The papal conclave of 2005 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope John Paul II following his death on 2 April 2005. In accordance with the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, which governed the vacancy of the Holy See, only cardinals who had not passed their 80th birthday on the day on which the Holy See became vacant (in this case, cardinals who were born on or after 2 April 1925) were eligible to participate in the conclave.[1] Although not a formal requirement, the cardinal electors invariably elected the pope from among their number. The election was carried out by secret ballot (la|per scrutinium).[1]
Of the 183 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of John Paul II's death, there were 117 cardinal electors who were eligible to participate in the subsequent conclave.[2] Two cardinal electors did not participate, decreasing the number in attendance to 115.[3] [4] The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority was, or (only in the event of a protracted deadlock) a simple majority of .[1]
Of the 115 attending cardinal electors, 5 were cardinal bishops, 93 were cardinal priests, and 17 were cardinal deacons; 2 had been created cardinals by Pope Paul VI and 113 by Pope John Paul II; 24 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 73 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and 18 had retired. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Marco Cé, at the age of, and the youngest was Péter Erdő, at the age of . Another 66 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age.[2]
The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 18 April 2005.[5] On 19 April, after four ballots over two days, they elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who took the papal name Benedict XVI.[6]
The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: cardinal bishops (CB), cardinal priests (CP) and cardinal deacons (CD), with precedence in that sequence. This is the order in which the cardinal electors process into the conclave, take the oath and cast their ballots.[1] For cardinal bishops, except the Eastern Catholic patriarchs, the dean is first in precedence, followed by the vice-dean and then by the rest in order of appointment as cardinal bishops. For cardinal bishops who are Eastern Catholic patriarchs, for cardinal priests and for cardinal deacons, precedence is determined by the date of the consistory in which they were created cardinals and then by the order in which they appeared in the official announcement or bulletin.[4]
Three of the cardinal electors were from the Eastern Catholic Churches: Ignace Moussa I Daoud (Syriac), Varkey Vithayathil (Syro-Malabar) and Lubomyr Husar (Ukrainian). The senior cardinal bishop, the senior cardinal priest, the senior cardinal deacon and the junior cardinal deacon, who were assigned specific roles in the conclave, such as presiding over the conclave itself (the senior cardinal bishop) or announcing the election of the pope (the senior cardinal deacon),[1] were, respectively, Joseph Ratzinger, William Wakefield Baum, Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez and Attilio Nicora.[4] The camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, who was in charge of administering the Holy See during its vacancy, was Eduardo Martínez Somalo.[1]
The data below are as of 2 April 2005, the date on which the Holy See became vacant. All cardinals are of the Latin Church unless otherwise stated. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the relevant post-nominal letters.
Rank | Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office | ||
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1 | Joseph Ratzinger | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="1" | CB | Paul VI | Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Dean) | [7] |
2 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="1" | CB | John Paul II | Secretary of State (Vice-Dean) | [8] |
3 | Alfonso López Trujillo | Colombia | (age ) | data-sort-value="1" | CB | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | [9] |
4 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="1" | CB | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops | [10] |
5 | Ignace Moussa I Daoud | Syria | (age ) | data-sort-value="1" | CB | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (Syriac Church) | [11] |
6 | William Wakefield Baum | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | Paul VI | Major Penitentiary emeritus | [12] |
7 | Marco Cé | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Patriarch emeritus of Venice | [13] |
8 | Franciszek Macharski | Poland | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Kraków | [14] |
9 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Bangkok | [15] |
10 | Godfried Danneels | Belgium | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels | [16] |
11 | Thomas Stafford Williams | New Zealand | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Wellington | [17] |
12 | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Milan | [18] | |
13 | Jean-Marie Lustiger | France | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Paris | [19] |
14 | Józef Glemp | Poland | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Warsaw | [20] |
15 | Joachim Meisner | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Cologne | [21] |
16 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | [22] |
17 | Nicaragua | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Managua | [23] | |
18 | Ricardo Jamin Vidal | Philippines | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Cebu | [24] |
19 | Paul Poupard | France | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | [25] |
20 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Munich and Freising | [26] |
21 | Adrianus Johannes Simonis | Netherlands | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Utrecht | [27] |
22 | Bernard Francis Law | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major | [28] |
23 | Giacomo Biffi | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Bologna | [29] |
24 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church | [30] |
25 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Brasília | [31] |
26 | Michele Giordano | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Naples | [32] |
27 | Edmund Casimir Szoka | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | [33] |
28 | Hungary | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom–Budapest | [34] | |
29 | Christian Wiyghan Tumi | Cameroon | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Douala | [35] |
30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Kinshasa | [36] | |
31 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | Dominican Republic | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Santo Domingo | [37] |
32 | Roger Michael Mahony | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Los Angeles | [38] |
33 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran | [39] |
34 | Henri Schwery | Switzerland | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Bishop emeritus of Sion | [40] |
35 | Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Berlin | [41] |
36 | Miloslav Vlk | Czech Republic | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Prague | [42] |
37 | Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi | Japan | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo | [43] |
38 | Indonesia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Jakarta | [44] | |
39 | Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino | Cuba | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana | [45] |
40 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Kampala | [46] |
41 | William Henry Keeler | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Baltimore | [47] |
42 | Jean-Claude Turcotte | Canada | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Montreal | [48] |
43 | Ricardo María Carles Gordó | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona | [49] |
44 | Adam Joseph Maida | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Detroit | [50] |
45 | Vinko Puljić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Vrhbosna | [51] |
46 | Armand Gaetan Razafindratandra | Madagascar | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Antananarivo | [52] |
47 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexico | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Guadalajara | [53] |
48 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Palermo | [54] |
49 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Madrid | [55] |
50 | Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic | Canada | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Toronto | [56] |
51 | Dionigi Tettamanzi | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Milan | [57] |
52 | Polycarp Pengo | Tanzania | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam | [58] |
53 | Austria | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Vienna | [59] | |
54 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Mexico | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Mexico | [60] |
55 | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Chicago | [61] | |
56 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Lviv | [62] |
57 | Jānis Pujats | Latvia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Riga | [63] |
58 | Ivan Dias | India | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Bombay | [64] |
59 | Geraldo Majella Agnelo | Brazil | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia | [65] |
60 | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz | Colombia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Bogotá | [66] |
61 | Theodore Edgar McCarrick | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Washington | [67] |
62 | Desmond Connell | Ireland | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Dublin | [68] |
63 | Audrys Juozas Bačkis | Lithuania | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Vilnius | [69] |
64 | Chile | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Santiago de Chile | [70] | |
65 | Bolivia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | [71] | |
66 | South Africa | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Durban | [72] | |
67 | Honduras | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Tegucigalpa | [73] | |
68 | Bernard Agré | Ivory Coast | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Abidjan | [74] |
69 | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne | Peru | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Lima | [75] |
70 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Toledo | [76] |
71 | Brazil | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of São Paulo | [77] | |
72 | India | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly (Syro-Malabar Church) | [78] | |
73 | Argentina | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Buenos Aires | [79] | |
74 | José da Cruz Policarpo | Portugal | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Patriarch of Lisbon | [80] |
75 | Severino Poletto | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Turin | [81] |
76 | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor | United Kingdom | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Westminster | [82] |
77 | Edward Michael Egan | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of New York | [83] |
78 | Ukraine | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia (Ukrainian Greek Church) | [84] | |
79 | Karl Lehmann | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Bishop of Mainz | [85] |
80 | Angelo Scola | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Patriarch of Venice | [86] |
81 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Nigeria | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Lagos | [87] |
82 | Bernard Panafieu | France | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Marseille | [88] |
83 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Sudan | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Khartoum | [89] |
84 | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Seville | [90] | |
85 | Justin Francis Rigali | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Philadelphia | [91] |
86 | Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien | United Kingdom | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh | [92] |
87 | Brazil | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro | [93] | |
88 | Ennio Antonelli | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Florence | [94] |
89 | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Genoa | [95] | |
90 | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | Ghana | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Cape Coast | [96] |
91 | Telesphore Placidus Toppo | India | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Ranchi | [97] |
92 | George Pell | Australia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Sydney | [98] |
93 | Josip Bozanić | Croatia | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Zagreb | [99] |
94 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | Vietnam | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City | [100] |
95 | Rodolfo Quezada Toruño | Guatemala | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Guatemala | [101] |
96 | Philippe Barbarin | France | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Lyon | [102] |
97 | Péter Erdő | Hungary | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest | [103] |
98 | Canada | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop of Quebec | [104] | |
99 | Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez | Chile | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Protodeacon) | [105] |
100 | Darío Castrillón Hoyos | Colombia | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei | [106] |
101 | James Francis Stafford | United States | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Major Penitentiary | [107] |
102 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | [108] |
103 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | [109] |
104 | Zenon Grocholewski | Poland | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education | [110] |
105 | Portugal | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | [111] | |
106 | Crescenzio Sepe | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | [112] |
107 | Mario Francesco Pompedda | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | [113] |
108 | Walter Kasper | Germany | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | [114] |
109 | Jean-Louis Tauran | France | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church | [115] |
110 | Renato Raffaele Martino | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | [116] |
111 | Francesco Marchisano | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | [117] |
112 | Julián Herranz Casado | Spain | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | [118] |
113 | Javier Lozano Barragán | Mexico | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers | [119] |
114 | Stephen Fumio Hamao | Japan | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | [120] |
115 | Attilio Nicora | Italy | (age ) | data-sort-value="3" | CD | John Paul II | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | [121] |
Rank | Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office | Reason for absence | ||
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1 | Jaime Lachica Sin | Philippines | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | Paul VI | Archbishop emeritus of Manila | Health (illness) | [122] |
2 | Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera | Mexico | (age ) | data-sort-value="2" | CP | John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Monterrey | Health (illness) | [123] |
The 115 attending cardinal electors were from 52 countries on all six inhabited continents. The countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy (twenty), the United States (eleven) and, jointly, Germany and Spain (six each).
+ Cardinal electors by continent | ||
Continent | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Africa | 11 | |
North America | 22 | |
South America | 12 | |
Asia | 10 | |
Europe | 58 | |
Oceania | 2 | |
Total | 115 | 100.0% |
+ Cardinal electors by country | |||
Country | Continent | Number | |
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Argentina | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 1 |
Australia | Oceania | 1 | |
Austria | Europe | 1 | |
Belgium | Europe | 1 | |
Bolivia | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 1 | |
Brazil | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 4 |
Cameroon | Africa | 1 | |
Canada | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 3 |
Chile | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 2 |
Colombia | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 3 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 1 | |
Croatia | Europe | 1 | |
Cuba | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 1 |
Czech Republic | Europe | 1 | |
Dominican Republic | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 1 |
France | Europe | 5 | |
Germany | Europe | 6 | |
Ghana | Africa | 1 | |
Guatemala | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 1 |
Honduras | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 1 |
Hungary | Europe | 2 | |
India | Asia | 3 | |
Indonesia | Asia | 1 | |
Ireland | Europe | 1 | |
Italy | Europe | 20 | |
Ivory Coast | Africa | 1 | |
Japan | Asia | 2 | |
Latvia | Europe | 1 | |
Lithuania | Europe | 1 | |
Madagascar | Africa | 1 | |
Mexico | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 3 |
Netherlands | Europe | 1 | |
New Zealand | Oceania | 1 | |
Nicaragua | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 1 |
Nigeria | Africa | 2 | |
Peru | data-sort-value="America, South" | South America | 1 |
Philippines | Asia | 1 | |
Poland | Europe | 4 | |
Portugal | Europe | 2 | |
South Africa | Africa | 1 | |
Spain | Europe | 6 | |
Sudan | Africa | 1 | |
Switzerland | Europe | 1 | |
Syria | Asia | 1 | |
Tanzania | Africa | 1 | |
Thailand | Asia | 1 | |
Uganda | Africa | 1 | |
Ukraine | Europe | 1 | |
United Kingdom | Europe | 2 | |
United States | data-sort-value="America, North" | North America | 11 |
Vietnam | Asia | 1 | |
Total | 115 | ||