Pope Francis has appointed 13 new cardinals including Filipino Archbishop Jose Advincula.
The pope made the announcement during his Sunday Angelus in the Vatican and said the new cardinals would be elevated at a consistory on Nov. 28.
Advincula becomes the ninth Filipino cardinal, following cardinals Orlando Quevedo, Luis Antonio Tagle, Gaudencio Rosales, Jose Sanchez, Ricardo Vidal, Jaime Sin, Julio Rosales and Rufino Santos.
At 68, he is among the nine new cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave. The four others are over 80s.