At the end of 2024, another 10 cardinals will lose the right to vote in a conclave upon turning 80. Among them are some central figures for the life of the Church, starting with two curial cardinals—already retired—but still influential: the Spanish Jesuit Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; and the Canadian Marc Ouellet, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops.
There are four other cardinals who will turn 80, for whom the Pope will also have to find a successor, since all of them are currently in active service.
These are the Archbishop of Boston and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley (June 29); from the main penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (September 15); from the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (October 10) and from the Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias (December 24).
Cardinals O’Malley and Gracias are also members of the Council of Cardinals established by the Pope for the reform and government of the Roman Curia.