Cardinals created by Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI (r.ā2005ā2013) created 90 cardinals in five consistories. With three of those consistories he respected the limit on the number of cardinal electors set at 120 in 1973, though sometimes exceeded by his predecessors.[lower-alpha 1] He exceeded that limit at the other two consistories, reaching as high as 125 in 2012.
With the consistory of February 2012, a majority of the cardinal electors had been named cardinals by him, 63 of 125.[7] After his last consistory in November 2012, he had appointed 67 of the 120 electors.[8]