Meet the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope

Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C.

Age: 72
Born: Nov. 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh
Education: St. Gregory Seminary (Cincinnati), Catholic University of America, Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Ordained a priest: 1966 in Rome
Posts held: auxiliary bishop of Seattle (1985-1987); bishop of Pittsburgh (1988-2006); archbishop of Washington, D.C (2006-present)
Elevated to cardinal: 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

(Religion News Service photo by Jay Premack)

Sally Morrow

February 13, 2013 at 2:51 p.m. ET

justin rigali — Justin F. Rigali, archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia

**Age**: 77
**Born**: April 19, 1935 in Los Angeles
**Education**: Catholic University of America, Pontifical Gregorian University
**Ordained a priest**: 1961 in Los Angeles
**Posts held**: president of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy of the Roman Curia (1985-1989); secretary to the Congregation for Bishops (1989-1994); secretary to the College of Cardinals (1990-1994); archbishop of St. Louis (1994-2003); archbishop of Philadelphia (2003-2011)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2003 by Pope John Paul II
(Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Philadelphia)

donald wuerl — Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C.

**Age**: 72
**Born**: Nov. 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh
**Education**: St. Gregory Seminary (Cincinnati), Catholic University of America, Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
**Ordained a priest**: 1966 in Rome
**Posts held**: auxiliary bishop of Seattle (1985-1987); bishop of Pittsburgh (1988-2006); archbishop of Washington, D.C (2006-present)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
(Religion News Service photo by Jay Premack)

William J. Levada, retired

**Age**: 76
**Born**: June 15, 1936 in Long Beach, Calif.
**Education**: St. John’s Seminary (Camarillo, Calif.), Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University
**Ordained a priest**: 1961 in Rome
**Posts held**: auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles (1983-1986); archbishop of Portland, Ore. (1986-1995); archbishop of San Francisco (1995-2005); prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2005-2012)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
(Photo courtesy Archdiocese of San Francisco)

timothy dolan — Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York reviews New York’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. RNS photo by Gregory A. Shemitz

raymond burke — Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

**Age**: 64
**Born**: June 30, 1948 in Richland Center, Wis.
**Education**: Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome)
**Ordained a priest**: 1975 in Rome
**Posts held**: bishop of La Crosse, Wis. (1994-2003); archbishop of St. Louis, Mo. (2004-2008); prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (2008-present)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
(RNS photo by David Gibson)

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles stands outside St. Joseph’s Church in New York following an ecumenical prayer service presided over by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Photo by Gregory A. Shemitz

edwin o'brien — Edwin F. O’Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

**Age**: 73
**Born**: April 8, 1939 in New York
**Education**: St. Joseph’s Seminary (Yonkers, N.Y.), Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
**Ordained a priest**: 1965 in New York
**Posts held**: rector of Pontifical North American College (1990-1994); auxiliary bishop of New York (1996-1997); archbishop of U.S. Military Services (1997-2007); archbishop of Baltimore (2007-2011); grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2012-present)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

james harvey — James M. Harvey, archpriest of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica in Rome

**Age**: 63
**Born**: Oct. 20, 1949 in Milwaukee
**Education**: St. Francis Seminary (St. Francis, Wis.), Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (Rome)
**Ordained a priest**: 1975 in Rome
**Posts held**: prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1998-2012); archpriest of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica (2012-present)
**Elevated to cardinal**: 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
(RNS photo by Paul Haring/Catholic News Service)

francis george — (RNS3-feb13) Cardinal Francis George of Chicago defended the Catholic bishops’ opposition to health care reform during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore. RNS photo courtesy Archdiocese of Chicago.

sean o'malley — RNS photo by Gregory L. Tracy/The Pilot

Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, RNS photo courtesy Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

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Justin F. Rigali, archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia

Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C.

William J. Levada, retired

Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Edwin F. O’Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

James M. Harvey, archpriest of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica in Rome