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The cardinal protodeacon is the senior cardinal deacon in order of appointment to the College of Cardinals. If he is a cardinal elector and participates in a conclave, he announces a new pope's election and name [i] from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City .
The other cardinals have the rank either of Cardinal Priest or Cardinal Deacon, the former rank being normally assigned to bishops in charge of dioceses, and the latter to officials of the Curia and to priests raised to the cardinalate.
The most senior cardinal deacon is the protodeacon, currently Renato Martino; among the cardinal electors, the senior cardinal deacon is James Michael Harvey and the junior cardinal deacon is Ángel Fernández Artime.
The cardinal deacons are the successors of the seven regional deacons. By the 10th–11th century there were 18 deaconries in the city, and the reform of Urban II assigned a cardinal deacon to each of them. Originally, the order was limited to those who had advanced… Read More
21 de oct. de 2003 · 30 Sep 2023. 0.65. Luis Pascual Cardinal Dri, O.F.M. Cap. Sant’Angelo in Pescheria. Notes: Cardinals that reach the age of 80 before the day the Holy See becomes vacant may not vote in a conclave. Those currently eligible have 'Yes' in the column marked 'V'. 35 Cardinal-Deacons of 237 living Cardinals. This table was last updated on 20 May 2024.
RankVBirthdateAge237No17 Apr 192797.10236No28 Aug 194083.74235Yes21 Aug 196063.76234Yes30 Jan 194678.3116 de may. de 2024 · In 1586 Sixtus V fixed the total number of cardinals at 70, of whom 6 were cardinal bishops, 50 were cardinal priests, and 14 were cardinal deacons. In 1958 John XXIII eliminated the restriction of 70, increasing the number of cardinals to 87, and since then the number has reached more than 100.
The word "cardinal" was first used in Rome at the beginning of the sixth century to designate deacons involved in the governance of the Church. A decree from a Synod of Bishops in 769 stated that only a cardinal could become a pope. Over the ensuing centuries, the powers of cardinals continued to grow.
