I believe that is sign of being a servant, a humble servant of God. The Cardinal is called by his first name, John, then with title, as in John Cardinal Smith. Think of it as your servant, John, Cardinal Smith
Cardinals are in three orders. The most senior of the orders is Cardinal Bishop, then Cardinal Priest and finally Cardinal Deacon. The head of the College of Cardinals is the Dean.
Cardinal Fisher for one
Catholic Cardinals have nothing to do with states. A Catholic Cardinal is appointed by the Pope to be on his personal staff. A Cardinal is a member of the College of Cardinals, and they are appointed as the Pope's advisors, and in the case of the absence of a Pope, the Cardinals go into the conclave to elect a new Pope. There are areas of the United States that are designated as dioceses. In each diocese, a Bishop is appointed by the Pope to manage that diocese. If a Bishop also happens to be a Cardinal, then that diocese would be headed by a Cardinal. "Cardinal' is a designation that simply means he is a member of the Pope's personal staff. A Cardinal is also a BIshop, and this is his major role.
Cardinals normally retain their own baptismal names.
The Pope creates new Cardinals at a consistory.
There are three living cardinals from Argentina Jorge María Carinal Mejia - retired Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J. Leonardo Cardinal Sandri
The Titular pastors of the parishes of Rome comprise the Sacred College of Cardinals. They are appointed by the reigned Holy Father, and their primary responsibility is to elect the next Pope. According to Canon Law, all Cardinals must now be priests.
None, Catholic Cardinals are not elected, they are appointed by the Holy Father.
There are a total of 213 Catholic cardinals in the Catholic church. Only 118 of them are eligible to vote if the Papacy became vacant today. There are 11 of them in the US. They are Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Francis Eugene Cardinal George, James Michael Cardinal Harvey, William Joseph Cardinal Levada, Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony, Edwin Frederick Cardinal Oâ??Brien, Sean Patrick Cardinal Oâ??Malley, Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali, and Donald William Cardinal Wuerl.
Cardinals wear things that are scarlet, including a cassock, mozzetta, biretta and zucchetto. They also sometimes wear red socks.
With the recent death of Cardinal Dulles 20 Cardinals
There are 3 - Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic; Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.; and Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte.Catholic AnswerPlease use the link below to the List of living Catholic Cardinals in Wikipedia, which is updated regularly, you can sort the list according to country by clicking on the country column, then go down until you get the country you are looking for. As of this posting (May 2014) there are four Cardinals in Canada:Thomas Christopher Cardinal Collins, Gérald Cardinal Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte.