Cardinal electors for the 1914 conclave
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Cardinal electors for the 1914 conclave — The papal conclave of 1914 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope Pius X following his death on 20 August 1914.
Of the 65 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of Pius X's death, 57 participated in the subsequent conclave. William Henry O'Connell and James Gibbons arrived too late from the United States,[1] as did Louis-Nazaire Bégin from Quebec.[2] Sebastiano Martinelli, Franziskus von Sales Bauer, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco, and François-Virgile Dubillard were too ill or too frail.[3]
The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 31 August 1914. On 3 September, after ten ballots over four days, they elected Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa, the archbishop of Bologna, who took the papal name Benedict XV.
Cardinal electors
The data below are as of 20 August 1914, the date on which the Holy See became vacant. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the relevant post-nominal letters.
- Elected pope
| Rank | Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serafino Vannutelli | Italy | 26 November 1834 (age 79) |
CB | 14 March 1887 Leo XIII |
Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies, Major Penitentiary of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (Dean) |
| 2 | Antonio Agliardi | Italy | 4 September 1832 (age 81) |
CB | 22 June 1896 Leo XIII |
Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery (Vice-Dean) |
| 3 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 5 December 1836 (age 77) |
CB | 30 December 1889 Leo XIII |
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore |
| 4 | Francesco di Paola Cassetta | Italy | 12 August 1841 (age 73) |
CB | 19 June 1899 Leo XIII |
Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive, Librarian of the Vatican Library |
| 5 | Gaetano de Lai | Italy | 26 July 1853 (age 61) |
CB | 16 December 1907 Pius X |
Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation |
| 6 | Diomede Falconio OFM | Italy[4] | 20 September 1842 (age 71) |
CB | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to the United States |
| 7 | José Sebastião de Almeida Neto OFMDisc | Portugal | 8 February 1841 (age 73) |
CP | 24 March 1884 Leo XIII |
Patriarch Emeritus of Lisbon (Protopriest) |
| 8 | Angelo Di Pietro | Italy | 22 May 1828 (age 86) |
CP | 16 January 1893 Leo XIII |
Datary of His Holiness of the Apostolic Dataria |
| 9 | Michael Logue | United Kingdom | 1 October 1840 (age 73) |
CP | 16 January 1893 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Armagh |
| 10 | Andrea Carlo Ferrari | Italy | 13 August 1850 (age 64) |
CP | 18 May 1894 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Milan |
| 11 | Girolamo Maria Gotti OCD | Italy | 29 March 1834 (age 80) |
CP | 29 November 1895 Leo XIII |
Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith |
| 12 | Domenico Ferrata | Italy | 4 March 1847 (age 67) |
CP | 22 June 1896 Leo XIII |
Archpriest of Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office |
| 13 | José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia | Spain | 26 August 1835 (age 78) |
CP | 19 April 1897 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela |
| 14 | Giuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé | Spain | 23 July 1846 (age 68) |
CP | 19 June 1899 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Catania |
| 15 | Agostino Richelmy | Italy | 29 November 1850 (age 63) |
CP | 19 June 1899 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Turin |
| 16 | Lev Skrbenský z Hříště | Austria-Hungary | 12 June 1863 (age 51) |
CP | 15 April 1901 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Prague |
| 17 | Giulio Boschi | Italy | 2 March 1838 (age 76) |
CP | 15 April 1901 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Ferrara |
| 18 | Bartolomeo Bacilieri | Italy | 28 March 1842 (age 72) |
CP | 15 April 1901 Leo XIII |
Bishop of Verona |
| 19 | Rafael Merry del Val | Spain | 10 October 1865 (age 48) |
CP | 9 November 1903 Pius X |
Vatican Secretary of State |
| 20 | Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti | Brazil | 17 January 1850 (age 64) |
CP | 11 December 1905 Pius X |
Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro |
| 21 | Aristide Cavallari | Italy | 8 February 1849 (age 65) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Patriarch of Venice |
| 22 | Aristide Rinaldini | Italy | 5 February 1844 (age 70) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Camerlengo Emeritus of the College of Cardinals |
| 23 | Benedetto Lorenzelli | Italy | 11 May 1853 (age 61) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Studies |
| 24 | Pietro Maffi | Italy | 12 October 1858 (age 55) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Archbishop of Pisa |
| 25 | Alessandro Lualdi | Italy | 12 August 1858 (age 56) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Archbishop of Palermo |
| 26 | Désiré-Joseph Mercier | Belgium | 12 November 1851 (age 62) |
CP | 15 April 1907 Pius X |
Archbishop of Mechelen |
| 27 | Pietro Gasparri | Italy | 5 May 1852 (age 62) |
CP | 16 December 1907 Pius X |
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals |
| 28 | Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon | France | 28 October 1842 (age 71) |
CP | 16 December 1907 Pius X |
Archbishop of Reims |
| 29 | Pierre Andrieu | France | 7 December 1849 (age 64) |
CP | 16 December 1907 Pius X |
Archbishop of Bordeaux |
| 30 | António Mendes Belo | Portugal | 18 June 1842 (age 72) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Patriarch of Lisbon |
| 31 | José Cos y Macho | Spain | 6 August 1838 (age 76) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Valladolid |
| 32 | Antonio Vico | Italy | 9 January 1847 (age 67) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain |
| 33 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 10 April 1851 (age 63) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria-Hungary |
| 34 | John Murphy Farley | United States | 20 April 1842 (age 72) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of New York |
| 35 | Francis Bourne | United Kingdom | 23 March 1861 (age 53) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Westminster |
| 36 | Léon-Adolphe Amette | France | 6 September 1850 (age 63) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Paris |
| 37 | Enrique Almaraz y Santos | Spain | 22 September 1847 (age 66) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Seville |
| 38 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 30 August 1830 (age 83) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Bishop of Montpellier |
| 39 | Basilio Pompili | Italy | 16 April 1858 (age 56) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Vicar General of Rome |
| 40 | Károly Hornig | Austria-Hungary | 10 August 1840 (age 74) |
CP | 2 December 1912 Pius X |
Bishop of Veszprém |
| 41 | Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez | Spain | 21 April 1852 (age 62) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Toledo |
| 42 | Domenico Serafini OSB | Italy | 3 August 1852 (age 62) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Assessor Emeritus of the Supreme ink |
| 43 | Giacomo della Chiesa | Italy | 21 November 1854 (age 59) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Bologna |
| 44 | János Csernoch | Austria-Hungary | 18 June 1852 (age 62) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Esztergom |
| 45 | Franziskus von Bettinger | Germany | 17 September 1850 (age 63) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Munich and Freising |
| 46 | Hector Sévin | France | 22 March 1852 (age 62) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Lyon |
| 47 | Felix von Hartmann | Germany | 15 December 1851 (age 62) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Cologne |
| 48 | Friedrich Gustav Piffl CCRSA | Austria-Hungary | 15 October 1864 (age 49) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Vienna |
| 49 | Francesco Salesio Della Volpe | Italy | 20 December 1844 (age 69) |
CD | 19 June 1899 Leo XIII |
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Index (Protodeacon) |
| 50 | Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo | Italy | 7 November 1845 (age 68) |
CD | 11 December 1905 Pius X |
Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Religious |
| 51 | Gaetano Bisleti | Italy | 20 March 1856 (age 58) |
CD | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Grand Prior of the Sovereign Order of Malta |
| 52 | Louis Billot SJ | France | 12 January 1846 (age 68) |
CD | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata |
| 53 | Willem Marinus van Rossum CSSR | Netherlands | 3 September 1854 (age 59) |
CD | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
President of the Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies |
| 54 | Scipione Tecchi | Italy | 27 June 1854 (age 60) |
CD | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Assessor Emeritus of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation |
| 55 | Filippo Giustini | Italy | 8 May 1852 (age 62) |
CD | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments |
| 56 | Michele Lega | France | 1 January 1860 (age 54) |
CD | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Dean emeritus of the Sacred Roman Rota |
| 57 | Francis Aidan Gasquet EBC | United Kingdom | 5 October 1846 (age 67) |
CD | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
President Emeritus of the English Benedictine Congregation |
Not in attendance
| Rank | Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office | Reason for absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Gibbons | United States | 23 July 1834 (age 80) |
CP | 7 June 1886 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Baltimore | Did not arrive in time |
| 2 | Kolos Ferenc Vaszary OSB | Austria-Hungary | 12 February 1832 (age 82) |
CP | 16 January 1893 Leo XIII |
Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom | Illness |
| 3 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 8 September 1833 (age 80) |
CP | 30 November 1896 Leo XIII |
Archbishop of Naples | Illness |
| 4 | Sebastiano Martinelli OESA | Italy | 20 August 1848 (age 66) |
CP | 15 April 1901 Leo XIII |
Prefect of the Congregation for Sacred Rites | Illness |
| 5 | Franziskus von Sales Bauer | Austria-Hungary | 26 January 1841 (age 73) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Olomouc | Illness |
| 6 | William Henry O'Connell | United States | 8 December 1859 (age 54) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Boston | Did not arrive in time |
| 7 | François-Virgile Dubillard | France | 16 February 1845 (age 69) |
CP | 27 November 1911 Pius X |
Archbishop of Chambéry | Illness |
| 8 | Louis-Nazaire Bégin | Canada | 10 January 1840 (age 74) |
CP | 25 May 1914 Pius X |
Archbishop of Quebec | Did not arrive in time |
Cardinal electors by country
- Country of elected pope
| Country | Continent | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Austria-Hungary | Europe | 4 |
| Belgium | Europe | 1 |
| Brazil | South America | 1 |
| France | Europe | 6 |
| Germany | Europe | 2 |
| Italy* | Europe | 32 |
| Netherlands | Europe | 1 |
| Portugal | Europe | 2 |
| Spain | Europe | 4 |
| United Kingdom | Europe | 3 |
| United States | North America | 1 |
| Total | 57 | |
See also
- Cardinals created by Leo XIII
- Cardinals created by Pius X
- Cardinal electors for the 1903 conclave
- Cardinal electors for the 1922 conclave
References
- Back to citation Chadwick, Owen (1998). A History of the Popes, 1830-1914. Ocford University Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-19-926286-1. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- Back to citation Pollard, John (2005). Benedict XV: The Unknown Pope and the Pursuit of Peace. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 60. ISBN 9780860124085. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- Back to citation Burkle-Young, Francis A. (2000). Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922. Lexington Books. p. 103. ISBN 9780739101148. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Back to citation Falconio was an Italian-born U.S. citizen who spent much of his career in Canada and the United States.