Do Eastern Rite Catholics have vote in picking new Popes?

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I was wondering if Eastern Rite Catholics (those who are in communion with Rome) have a vote in the election of new Popes? Do they have Cardinals, Bishops as do Latin Rite Catholics? Thanks
 
We most certainly have Bishops, but I don’t know if there are any Cardinals among them.
 
I believe Pope Benedict just added some in the 23 cardinals he just appointed.
 
Cardinal Husar of the Ukrainians, the patriarch of the Maronites is a Cardinal. And I think there are others.
 
Updated: 9:30 a.m. ET Oct 17, 2007
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals on Wednesday, tapping two Americans, the patriarch of Baghdad, and archbishops from five continents to join the elite ranks of the “princes” of the Roman Catholic Church.

Eighteen of the 23 are under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pontiff. Benedict said he would elevate the prelates at a Vatican ceremony Nov. 24.

Among the under-80 new cardinals are the archbishops of Paris; Mumbai, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Valencia, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Monterrey, Mexico; Dakar, Senegal; Sao Palo, Brazil; the primate of Ireland; and a handful of Italians.

The two Americans include Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, and Archbishop John Foley, a longtime Vatican official who was recently named grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, a lay religious community that aims to protect the rights of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land.

Reaching out to Latinos?
DiNardo’s nomination was something of a surprise and appeared to be an indication of Benedict’s desire to reach out to the large Latino community in Texas.

DiNardo, who for six years worked at the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, was only named archbishop last year. There are several other U.S. archdioceses that usually have cardinals leading them, including Washington and Baltimore, but the pope did not elevate their archbishops.

In addition to the 18 electoral cardinals, Benedict named five prelates over age 80 who he said deserved particular merit, including the Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, Emmanuel III Delly.

Delly has been outspoken about the need to protect minority Christians from Iraq’s spiraling violence — a concern voiced repeatedly by Benedict in recent months. Just this past Sunday, Benedict appealed for the swift release of two priests kidnapped in Mosul.

The Christian community in Iraq is about 3 percent of the country’s estimated 26 million people.

Also named for commitment and service to the church was the emeritus archbishop of Parana, Argentina, Monsignor Estanislao Esteban Karlic. Benedict named another Argentine cardinal as well, Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Eastern Churches.

Benedict said he had wanted to also name the elderly bishop of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, Poland, Bishop Ignacy Jez, but he died on Tuesday, the eve of the announcement.

“We offer our prayers to him,” Benedict said.
 
Cardinal Husar is the patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and he’s a cardinal of eligible voting age.

There are others who aren’t eligible to vote, including Stephanos II Ghattas of the Coptic Church, Nasrallah Sfeir of the Maronite Church and Varkey Vithayathil of the Syro-Malabar Church.

Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of the Chaldeans will be elevated to cardinal on November 24, but he’ll be ineligible to vote.

Source: catholic-hierarchy.org
 
Prior to the elevation of the Patriarch of the Chaldeans, HB Delly, 80, there were already 5 Eastern Catholic hierarchs in the College of Cardinals: HB Sfeir of the Maronites, 87; HB Ghattas of the Copts, 87; HB Daoud of the Syrians, 77; MAbp. Husar of the Ukrainians, 74; and MAbp. Vithayathil of the Syro-Malabars, 80.

During the conclave electing Pope Benedict the XVI in 2005, Cardinals Daoud, Husar, and Vithayathil were eligible electors. Today, only Cardinal Daoud, 77, and Cardinal Husar, 74, are eligible electors. All the rest are 80 years old or over and are, therefore, ineligible to vote if a conclave is held today.

However, all of the Eastern Catholic cardinals, including those 80 and over, are eligible to be elected as Pope. They remain as papabili until their death, resignation, or deposition.
 
domer2x said:
I was wondering if Eastern Rite Catholics (those who are in communion with Rome) have a vote in the election of new Popes? Do they have Cardinals, Bishops as do Latin Rite Catholics? Thanks
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Of course. They aren’t “other catholics.” They are of course Roman Catholics who are allowed for historical reasons to practice a different rite in their parishes, under seperate dioceses from the Latin rite dioceses (although not all, ie, “russian” byzantine catholics in the usa are subject to a latin rite bishop). The eastern catholics have cardinals, an example is Cardinal Husar from Kiev (L’viv almost two years ago).
 
mgy100 said:
Of course. They aren’t “other catholics.” They are of course Roman Catholics who are allowed for historical reasons to practice a different rite in their parishes…
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:doh2: I don’t have the energy to tackle the above. Does anyone else?

I believe there was a Melkite who was asked to be a cardinal and refused. Anyone know more on that story?
 
His Beatitude Gregory III, Patriarch of the Melkites has refused the red hat, seeing it not essential to an Eastern Patriarch.
 
StMarkEofE said:
When was Cardinal Husar made a patriarch?
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It depends if you ask a Ukrainian Catholic or a Roman Catholic and if you are answered in Ukrainian or English! 😛

This is a good read for any interested. Here is a follow-up. Both are old, but good reads.
 
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