User:Ravenpuff/Cardinal electors for the papal conclave

The papal conclave of has been convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope Francis following his  on. According to the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, which governs the vacancy of the Holy See, only cardinals who had not passed their 80th birthdays on the day on which the Holy See fell vacant (in this case, those who were born on or after ) are eligible to participate in the conclave. Although not a formal requirement, the cardinal electors invariably elect the pope from among their number. The election is carried out by secret ballot (per scrutinium).

Of the 219 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of the vacancy of the Holy See, there are 122 cardinal electors who are eligible to participate in the subsequent conclave (56% of all cardinals). The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority is.

Of the 122 cardinal electors who are expected to attend, 6 are cardinal bishops, 99 are cardinal priests and 17 are cardinal deacons; 13 were created cardinals by Pope John Paul II, 39 by Pope Benedict XVI and 70 by Pope Francis; 30 work in the service of the Holy See, such as in the Roman Curia, 74 are in charge of pastoral duties outside Rome and 21 have retired. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave is expected to be Angelo Scola, at the age of 58 years, while the youngest cardinal elector is expected to be Dieudonné Nzapalainga, at the age of 32 years. Another 97 cardinals are ineligible to participate in the conclave.

Cardinal electors
The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: cardinal bishops (CB), cardinal priests (CP) and cardinal deacons (CD), with precedence in that sequence. This is the order in which the cardinal electors process into the conclave, take the oath and cast their ballots. For cardinal bishops, except the Eastern Catholic patriarchs, the dean is first in precedence, followed by the vice-dean and then by the rest in order of appointment as cardinal bishops. For cardinal bishops who are Eastern Catholic patriarchs, for cardinal priests and for cardinal deacons, precedence is determined by the date of the consistory in which they were created cardinals and then by the order in which they appeared in the official announcement or bulletin.

Four of the cardinal electors are from the Eastern Catholic Churches: Louis Raphaël I Sako (Chaldean), George Alencherry (Syro-Malabar), Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (Syro-Malankara) and Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (Ethiopian). In addition, the senior cardinal bishop, the senior cardinal priest, the senior cardinal deacon and the junior cardinal deacon are assigned specific roles in the conclave, such as presiding over the conclave itself (the senior cardinal bishop) or announcing the election of the pope (the senior cardinal deacon). These are, respectively, Leonardo Sandri, Vinko Puljić, Robert Sarah and Mauro Gambetti. The camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, who is in charge of administering the Holy See during its vacancy, is Kevin Joseph Farrell.

The data below are as of, the date on which the Holy See fell vacant. By default, the cardinals are sorted by precedence within each table. All cardinals are of the Latin Church unless otherwise stated. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the respective post-nominal letters.

Cardinal electors by continent and by country
The 122 cardinal electors who are expected to attend are from 65 countries on all six inhabited continents; the countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors are Italy (twenty-one), the United States (nine) and Spain (six).