College of Cardinals
Body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church
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| February 6 2025 | The Vatican announced that Pope Francis had extended Cardinal Re's mandate as dean indefinitely, despite the previously established term limit. |
| January 11 2025 | Fabio Baggio is scheduled to receive his episcopal consecration. |
| December 2024 | Pope Francis reached a high of 140 cardinal electors in a December consistory, consistently exceeding the established maximum since his papacy began. |
| December 7 2024 | Pope Francis holds his most recent consistory, increasing the proportion of cardinal electors he has appointed to about 79% and further shifting the College of Cardinals away from European dominance. |
| November 25 2024 | The death of Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot caused the number of cardinal electors to fall to 120. |
| November 24 2024 | George Koovakad receives his episcopal consecration. |
| November 4 2024 | Pope Francis adds Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, to the list of cardinals. |
| October 22 2024 | Holy See Press Office announces that Paskalis Bruno Syukur, Bishop of Bogor, will not be made a cardinal as requested. |
| June 2024 | College of Cardinals with 20.3% of cardinals being Italian-born, reflecting the ongoing internationalization of the Catholic Church's leadership. |
| October 11 2023 | Luis Pascual Dri received his cardinal's regalia in a ceremony at the cathedral of Buenos Aires, conducted by Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, due to being unable to attend the original consistory. |
| September 2023 | Francis raised the number of cardinal electors to 137, a record at the time. |
| September 30 2023 | Consistory held outdoors on the parvis of St. Peter's Basilica to create 21 new cardinals, with 18 being cardinal electors. |
| September 23 2023 | Pope Francis visited Marseille, one week before the consistory. |
| September 21 2023 | Pope Francis named Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar as bishop of Setúbal. |
| July 9 2023 | Pope Francis announced he would create twenty-one new cardinals at a consistory scheduled for 30 September, including the first cardinal from South Sudan and other notable appointments. |
| June 2 2023 | A milestone is reached where two-thirds of cardinal electors are now cardinals created by Pope Francis, significantly changing the composition of the College of Cardinals. |
| November 2022 | The death of Richard Baawobr shortened the period of electors above 120 to 11 months. |
| August 29 2022 | A meeting of the entire College of Cardinals was held to consider the new apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium, which took effect on 5 June. |
| August 27 2022 | Pope Francis created twenty cardinals during the consistory, with nineteen in attendance. The new cardinals visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after the ceremony and held receptions suspended since 2020 due to COVID-19. |
| July 23 2022 | Fortunato Frezza received his episcopal consecration ahead of the consistory. |
| June 2022 | Lucas Van Looy, Bishop emeritus of Ghent, requested and was granted exemption from becoming a cardinal due to renewed criticism of his handling of sexual abuse charges. |
| May 29 2022 | Pope Francis announced he would create twenty-one new cardinals, with sixteen being young enough to be cardinal electors, at a consistory scheduled for 27 August. |
| November 7 2021 | The number of cardinal electors reduced to 120 when Angelo Scola turned 80. |
| November 7 2021 | The number of cardinal electors returned to 120. |
| November 28 2020 | Pope Francis held the consistory to create thirteen new cardinals, with a modified ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. Two cardinals (Jose Advincula and Cornelius Sim) participated digitally. After the ceremony, Pope Francis and the eleven cardinals present visited Pope emeritus Benedict. |
| November 15 2020 | Enrico Feroci was consecrated as a bishop prior to becoming a cardinal. |
| November 12 2020 | Mauro Gambetti's service as custos of the Sacred Convent of Assisi ended. |
| October 25 2020 | Pope Francis announced the creation of thirteen new cardinals, including the first cardinals from Brunei and Rwanda, the first African American cardinal (Gregory), and the first Conventual Franciscan cardinal in almost 160 years (Gambetti). |
| September 29 2020 | The number of cardinal electors fell to 120 for the first time after the October 2019 consistory. |
| January 18 2020 | Giovanni Battista Re became Dean of the College of Cardinals, elected to a five-year term. |
| December 2019 | Pope Francis modified the rules for the Dean of the College of Cardinals, establishing a five-year renewable term limit. |
| December 21 2019 | Angelo Sodano retired from the position of Dean of the College of Cardinals. |
| October 5 2019 | Michael Czerny was consecrated as a bishop the day before the consistory, becoming the only new cardinal not already a bishop at the time of appointment. |
| October 5 2019 | After the consistory, Pope Francis and the new cardinals visited Pope emeritus Benedict, who gave them a blessing. |
| October 5 2019 | Pope Francis held a consistory creating thirteen new cardinals from various countries, including first-time cardinals from Luxembourg and Morocco. |
| September 1 2019 | Pope Francis announced a consistory to create thirteen new cardinals, scheduled for 5 October 2019. |
| April 27 2019 | The number of cardinal electors declined to 120 after previously being raised to 125 during the June 2018 consistory. |
| 2018 | Theodore Edgar McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals. |
| June 2018 | Pope Francis reformed the rules governing the rank of cardinal bishop, allowing the pope to grant this rank to any cardinal of his choosing and providing them with the same privileges as those assigned to suburbicarian sees. |
| June 28 2018 | Pope Francis held a consistory elevating 14 new cardinals from diverse backgrounds, including representatives from Pakistan, Japan, Madagascar, and the first Latin American cardinal of indigenous origin, Toribio Ticona Porco. |
| May 20 2018 | Pope Francis announced a consistory for the elevation of fourteen new cardinals, initially scheduled for 29 June but later changed to 28 June. |
| 2017 | Francis increased the number of cardinal electors to 121 for ten weeks. |
| June 28 2017 | Pope Francis conducted the consistory, officially elevating Jean Zerbo (Mali), Juan José Omella i Omella (Spain), Anders Arborelius (Sweden), Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (Laos), and Gregorio Rosa Chávez (El Salvador) to the rank of cardinal. After the ceremony, Pope Francis and the new cardinals visited Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. |
| May 21 2017 | Pope Francis announced a consistory for elevating five new cardinals from El Salvador, Laos, Mali, and Sweden, marking the first cardinals from these countries. This included Gregorio Rosa Chávez, who is believed to be the first auxiliary bishop made cardinal in the modern era. |
| November 19 2016 | Consistory held where 17 new cardinals were officially created, with 16 attending. Mario Zenari became the first active apostolic nuncio made a cardinal in the modern era, and Ernest Simoni became the first cardinal who was not a bishop, receiving a papal dispensation. |
| November 19 2016 | After the consistory, Pope Francis and the 16 present new cardinals visited Pope emeritus Benedict XVI at Mater Ecclesiae Monastery and received his blessing. |
| October 9 2016 | Pope Francis announced his plan to create 17 new cardinals at a consistory, including 13 under 80 and 4 over 80, emphasizing representation from peripheral regions and first-time cardinal countries. |
| 2015 | Francis increased the number of cardinal electors to 125 for two months. |
| February 14 2015 | Consistory for creating new cardinals, with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in attendance. Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez was unable to attend due to health reasons. |
| February 12 2015 | Consistory held for presenting a preliminary plan for the reform of the Roman Curia to the College of Cardinals, with 19 of the 20 new cardinals attending. |
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