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Please specify which pope. If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was selected as a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.
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What cardinal made Pope Benedict XVI a pope?
It was not a single cardinal. 2/3 of the Cardinal Electors had to vote for him.
Which Pope made Pope Benedict a cardinal?
His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, made Josef Razinger the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich on 27 June 1977.
What year did Pope Benedict XVI become a cardinal?
He was made a cardinal in 1977 by Pope Paul VI.
Which pope made Benedict XVI a cardinal?
Pope Paul VI on June 27, 1977.
When was Pope Francis made a cardinal?
He was named a cardinal on February 21, 2001, by John Paul II.
When did Pope Benedict XVI become a cardinal?
Paul VI made him a Cardinal with the priestly title of "Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino", during the Consistory of June 27, 1977.
Is there a position between a cardinal and a pope?
No, there is no position between cardinal and pope.
Where was Pope Benedict a cardinal before becoming pope?
He was a cardinal in the Roman Curia.
What does the pope do before he becomes pope?
He is almost always a cardinal, usually a cardinal archbishop.
Who appointed Pope Benedict as a cardinal?
Pope Paul VI named him a cardinal in 1977.
Why did Benedict XVI become pope?
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.
Where was Pope Francis a cardinal before he became pope?
He was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
