Vatican (1983: Doomsday)



Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam!

The expression sede vacante refers to the vacancy of the Holy See, which occurs after the death or resignation of a pope. In this case the particular church is the Diocese of Rome and the "vacant seat" is the cathedra of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral church of the bishop of Rome. During this period, the Holy See is administered by a regency of the Camerlengo in line with the 1975 Romano Pontifici Eligendo of Pope Paul VI and emergency decree of Pope Pius XII.

Vatican City State, September 23rd 1983


On the morning of September 26 the Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope John Paul II gathers with members of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in the Papal Palace of the Vatican City State to discuss common issues and strategies,

"J’ai éprouvé une grande joie à célébrer cette messe, avec vous, Eminence, qui assurez la présidence du Conseil pontifical pour les Laïcs, ainsi qu’avec vous, membres, consulteurs et délégués du “Congresso”. The Final address of Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Council for the Laity at the Vatican Friday, 23 September 1983

The City of Rome suffered several direct hits from ICBM's, destroying the ancient city and the Vatican City State. Due to no warning, the senior clergy of the Church along with the majority of Roman citizens have perished.

The decrees of Pope Puis XII transferring the power of the Cardinal Camerlengo to surviving Cardinals elsewhere were brought into immediate force.

I Pius XII, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God understanding that conditions which are not conducive to continuing and maintaining the See of Peter are present in the world and understanding that our person is incarcerated or nullified through execution or ended prematurely and contrary to the will of God through his Church decrees that the See of Peter is Sede Vacante with the power of the Camerlengo is imbued into a person chosen by his peers, a Cardinal in pectore, with the powers to engage a curia and begin the election of a successor to the See of Peter when conditions allow. Signed: Pius PP. XII, Ioannes PP. XXIII, Paulus PP. VI, Ioannes Paulus PP. I, Ioannes Paulus PP. II

Camerlengo
In line with decrees issued by Pope Pius XII and signed by subsequent Popes (John XXII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II) that the until a successor Pope can be elected, the Camerlengo serves as acting head of State of the Vatican City State and that this position is transferred under the Papal decree issued in pectore to surviving Cardinals elsewhere. This document has already been seen by each Metropolitain and Cardinal Priest, therefore all surviving preletes across the globe look to it for guidance.

However the Camerlengo, though currently responsible for the government of the Roman Catholic Church during a sede vacante is controlled via the Romano Pontifici Eligendo (PP Paul VI 1975) — although this power of government is extremely limited, being merely enough to allow Church institutions to continue to operate and perform some basic functions without making any definitive decisions or appointments that are normally reserved to other powers delegated by the Pope. The Camerlengo, though, does keep his office during the sede vacante, as opposed to the rest of the Roman Curia. The only other person who keeps his office is the Major Penitentiary.

Chief among the traditional responsibilities of the Camerlengo is the formal determination of the death of the reigning Pope; the traditional procedure for this was to strike gently the Pope's head three times with a silver hammer and to call his baptismal name (e.g. "Albine, dormisne?", i.e. "Albino, are you sleeping?"). After the Pope is declared dead, the Camerlengo removes the Ring of the Fisherman from his finger and cuts it with shears in the presence of the Cardinals, and also destroys the face of the Pope's official seal. These acts symbolize the end of the late Pope's authority. The Camerlengo then notifies the appropriate officers of the Roman Curia and the Dean of the College of Cardinals. He is then involved with the preparations concerning the conclave and the Pope's funeral.

Post Doomsday Sede Vacante
October 7th, 1983, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary:

An emergency meeting of the Bishops of Brazil is convened by Cardinal Priest Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro.

"Brothers and sisters in Christ, in this valley of tears I greet you, supplicant before God, repentant for our inhumanity. We each of us, must take up the call more than ever before to love one another as Christ loves us. We have lost our beloved Holy Father, we have lost the See of Rome, we have lost so much, yet in what seems the last of days, our humanity can only bring forth joy. We must shelter the homeless, feed the poor, tend the sick and love our neighbours. In this age of darkness we can not forget the words of Saint Matthew


 * Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 * Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
 * Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted.
 * Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
 * Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
 * Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
 * Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
 * Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Lift your eyes and look within each other, we have much to do.

May God bless you in the name of the Father, Son and holy Spirit, Amen"

Emergency declaration from the Council of Rio de Janeiro Statement of the Council under the chair of the Cardinal Camerlengo ''In so much as the See of Rome is Sede Vacante, we the Bishops of the one, true, holy and apostolic Catholic Church confirm and reaffirm our loyalty to the Bishop of Rome our beloved Holy Father, and will seek in collegiality to convene as soon as is logistically possible a full Conclave representative of the Universal Catholic Church to ensure the continuity of the see of Rome and ensure that the Chair of Peter is filled according to the rites and traditions as laid down in the Constitution of the Church Romano Pontifici Eligendo set forth by our late beloved Holy Father Paul VI and his predecessors. In so much that the See of Peter is vacant no changes to Canon law, liturgy, rites and traditions shall be permitted until said Conclave meets and the Holy Father there after permits''

Reaffirmed at the meeting of the Bishops of the Americas in sight of the Cardinal Camerlengo on the 3rd November 1984, Brasilia, Brazil.

1987 Conclave

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Having waited a number of years, in the hope that the Pope was somehow alive, and come to the conclusion that he had not, the aging Cardinal Camerlengo called the known Cardinals of the world to a Conclave in April of 1987 to start the process of the selection for a new Pontiff and Bishop of Rome at the Monastery of São Bento in Rio de Janeiro. Cardinal Alfredo Scherer, Archbishop of Porto Alegre and the Camerlengo of the Holy See, officiated at the 1st Post-Doomsday Conclave to elect the new Bishop of Rome. Despite his inability to vote, and given the small number of known survivors, he was also named the temporary Dean of the College of Cardinals.

Those Cardinals who were eligible to vote included:


 * José Salazar López, Archbishop of Guadalajara
 * Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro
 * Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of São Paulo
 * Aloísio Lorscheider, Archbishop of Fortaleza
 * Juan Carlos Aramburu, Archbishop of Buenos Aires
 * Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Archbishop of Córdoba
 * Juan Landázuri Ricketts, Archbishop of Lima
 * Raúl Silva Henríquez, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago
 * Luis Aponte Martínez, Archbishop of San Juan
 * Thomas Stafford Williams, Archbishop of Wellington
 * Pio Taofinu'u, Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
 * Justinus Darmojuwono, Archbishop of Semarang
 * Thomas Cooray, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo
 * Lawrence Picachy, Archbishop of Calcutta
 * Owen McCann, Archbishop of Cape Town
 * Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Archbishop of Mexico City
 * José Lebrún Moratinos, Archbishop of Caracas
 * Alfonso López Trujillo, Archbishop of Medellin
 * Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop of Lubango
 * Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Archbishop of Bogotá
 * Bernard Yago, Archbishop of Abidjan
 * Dominic Ekandem of Abuja, Nigeria

Also attending, but not eligible to vote were:


 * Alfredo Scherer, Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Camerlengo)
 * Octavio Beras Rojas, of Santo Domingo
 * Pablo Muñoz Vega, Archbishop of Quito

Largely consisting of Cardinals from Central and South America, along with a small amount of African and Oceanian Cardinals that had survived, either as refugees or in their homes, and were in contact with Rio, this body elected from their number a new Pope, the first from South America, on April 10th, 1987.

'''Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Raúl, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Silva Henríquez, qui sibi nomen imposuit Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Quartus.!'''

On April 11th, 1987, the new Pope was announced in front of the Sao Bento Monastery, by most youngest member of the college, since no Cardinal-Deacons were present, Alfonso López Trujillo of Medellin, and was revealed to be Raúl Silva Henríquez, the former Archbishop of Santiago, who chose to take the Papal Name of John XXIV.

1999 Conclave
On April 9, 1999, Pope John XXIV passed away in his sleep, at the age of 91, after having reigned for almost 12 years.

A new Conclave, this time under the new Camerlengo, Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, was called to occur on May 3rd, 1999, to allow the College to assemble itself at the Sao Bento Monastery, in a modification of the old rules stating twenty days being the maximum amount of time between the Papal death and the Papal elections being extended to a month.

Nguyen Van Thuan, Archbishop of Saigon, Vietnam and the Dean of the College of Cardinals, officiated.

Those Cardinals attending who were eligible to vote included:


 * José Freire Falcão, Archbishop of Brasilia, Brazil
 * Eusébio Scheid, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Brazil
 * Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
 * Carlos José Ñáñez, Archbishop of Córdoba, UAR
 * Estanislao Esteban Karlic, of Paraná, UAR
 * Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
 * Alfonso López Trujillo, Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
 * Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile
 * Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
 * Antonio Moreno Casamitjana, Archbishop of Concepción, Chile
 * Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
 * Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, Archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela
 * Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales, Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
 * Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
 * Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor, Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
 * Antonio José González Zumárraga, Archbishop of Quito
 * Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
 * Javier Lozano Barragán, Archbishop of Zacatecas, Mexico
 * Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera, Archbishop of Monterrey, Mexico
 * Miguel Obando y Bravo, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
 * Próspero Penados del Barrio, Archbishop of Guatemala City
 * Alphonsus Liguori Penney, Archbishop of St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
 * Patrick Zurek, Archbishop of Midland in Texas, West Texas
 * Robert Edward Mulvee, Archbishop of Manchester in Vermont, Vermont
 * John J. Snyder, Archbishop of St. Augustine, Florida
 * John Alexius Bathersby, Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
 * Leonard Anthony Faulkner, Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
 * Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Archbishop of Dili, Timor
 * Brian James Barnes, Archbishop of Port Morseby, New Guinea
 * Thomas Stafford Williams, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
 * Ricardo Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
 * Jaime Sin, Archbishop of Manilla, Philippines
 * Telesphore Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi, India
 * Mar Varkey Vithayathil, Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, India
 * Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
 * Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, Archbishop of Kaesong, Korea
 * Oswald Gomis, Archbishop of Columbo, Sri Lanka
 * Domingos Lam Ka Tseung, Archbishop of Macau, Macau
 * Bernard Agré, Archbishop of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
 * Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Zaire
 * Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
 * Armand Razafindratandra, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
 * Christian Tumi, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
 * Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop of Kampala, Former Uganda
 * Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
 * Robert Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry, Guinea
 * Basile Mvé Engone, Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon
 * Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, Patriarch of Alexandria for the Copts, Former Egypt
 * Henri Antoine Marie Teissier, Archbishop of Algiers, Algeria
 * Ramón Echarren Istúriz, Archbishop of the Canaries, PdOr
 * Desmond Connell, Archbishop of Dublin, Celtic Alliance
 * Marco Cé, Patriarch of Venice, Venetian Republic
 * Josip Mrzljak, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
 * Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia-Spain
 * Henri Schwery, Archbishop of Sion, Alpine Confederation
 * Kurt Koch, Archbishop of Basel, Alpine Confederation, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 * Georg Eder, Archbishop of Salzburg, Alpine Confederation
 * Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, Genoan Republic
 * Antanas Vaicius, Archbishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
 * Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, nee' Italy, Nicaragua, and Honduras, Cardinal-Deacon
 * Sergio Sebastiani, nee'Italy, and Madagascar, Cardinal-Deacon
 * Edward Idris Cassidy, nee' Australia, and South Africa, Cardinal-Deacon

Also in attendance, but too old to vote, included:


 * Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Camerlengo
 * Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * José Gottardi Cristelli, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, UAR, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
 * Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico City, Mexico, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
 * Luis Aponte Martínez, Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
 * Remi De Roo, Archbishop of Victoria, Commonwealth of Victoria
 * Pio Taofinu'u, Archbishop of Samoa, Samoa
 * Jose Tomas Sanchez, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
 * Simon Pimenta, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 * Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Archbishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 * Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch of the Maronite Church, Lebanon
 * Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
 * Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
 * Paulos Tzadua, Archbishop of Addia Abba, Ethiopia
 * Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, Patriarch of the Azores, Portugal
 * Silvano Piovanelli, Archbishop of Prato, Florence, Tuscan Republic
 * Alexandru Todea, Archbishop of Romanian Church United with Rome, Transylvania
 * Antónios Varthalítis, Archbishop of Corfu, Greek Federation
 * Charles Amarin Brand, Archbishop of Monaco, Kingdom of Monaco
 * Carlo Furno, nee' Italy, and Brazil, Cardinal-Protodeacon

Those cardinals attending who were considered papabile, all which were eligible to vote, included:


 * Angelo Sodano, nee' Italy and Chile, Secretary of State
 * Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of Aberdeen and St. Andrews, Celtic Alliance
 * Wilfrid Napier, Archbishop of Durban, KwaZulu
 * Peter Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
 * Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 * Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of Curitiba, Brazil
 * Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, UAR
 * Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of Salvador, Brazil
 * Cláudio Hummes, Archbishop of Fortaleza, Brazil
 * Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
 * Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City, Mexico
 * Francis Arinze, Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
 * Ivan Dias, Archbishop of Bombay, India
 * Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico
 * Julius Darmaatmadja, Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
 * Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
 * Nguyen Van Thuan, Archbishop of Saigon, Vietnam, and the Dean of the College of Cardinals
 * Aloísio Lorscheider, Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Brazil, Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals

Unlike 1987, this Conclave held representatives from around the world, though still far less than had voted in the 1978 Conclaves. After intense debate amongst the different factions, a compromise was finally reached on May 12th, 1999.

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Norberto, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Rivera Carrera, qui sibi nomen imposuit Papa ANTONIUS!

On May 12th, 1999, the new Pope was announced in front of the Sao Bento Monastery, by the Cardinal-Protodeacon, Carlo Furno, and was revealed to be Norberto Rivera Carrera, the Archbishop of Mexico City, who chose to take the Papal Name of Anthony I, signifying a new era and a fresh start for the church.

Cardinal-Bishops
Cardinal-Bishops who hold the rank due to their position in the Church:


 * Peter Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Thought Papabile)

The Eastern Patriarchs who also hold the rank are:


 * Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, Patriarch of Alexandria for the Copts, Greek Federation
 * Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church (2002)
 * Shlemon Warduni, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (2004)
 * Lucian Muresan, Patriarch of the Romanian Church United with Rome (2008)

Cardinal-Priests
Those who hold a position of one sort or another:


 * Kurt Koch, Archbishop of Basel, Alpine Confederation, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Other Cardinal-Priests:


 * Eusébio Scheid, Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Brazil
 * Carlos José Ñáñez, Archbishop of Córdoba, UAR
 * Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago, Chile
 * Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
 * Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
 * Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales, Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
 * Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
 * Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor, Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
 * Javier Lozano Barragán, Archbishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, Mexico
 * Patrick Zurek, Archbishop of Midland in Texas, West Texas
 * John Alexius Bathersby, Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
 * Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Archbishop of Dili, Timor
 * Brian James Barnes, Archbishop of Port Morseby, New Guinea
 * Telesphore Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi, India
 * Oswald Gomis, Archbishop of Columbo, Sri Lanka
 * Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, Archbishop of Kaesong, Korea
 * Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
 * Robert Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry, Guinea
 * Basile Mvé Engone, Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon
 * Josip Mrzljak, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
 * Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia-Spain
 * Henri Schwery, Archbishop of Sion, Alpine Confederation
 * Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, Genoan Republic
 * Rogelio Esquivel Medina, Archbishop of Mexico City, Mexico (2000)
 * Eustaquio Cuquejo Verga, Archbishop of Asuncion, Peru (2002)
 * Jorge Urosa, Archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela (2004)
 * Antonio Jose Gonzalez Zumarraga, Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador (2004)
 * Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey, Mexico (2004)
 * Juan García Rodríguez, Archbishop of Camaguey, Cuba (2004)
 * Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop of Manilla, Phillipines (2004)
 * Manfred Muller, Archbishop of Regensburg, Bavaria (2006)
 * Jose Paulino Ríos Reynoso, Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru (2006)
 * Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân, Archbishop of Saigon, Vietnam (2006)
 * Theodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal (2006)
 * Wojciech Ziemba, Archbishop of Bialystok, East Poland (2006)
 * Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Archbishop of Addis Abba, Ethiopia (2008)
 * Hector Rueda Hernandez, Archbishop of Medellin, Columbia (2008)
 * Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, Archbishop of Montevideo, UAR (2008)
 * Fernand Franck, Archbishop of Luxembourg, Duchy of Luxembourg (2008)
 * Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende, Archbishop of Groningen, North Germany (2010)
 * Alapati Lui Mataeliga, Archbishop of Samoa, Samoa (2010)
 * Jonas Kauneckas, Archbishop of Telsiai, Lithuania (2010)


 * Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of Aberdeen and St. Andrews, Celtic Alliance (Thought Papabile)
 * Wilfrid Napier, Archbishop of Durban, KwaZulu (Thought Papabile)
 * Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Thought Papabile)
 * Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of Curitiba, Brazil (Thought Papabile)
 * Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, UAR (Thought Papabile)
 * Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of Salvador, Brazil (Thought Papabile)
 * Cláudio Hummes, Archbishop of Fortaleza, Brazil (Thought Papabile)
 * Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, Peru (Thought Papabile)
 * Francis Arinze, Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria (Thought Papabile)
 * Ivan Dias, Archbishop of Bombay, India (Thought Papabile)
 * Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico (Thought Papabile)
 * Julius Darmaatmadja, Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia (Thought Papabile)
 * Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Thought Papabile)
 * Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, Venetian Republic (2002) (Thought Papabile)
 * Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Zaire (2010) (Thought Papabile)

Cardinal-Deacons

 * Fortunato Baldelli, nee' France, and Angola (2002)
 * Renato Martino, nee' Italy, and Thailand (2004)

Cardinal-Bishops
Cardinal-Bishops who hold the rank due to their position in the Church:


 * Simon Pimenta, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 * Angelo Sodano, nee' Italy and Chile, former Secretary of State and Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (Thought Papabile)
 * Alphonsus Liguori Penney, Archbishop Emeritus of St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops

The Eastern Patriarchs who also hold the rank are:


 * Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch Emeritus of the Maronite Church, Lebanon

Cardinal-Priests
Those who hold a position of one sort or another:


 * Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop Emeritus of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Former Camerlengo and current Cardinal-Protopriest
 * Thomas Stafford Williams, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Other Cardinal-Priests:


 * José Freire Falcão, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasilia, Brazil
 * Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
 * Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, UAR
 * Antonio Moreno Casamitjana, Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción, Chile
 * Miguel Obando y Bravo, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
 * Robert Edward Mulvee, Archbishop Emeritus of Manchester in Vermont, Vermont
 * John J. Snyder, Archbishop Emeritus of St. Augustine, Florida
 * Leonard Anthony Faulkner, Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
 * Ricardo Vidal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
 * Bernard Agré, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
 * Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Former Uganda
 * Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
 * Ramón Echarren Istúriz, Archbishop Emeritus of the Canaries, PdOr
 * Desmond Connell, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Celtic Alliance
 * Marco Cé, Patriarch Emeritus of Venice, Venetian Republic
 * Georg Eder, Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Alpine Confederation
 * Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop Emeritus of Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * Luis Aponte Martínez, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * Remi De Roo, Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria, Commonwealth of Victoria
 * Jose Tomas Sanchez, Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
 * Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 * Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
 * Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, Patriarch Emeritus of the Azores, Portugal
 * Silvano Piovanelli, Archbishop Emeritus of Prato and Florence, Tuscan Republic
 * Charles Amarin Brand, Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco, Kingdom of Monaco
 * Carlo Furno, nee' Italy, and Brazil (1992, 2004) (Promoted Deacon, Former Protodeacon)
 * Edward Idris Cassidy, nee' Australia, and South Africa (1994, 2008) Promoted Deacon)
 * Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, nee' Italy, Nicaragua, and Honduras (1996, 2008) (Promoted Deacon)
 * Sergio Sebastiani, nee' Italy, and Madagascar (1998, 2010) Promoted Deacon)


 * Henri Antoine Marie Teissier, Archbishop of Algiers, Algeria
 * Christian Tumi, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
 * Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand

Cardinal-Deacons

 * Jorge Medina Estévez, of Chile (2002) (Cardinal Protodeacon)

Central and South America


Eventually, when the Cardinals, and especially the Camerlengo, decided that the Pope had to be deceased, and in the spring of 1987, along with surviving African and Oceanian Cardinals, voted on a new pope, who was from South America.

Being the new center of the church, the region has become the location of many of its cardinals as well, much like the case of Italy prior to the events of Doomsday. Currently, it is divided into:

North America
For many years, the only established Archbishopric in North America that the Church remained in contact with onside of North America, north of Mexico, was in the nation-state of West Texas. In the years following the 1987 conclave, with more and more survivors and survivor-nations being discovered in the continent, that situation has changed. Many dioceses and parishes, however, have also developed very unique characteristics in that span of time, such as the priestesses of Niagara Falls.

For more information see

ANZC
The Roman Catholic Church in the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand has remained intact since Doomsday, although the destruction of Australia's three largest cities, along with their archbishops, and the construction of new cities in Geelong, Bunbury, and Jervis Bay, prompted some reorganization. In Micronesia, the destruction of Guam required the elevation of Palikir to an archdiocese to replace Agana. Here are its divisions: See also the dioceses of the Oceanian RCC in OTL.

Australia

Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide
 * Archdiocese of Adelaide
 * Diocese of Darwin
 * Diocese of Point Pirie

Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane
 * Archdiocese of Brisbane
 * Diocese of Cairns
 * Diocese of Rockhampton
 * Diocese of Toowoomba
 * Diocese of Townsville

Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne/Geelong
 * Archdiocese of Melbourne/Geelong
 * Diocese of Ballarat
 * Diocese of Sale
 * Diocese of Sandhurst

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth/Bunbury
 * Archdiocese of Perth/Bunbury
 * Diocese of Broome
 * Diocese of Geraldton

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney/Canberra
 * Archdiocese of Sydney/Canberra
 * Diocese of Armidale
 * Diocese of Bathurst
 * Diocese of Broken Bay
 * Diocese of Canberra
 * Diocese of Lismore
 * Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
 * Diocese of Parramatta
 * Diocese of Wagga Wagga
 * Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
 * Diocese of Wollongong

Ecclesiastical Province of Jervis Bay
 * Archdiocese of Jervis Bay
 * Diocese of Kiama
 * Diocese of Nowra
 * Diocese of Ulladulla

New Zealand

Ecclesiastical Province of New Zealand
 * Archdiocese of Wellington
 * Diocese of Auckland
 * Diocese of Christchurch
 * Diocese of Dunedin
 * Diocese of Hamilton
 * Diocese of Palmerston North

Samoa /Micronesia/Marshall Islands

Ecclesiastical Province of Micronesia
 * Archdiocese of Palikir (formerly, Diocese of the Caroline Islands)
 * Diocese of Chalan Kanoa
 * Prefecture of the Marshall Islands

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa
 * Archdiocese of Apia
 * Diocese of Pago Pago
 * Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (for Tuvalu)
 * Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau

Europe
Irish Republic & former U.K: In the aftermath of DD and the break down of civilization on the mainland UK the unification of the remaining churches has brought about the re-emergence of the. Until 1992, no contact with other religious leaders was possible and a redesigned and reformed church has emerged. The principle Primate of the Roman Church being the Archbishop of Armagh, places the decrees of Pius XII as lapsed as no communication is forthcoming. For all intents and purposes, it is Catholic in all but name; similar to Anglicanism.

In addition the General Assemblies of the remaining Free Churches & State Church of Scotland meet in emergency session in Armagh. The Joint General Assembly agrees a text of unification with the remainder Roman Church.

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Portugal: The surviving clergy welcomed the Papal representatives with open arms and maintain an active structure.

France: Certain parts of the Francophone territories have retained the Roman principles but have relied on the Celtic Church for Clergy and ministry. The majority of the French Church now lies in Monaco & the Sixth Republic (R.T.A).

Monaco: The Archbishop of Monaco has direct links to Rio and has been able to maintain the Catholic hierarchy

Spain: Due to disputes in the Iberian Peninsula, Spanish bishops have been included in the bishops of Portuguese delegation as part of a single Hispanic-Portuguese Conference.

Switzerland, Austria & Germany: Early evidence points to a fragmented social order across much of the wastelands of Europe; outside the main states. Celtic Church missionaries have reported that small communities of religious orders - Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans - are maintaining libraries, education and providing safety in old monastic buildings. The has a stronger Catholic structure with direct links now existing with Rio. The German states in the north, however, are reportedly staunch Protestants and atheists.

Sicily: The Mafia based state relationship with the Church is fraught with ambiguities with some clergy supporting the principles of the new state. Nevertheless, the Patriarch of Venice has denounced the regime as an affront to God.

Africa
Little was known about the extent of church activity across the continent until 1999, with only isolated pockets remaining in contact with the Church prior to that year. Nevertheless, local churches have begun to communicate via the reemerging structures through the Dioceses and extensive religious orders that have been active prior to DD. The church is fully intact throughout País del Oro, Republic of South Africa, New Union of South Africa, New Britain, Zaire, and the Republic of KwaXhosa and now has full contact with Rio. The Church in Africa constitutes the second largest population of Roman Catholics in the world.

Dioceses include:

Pais del Oro


 * Archdiocese of Rabat (titular)
 * Diocese of Laayoune
 * Archdiocese of Tanger (titular)
 * Diocese of Ceuta (titular)
 * Diocese of Melilla
 * Diocese of Tenerife
 * Diocese of Canarias
 * Diocese of Ibiza
 * Diocese of Mallorca
 * Diocese of Menorca
 * Military Archdiocese (vacant)

Former South Africa


 * Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
 * Diocese of Bethlehem
 * Diocese of Keimoes-Upington
 * Diocese of Kimberley
 * Diocese of Kroonstad
 * Archdiocese of Cape Town
 * Diocese of Aliwal
 * Diocese of De Aar
 * Diocese of Oudtshoorn
 * Diocese of Port Elizabeth
 * Diocese of Queenstown
 * Archdiocese of Durban
 * Diocese of Dundee
 * Diocese of Eshowe
 * Diocese of Kokstad
 * Diocese of Mariannhill
 * Diocese of Umtata
 * Diocese of Umzimkulu
 * Archdiocese of Johannesburg
 * Diocese of Klerksdorp
 * Diocese of Manzini
 * Diocese of Witbank
 * Archdiocese of Pretoria
 * Diocese of Pietersburg
 * Diocese of Rustenburg
 * Diocese of Tzaneen
 * Vicariate of Francistown

Asia
Until 1996, when contact with the was resumed, ANZC-controlled  was the only known surviving Catholic nation in Asia. The Archdiocese of Manila-NCR, led by Jaime Cardinal Sin, was quick in sending correspondence to the post-Doomsday clergy; insisting its communion with the Church in Rome in line with the decrees issued by Pope Pius XII. In the years following Doomsday, the Catholics of Southeast Asia have encouraged humanitarian and missionary work, as well as inter-faith peace efforts with Muslims. It was arguably the Archdiocese that helped hold together the faithful in the years prior to the contact.

Cardinal Sin, in particular, survived the chaos of the "Indefinite Emergency" to emerge as a freedom advocate against Marcos. Following the formation of the Third Republic in 1987, he organized a charity group comprising of both laymen and clergy whose aim was to uphold the Church's work for "the poorest of the poor;" known as Gawad Bayanihan. In time this group would become one of the most influential Non-government Organizations (NGOs) in the Philippines. The NGO's efforts helped reduce poverty rates nationwide, and bring the Christian-Islamic quarrels in Mindanao and Sabah to a close by 2001.

As of 2009, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of East Timor and the Philippines (CBCEP) is the main representative of Asia, under its president, Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales.