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Francis' consistories have all brought the number of cardinal electors above the maximum of 120, as did several consistories held by his predecessors. [[Pope John Paul II]] brought the number as high as 135 in [[Cardinals created by John Paul II#21 February 2001|2001]] and [[Cardinals created by John Paul II#21 October 2003|2003]], while [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s highest was 125 in [[Cardinals created by Benedict XVI#18 February 2012|2012]].
The February 2014 consistory brought the number of cardinal electors to 122,<ref name=ncr20140112>{{cite news | url = https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/francis-uses-red-hats-offer-lesson-global-church | work = National Catholic Reporter | access-date = 9 July 2018 | date= 12 January 2014 | title = Francis uses red hats to offer lesson on global church|first= John L. | last = Allen Jr.}}</ref> but the 80th birthday of Cardinal [[Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn]] and the death of Cardinal [[José da Cruz Policarpo]] reduced the number to 120 in less than a month. The February 2015 consistory increased the number to 125,<ref name=tornielli/> but the 80th birthdays of Cardinals [[Antonios Naguib]] and [[Justin Francis Rigali]], the announcement on 20 March that Cardinal [[Keith O'Brien]] would no longer participate in a conclave,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Allen Jr.|first1=John L.|title=In rare step, Scottish prelate caught in sex scandal quits as cardinal|url=http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/03/20/in-rare-step-scottish-prelate-caught-in-sex-scandal-quits-as-cardinal/|access-date=9 July 2018|work=Crux|date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710041620/https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/03/20/in-rare-step-scottish-prelate-caught-in-sex-scandal-quits-as-cardinal/|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the deaths of Cardinals [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]] and [[Francis George]] reduced the number of cardinal electors to 120 on 19 April, just two months after the consistory. The November 2016 consistory resulted in 121 electors,<ref name=crux20161117>{{cite news | title = Everything you need to know about a consistory for new cardinals| url = https://cruxnow.com/cardinals/2016/11/17/everything-need-know-consistory-new-cardinals3/ | access-date = 9 July 2018 | date = 17 November 2016|first= Inés |last=San Martín|work=Crux}}</ref> which fell to 120 with the 80th birthday of Cardinal [[Théodore-Adrien Sarr]] at the end of the month. The June 2017 consistory brought the number of cardinal electors to 121,<ref name=ncreg20170521>{{cite news | access-date = 21 May 2017 | date= 21 May 2017 | url = http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-calls-consistory-of-5-new-cardinals#.WSGTW0go_YV | work = National Catholic Register | title= Pope Francis Calls Consistory to Create 5 New Cardinals }}</ref> and it declined to 120 when Cardinal [[Carlo Caffarra]] died ten weeks later on 6 September. In the June 2018 consistory, Francis increased the number of cardinal electors to 125,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2018/cardinal-stats-pope-makes-college-more-international-not-much-younger.cfm | website =Catholic News Service | access-date = 10 July 2018 | date= 22 May 2018 | title = Cardinal stats: Pope makes college more international, not much younger|first= Cindy |last=Wooden}}</ref> which resulted in a count above 120 for ten months.<ref name=rr20190426>{{cite news | work= Rome Reports | access-date = 27 April 2019 | date= 26 April 2019 | url = https://www.romereports.com/en/2019/04/26/cardinal-stanislaw-dziwisz-john-paul-iis-former-secretary-turns-80/ | title = Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, John Paul II's former secretary, turns 80}}</ref>{{efn|It might have exceeded 120 for 13 months had Cardinal [[Jean-Louis Tauran]] not died on 5 July 2018.}} The October 2019 consistory increased the number of electors to 128, with the 80th birthdays of four electors reducing that number to 124 by mid-October.<ref name=OctConsistory>{{cite news | newspaper = America | access-date = 5 October 2019 | date= 5 October 2019 | url = https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/05/pope-francis-creates-13-new-cardinals-emphasizes-their-compassion | title = Pope Francis creates 13 new cardinals, emphasizes their 'compassion' | first = Gerard | last = O'Connell }}</ref> Almost a year after the 2019 consistory, the number of cardinal electors fell to 120, following the resignation of rights and privileges of a cardinal on 24 September 2020 by Cardinal [[Giovanni Angelo Becciu]] and the 80th birthday of Cardinal [[Lorenzo Baldisseri]] on 29 September 2020.<ref name=2020consistory120/> The November 2020 consistory raised the number of electors to 128 again
==22 February 2014==
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