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José Cardenal Advincula, newly appointed (Photo by CBCP News)
MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis named Capiz Archbishop José Advincula as one of his 13 new cardinals, according to the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Philippines (CBCP).
CBCP News, the official news service of CBCP, reported that the Pope made the announcement during his Sunday Angelus at the Vatican and said that the new cardinals will be elevated in a consistory on November 28, 2020.
Advincula will become the 9th Filipino cardinal, following cardinals Orlando Quevedo, Luis Antonio Tagle, Gaudencio Rosales, Jose Sanchez, Ricardo Vidal, Jaime Sin, Julio Rosales and Rufino Santos.
He will also be the fourth living Filipino cardinal, along with Rosales, Quevedo and Tagle, who was previously appointed prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Nine of the new cardinals under the age of 80, including Advincula, who is 69, will join other eligible cardinals in electing the next pontiff in a secret conclave.
Advincula has served as Archbishop of Capiz since January 2012.
/ MUF
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