List of papabili in the 2005 papal conclave

A number of men had been named as potential successors (papabili) to Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005, before the 2005 conclave. On April 19, 2005, the conclave selected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. 
In the chart below, lime indicates the elected Pope, and gray indicates cardinals who have either died or turned 80 and hence will be ineligible to vote in any coming conclaves which decreases or eliminates their chances of being elected Pope.
Surname 	Nation 	Rank 	Office(s) 	Age as of April 2005	Elevated 
Agnelo 	Brazil 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Salvador da Bahia 	71 	2001
Antonelli 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Florence 	68 	2003
Arinze 	Nigeria 	Cardinal Bishop 	last Prefect, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 	72 	1985
Bergoglio 	Argentina 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Buenos Aires 	68 	2001
Bertone 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest(now Bishop)	Archbishop of Genoa 	70 	2003
Cipriani Thorne 	Peru 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Lima 	61 	2001
Dias 	India 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Mumbai (Bombay) 	68 	2001
Errázuriz Ossa 	Chile 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Santiago 	71 	2001
George 	United States 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Chicago 	68 	1998
Hummes 	Brazil 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of São Paulo 	70 	2001
Husar 	Ukraine 	Cardinal Priest 	Ukrainian Rite Major-Archbishop of Lviv 	72 	2001
Kasper 	Germany 	Cardinal Deacon 	last President, Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity 	72 	2001
López Trujillo 	Colombia 	Cardinal Bishop 	last President, Pontifical Council for the Family 	69 	1983
Martini 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest 	retired Archbishop of Milan 	78 	1983
Murphy-O'Connor 	England & Wales	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Westminster 	72 	2001
O'Brien 	Scotland 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh 	67 	2003
Ortega y Alamino 	Cuba 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Havana 	68 	1994
Ouellet 	Canada 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Quebec 	60 	2003
Pell 	Australia 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Sydney 	63 	2003
Poletto 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Turin 	72 	2001
Policarpo 	Portugal 	Cardinal Priest 	Patriarch of Lisbon 	69 	2001
Ratzinger 	Germany 	Cardinal Bishop 	Dean of the College of Cardinals; last Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - elected Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005	78 	1977
Re 	Italy 	Cardinal Bishop 	last Prefect, Congregation for Bishops 	71 	2001
Rivera Carrera 	Mexico 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Mexico City 	62 	1998
Rodríguez Maradiaga	Honduras 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa 	62 	2001
Schönborn 	Austria 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Vienna 	60 	1995
Scola 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest 	Patriarch of Venice 	63 	2003
Sepe 	Italy 	Cardinal Deacon 	last Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 	61 	2001
Sodano 	Italy 	Cardinal Bishop 	Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals; last Cardinal Secretary of State 	77 	1991
Szoka 	United States 	Cardinal Priest 	last President, Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State 	77 	1988
Tettamanzi 	Italy 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Milan 	71 	1998
Turcotte 	Canada 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Montreal 	67 	1994
Vlk 	Czech Republic 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Prague 	72 	1994
Wetter 	Germany 	Cardinal Priest 	Archbishop of Munich 	77 	1985
:(Note: Most offices in the Roman Curia expire upon the death of each pope. Those cardinals listed as being last to hold an office held those positions at the time of John Paul II's death.)
==See also==
Category:2005 Papal conclave
Category:Pope John Paul II
2005 Papabili 
ru:Список папабилей на Папском Конклаве 2005 года