On February 18, 2012, the Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, was elevated to the position of Cardinal by Pope Pius XVI. There are currently 181 Cardinals in the Catholic Church worldwide, of which only 108 are under 80 years of age and eligible to vote for a new pope in conclave. For more information on Cardinals (Catholicism) or Timothy Dolan, click on the subject links. For additional and more specific histories of cardinals, see these titles:

My brother Joseph: the spirit of a cardinal and the story of a friendship by Eugene Kennedy

Éminence: Cardinal Richelieu and the rise of France by Jean-Vincent Blanchard

The cardinals: thirteen centuries of the men behind the papal throne by Michael Walsh