The number of English cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave has been reduced to two. On 22 August, Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe turned 80, meaning he is no longer eligible to vote in an upcoming conclave.
He had been one of three eligible English cardinals, alongside Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Cardinal Arthur Roche. On 8 November, Cardinal Nichols will also turn 80, reducing the English cardinal electors to just one. Cardinal Arthur Roche, who turned 75 in March, has just under five more eligible years to vote. Cardinal Michael Louis Fitzgerald, aged 88 and created a cardinal in 2019, had never been eligible to vote.
