Conclave of 1939

1939.03.01 – 1939.03.02

New Pope:Pope Pius XII (63)
Prelate elected as Pope:
Location of Conclave:
Duration of Conclave:
2 days
Number of Electors:
62
Ballots Required:
3
Duration of Vacant See:
20 days
Cardinal Dean:Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (87)
Cardinal Vice-Dean:Cardinal Donato Sbarretti (82)
Cardinal Protopriest:Cardinal William Henry O’Connell (79)
Cardinal Protodeacon:Cardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni (62)
Senior Cardinal-Bishop in Conclave:Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (87)
Senior Cardinal-Priest in Conclave:Cardinal William Henry O’Connell (79)
Senior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni (62)
Junior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Giovanni Mercati (72)
Camerlengo:Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (62)
Vice-Camerlengo:Archbishop Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. (77)
Secretary of Conclave:Msgr. Vincenzo Santoro (52)
Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations:Msgr. Carlo Respighi (65)

Participating Cardinals (62)

Cardinal-Bishops (6)
1ItalyGennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (87), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals
2CubaDonato Sbarretti (82), Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals
3ItalyTommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (76), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery
4ItalyEnrico Gasparri (67), Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
5ItalyFrancesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (67), Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
6ItalyAngelo Maria Dolci (71), Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
Cardinal-Priests (48)
7USAWilliam Henry O’Connell (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
8ItalyAlessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S. (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)
9PolandAdolf Bertram (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)
10GermanyMichael von Faulhaber (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)
11USADennis Joseph Dougherty (73), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)
12SpainFrancisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)
13GermanyKarl Joseph Schulte (67), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)
14ItalyGiovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
15USAGeorge William Mundelein (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)
16ItalyAlessandro Verde (73), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title and Secretary emeritus of Congregation for Sacred Rites
17ItalyLorenzo Lauri (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary
18BelgiumJozef-Ernest van Roey (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)
19PolandVenerable August Hlond, S.D.B. (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland
20SpainPedro Segura y Sáenz (58), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)
21HungaryJusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. (54), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)
22ItalyAlfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas. (59), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)
23PortugalManuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (50), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)
24ItalyEugenio Pacelli (62), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
25ItalyLuigi Lavitrano (64), Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)
26Northern IrelandJoseph MacRory (77), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)
27FranceJean Verdier, P.S.S. (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
28BrazilSebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (57), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
29ItalyRaffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Bishop emeritus of Volterra (Italy)
30FranceAchille Liénart (55), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto and Bishop of Lille (France)
31ItalyPietro Fumasoni Biondi (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
32ItalyFederico Tedeschini (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria
33ItalyMaurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)
34ItalyCarlo Salotti (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites
35CanadaJean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. (55), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)
36ItalyVenerable Elia Dalla Costa (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)
37AustriaTheodor Innitzer (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria) and President of Episcopal Conference of Austria
38LebanonIgnace Gabriel I Tappouni (59), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye)
39ItalyEnrico Sibilia (77), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova
40ItalyFrancesco Marmaggi (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
41ItalyLuigi Maglione (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council
42ItalyCarlo Cremonesi (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy), Titular Archbishop emeritus of Nicomedia and Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities
43FranceAlfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. (80), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
44FranceEmmanuel-Célestin Suhard (64), Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)
45CzechiaKarel Boromejský Kašpar (68), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
46ArgentinaSantiago Luis Copello (59), Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
47SpainIsidro Gomá y Tomás (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)
48ItalyPietro Boetto, S.J. (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)
49FranceEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (54), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches
50ItalyAdeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. (54), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)
51ItalyErmenegildo Pellegrinetti (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
52EnglandArthur Hinsley (73), Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)
53ItalyGiuseppe Pizzardo (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title and General Ecclesiastical Assistant emeritus of Italian Catholic Action
54FrancePierre-Marie Gerlier (59), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)
Cardinal-Deacons (8)
55ItalyCamillo Caccia Dominioni (62), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Master of Papal Chamber emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
56ItalyNicola Canali (64), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere and Assessor emeritus of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
57ItalyDomenico Jorio (71), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline
58ItalyVincenzo La Puma (65), Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious
59ItalyFederico Cattani Amadori (82), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro and Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
60ItalyMassimo Massimi (61), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law
61ItalyDomenico Mariani (75), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio and Vice-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
62ItalyGiovanni Mercati (72), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives
Rome Time
(CET)
Event
1939.03.01 Wednesday
AfternoonEntry into Sistine Chapel
18:17“Extra omnes”
1939.03.02 Thursday
11:001ˢᵗ Vote
~11:302ⁿᵈ Vote
12:17⚫ Black smoke
~16:303ʳᵈ Vote
17:27⚪ White smoke
18:07“Habemus Papam”

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