Pope Paul VI by his motu proprio Ingravescentem aetatem, dated November 21, 1970, substantially modified the electoral power of the cardinals. The document stipulated that cardinals older than eighty years were deprived of their right to elect the pope and to participate in the conclave. When this provision went into effect on January 1, 1971, twenty-five cardinals lost their electoral rights. This regulation was later reaffirmed by his apostolic constitution Romano Pontifici eligendo of October 1, 1975 and by Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis of February 22, 1996.

As of May 17, 2012, there are 122 cardinal electors from 50 countries. Of the cardinal electors, 59 have been created by Pope John Paul II and 63 by Pope Benedict XVI. In parentheses following the name is the year of cardinalitial creation.

ARGENTINA (2)
Bergoglio, S.J., Jorge Mario (2001)
Sandri, Leonardo (2007)

AUSTRALIA (1)
Pell, George (2003)

AUSTRIA (1)
Schönborn, O.P., Christoph (1998)

BELGIUM (1)
Danneels, Godfried (1983)

BOLIVIA (1)
Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., Julio (2001)

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (1)
Puljic, Vinko (1994)

BRAZIL (6)
Agnelo, Geraldo Majella (2001)
Assis, Raymundo Damasceno (2010)
Aviz, João Braz de (2012)
Hummes, O.F.M., Cláudio (2001)
Scheid, S.C.I., Eusébio Oscar (2003)
Scherer, Odilo Pedro (2007)

CANADA (3)
Collins, Thomas Christopher (2012)
Ouellet, P.S.S., Marc (2003)
Turcotte, Jean-Claude (1994)

CHILE (1)
Errázuriz Ossa, I.P.S., Francisco Javier (2001)

POPULAR REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1)
Tong Hon, John (2012)

COLOMBIA (1)
Rubiano Sáenz, Pedro (2001)

CROATIA (1)
Bozanić, Josip (2003)

CUBA (1)
Ortega y Alamino, Jaime Lucas (1994)

CZECH REPUBLIC (1)
Duka, O.P., Dominik Jaroslav (2012)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (1)
Monsengwo Pasinya, Laurent (2010)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1)
López Rodríguez, Nicolás de Jesús (1991)

ECUADOR (1)
Vela Chiriboga, Raúl Eduardo (2010)

ENGLAND (1)
Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac (2001)

EGYPT (1)
Naguib, Antonios (2010)

FRANCE (4)
Barbarin, Philippe (2003)
Ricard, Jean-Pierre (2006)
Tauran, Jean-Louis (2003)
Vingt-Trois, André (2007)

GERMANY (6)
Cordes, Paul Josef (2007)
Kasper, Walter(2001)
Lehmann, Karl (2001)
Marx, Reinhard (2010)
Meisner, Joachim (1983)
Woelki, Rainer Maria (2012)

GHANA (1)
Turkson, Peter Kodwo Appiah (2003)

GUINEA (1)
Sarah, Robert (2010)

HONDURAS (1)
Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Óscar Andrés (2001)

HUNGARY (1)
Erdö, Péter (2003)

INDIA (4)
Alencherry, George (2012)
Dias, Ivan (2001)
Gracias, Oswald (2007)
Toppo, Telesphore Placide (2003)

INDONESIA (1)
Darmaatmadja, S.J., Julius Riyadi (1994)

IRELAND (1)
Brady, Seán Baptist (2007)

ITALY (30)
Amato, S.D.B., Angelo (2010)
Antonelli, Ennio (2003)
Bagnasco, Angelo (2007)
Baldelli, Fortunato (2010)
Bertello, Giuseppe (2012)
Bertone, S.D.B., Tarcisio (2003)
Betori, Giuseppe (2012)
Caffarra, Carlo (2006)
Calcagno, Domenico (2012)
Coccopalmerio, Francesco (2012)
Comastri, Angelo, (2007)
De Paolis, C.S., Velasio (2010)
Farina, S.D.B., Raffaele (2007)
Filoni, Fernando (2012)
Lajolo, Giovanni (2007)
Martino, Renato Raffaele (2003)
Monterisi, Francesco (2010)
Nicora, Attilio (2003)
Piacenza, Mauro (2010)
Poletto, Severino (2001)
Ravasi, Gianfranco (2010)
Re, Giovanni Battista (2001)
Romeo, Paolo (2010)
Sardi, Paolo (2010)
Scola, Angelo (2003)
Sepe, Crescenzio (2001)
Tettamanzi, Dionigi (1998)
Vallini, Agostino (2006)
Vegliò, Antonio Maria (2012)
Versaldi, Giuseppe (2012)

KENYA (1)
Njue, John (2007)

LITHUANIA (1)
Bačkis, Audrys Juozas (2001)

MÉXICO (4)
Lozano, Barragán, Javier (2003)
Robles Ortega, Francisco (2007)
Rivera Carrera, Norberto (1998)
Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan (1994)

NETHERLANDS (1)
Eijk, Willem Jacobus (2012)

NIGERIA (2)
Arinze, Francis (1985)
Okogie, Anthony Olubunmi (2003)

PERÚ (1)
Cipriani Thorne, Juan Luis (2001)

PHILIPPINES (1)
Rosales, Gaudencio Borbon (2006)

POLAND (4)
Dziwisz, Stanisław (2006)
Grocholweski, Zenon (2001)
Nycz, Kazimierz (2010)
Ryłko, Stanisław (2007)

PORTUGAL (2)
Monteiro de Castro, Manuel (2012)
Policarpo, José da Cruz (2001)

SCOTLAND (1)
O'Brien, Keith Michael Patrick (2003)

SÉNÉGAL (1)
Sarr, Théodore-Adrien (2007)

SLOVENIA (1)
Rodé, C.M., Franc (2006)

SOUTH AFRICA (1)
Napier, O.F.M., Wilfrid Napier (2001)

SPAIN (5)
Abril y Castelló, Santos (2012)
Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Carlos (2003)
Cañizares Llovera, Antonio (2006)
Martínez Sistach Lluís (2007)
Rouco Varela, Antonio María (1998)

SRI LANKA (1)
Patabendige Don, Albert Malcolm Ranjith (2010)

SUDAN (1)
Zubeir Wako, Gabriel (2003)

SWITZERLAND (2)
Koch, Kurt (2010)
Schwery, Henri (1991)

TANZANIA (1)
Pengo, Polycarp (1998)

UKRAINE (1)
Husar, M.S.U., Lubomyr (2001)

UNITED STATES (11)
Burke, Raymond Leo (2010)
DiNardo, Daniel Nicholas (2007)
Dolan, Timothy Michael (2012)
George, O.M.I., Francis Eugene (1998)
Levada, William Joseph (2006)
Mahony, Roger Michael (1991)
O'Brien, Edwin Frederick (2012)
O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., Seán Patrick (2006)
Rigali, Justin Francis (2003)
Stafford, James Francis (1998)
Wuerl, Donald William (2010)

VENEZUELA (1)
Urosa Savino, Jorge Liberato (2006)

VIÊT NAM (1)
Phạm Minh Mẫn, Jean Baptiste (2003)

ZAMBIA (1)
Mazombwe, Medardo Joseph (2010)

CARDINAL ELECTORS BY CONTINENT BY COUNTRY

AFRICA (11) - (9)
Democratic Republic of Congo 1
Egypt 1
Ghana 1
Guinea 1
Kenya 1
Nigeria 2
Sénégal 1
South Africa 1
Sudan 1
Tanzania 1
Zambia 1

AMERICA (35) - (14)
Argentina 2
Bolivia 1
Brazil 6
Canada 3
Chile 1
Colombia 1
Cuba 1
Dominican Republic 1
Ecuador 1
Honduras 1
México 4
Perú 1
United States of America 11
Venezuela 1

ASIA (9) - (6)
Popular Republic of China 1
India 4
Indonesia 1
Philippines 1
Sri Lanka 1
Viêt Nam 1

EUROPE (66) - (20)
Austria 1
Belgium 1
Bosnia i Herzegovina 1
Croatia 1
Czech Republic 1
England 1
France 4
Germany 6
Hungary 1
Ireland 1
Italy 30
Lithuania 1
Netherlands 1
Poland 4
Portugal 2
Scotland 1
Slovenia 1
Spain 5
Switzerland 2
Ukraine 1

OCEANIA (1) - (1)
Australia 1

SUMMARY
AFRICA - 11 cardinals from 9 countries
AMERICA - 35 cardinals from 14 countries
ASIA - 9 cardinals from 6 countries
EUROPE - 66 cardinals from 20 countries
OCEANIA - 1 cardinals from 1 countries

TOTAL - 122 cardinals from 50 countries

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