Louis Raphaël I Sako
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Louis Raphaël I Sako is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad from 2013 to 2026. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2018.
Sako in 2015
The papal conclave of 2025 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Francis following his death on 21 April 2025. In accordance with the apostolic constitution Unive
Louis Raphaël I Sako
…2021 a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. On 4 January 2022, Pope Francis made him a member of the Council for the Economy. Sako was a cardinal elector in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. Patriarch Sako was also the first Chaldean Catholic patriarch ever to participate in a papal…
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the conclave on 8 May 2025.