NBC Information has compiled a listing cardinals believed to be contenders to develop into the following pontiff:
• Cardinal William Goh, archbishop of Singapore
• Cardinal Mario Grech, common secretary of the synod of bishops (Malta)
• Cardinal Gerard Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec (Canada)
• Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero, archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)
• Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature (France)
• Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state (Italy)
• Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (Italy)
• Cardinal Malcome Ranjith (Patabendige Don), archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
• Cardinal Luis Tagle, pro-refect for the part of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Philippines)
• Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-Sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy (Korea)
• Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
