Conclave of 1922

1922.02.02 – 1922.02.06

New Pope:Pope Pius XI (64)
Prelate elected as Pope:
Cardinal Achille Ratti

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Location of Conclave:
Duration of Conclave:
5 days
Number of Electors:
53 (7 absentees)
Ballots Required:
14
Duration of Vacant See:
15 days
Cardinal Dean:Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (85)
Cardinal Vice-Dean:Cardinal Gaetano De Lai (68)
Cardinal Protopriest:Cardinal Michael Logue (81)
Cardinal Protodeacon:Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti (65)
Senior Cardinal-Bishop in Conclave:Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (85)
Senior Cardinal-Priest in Conclave:Cardinal Michael Logue (81)
Senior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti (65)
Junior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Camillo Laurenti (60)
Camerlengo:Cardinal Pietro Gasparri (69)
Vice-Camerlengo:Msgr. Ugo Boncompagni
Secretary of Conclave:Msgr. Luigi Sincero (51)
Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations:Msgr. Carlo Respighi (48)

Participating Cardinals (53)

Cardinal-Bishops (6)
1ItalyVicenzo Vannutelli (85), Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
2ItalyGaetano De Lai (68), Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals
3ItalyAntonio Vico (75), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites
4ItalyGennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (70), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals
5ItalyBasilio Pompilj (63), Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
6ArgentinaGiovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. (84), Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Patagonia Septentrional (Argentina) and Titular Bishop emeritus of Magyddus
Cardinal-Priests (40)
7Northern IrelandMichael Logue (81), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
8ItalyGiuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé (75), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo and Archbishop of Catania (Italy)
9ItalyAgostino Richelmy (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)
10ItalyBartolomeo Bacilieri (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Bishop of Verona (Italy)
11SpainRafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (56), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals
12ItalyOttavio Cagiano de Azevedo (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery
13ItalyPietro Maffi (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)
14ItalyAlessandro Lualdi (63), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)
15BelgiumDésiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)
16ItalyPietro Gasparri (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See
17FranceLouis-Henri-Joseph Luçon (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)
18FrancePierre-Paulin Andrieu (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)
19PortugalAntónio Mendes Bello (79), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)
20EnglandFrancis Alphonsus Bourne (60), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)
21NetherlandsWilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies
22HungaryJános Csernoch (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)
23AustriaFriedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A. (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria) and President of Episcopal Conference of Austria
24ItalyAlfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)
25AustriaAndreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. (87), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title and Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
26ItalyRaffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Religious
27ItalyPietro La Fontaine (61), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)
28ItalyVittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi (64), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Bishop emeritus of Loreto (Italy), Titular Archbishop emeritus of Tyrus, Bishop emeritus of Recanati (Italy) and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
29CubaDonato Sbarretti (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba)
30FranceLouis-Ernest Dubois (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
31ItalyTommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (59), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy)
32ItalyAlessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S. (49), Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)
33FranceLouis-Joseph Maurin (62), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)
34PolandAdolf Bertram (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)
35ItalyAugusto Silj (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
36SpainJuan Soldevilla y Romero (78), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)
37ItalyTeodoro Valfrè di Bonzo (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vercelli (Italy)
38PolandAleksander Kakowski (59), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)
39PolandEdmund Dalbor (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland
40ItalyFrancesco Ragonesi (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
41GermanyMichael von Faulhaber (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)
42SpainJuan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)
43SpainFrancisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer (53), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)
44GermanyKarl Joseph Schulte (50), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)
45ItalyGiovanni Tacci Porcelli (58), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Bishop emeritus of Città della Pieve (Italy), Titular Archbishop emeritus of Nicæa and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
46ItalyAchille Ratti (64), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)
Cardinal-Deacons (7)
47ItalyGaetano Bisleti (65), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
48FranceLouis Billot, S.J. (76), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
49ItalyMichele Lega (62), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline
50EnglandFrancis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C. (75), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library
51ItalyNicolò Marini (78), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches
52ItalyOreste Giorgi (76), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary
53ItalyCamillo Laurenti (60), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal-Electors unable to participate (7)

Rome Time
(CET)
Event
1922.02.02 Thursday
AfternoonMass of the Holy Spirit in Pauline Chapel
AfternoonEntry into Sistine Chapel
1922.02.03 Friday
Morning1ˢᵗ Vote
Morning2ⁿᵈ Vote
Morning⚫ Black smoke
Afternoon3ʳᵈ Vote
Afternoon4ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Black smoke
1922.02.04 Saturday
Morning5ᵗʰ Vote
Morning6ᵗʰ Vote
Morning⚫ Black smoke
Afternoon7ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon8ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Black smoke
1922.02.05 Sunday
Morning9ᵗʰ Vote
Morning10ᵗʰ Vote
Morning⚫ Black smoke
Afternoon11ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon12ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Black smoke
1922.02.06 Monday
Morning13ᵗʰ Vote
Morning14ᵗʰ Vote
Morning⚪ White smoke
12:30Appearance of Pope Pius XI on balcony

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