NBC News has compiled a list cardinals believed to be contenders to become the next pontiff:
• Cardinal William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)
• Cardinal Mario Grech, General 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-Prefect for the Section 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)
