Luis Antonio Tagle
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Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church, and has been the pro-prefect for the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangeliza
Tagle in 2016
Tagle seated on the cathedra of the Manila Cathedral, April 2014
Tagle at the Million People March in Rizal Park
Tagle at Pope Francis' arrival in the Philippines with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, January 2015
2025 conclave
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A conclave was held on 7 and 8 May 2025 to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who had died on 21 April 2025. Of the 135 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. On the fourth ballot, the co
Luis Antonio Tagle
…Francis", Tagle is often seen as a representative of the Catholic Church's progressive wing. He was called a papabile for the papal conclaves of 2013 and 2025. Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle was born on June 21, 1957, in Manila, the eldest child of devout Catholic parents, Manuel Topacio Tagle, an ethnic Tagalog…
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Cardinals participating in the conclave stayed at Domus Sanctae Marthae.
Cardinals and bishops in the New Synod Hall (pictured in 2014), one of the venues for the general congregations
The doors of the Sistine Chapel (pictured in 2014) were shut at 5:46 p.m. on 7 May.