Who's next pope? Bookmakers root for Turkson

Bookmakers Paddy Power have drawn up a list of contenders to replace Benedict. According to them the favourite is Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana (9/4), with Cardinal Marc Ouellet next at 5/2 and Francis Arinze at 7/2. Here is their full list:

9/4 Cardinal Peter Turkson


5/2 Cardinal Marc Ouellet


7/2 Cardinal Francis Arinze


7/1 Archbishop Angelo Scola


10/1 Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga


12/1 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone


14/1 Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco


16/1 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio


20/1 Cardinal Leonardo Sandri


25/1 Cardinal Raymond Burke

25/1 Cardinal Cladio Hummes


25/1 Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi


25/1 Cardinal Christoph von Schonborn


33/1 Cardinal Wilfrid Napier


33/1 Cardinal William Levada


33/1 Cardinal Camillo Ruini


33/1 Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera


33/1 Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa


33/1 Cardinal Renato Martino


33/1 Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith

33/1 Archbishop Piero Marini


33/1 Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera


33/1 Cardinal Keith O’Brien


Ladbrokes are just behind Paddy Power with their own list of contenders. Their top three is the same: Peter Turkson, Marc Oullet and Francis Arinze.


5/2 Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson


3/1 Cardinal Marc Ouellet


4/1 Cardinal Francis Arinze


6/1 Cardinal Angelo Scola


10/1 Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga


14/1 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

14/1 Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco


16/1 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio


25/1 Cardinal Leonardo Sandri


25/1 Cardinal Claudio Hummes


25/1 Cardinal Wilfred Fox Napier


33/1 Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi


33/1 Archbishop Raymond Burke


33/1 Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera


33/1 Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi


33/1 Cardinal Timothy Dolan

33/1 Cardinal Camillo Ruini


33/1 Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn


33/1 Cardinal Ivan Dias


40/1 Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa


40/1 Cardinal William Levada


66/1 Cardinal George Pell


66/1 Monsignor Pietro Parolin