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Papabili
per Anura
Guruge
The latest papabili,
and the justification for their choice,
as of mid-2011 is in the new 'The
Next Pope 2011'
book.
Please check here.
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The top ten
papabili as of 2009.
This list was
compiled in December 2008. It has not been updated since primarily
because there has not been a cardinal creating consistory since
then. In general the criteria I used to select this list still
holds. If anything, I am more convinced that the next pope will have
to come from outside of Europe. << My latest thoughts. >>
Chapter 1 of my 'The
Next Pope' book, 29 pages and 15,000 words, is
devoted to elaborating on this list, including detailed
justifications of my selection criteria and incisive biographies of
each pick. |
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The Top 10 Papabili as
of 2009 list
as it appears in "The
Next Pope" Book
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# |
Name: Cardinal
Date of Bith
(age)
Current Title |
From |
Priest |
Cardinal |
Curialist |
Papabili
2005 |
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Bishop |
Conclaves |
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1. |
Odilo Pedro
Scherer
Sep. 21, 1949 (61)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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Brazil
(Germanic) |
1976 |
Nov. 2007 |
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2002 |
0 |
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2. |
Ennio
Antonelli
Nov. 18, 1936 (74)
President, Council for the Family |
Italy
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1960 |
Oct. 2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
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1982 |
1 |
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3. |
Marc Ouellet
Jun. 8, 1944 (66)
Ex-Archbishop of Québec
Prefect, Congregation for Bishops
as of June 2010.
<<
click >> |
Canada
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1968 |
Oct. 2003 |
Yes
as
of
June 2010 |
Yes |
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2001 |
1 |
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4. |
Wilfrid
Fox Napier
Mar. 8, 1941 (69)
Archbishop of Durban |
South Africa |
1970 |
Feb. 2001 |
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Yes |
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1981 |
1 |
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5. |
Angelo Scola
Nov. 7, 1941 (69)
Patriarch of Venice |
Italy |
1970 |
Oct. 2003 |
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Yes |
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1991 |
1 |
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6. |
Philippe
Xavier Barbarin
Oct. 17, 1950
(60)
Archbishop of Lyon |
France |
1977 |
Oct. 2003 |
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1998 |
1 |
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7. |
Óscar
Rodríguez Maradiaga
Dec. 29, 1942 (68)
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa |
Honduras |
1970 |
Feb. 2001 |
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Yes |
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1978 |
1 |
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8. |
Christoph
Schönborn
Jan. 22, 1945 (65)
Archbishop of Vienna |
Austria |
1970 |
Feb. 1998 |
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Yes |
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1991 |
1 |
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9. |
Agostino
Vallini
Apr. 17, 1940 (70)
Vicar General of Rome |
Italy |
1964 |
Mar. 2006 |
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1989 |
0 |
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10. |
José da Cruz
Policarpo
Feb. 26, 1936
(74)
Patriarch of Lisbon |
Portugal |
1961 |
Feb. 2001 |
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Yes |
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1978 |
1 |
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Age shown is as of their 2010 birthdays.
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‘Priest,’ ‘Bishop’ and ‘Cardinal’ denote the year they became one –
with the year for ‘Bishop’
corresponding to their ordination.
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‘Conclave’ denotes the number of conclaves attended by that
cardinal. |
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