Cardinal Electors

The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on  which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected.


The Cardinal Electors of the Holy Roman Church

As of Sunday, November 08, 2009, there are 185 Cardinals,
113 of whom are eligible to vote and 72 of whom are ineligible.

In the Conclave of April 2005, 115 Cardinals voted.
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Supreme Pontiff on the 4th ballot.
 

Cardinal Electors

Agnelo, Geraldo Majella   Husar, Lubomyr   Robles Ortega, Francisco  
Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew   Kasper, Walter   Rode, Franc  
Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. Carlos   Keeler, William Henry   Rodríguez Maradiaga, Oscar Andrés, S.D.B.  
Antonelli, Ennio   Lajolo, Giovanni   Rosales, Gaudencio  
Arinze, Francis   Law, Bernard Francis   Rouco Varela, Antonio María  
Backis, Audrys Juozas   Lehmann, Karl   Rubiano Sáenz, Pedro  
Bagnasco, Angelo   Levada, William Joseph   Ruini, Camillo  
Barbarin, Philippe   López Rodríguez, Nicolás de Jesús   Ryłko, Stanisław  
Bergoglio, S.J., Jorge Mario   Lozano Barragan, Javier   Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan  
Bertone, Tarcisio   Mahony, Roger Michael   Sandri, Leonardo  
Bozanic, Josip   Maida, Adam Joseph   Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. José  
Brady, Seán Baptist   Martínez Sistach, Lluís   Sarr, Théodore-Adrien  
Caffarra, Carlo   Martino, Renato Raffaele   Scheid, S.C.I. Eusebio Oscar  
Canizares Llovera, Antonio   McCarrick, Theodore Edgar   Scherer, Odilo Pedro  
Cheong Jin-suk, Nicholas   Meisner, Joachim   Schönborn, O.P. Christoph  
Cipriani Thorne, Juan Luis   Minh Man, Jean-Baptiste Pham   Schwery, Henri  
Comastri, Angelo   Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac   Scola, Angelo  
Cordes, Paul Joseph   Napier, O.F.M. Wilfred Fox   Sebastiani, Sergio  
Danneels, Godfried   Nicora, Attilio   Sepe, Crescenzio  
Daoud, Ignace Moussa I   Njue, John   Simonis, Adrianus Johannes  
Darmaatmadja, S.J. Julius Riyadi   O'Brien, Keith Michael Patrick   Stafford, James Francis  
de Giorgi, Salvatore   O'Malley, Sean   Sterzinsky, Georg Maximilian  
Dias, Ivan   Okogie, Anthony Olubunmi   Tauran, Jean-Louis  
DiNardo, Daniel Nicholas   Ortega y Alamino, Jaime Lucas   Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. Julio  
Dziwisz, Stanislaw   Ouellet, P.S.S. Marc   Tettamanzi, Dionigi  
Egan, Edward Michael   Panafieu, Bernard   Toppo, Telesphore Placidus  
Erdo, Peter   Pell, George   Tumi, Christian Wiyghan  
Errázuriz Ossa, Francisco Javier   Pengo, Polycarp   Turcotte, Jean-Claude  
Farina, S.D.B., Raffaele   Poletto, Severino   Turkson, Peter Kodwo Appiah  
Foley, John Patrick   Policarpo, José da Cruz   Urosa Savino, Jorge Liberato  
García-Gasco y Vicente, Agustín   Poupard, Paul   Vallini, Agostino  
George, O.M.I. Francis E.   Pujats, Janis   Vidal, Ricardo J.  
Giordano, Michele   Puljic, Vinko   Vingt-Trois, André Armand  
Glemp, Józef   Quezada Toruno, Rodolfo   Vlk, Miloslav  
Gracias, Oswald   Re, Giovanni Battista   Wako, Gabriel Zubeir  
Grocholewski, Zenon   Ricard, Jean-Pierre   Williams, Thomas Stafford  
Herranz, Julian   Rigali, Justin Francis   Zen Ze-kiun, Joseph  
Hummes, O.F.M. Cláudio   Rivera Carrera, Norberto    
     
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