New Cardinals and their churches in Rome and cardinalatial
trivia   Each cardinal is assigned a church in Rome, a titular
or diaconal church.  Remember that the College is still divided
into three groups, cardinal bishops, priests and deacons.  With
a few exceptions all cardinals are bishops or will be
consecrated before being created cardinal (Jesuits are usually
dispensed from being consecrated if they are over 80).
 Cardinals who are ordinary bishops of dioceses are generally
made Cardinal Priests, while curial officials are generally made
Cardinal Deacons.  After a number of years a cardinal deacon can
be “promoted” to the order of priests.  Some cardinals in key
positions, such as the Dean of the College or prefect of an
important dicastery, are elevated to an open slot among the six
Cardinal Bishops.  There are seven cardinalatial titular
dioceses, but the Dean always has two, Ostia and one other.
 There are also a four Cardinal Patriarchs of Eastern Churches,
who rank in the College just after the Card