Possible Candidates to Succeed Pope Benedict XVI

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Possible Candidates to Succeed Pope Benedict XVI

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Cardinal John Onaiyekan: Current Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria.

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Cardinal Marc Ouellet: Canadian Cardinal and present prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and concurrently president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

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Cardinal Angelo Scola: Current Archbishop of Milan.

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Cardinal Peter Erdoe: Current Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and primate of the Hungarian Catholic Church.

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Cardinal Cristoph Schönborn Current Archbishop of Vienna and President of the Austrian Bishops Conference.

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Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson: Current Archbishop of Cape Coast and president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Current Filipino cardinal and titular-archpriest of the Church of Saint Felix of Cantalice at Centocelle.

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Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera: Current Archbishop of Mexico City.

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João Braz de Aviz: Current prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Current Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

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Cardinal Cláudio Hummes: Previously served as Archbishop of Fortaleza from 1996 to 1998 and Archbishop of São Paulo from 1998 to 2006.

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Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan: Tenth and current Archbishop of New York.

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Cardinal Francis Arinze: Current Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni.

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Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga: Current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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