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College Of CardinalsThe Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The body plays two roles for the church: Historically, they were also the clergy of the city of Rome serving the Pope as the Bishop of Rome and were assigned duties in parishes of the city. The College has no ruling power except during the sede vacante period, where its powers are still extremely limited according to Universi Dominici Gregis. The president and vice-president of the college are the Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Sub-Dean. Both are elected by the cardinals holding suburbicarian dioceses, but the election requires Papal confirmation. Except for presiding, the Dean has no power of governance over the cardinals, instead acting as primus inter pares. The prefects of Vatican Congregations are always Cardinals. Choosing the pope Although the rules of the Conclave explicitly say the Pope need not be chosen from among the ranks of the Cardinals (in theory any male Roman Catholic may be elected Pope), that has been the norm since the election of Pope Urban VI in 1378. Since January 1, 1971, cardinals over the age of 80 (on the day of a pope's death) have not had a vote in papal elections, under the terms of Pope Paul VI's motu proprio Ingravescentam Aetatem. Members of the College of Cardinals The following is the list of Cardinals as of February 2005. Cardinals are shown in order of precedence, based on seniority by date of appointment. Cardinals aged 80 at the time of the death of Pope John Paul II are indicated with an asterisk (*). All but fourteen of the Cardinals were appointed during John Paul's leadership; three of the fourteen were under 80 years old as of the day of John Paul's death. There are three ranks of Cardinals: Cardinal Bishops, Cardinal Priests, and Cardinal Deacons. Almost all Cardinals are also bishops. Cardinals of the Order of Bishops Titular Bishops of seven suburbicarian sees Patriarchs of Oriental Rites with dates of cardinalates Cardinals of the Order of Priests Consistory of 28 April 1969 Consistory of 5 March 1973 Consistory of 24 May 1976 Consistory of 30 June 1979 Consistory of 2 February 1983 Consistory of 25 May 1985 Consistory of 28 June 1988 Consistory of 28 June 1991 Consistory of 26 November 1994 Consistory of 21 February 1998 Consistory of 21 February 2001 Consistory of 21 October 2003 Cardinals of the Order of Deacons Cardinal Deacons have the right to become Cardinal Priests after ten years as Cardinal Deacons. All living former Cardinal Deacons created prior to 1998 have exercised this right. Consistory of 21 February 1998 - Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estvez (Chile) - born December 23 1926 Retired Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
- Dario Cardinal Castrilln Hoyos (Colombia) - born July 4 1929 Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
- Lorenzo Cardinal Antonetti* (Italy) - born July 31 1922 Pontifical Delegate for the Patriarchal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and Retired President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
- James Francis Cardinal Stafford (USA) - born July 26 1932 Major Penitentiary
- Giovanni Cardinal Cheli* (Italy) - born October 4 1918 Retired President of the Pontifical Commission for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants
- Dino Cardinal Monduzzi* (Italy) - born April 2 1922 Prefect of the Pontifical Household
Consistory of 21 February 2001 Consistory of 21 October 2003 In 2003 the Pope announced he was also creating one cardinal secretly (in pectore), which would have taken effect if the appointment had been announced before the Pope's death. This prelate is believed to reside in the People's Republic of China. See also External links
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