Mimi si wa kiwango cha kubishana kwa maneno, ila kwa hoja, unazidi kubishi bila hoja, sichoki kukuelimisha nakuletea mifano ya nchi ambazo zina makardinali wengi sasa kwa kile unachoongea waongeacho vijiweni fikiria hapo wakuu wa kanisa katika nchi hizo zenye makardianli wengi ni wengi hivyo?
Nigeria
Cardinals
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[TR]
[TH]Birthdate[/TH]
[TH]Age[/TH]
[TH]Name[/TH]
[TH]Current Title[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
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1 Nov1932[/TD]
[TD]82.40[/TD]
[TD]
Francis Cardinal Arinze[/TD]
[TD]Prefect
Emeritus of the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
16 Jun1936[/TD]
[TD]78.77[/TD]
[TD]
Anthony Olubunmi CardinalOkogie[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Lagos[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
29 Jan1944[/TD]
[TD]71.15[/TD]
[TD]
John Olorunfemi CardinalOnaiyekan[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
Abuja
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
United States of America Cardinals
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[TR]
[TH]Birthdate[/TH]
[TH]Age[/TH]
[TH]Name[/TH]
[TH]Current Title[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
21 Nov1926[/TD]
[TD]88.34[/TD]
[TD]
William Wakefield Cardinal Baum[/TD]
[TD]Major Penitentiary
Emeritus of the
Apostolic Penitentiary,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
30 Jun1948[/TD]
[TD]66.73[/TD]
[TD]
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke[/TD]
[TD]Prefect Emeritus of the
Apostolic Signatura,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
14 Aug1926[/TD]
[TD]88.61[/TD]
[TD]
Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan[/TD]
[TD]
President Emeritus of the
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
23 May1949[/TD]
[TD]65.84[/TD]
[TD]
Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
Galveston-Houston, Texas[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
6 Feb 1950[/TD]
[TD]65.13[/TD]
[TD]
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
New York, New York[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
16 Jan1937[/TD]
[TD]78.19[/TD]
[TD]
Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I.[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Chicago, Illinois[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
20 Oct1949[/TD]
[TD]65.43[/TD]
[TD]
James Michael Cardinal Harvey[/TD]
[TD]Archpriest of the
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica},
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
26 Feb1933[/TD]
[TD]82.08[/TD]
[TD]
Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U.[/TD]
[TD]Major Archbishop Emeritus of
Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian),
Ukraine[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
4 Mar 1931[/TD]
[TD]84.06[/TD]
[TD]
William Henry Cardinal Keeler[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Baltimore, Maryland[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
4 Nov1931[/TD]
[TD]83.39[/TD]
[TD]
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law[/TD]
[TD]Archpriest Emeritus of the
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica},
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
15 Jun1936[/TD]
[TD]78.78[/TD]
[TD]
William Joseph Cardinal Levada[/TD]
[TD]Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
27 Feb1936[/TD]
[TD]79.08[/TD]
[TD]
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Los Angeles, California[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
18 Mar1930[/TD]
[TD]85.02[/TD]
[TD]
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Detroit, Michigan[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
7 Jul 1930[/TD]
[TD]84.71[/TD]
[TD]
Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Washington, District of Columbia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
8 Apr 1939[/TD]
[TD]75.96[/TD]
[TD]
Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien[/TD]
[TD]Grand Master of the
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
29 Jun1944[/TD]
[TD]70.74[/TD]
[TD]
Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
Boston, Massachusetts[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
19 Apr1935[/TD]
[TD]79.93[/TD]
[TD]
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
26 Jul 1932[/TD]
[TD]82.66[/TD]
[TD]
James Francis Cardinal Stafford[/TD]
[TD]Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the
Apostolic Penitentiary,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
12 Nov1940[/TD]
[TD]74.37[/TD]
[TD]
Donald William Cardinal Wuerl[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
Washington, District of Columbia
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Germany
Cardinals
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[TR]
[TH]Birthdate[/TH]
[TH]Age[/TH]
[TH]Name[/TH]
[TH]Current Title[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
5 Jan 1929[/TD]
[TD]86.22[/TD]
[TD]
Walter Cardinal Brandmüller[/TD]
[TD]
President Emeritus of the
Roman Curia - Other[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
5 Sep 1934[/TD]
[TD]80.55[/TD]
[TD]
Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes[/TD]
[TD]President
Emeritus of the Pontifical Council
"Cor Unum",
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
5 Mar 1933[/TD]
[TD]82.05[/TD]
[TD]
Walter Cardinal Kasper[/TD]
[TD]President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
3 Jan 1935[/TD]
[TD]80.22[/TD]
[TD]
Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo[/TD]
[TD]President Emeritus of the
Governatorate of Vatican City State,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
16 May 1936[/TD]
[TD]78.86[/TD]
[TD]
Karl Cardinal Lehmann[/TD]
[TD]Bishop of
Mainz[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
21 Sep 1953[/TD]
[TD]61.51[/TD]
[TD]
Reinhard Cardinal Marx[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
München und Freising {Munich}[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
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25 Dec 1933[/TD]
[TD]81.25[/TD]
[TD]
Joachim Cardinal Meisner[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
Köln {Cologne}[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
31 Dec 1947[/TD]
[TD]67.23[/TD]
[TD]
Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller[/TD]
[TD]Prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith,
Roman Curia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
11 Apr 1934[/TD]
[TD]80.95[/TD]
[TD]
Karl-Josef Cardinal Rauber[/TD]
[TD]Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to
Belgium[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
20 Feb 1928[/TD]
[TD]87.09[/TD]
[TD]
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop Emeritus of
München und Freising {Munich}[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
18 Aug 1956[/TD]
[TD]58.60[/TD]
[TD]
Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki[/TD]
[TD]Archbishop of
Köln {Cologne}[/TD]
[/TR]
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