Ha fallecido el cardenal suizo Emil Tscherrig

Ayer, 12 de mayo, falleció el cardenal suizo Emil Tscherrig.

El pasado 3 de febrero había cumplido 79 años.Participó en el Cónclave que eligió al Papa León.

Había sido nuncio en Italia  y fue creado cadenal por el Papa Francisco en 2023

Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale


Motto: Spes Mea Christus


Events

Date Age Event Title
3 Feb 1947 Born
11 Apr 1974 27.1 Ordained Priest Priest of Sion {Sitten}Switzerland
4 May 1996 49.2 Appointed Titular Archbishop of Voli
4 May 1996 49.2 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
27 Jun 1996 49.3 Ordained Bishop Titular Archbishop of Voli
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and TobagoAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to DominicaAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to JamaicaAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to GrenadaAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to GuyanaAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Saint LuciaAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and GrenadinesAntilles
8 Jul 2000 53.4 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to BahamasAntilles
20 Jan 2001 53.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to BarbadosAntilles
20 Jan 2001 53.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and BarbudaAntilles
20 Jan 2001 53.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to SurinameAntilles
1 Jun 2001 54.3 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and NevisAntilles
22 May 2004 57.3 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
17 Jun 2004 57.3 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia
26 Jan 2008 60.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
26 Jan 2008 60.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
26 Jan 2008 60.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
26 Jan 2008 60.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
26 Jan 2008 60.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
5 Jan 2012 64.9 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
12 Sep 2017 70.6 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
12 Sep 2017 70.6 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
30 Sep 2023 76.6 Appointed Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
30 Sep 2023 76.6 Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2023 76.7 Installed Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
11 Mar 2024 77.1 Retired Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
11 Mar 2024 77.1 Retired Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
12 May 2026 79.2 Died Apostolic Nuncio

 

Event Place
Birth Place Unterems, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}Switzerland
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}Italy
Death Place Vatican, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}Italy

Con su muerte  quedan 118 cardenales electores:

Cardinal Electors


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Birthdate Age Elevated Name Current Title
30 Mar 1952 74.12 28 Nov 2020 Jose Lazaro Fuerte Cardinal Advincula Jr. Archbishop of ManilaPhilippines
9 Jan 1950 76.34 19 Nov 2016 Carlos Cardinal Aguiar Retes Archbishop of México, Federal District
12 Dec 1973 52.41 30 Sep 2023 Américo Manuel Cardinal Alves Aguiar Bishop of SetúbalPortugal
24 Jan 1960 66.30 5 Oct 2019 Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of KinshasaCongo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Sep 1949 76.63 28 Jun 2017 Anders Cardinal Arborelius, O.C.D. Bishop of StockholmSweden
26 Dec 1958 67.38 27 Aug 2022 Jean-Marc Noël Cardinal Aveline Archbishop of MarseilleFrance
24 Apr 1947 79.05 18 Feb 2012 João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
15 Jan 1965 61.32 7 Dec 2024 Fabio Cardinal Baggio, C.S. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
17 Oct 1950 75.57 21 Oct 2003 Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Cardinal Barbarin Archbishop Emeritus of LyonFrance
20 Jan 1963 63.31 7 Dec 2024 Domenico Cardinal Battaglia Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}Italy
17 Aug 1961 64.73 7 Dec 2024 Ignace Cardinal Bessi Dogbo Archbishop of AbidjanCôte d’Ivoire
25 Feb 1947 79.21 18 Feb 2012 Giuseppe Cardinal Betori Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}Italy
29 Oct 1948 77.53 14 Feb 2015 Charles Maung Cardinal Bo, S.D.B. Archbishop of YangonMyanmar
11 Jun 1952 73.92 7 Dec 2024 Vicente Cardinal Bokalic Iglic, C.M. Archbishop of Santiago del EsteroArgentina
20 Mar 1949 77.14 21 Oct 2003 Josip Cardinal Bozanić Archbishop Emeritus of ZagrebCroatia
7 Mar 1949 77.18 22 Feb 2014 Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano Archbishop of ManaguaNicaragua
24 Sep 1956 69.63 30 Sep 2023 Stephen Cardinal Brislin Archbishop of JohannesburgSouth Africa
30 Jun 1948 77.87 20 Nov 2010 Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke Patron Emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
23 Nov 1968 57.47 30 Sep 2023 François-Xavier Cardinal Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of AjaccioFrance
13 Feb 1980 46.25 7 Dec 2024 Mykola Cardinal Bychok, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian)Australia
11 Oct 1955 70.58 7 Dec 2024 Luis Gerardo Cardinal Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. Archbishop of GuayaquilEcuador
1 Sep 1950 75.69 27 Aug 2022 Oscar Cardinal Cantoni Bishop of ComoItaly
28 Feb 1950 76.20 7 Dec 2024 Carlos Gustavo Cardinal Castillo Mattasoglio Archbishop of LimaPeru
10 Mar 1957 69.17 7 Dec 2024 Fernando Natalio Cardinal Chomalí Garib Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
7 Aug 1959 66.76 30 Sep 2023 Stephen Cardinal Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]China
16 Jul 1948 77.82 14 Feb 2015 Manuel José Cardinal Macário do Nascimento Clemente Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}Portugal
20 Sep 1965 60.64 30 Sep 2023 José Cardinal Cobo Cano Archbishop of MadridSpain
16 Jan 1947 79.32 18 Feb 2012 Thomas Christopher Cardinal Collins Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20 Jul 1967 58.81 27 Aug 2022 Paulo Cezar Cardinal Costa Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
19 Mar 1949 77.15 19 Nov 2016 Blase Joseph Cardinal Cupich Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 Jul 1946 79.81 5 Oct 2019 Michael Felix Cardinal Czerny, S.J. Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2 Mar 1959 67.19 7 Dec 2024 Pablo Virgilio Siongco Cardinal David Bishop of KalookanPhilippines
4 Jan 1954 72.35 28 Jun 2018 Angelo Cardinal De Donatis Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
17 Jun 1947 78.90 19 Nov 2016 Jozef Cardinal De Kesel Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}Belgium
5 May 1948 78.02 14 Feb 2015 John Atcherley Cardinal Dew Archbishop Emeritus of WellingtonNew Zealand
23 May 1949 76.97 24 Nov 2007 Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
27 Nov 1967 58.46 27 Aug 2022 Virgilio Cardinal do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. Archbishop of DíliTimor-Leste
6 Feb 1950 76.26 18 Feb 2012 Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
22 Jun 1953 72.89 18 Feb 2012 Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk Archbishop of UtrechtNetherlands
25 Jun 1952 73.88 21 Oct 2003 Péter Cardinal Erdő Archbishop of Esztergom-BudapestHungary
2 Sep 1947 78.69 19 Nov 2016 Kevin Joseph Cardinal Farrell Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
18 Jul 1962 63.81 30 Sep 2023 Victor Manuel Cardinal Fernández Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
21 Aug 1960 65.72 30 Sep 2023 Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
20 Jan 1953 73.31 27 Aug 2022 Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Cardinal Ferrão Archbishop of Goa e DamãoIndia
11 Nov 1951 74.50 30 Sep 2023 Sebastian Cardinal Francis Bishop of PenangMalaysia
15 Nov 1949 76.49 14 Feb 2015 Arlindo Cardinal Gomes Furtado Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
27 Oct 1965 60.54 28 Nov 2020 Mauro Maria Cardinal Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. President of the Fabric of St. Peter
11 Jul 1948 77.83 5 Oct 2019 Juan de la Caridad Cardinal García Rodríguez Archbishop of San Cristobal de la HabanaCuba
25 Jun 1957 68.88 27 Aug 2022 William Cardinal Goh Seng Chye Archbishop of Singapore
20 Feb 1957 69.23 28 Nov 2020 Mario Cardinal Grech Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
7 Dec 1947 78.43 28 Nov 2020 Wilton Daniel Cardinal Gregory Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 Oct 1955 70.59 30 Sep 2023 Claudio Cardinal Gugerotti Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
20 Oct 1949 76.56 24 Nov 2012 James Michael Cardinal Harvey Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
9 Aug 1958 67.76 5 Oct 2019 Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich, S.J. Archbishop of Luxembourg
10 Nov 1958 67.50 28 Nov 2020 Antoine Cardinal Kambanda Archbishop of KigaliRwanda
1 Nov 1958 67.53 7 Dec 2024 Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi, S.V.D. Archbishop of TōkyōJapan
15 Mar 1950 76.16 20 Nov 2010 Kurt Cardinal Koch Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
11 Aug 1973 52.75 7 Dec 2024 George Jacob Cardinal Koovakad Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
27 Jun 1949 76.87 14 Feb 2015 Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij Archbishop Emeritus of BangkokThailand
25 Nov 1963 62.46 28 Jun 2018 Konrad Cardinal Krajewski Archbishop of ŁódźPoland
27 Jul 1957 68.79 22 Feb 2014 Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Archbishop of QuébecCanada
29 Nov 1958 67.45 22 Feb 2014 Chibly Cardinal Langlois Bishop of Les CayesHaïti
30 Jun 1971 54.87 7 Dec 2024 Frank Cardinal Leo Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 Jul 1964 61.86 28 Nov 2020 Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-MontalcinoItaly
19 May 1952 73.98 5 Oct 2019 Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B. Archbishop of RabatMorocco
3 Mar 1949 77.19 28 Jun 2018 Thomas Aquino Manyo Cardinal Maeda Archbishop of Osaka-TakamatsuJapan
19 Dec 1961 64.40 14 Feb 2015 Soane Patita Paini Cardinal Mafi Bishop of TongaPacific (Oceania)
31 Jan 1972 54.28 7 Dec 2024 Rolandas Cardinal Makrickas Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
7 Mar 1952 74.18 14 Feb 2015 Dominique François Joseph Cardinal Mamberti Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
7 Jun 1974 51.93 27 Aug 2022 Giorgio Cardinal Marengo, I.M.C. Prefect of UlaanbaatarMongolia
8 Jul 1951 74.84 27 Aug 2022 Adalberto Cardinal Martínez Flores Archbishop of AsunciónParaguay
5 May 1947 79.02 28 Jun 2018 António Augusto Cardinal dos Santos Marto Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-FátimaPortugal
21 Sep 1953 72.64 20 Nov 2010 Reinhard Cardinal Marx Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}Germany
13 Jun 1963 62.91 7 Dec 2024 Dominique Joseph Cardinal Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Teheran-IspahanIran
5 Feb 1954 72.27 27 Aug 2022 Robert Walter Cardinal McElroy Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 Dec 1965 60.41 5 Oct 2019 José Tolentino Cardinal Calaça de Mendonça Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
22 May 1946 79.97 14 Feb 2015 Francesco Cardinal Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus of AgrigentoItaly
10 Jan 1964 62.34 30 Sep 2023 Stephen Ameyu Martin Cardinal Mulla Archbishop of JubaSouth Sudan
31 Dec 1947 78.36 22 Feb 2014 Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
7 Sep 1956 69.68 7 Dec 2024 Ladislav Cardinal Nemet, S.V.D. Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)Serbia
1 Feb 1950 76.28 20 Nov 2010 Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}Poland
14 Mar 1967 59.16 19 Nov 2016 Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of BanguiCentral African Republic
1 Mar 1963 63.19 27 Aug 2022 Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke Bishop of EkwulobiaNigeria
17 Jan 1955 71.32 22 Feb 2014 Pietro Cardinal Parolin Secretary of State
15 Nov 1947 78.49 20 Nov 2010 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don Archbishop of ColomboSri Lanka
19 Aug 1948 77.73 28 Jun 2018 Giuseppe Cardinal Petrocchi Archbishop Emeritus of L’AquilaItaly
21 Apr 1965 61.06 30 Sep 2023 Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M. Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}Palestine
29 Nov 1947 78.45 22 Feb 2014 Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos AiresArgentina
15 Nov 1961 64.49 27 Aug 2022 Anthony Cardinal Poola Archbishop of HyderabadIndia
16 Jul 1947 78.82 5 Oct 2019 Alvaro Leonel Cardinal Ramazzini Imeri Bishop of HuehuetenangoGuatemala
26 Nov 1970 55.46 7 Dec 2024 Baldassare Cardinal Reina Vicar General of Roma {Rome}Italy
29 Jan 1967 59.28 7 Dec 2024 Roberto Cardinal Repole Archbishop of Torino {Turin}Italy
9 Feb 1957 69.26 19 Nov 2016 John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C. Archbishop of Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea
2 Mar 1949 77.19 24 Nov 2007 José Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21 Oct 1959 66.56 19 Nov 2016 Sérgio Cardinal da Rocha Archbishop of São Salvador da BahiaBrazil
6 Mar 1950 76.18 27 Aug 2022 Arthur Cardinal Roche Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
11 Aug 1958 67.75 30 Sep 2023 Ángel Sixto Cardinal Rossi, S.J. Archbishop of CórdobaArgentina
3 Mar 1962 64.19 30 Sep 2023 Luis José Cardinal Rueda Aparicio Archbishop of BogotáColombia
31 May 1960 65.95 30 Sep 2023 Protase Cardinal Rugambwa Archbishop of TaboraTanzania
9 Feb 1964 62.26 30 Sep 2023 Grzegorz Wojciech Cardinal Ryś Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}Poland
4 Jul 1949 76.85 28 Jun 2018 Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako Patriarch Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean)Iraq
21 Sep 1949 76.64 24 Nov 2007 Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer Archbishop of São PauloBrazil
22 Dec 1947 78.39 28 Nov 2020 Marcello Cardinal Semeraro Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
14 Jul 1948 77.83 14 Feb 2015 Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M. Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)Ethiopia
6 Sep 1960 65.68 7 Dec 2024 Jaime Cardinal Spengler, O.F.M. Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Nov 1950 75.51 27 Aug 2022 Leonardo Ulrich Cardinal Steiner, O.F.M. Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
4 Jul 1959 66.85 14 Feb 2015 Daniel Fernando Cardinal Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. Archbishop of MontevideoUruguay
9 Jul 1950 75.84 5 Oct 2019 Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Archbishop of JakartaIndonesia
21 Jun 1957 68.89 24 Nov 2012 Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
23 Jun 1950 75.88 22 Feb 2014 Orani João Cardinal Tempesta, O. Cist. Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
15 Jun 1959 66.91 24 Nov 2012 Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Cardinal Thottunkal Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)India
3 May 1952 74.02 19 Nov 2016 Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
13 Jun 1954 71.91 28 Jun 2018 Désiré Cardinal Tsarahazana Archbishop of ToamasinaMadagascar
11 Oct 1948 77.58 21 Oct 2003 Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
10 Mar 1962 64.17 7 Dec 2024 Jean-Paul Cardinal Vesco, O.P. Archbishop of AlgerAlgeria
18 Aug 1956 69.73 18 Feb 2012 Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}Germany
17 Nov 1951 74.48 27 Aug 2022 Lazzaro Cardinal You Heung-sik Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
11 Oct 1955 70.58 5 Oct 2019 Matteo Maria Cardinal Zuppi Archbishop of BolognaItaly

Note: Cardinals that reach the age of 80 before the day the Holy See becomes vacant may not vote in a conclave.
118 Cardinal Electors of 242 living Cardinals. This table was last updated on 12 May 2026.

Que  al finalizar este año 2026, salvo muerte imprevista, serán 116 pues cumplirán 80 años los cardenales Montenegro el 22 de mayo y Czerny el 18 de julio.En 2027 cumplirán 80 años once cardenales más.

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