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The **Cardinal of the Holy Clergy of the Bovido Imperium** (Latin: **Cardinalis S. Cleri de Bovido Imperium**), simply known as the **Cardinal of the Holy Clergy** and formerly known as the **Cardinal of Bovido Has** between 2021 and 2028, is the head of government within the Bovido Imperium, as well as being the leader of the Holy Clergy of the Bovido Imperium. Prior to 2028, the cardinal was the leader of the Bovido Hassian Clergy.

Established in July 2021 by Anton Ujung as the title for the leader of his Bovido remnant, the title of Cardinal of Bovido Has was bestowed upon the leader of the Holy Clergy of Bovido Has and granted the holder the powers and responsibilities of a nominal head of state for Bovido Has, succeeding the titles of Archbishop and Emperor of Bovido Has as the highest office within the Christian nation.

Proclaiming itself the true continuation of the once-great empire, Ujung abolished the offices of Emperor and Archbishop, creating a new system with the cardinal as the ultimate authority over state affairs. In 2028, the creation of the Bovido Imperium meant that the position became the head of the Holy Clergy of the Bovido Imperium and became the new head of government, whilst the role of Bovido Imperator became head of state.

Under the new regime, the title became a directly appointed role with the Bovido Imperator able to select a chief cardinal to lead the government and manage the complex relations between the appointed Prime Ministers of the member states of the Imperium. In January 2036, Cardinal Julios Cragen led a coup d'état in deposing Imperator Anton Ujung and became imperator himself, with Justas Kolas appointed as his successor. Kolas would later become the first cardinal to resign his office in April 2036 in protest over the Treaty of Beijing, resulting in Nicholas Azure taking his place as cardinal. Following the complete encirclement of the Bovido capital city of Jerusalem, Cardinal Nicholas Azure resigned his office in a similar way to his predecessor.

## Former Cardinals

### Anton Ujung (2021 -)

As the former Emirate of Jerusalem, Anton Ujung re-founded Bovido Has into a new version, having purged the remnants of the former Bovido Hassian leadership following the conclusion of the Has Wars. Establishing himself as the first Cardinal of Bovido Has in 2022, Ujung began to restructure the nation, ordering mass executions of upper-tier leadership which failed during the Has Wars and striking with vengeance against groups that used the name Bovido Has, such as the Egyptian Has, which was continuously barraged by heavy missiles for three months until the regional government collapsed into anarchy. With every attack on rival organisations, Ujung handpicked the most loyal officers and leaders to be protected in Jerusalem as part of his crusade to rebuild as a superior nation to the one destroyed by the Libirachi Empire.

### Julios Cragen (2028 - 2036)

After 7 years at the head of the largest Bovido remnant, Cardinal Anton Ujung set about attempting to build his forces into a new superpower nation capable of besting the Libirachi Empire in conflict and re-building Bovido dominance on the global stage. Beginning with an internal reorganising, Bovido Has became the Bovido Imperium, literally meaning Bovido Empire, and Ujung had himself crowned as Imperator of the regime. A vast re-armament campaign was launched and the armed forces of the new government began to grow in power massively; meanwhile, the internal political structures were redrafted and the imperium became made up of two separate member regions, North Africa and Jerusalem State, which had their own Prime Minsters appointed by Ujung, whilst North Africa became a region controlled by the military. With Anton Ujung as Imperator, Julios Cragen received a promotion to become Cardinal of the Bovido Imperium. In November 2030, Imperator Ujung negotiated a merger with the Holy Republic of ST Joseph's Devotees to combine the forces of the two national adherents to the Final Testament, bringing the devotees into the Imperium as the state of Pindorama with Magisterium leader Marisa Belacqua becoming Prime Minister of Pindorama under the new union, though she retained a high level of autonomy from the main Jerusalem based regime. Alongside the political restructuring of the nation, Julios Cragen set about integrating the Bovido Clergy and the Pindoraman Magisterium into a unified church of the final testament, framing the move as a demonstration of the purity of the Bovido religion and attempting to stoke division between the extremists of the Final Testament and the more mainstream followers of the Old and New testaments of the bible.

### Justas Kolas (2036)

Following the Decimation of Tunis, Kolas began to lead forces against Imperator Anton Ujung, viewing him to be erratic and ill-suited to lead the nation and coordinated the 2036 Bovido Coup d'état, placing himself as Cardinal of the Holy Clergy under the reign of Imperator Julios Cragen, widely seen as a figurehead ruler with little power of his own. Following the Bovido ratification of the Treaty of Beijing, Kolas resigned his office as **Cardinal.**

### Nicholas Azure (2036 - 2038)

In his new capacity as cardinal, Nicholas Azure became tasked with overseeing the transfer of Bovido Imperium territory to the Shanghai Pact Administrative Zone in Africa (SPAZA) alongside North African prime minister Torrent Koon, and engaged in a political power struggle with Koon as the North African prime minister refused to cede land to the Shanghai Pact; in the culmination of the power struggle, Koon fled the Bovido Imperium and seized power in the Bovido puppet state North African Federation. During the ensuing political crisis, Nicholas Azure appointed Yesu Soong as prime minister of Bovido North Africa in Koon's place and began to assemble forces to combat Koon's subsequent invasion of the Imperium. Following Imperator Julios Cragen's proclamation that the Treaty of Beijing was "null and void", Cardinal Azure became effectively sidelined within the government as Crage and his military advisers aquired increasing levels of political power in a desperate bid to hold onto power. Within the imperium, Nicholas Azure was an opponent of the January 20 Attack in 2037 and following the launch of the Siege of Jerusalem, Azure moved his base of opperations to North Africa after appointing Amar Sato as the regional leader in March 2037. On January 3, 2038, Imperator Julios Cragen and his government found themselves encircled in the city of Jerusalem after the surrounding regions fell to the Libirachi Empire and Shanghai Pact, effectively leaving the Bovido Imperium without a government; following months of political wrangling, Azure resigned his office as cardinal on March 3, 2038 and became a political adviser to prime minister Amar Sato.

## Gallery of Former Cardinals

**Anton Ujung**
2022 - 2028
**Julios Cragen**
2028 - 2036
**Justas Kolas**
2036
**Nicholas Azure**
2036 - 2038
March - April 2038