10 U.S. cardinals will enter conclave to help elect new pope

U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, speaks with Archbishop Ilson Montanari, secretary of the College of Cardinals, right, and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state under Pope Francis, after the first general congregation of the College of Cardinals in the Vatican Synod Hall April 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here is a list of the U.S. cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to elect a new pope:

  • Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, retired prefect of the Apostolic Signature.
  • Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
  • Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston.
  • Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
  • Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life under Pope Francis.
  • Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retired archbishop of Washington.
  • Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
  • Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, archbishop of Washington.
  • Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis.
  • Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey.


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