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2025 papal conclave papabili

{{Short description|Cardinals considered likely to become pope}}

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Media worldwide first published speculation on the next pope to be elected at the 2025 papal conclave on the day of Pope Francis's death, 21 April 2025;{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=21 April 2025 |title=Who will be the next pope? Some potential candidates to succeed Francis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/who-next-pope-francis-potential-candidates-succeed |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250421-the-papabili-15-potential-successors-to-pope-francis|title=15 potential successors to Pope Francis|date=21 April 2025|access-date=21 April 2025|website=RFI|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{Cite news |last=McGarry |first=Patsy |title=Who will be the next pope after Francis and how does the process work? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2025/04/21/who-will-be-the-next-pope-after-francis-and-how-does-the-process-work/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://uscatholic.org/articles/202503/the-12-cardinals-who-might-succeed-pope-francis/ |publisher=Claretians|title=The 12 cardinals who might succeed Pope Francis|first=Don|last=Clemmer|date=11 March 2025|access-date=21 April 2025}}{{cite news|title=Chi sarà il prossimo Papa? I nomi papabili per il dopo Francesco|date=21 April 2025|first=Enrico|last=Cicchetti|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/chiesa/2025/04/21/news/chi-sara-il-prossimo-papa-i-nomi-papabili-per-il-dopo-francesco-7437756/|access-date=29 April 2025|work=Il Foglio}}}} the subject has remained of intense global interest since.{{Cite web|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/01/papabile-conclave-new-pope-cardinals-list-250546|title=The new pope: How journalists (and cardinals) come up with their list of candidates|date=May 1, 2025|website=America Magazine}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/new-pope-candidates-conclave-2025-b2742200.html|title=Who could be the new Pope? The cardinals who might succeed Francis|date=May 1, 2025|website=The Independent}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/interactive/graphic-detail/2025/05/04/our-papal-tracker-would-you-bet-money-on-the-next-pope|title=Our papal tracker: would you bet money on the next pope?|newspaper=The Economist }}{{Cite web|url=https://breakingac.com/news/2025/may/06/best-pope-betting-strategies-conclave-season/|title=Best Pope betting strategies for conclave season|website=Breaking AC}} On 8 May, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope, taking the papal name Leo XIV.

Background

{{main|List of papal conclaves}}

Gambling on papal conclaves goes back at least to the 16th-century, and the word papabile at least to the 15th, since it is found in the Catholicon Anglicum.{{Cite book|last=Herrtage|first=Sidney John Hervon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7wKAAAAYAAJ&q=papabilis|title=Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483|date=1882|publisher=By E. Pickard Hall, M.A. and J.H. Stacy|pages=268|language=en|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212193801/https://books.google.com/books?id=I7wKAAAAYAAJ&q=papabilis|url-status=live}}

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! |Conclave

! scope=col width="15%"|Elected Pope

! |Papabili

! scope=col width="5%"|Eligible Electors

! scope=col width="5%"|Electors

! scope=col class="unsortable" width="5%" style="text-align:center;"|Snf Ref

! |Notes

scope=row|{{anchor|1900–2100}}1903

| {{sort|Pius 10|Pius X}}

| >4{{cite news | access-date = 16 November 2017 | date = 2 June 2014 | url = http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/06/02/ballot-sheets-from-1903-conclave-to-be-sold-at-auction/ | work = Catholic Herald | title = Ballot sheets from 1903 conclave to be sold at auction | first = David V. | last = Barrett | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160625180936/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/06/02/ballot-sheets-from-1903-conclave-to-be-sold-at-auction/ | archive-date = 25 June 2016 | url-status = dead }}

| 64

| 62

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=201–204}}

| First North America cardinal elector

scope=row|1914

| {{sort|Benedict 15|Benedict XV}}

| 3

| 65

| 57

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=206–208}}

|WWI. First South America cardinal elector

scope=row|1922

| {{sort|Pius 11|Pius XI}}

| 3

| 60

| 53

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=209–210}}

|First air travel

scope=row|1939

| {{sort|Pius 12|Pius XII}}

| 16{{cite magazine|magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760766,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094221/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760766,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title= Death of a Pope |date= 20 February 1939}}{{cite news|title=Vatican Regards Americans Highly |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/02/20/94680514.pdf |access-date=4 November 2017|work=New York Times|date=20 February 1939}}{{cite news| journal= Madison Catholic Herald |url=http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/2005-04-21/columns.html |last=Weigel| first=George| title=Conclaves: Surprises abound in the Sistine Chapel|date=21 April 2005|access-date=13 February 2014}}

| 62

| 62

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=212–213}}

|WWII

scope=row|1958

| {{sort|John 23|John XXIII}}

| >21{{cite news|title=Election of Pope to Start Oct. 25|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/10/12/91411434.pdf|access-date=6 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=12 October 1958}}{{cite news|last1=Hofmann|first1=Paul|title=New Pontiff Faces Difficult Problems|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/10/29/82214806.pdf|access-date=6 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 October 1958}}{{cite news|title=Cardinals Name a Leader Pending Election of Pope; Rites for Pius Begin Today | first= Arnaldo | last= Cortesi | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/10/10/83418548.pdf |access-date=6 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=10 October 1958}}{{cite news|title=Cardinal Camerlengo|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/10/10/83418643.pdf|access-date=6 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=10 October 1958}}{{cite magazine| magazine=Life | access-date=15 December 2017| title= The Papacy's Task| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eT8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA140 | pages= 140ff| author-link= Emmet John Hughes |first= Emmet John |last= Hughes| date=20 October 1958}}

| 53

| 51

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=215–218}}

|Cold War; maturation of air travel{{cite news|title=As the Catholic Church Prepares to Choose a New Leader|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/10/12/91412231.pdf |access-date=6 November 2017|work =The New York Times|date=12 October 1958}}

scope=row|1963

| {{sort|Paul 6|Paul VI}}

| 4{{cite news|last1=Sulzberger|first1=C.L.|title=The News Pope - Two Types of 'Liberal'|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/19/89537628.pdf|access-date=7 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=19 June 1963}}{{cite web|url=http://www.armeniancatholic.org/inside.php?lang=en&page_id=23115|work=Armenian Catholic Church|title=Biography of Gregory Petros XV Agagianian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014407/http://www.armeniancatholic.org/inside.php?lang=en&page_id=23115|archive-date=25 July 2011}}{{cite news|url-status = live | title=Move to Block Soviet Pope Revealed|url=http://buffalonews.com/1993/12/21/move-to-block-soviet-pope-revealed/|work=The Buffalo News|date=21 December 1993| access-date= 16 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531193313/http://buffalonews.com/1993/12/21/move-to-block-soviet-pope-revealed/|archive-date=31 May 2017}}{{cite journal|last=Bensi|first=Giovanni|title=Le due chance perdute del papa armeno|journal=East Journal|date=20 March 2013| access-date= 16 December 2017 | url=http://www.eastjournal.net/archives/29599|language=it}}; also published in Russian: {{cite news|last=Bensi|first=Giovanni|title=Операция "Конклав" (Operation "Conclave")|url=http://www.ng.ru/ng_religii/2013-03-20/4_konklav.html|work=Nezavisimaya Gazeta|date=20 March 2013|language=ru}}

| 82

| 80

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=219–222}}

| First pope to flee Italy in centuries

scope=row|August 1978

|{{sort|John Paul 1|John Paul I}}

|5~7{{cite news |last1=Tanner |first1=Henry |date=7 August 1978 |title=Pope Paul VI Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 80; Guided the Church Through Era of Change |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/08/07/archives/new-jersey-pages-election-to-be-held-cardinals-are-to-convene-in.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Hofmann |first1=Paul |date=9 August 1978 |title=Choice of Non-Italian Pope Held Possible but Unlikely |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/08/09/archives/choice-of-nonitalian-pope-held-possible-but-unlikely-dutchman-is-on.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 June 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Reese |first1=Thomas |date=1998 |title=Inside the Vatican |publisher=Harvard University Press |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv8pAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |isbn=9780674418028 |access-date=22 June 2018}}

|114

|111

|{{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=223–227}}

|The year of three popes

scope=row|October 1978

|{{sort|John Paul 2|John Paul II}}

|2{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912229-2,00.html | title=A 'Foreign' Pope | magazine=Time | date=30 October 1978 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930071939/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912229-2,00.html | archive-date=2007-09-30}}

|111

|111

| {{Sfn|Baumgartner, 2003|page=223–227}}

|First Pole; first non-Italian in centuries

scope=row|2005

|{{sort|Benedict 16|Benedict XVI}}

|2{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972691_1973018,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618214719/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972691_1973018,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 June 2010 | title=Time 100 2005 | magazine=Time | date=18 April 2005 | access-date=3 April 2013 | author=Sullivan, Andrew}}{{cite news|last=Allen Jr.|first=John L.|title=Handicapping the conclave|url=http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/conclave/pt041405a.htm|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=National Catholic Reporter|date=14 April 2005|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806032925/http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/conclave/pt041405a.htm|url-status=live}}

|117

|115

|

|Internet. First pontiff to resign in centuries

scope=row|2013

|{{sort|Francis 1|Francis}}

|6~12Lyman, Eric J. (1 March 2013). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/01/papal-conclave-date-summons/1955905/ "Vatican summons cardinals for conclave"]. USA Today. Retrieved 3 March 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/argentine-cardinal-bergoglio-elected-pope-takes-name-francis-i/|title = Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected pope, takes name Francis|date = 13 March 2013}}

|117

|115

|

|

First Pope from the Southern Hemisphere (Argentina)

scope=row|2025

|{{sort|Leo XIV|Leo XIV}}

|TBD

|135

|133

|

|Largest group assembled. First Pope from North America (US)

2025 ''Papabili''

{{main|Papabile}}

Observers of papal elections consider, by a variety of criteria,{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/international/europe/vatican-qui-sont-les-15-papabile-les-plus-en-vue-pour-succeder-a-francois-20250505_K3Y3YXT7QBF7LOYFDCK63SMWWQ/?utm_medium=Social&at_medium=Social+Media&at_campaign=Bluesky&utm_source=Bluesky&at_platform=Bluesky#Echobox=1746432858-1|title=Vatican : qui sont les 15 «papabili» les plus en vue pour succéder à François|first1=Laure|last1=Bretton|first2=Célian|last2=Macé|first3=Abel|last3=Berthomier|website=Libération}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/meet-12-men-who-could-be-pope|title=The NCR papal front-runners: Meet 12 men who could be pope|first=Christopher|last=White|website=National Catholic Reporter}} some cardinals to be more likely to become pope than others{{snd}}these are the {{lang|it|papabili}} (singular: {{lang|it|papabile}}), an Italian word loosely translated as 'pope-able'. However, conclaves have not always chosen one of the {{lang|it|papabili}}. Prior to their elections, Francis was considered to be too old and John Paul II was not considered to be in the running.{{cite web |title=Which cardinals are seen as contenders to be the next pope?|date=21 April 2025 |url=https://apnews.com/article/next-pope-contenders-list-101d68d61be2401a85310e34b45371a9 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=22 April 2025}} This is reflected in the saying "He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal",{{Cite web |last=Allen Jr. |first=John L. |date=13 March 2013 |title=Papabile of the Day: The Men Who Could Be Pope |url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/papabile-day-men-who-could-be-pope-12 |access-date=16 October 2023 |website=National Catholic Reporter |language=en}} although, in reality, the frontrunner is often elected pope, as was the case in the 1939, 1963, and 2005 conclaves.{{cite news | access-date = 29 April 2025 | url =https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/what-history-tells-us-about-conclaves | date = 29 April 2025 | title = The conclave cliché that is wrong. What history tells us about conclaves | first= Michael Sean | last = Winters | work = Nation Catholic Reporter }} Vatican expert Anna Rowlands avers that any predictions are currently based on "pure speculation".{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Aine|title=Conclave choice for the next pope 'totally unpredictable', says Vatican expert|website=The Independent|date=25 April 2025|access-date=25 April 2025|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/new-pope-conclave-francis-death-cardinal-who-b2739375.html}}

The following cardinal electors{{Cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Brendan |last2=Hudson |first2=Patrick |last3=Davies |first3=Bess Twiston |date=May 2, 2025 |title=Who will be the next pope? We profile the conclave – from Arborelius to Zuppi |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/next-pope-papabile/ |website=The Tablet}} had been considered {{lang|it|papabile}} in the 2025 papal conclave by at least seven distinct media sources. Notably the odds given for Robert Prevost on Polymarket ranged from 0% to 3% throughout,{{Cite web|url=https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-be-the-next-pope?tid=1746730592205|title=Who will be the next Pope?|website=Polymarket}} whereas on numerous other markets he never breached 2%.{{Cite web |last=Bomey |first=Nathan |date=2025-05-08 |title=You could have made a fortune betting on an American pope |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope-prediction-markets |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Axios |language=en}}

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!Nationality

!Position at time of conclave

!Created cardinal

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|Anders Arborelius

|Sweden

|Bishop of Stockholm

|{{dts|2017-06-28|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1949|9|24}}

|{{Cite news |last1=Matranga |first1=Anna |last2=Andrews |first2=Frank |date=May 7, 2025 |title=Who will be the next pope? Here's a list of some possible candidates to succeed Pope Francis. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=CBS News}}{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=John L. Jr. |date=May 2, 2025 |title='Papabile' of the Day: Cardinal Anders Arborelius |url=https://cruxnow.com/papal-transition/2025/05/papabile-of-the-day-cardinal-anders-arborelius |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=Crux}}{{Cite news |last=Esteves |first=Junnro Arocho |date=May 7, 2025 |title=Convert in a conclave: Swedish cardinal remains in the spotlight |url=https://www.osvnews.com/convert-in-a-conclave-swedish-cardinal-remains-in-the-spotlight/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=OSV News}}{{Cite news |last=Nesi |first=Chris |date=May 6, 2025 |title=Inside cloak-and-dagger conclave to pick next pope — and the rituals that fuel it |url=https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/world-news/inside-cloak-and-dagger-conclave-to-pick-next-pope-and-the-bizarre-rituals-that-fuel-it/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=New York Post}}

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|{{sortname|Jean-Marc|Aveline}}

|France

|Archbishop of Marseille

|{{dts|2022-08-27|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|1958|12|26|df=y}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/marseille_13055/l-archeveque-de-marseille-potentiel-successeur-du-pape-francois-et-si-c-etait-lui_62539903.html|title=L'archevêque de Marseille, potentiel successeur du pape François : et si c'était lui ?|date=22 April 2025|website=actu.fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/international/article/jean-marc-aveline-le-plus-papabile-des-cardinaux-francais-apres-la-mort-du-pape-francois_249061.html|title=Si le prochain pape devait être français, Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline est tout désigné (sur le papier)|date=22 April 2025|website=Le HuffPost}}{{Cite web |date=26 March 2025 |title=Leading French cardinal calls for 'reawakening of hope' amid global turmoil |url=https://catholicstarherald.org/leading-french-cardinal-calls-for-reawakening-of-hope-amid-global-turmoil/ |website=Catholic Star Herald}}{{Cite news |date=21 April 2025 |title=Who could be the next pope? Some possible candidates |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/who-might-succeed-pope-francis-some-possible-candidates-2025-04-21/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Forrester |first=Megan |date=2025-04-21 |title=Who are the top contenders to be the next pope? Experts weigh in |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243 |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

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|{{sortname|Fridolin|Ambongo Besungu}}

|DR Congo

|Archbishop of Kinshasa

|{{dts|2019-10-05|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1960|1|24}}

|{{Cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=On the 'Cobra Effect' and Congo's Ambongo as an emerging papal candidate |url=https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2024/01/on-the-cobra-effect-and-congos-ambongo-as-an-emerging-papal-candidate |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Crux |language=en}}

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|{{sortname|Péter|Erdő}}

|Hungary

|Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Primate of Hungary

|{{dts|2003-10-21|format=dmy}}
(John Paul II)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1952|6|25}}

|{{Cite web |last=Condon |first=Ed |date=18 May 2023 |title=Right, left, and center, why is no cardinal good enough to be papabile anymore? |url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/right-left-and-center-why-is-no-cardinal |website=The Pillar}}{{cite news|title=Who Will Be The Next Pope? Here are the 13 leading contenders to be selected by the papal conclave - including Pietro Parolin|first=David|last=Hepburn|work=The Scotsman|date=29 April 2025|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-here-are-the-13-leading-contenders-to-be-selected-by-the-papal-conclave-including-pietro-parolin-5105378|access-date=29 April 2025}}{{cite news|title=Who will be the next pope? Leading candidate could be first Asian pontiff|date=26 April 2025|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/26/new-pope-elected-succeed-francis-conclave-cardinals-vatican/|access-date=29 April 2025|first=Nick|last=Squires|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}

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|{{sortname|Mario|Grech}}

|Malta

|Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

|{{dts|2020-11-28|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1957|2|20}}

|{{Cite web |last=Borg |first=Neville |date=26 February 2025 |title=Mario Grech a 'top five' contender to be next pope, Vatican insiders say |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/mario-grech-top-five-contender-papacy-vacancy-vatican-insiders-say.1105717 |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=Times of Malta}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/is-the-next-pope-at-synod-2024|title=Is the Next Pope at the Synod?|date=October 4, 2024|website=NCR}}

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|{{sortname|Pietro|Parolin}}

|Italy

|Cardinal Secretary of State

|{{dts|2014-02-22|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1955|1|17}}

|{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Gaya |last2=Faiola |first2=Anthony |last3=Wu |first3=Daniel |last4=Bellack |first4=Marisa |date=21 April 2025 |title=Who will be next pope after Francis? Key contenders ahead of conclave. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite news |last1=Bubola |first1=Emma |last2=Povoledo |first2=Elisabetta |last3=Piangiani |first3=Gaia |last4=Macfarquhar |first4=Neil |date=22 April 2025 |title=Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Contenders. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-francis-candidates.html |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/04/21/these-cardinals-are-the-top-candidates-to-succeed-pope-francis/|title=These Cardinals Are The Top Candidates To Succeed Pope Francis|first=Ty|last=Roush|website=Forbes}}{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/papal-conclave-2025-one-of-these-cardinals-could-succeed-pope-francis-as-may-7-ceremony-draws-closer/articleshow/120768328.cms?from=mdr|title=Papal conclave 2025: One of these cardinals could succeed Pope Francis as May 7 ceremony draws closer|work=The Economic Times |date=April 30, 2025|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn4we7prv4rt|title=Conclave live: New pope taking over at 'difficult' time, says dean of cardinals as conclave set to begin|website=BBC News}}

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|{{sortname|Pierbattista|Pizzaballa}}

|Italy

|Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

|{{dts|2023-09-30|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1965|4|21}}

|

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|{{sortname|Robert Francis|Prevost}}

|United States

|Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

|{{dts|2023-09-30|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1955|9|14}}

|{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/religion/next-pope-american-prevost-dolan-conclave|title=Could the next pope be an American?|publisher=The Week|date=6 May 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/pope-candidate-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost.html|title=There's Never Been a Pope From the U.S. Could This Cardinal Change That?|work=The New York Times|date=May 2, 2025|accessdate=May 6, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://time.com/7282843/next-pope-candidates-zuppi-parolin-tagle-turkson-erdo/|title=Who Could Be the Next Pope? These Are the Names to Know|publisher=Time|date=May 6, 2025|accessdate=May 6, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/cardinals-prevost/|title=U.S. cardinal's résumé, demeanor land him on 'papabile' lists|publisher=Angelusnews|accessdate=6 May 2025|date=30 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/papal-front-runner-interest-polyglot-us-cardinal-prevost-rises-italian|title=The first American pope? This cardinal has the best chance of making history in this conclave|publisher=National Catholic Registry Online|accessdate=6 May 2025|date=30 April 2025}}

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|{{sortname|Robert|Sarah}}

|Guinea

|Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

|{{dts|2010-11-20|format=dmy}}
(Benedict XVI)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1945|6|15}}

|{{cite web|url=https://international.la-croix.com/religion/robert-sarah-a-conservative-favorite|title=Robert Sarah, a conservative favorite|publisher=La Croix|accessdate=6 May 2025|date=4 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/5-quotes-from-cardinal-robert-sarah-favorite-among-conservatives-succeed-pope-francis|title=5 quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis|publisher=Fox News|date=24 April 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thecatholicherald.com/cardinal-sarah-is-the-man-to-save-the-church-as-next-pope/|title=Is Cardinal Sarah the man to save the Church as the next pope?|date=1 May 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic Herald}}

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|{{sortname|Luis Antonio|Tagle}}

|Philippines

|Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization

|{{dts|2012-11-24|format=dmy}}
(Benedict XVI)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1957|6|21}}

|{{cite news |last1=Goury-Laffont |first1=Victor |last2=Roberts |first2=Hannah |last3=Munster |first3=Ben |title=Who are the favorites to succeed Pope Francis? |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-death-who-succeed-parolin-pizzaballa-tagle-turkson-besungu-burke-spengler-erdo/ |access-date=29 April 2025 |work=POLITICO |date=21 April 2025}}

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|{{sortname|Peter|Turkson}}

|Ghana

|Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

|{{dts|2003-10-21|format=dmy}}
(John Paul II)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1948|10|11}}

|{{cite web |last1=Daftari |first1=Amir |title=African cardinals in spotlight after Pope Francis' death |url=https://www.newsweek.com/africa-cardinals-spotlight-after-pope-francis-death-2062119 |website=Newsweek |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421222151/https://www.newsweek.com/africa-cardinals-spotlight-after-pope-francis-death-2062119 |archive-date=21 April 2025 |date=21 April 2025 |url-status=live}}

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|{{sortname|Matteo|Zuppi}}

|Italy

|Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Episcopal Conference of Italy

|{{dts|2019-10-05|format=dmy}}
(Francis)

|{{birth date and age|df=y|1955|10|11}}

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