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by Darien N Clark
Past Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus, Mother Marianne Cope Council 14260 at Syracuse University
With all the recent flurry of Consistory related activity, I felt it was time to update my list. I don’t think a February consistory makes the most sense. One in late 2012, around November, could mean a much larger group of new Cardinals. But February 2012 is in vogue so I’ll operate with that premise.
Very similar to my previous lists, but with a few changes. Notably I have put the names of the 12 prelates I believe are 100% locks to become a Cardinal in red.
[Note from Anura: I correlated Darien's TOP-PICKS with Father John's latest picks. Fr. John's list, per his own admission, is curial biased, See the LINKS via TAB at top.]
So here goes:
Residential A (Most Likely):
- Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto [Fr. 'B' list]
- Giusseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence
- Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York [Fr. 'C' list]
- Jose Serofia Palma, Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines [Fr. 'A' list]
- Orani Joao Tempesta, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
- Sergio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasilia
- Francisco Chimoio, Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
- Braulio Rodriguez Plaza, Archbishop of Toledo
- Dominik Duka, O.P., Archbishop of Prague
- Wilhelm Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht
Curial A (Most Likely):
- Joao de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life [Fr. 'A' list]
- Edwin O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher [Fr. 'B' list]
- Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples [Fr. 'A' list]
- Francesco Coccopalmeiro, President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts [Fr. 'B' list]
- Antonio Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerants [Fr. 'C' list]
- Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State [Fr. 'A' list]
- Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See
- Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
- Claudio Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Residential B (Less Likely):
- Vincent Gerard Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster (London)
- Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Archbishop of Manila
- Cesare Nosiglia, Archbishop of Turin
- Ricardo Andrello, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
- Damiao Antonio Franklin, Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
- Odon Razanakolona, Archbishop of Madagascar
- Jesus Gomez, Archbishop of Bogota, Colombia
- Jozef Kowalczyk, Archbishop of Gniezno
- Guire Poulard, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Peter Okada, Archbishop of Tokyo
- John Atcherly Dew, Archbishop of Wellington
- Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kiev (Ukrainian Greek Catholics)
Curial B (Less Likely):
- Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers
- James Michael Harvey, Prefect of the Papal Household
- Giorgio Corbellini, President of the Office of Labor of the Apostolic See
- Piero Marini, Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
- Antoni Stankiewicz, Dean of the Roman Rota
- Salvatore Fischella, President Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelizatio
- Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
- Giorgio Corbellini, President of the Labor Office of the Apostolic See
- Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, President of the Academy for Life
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I also caught this interesting nugget in the link you posted earlier from Vatican Insider (bold and italics are my addition):
“Given the choice to allocate all these cardinals to the Roman Curia (many of whom are headed to financial and administrative heads of offices very close to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone), it will not be possible to widen the distribution of the red bishop’s caps to those who lead major dioceses around the world. And so, to justify this choice, the unwritten rule will be invoked: the cardinalship will not be given to those who have an emeritus predecessor under the age of eighty (one wonders, however, why this same rule could not be utilized in the Curia).”
My curial picks are locks. The more interesting choices will be the Major Diocesan picks. I am interested in seeing if he stays with the traditional red hats or ventures the more Catholic nations in Latin America and the Philippines.
Father,
Happy New Year.
Starting now, in 2012, can we PLEASE have just one list — with JUST 20 names, for the 15 that will be named. You were amazingly accurate last time around. So I have FAITH in you, Father. The shorter the list, i.e., as close to 15 as possible, the better. Thank you.
First of all, I have to admit that I am not an expert on the subject by any stretch of the imagination, but I decided to put down my thoughts on this list anyway. I belief Bertori will not get the hat, there are too many italians in the curia whho will get so to balance things out he will not. This is so for 2 reasons, first his predecessor is stiill under 80 and secondly if an exception is made this wont be for Florence in view of the surfeit of Italians in the curia who will be raised.Franklin who is in list B will get it or alternatively if he doesn’t another african will but there must be at least one (black) African for obvious reasons. I beleive Alemcherry has a good chance in view of him being an eastern rights exponent.From the curialsts whom are listed here as most likely I have my doubts on Veglio.Calcagno has a more important role and he would probably get it instead of Velio. Versaldi is also more likely than Veglio.Finally I beleive the most glaring absence in these lists is Abril Y Castello. I wont say he is a shoe in but he has a very good chance especially if we are having 15 and not 13 elevations.
I don’t think any of us, with the possible exception of Louis Epstein, consider that we are EXPERTS when it comes to predicting cardinalabili or papabili, though Fr. John, from what I recall, even amazed himself by his accuracy last time around.
So why don’t YOU send me YOUR top 20 (or at most 22) for February 2012. We are getting to the time I like to publish comparison charts showing the different picks from 3 or more contributors.
Happy New Year. All the best. Thanks.
I will try later on today or tomorrow. It will only concern the under 80′s obviously. No one can have a clue which theologians or other retired figures can get the hat after they turn 80.