.
The new cardinals are:
Cardinal Arthur Roche, 72, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and former bishop of Leeds, England;
Lazarus You Heung-sik, 70, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy and former bishop of Daejeon, South Korea;
Jean-Marc Noël Aveline, 63, archbishop of Marseille, the first French diocesan bishop to get the honor during Pope Francis’ pontificate;
Peter Ebere Okpaleke, 59, bishop of Ekwulobia in the central region of Nigeria, who was created bishop in 2012 by Benedict XVI;
Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, 77, archbishop of Manaus, in Brazil’s Amazon region, a Franciscan who played a leading role during the Amazon synod and as vice president of the recently created Amazonian Bishops’ Conference;
Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, 69, archbishop of Goa (India), appointed bishop by St. John Paul II in 1993;
Robert McElroy, 68, bishop of San Diego, California, whose diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, led by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José Gomez;
Virgilio do Carmo Da Silva, 68, a Salesian, since 2019 the archbishop of Dili, East Timor;
Oscar Cantoni, 71, bishop of Como, Italy, appointed in January 2005 by St. John Paul II, who is suffragan to Milan;
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, 77, an archbishop who is president of the Governorate of the Vatican City State and of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State; the Spaniard is the first Legionary of Christ to become a cardinal;
Anthony Poola, 60, archbishop of Hyderabad, India, a bishop since 2008 and the first dalit to become a cardinal;
Paulo Cezar Costa, 54, archbishop of Brasilia, Brazil, the fourth archbishop of the Brazilian capital to become a cardinal;
Richard Kuuia Baawobr, 62, bishop of Wa, Ghana, former superior general of the White Fathers and bishop since 2016;
William Goh Seng Chye, 65, archbishop of Singapore since 2013;
Adalberto Martinez Flores, 71, archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay, and the first Paraguayan cardinal;
Giorgio Marengo, 47, Italian Missionary of the Consolata and apostolic prefect of Ulan Bator in Mongolia, the youngest cardinal in recent history, along with Karol Wojtyla, who also was created a cardinal at 47, during the consistory of June 26, 1967.
Furthermore, Pope Francis appointed the following prelates over the age of 80, who are therefore excluded from attending a future conclave.
Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, 80, archbishop emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia; Arrigo Miglio, 80, archbishop emeritus of Cagliari, Italy; Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a Jesuit and former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, who extensively collaborated in the drafting of the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium; and Fortunato Frezza, 80, of Italy, currently a canon at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, who collaborated for several years at the Secretariat General for the Synod of the Bishops.