It was not a single cardinal. 2/3 of the Cardinal Electors had to vote for him.
Please specify which pope. If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was selected as a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.
He was made a cardinal in 1977 by Pope Paul VI.
His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, made Josef Razinger the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich on 27 June 1977.
He was a cardinal in the Roman Curia.
Pope Paul VI on June 27, 1977.
Pope Paul VI named him a cardinal in 1977.
there hasn't been a pope Benedict XVII the pope now is Benedict XVI He was elected by the College of Cardinals, a body of his peers, as our current Pope is the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger.
He became pope because the College of Cardinals elected him as pope. It is said that Cardinal Ratzinger had been a close confident of Pope John Paul II and his personal choice to succeed him as pope.Pope Benedict was made pope, the successor of Saint Peter, just like every other pope is made pope. He was a Roman Catholic Cardinal elected by a congregation of Cardinals.
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He could but chose to take the title of Pope Emeritus instead.
He was elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI on June 27, 1977.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger or Pope Benedict XVI