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The College of Cardinals

Statistics

[Updated: 20.02.2010]


 

Composition according to Geografic Region

 


The College of Cardinals includes 5 continents and 64 countries,
50
of which have Cardinals electors.

 

Overview by Continent

 

Continent

Cardinals
80 year and older

Cardinals
electors

Total
Cardinals

 

EUROPE

43

56

99

NORTH AMERICA

4

15

19

LATIN AMERICA

10

19

29

AFRICA

4

9

13

ASIA

8

10

18

OCEANIA

2

2

4

 

TOTAL

71

111

182

 

Overview by Nation

 

Europe

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
Electors

Total
Cardinals

 

Italy

20

19

39

Germany

2

5

7

Spain

4

6

10

Poland

5

3

8

France

3

6

9

Austria

--

1

1

Belgium

--

1

1

Slovakia

2

--

2

Switzerland

2

1

3

Portugal

--

2

2

Ukraine

1

1

2

Netherlands

--

1

1

Ireland

1

1

2

Great Britain

--

2

2

Czech Republic

1

1

2

Bosnia-Herzegovina

--

1

1

Hungary

1

1

2

Lithuania

--

1

1

Latvia

--

1

1

Belarus

1

--

1

Croatia -- 1 1
Slovenia -- 1 1
 

TOTAL

43

56

99

 

North America

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
electors

Total
Cardinals

 

United States

3

13

16

Canada

1

2

3

 

TOTAL

4

15

19

 

Latin America

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
Electors

Total
Cardinals

 

Brazil

4

4

8

Mexico

--

4

4

Argentina

2

2

4

Colombia

1

1

2

Chile

1

1

2

Venezuela

--

1

1

Nicaragua

1

--

1

Puerto Rico

1

--

1

Dominican Rep.

--

1

1

Cuba

--

1

1

Honduras

--

1

1

Peru

--

1

1

Bolivia

--

1

1

Guatemala -- 1 1
 

TOTAL

10

19

29

 

Africa

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
electors

Total
Cardinals

 

Nigeria

--

2

2

Angola

1

--

1

Cameroon

--

1

1

Mozambique

1

--

1

Uganda

1

--

1

Tanzania

--

1

1

Ivory Coast

1

--

1

South Africa

--

1

1

Ghana -- 1 1
Sudan -- 1 1
Kenya -- 1 1
Senegal -- 1 1
 

TOTAL 

4

9

13

 

Asia

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
electors

Total
Cardinals

 

India

3

3

6

Philippines

1

2

3

Vietnam

--

1

1

Taiwan

1

--

1

Korea

--

1

1

Thailand

1

--

1

Indonesia

--

1

1

Syria

--

1

1

Lebanon

1

--

1

China

--

1

1

Iraq 1 -- 1
 

TOTAL

8

10

18

 

Oceania

 

Nation

Cardinals
80 years and older

Cardinals
electors

Total
Cardinals

 

Australia

2

1

3

New Zealand

--

1

1

 

TOTAL

2

2

4


 

 


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