Cardinal electors in the 2013 papal conclave

Photograph of Pope Francis
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis by the conclave on 13 March 2013.

The papal conclave of 2013 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Benedict XVI following his resignation on 28 February 2013. 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, those who were born on or after 28 February 1933) were eligible to participate in the conclave. Although not a formal requirement, the cardinal electors invariably elect the pope from among their number. The election was carried out by secret ballot (Latin: per scrutinium).

Of the 207 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of Benedict XVI's resignation, there were 117 cardinal electors who were eligible to participate in the subsequent conclave. Two cardinal electors did not participate, decreasing the number in attendance to 115. The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority was 77.

Of the 115 attending cardinal electors, 4 were cardinal bishops, 81 were cardinal priests, and 30 were cardinal deacons; 48 had been created cardinals by Pope John Paul II and 67 by Pope Benedict XVI; 29 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 61 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and 25 had retired. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Walter Kasper, at the age of 79, and the youngest was Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, at the age of 53. Another 90 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age.

The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 12 March 2013. On 13 March, after five ballots over two days, they elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who took the papal name Francis.

Cardinal electors

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. 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.

Four of the cardinal electors were from the Eastern Catholic Churches: Antonios Naguib (Coptic), Béchara Boutros Raï (Maronite), George Alencherry (Syro-Malabar) and Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (Syro-Malankara). Raï and Thottunkal were the first cardinals from their respective churches to participate in a conclave. 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), were, respectively, Giovanni Battista Re, Godfried Danneels, Jean-Louis Tauran and James Michael Harvey. The camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, who was in charge of administering the Holy See during its vacancy, was Tarcisio Bertone.

The data below are as of 28 February 2013, 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.

* Elected pope
Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory Office Ref.
1 Giovanni Battista Re Italy 30 January 1934
(age 79)
CB 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
2 Tarcisio Bertone SDB Italy 2 December 1934
(age 78)
CB 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
3 Antonios Naguib Egypt 18 March 1935
(age 77)
CB 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria
(Coptic Church)
4 Béchara Boutros Raï OMM Lebanon 25 February 1940
(age 73)
CB 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Patriarch of Antioch
(Maronite Church)
5 Godfried Danneels Belgium 4 June 1933
(age 79)
CP 2 February 1983
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussels
6 Joachim Meisner Germany 25 December 1933
(age 79)
CP 2 February 1983
John Paul II
Archbishop of Cologne
7 Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez Dominican Republic 31 October 1936
(age 76)
CP 28 June 1991
John Paul II
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
8 Roger Michael Mahony United States 27 February 1936
(age 77)
CP 28 June 1991
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles
9 Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Cuba 18 October 1936
(age 76)
CP 26 November 1994
John Paul II
Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana
10 Jean-Claude Turcotte Canada 26 June 1936
(age 76)
CP 26 November 1994
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Montreal
11 Vinko Puljić Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 September 1945
(age 67)
CP 26 November 1994
John Paul II
Archbishop of Vrhbosna
12 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Mexico 28 March 1933
(age 79)
CP 26 November 1994
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara
13 Antonio María Rouco Varela Spain 20 August 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop of Madrid
14 Dionigi Tettamanzi Italy 14 March 1934
(age 78)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Milan
15 Polycarp Pengo Tanzania 5 August 1944
(age 68)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
16 Christoph Schönborn OP Austria 22 January 1945
(age 68)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop of Vienna
17 Norberto Rivera Carrera Mexico 6 June 1942
(age 70)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop of Mexico
18 Francis Eugene George OMI United States 16 January 1937
(age 76)
CP 21 February 1998
John Paul II
Archbishop of Chicago
19 Zenon Grocholewski Poland 11 October 1939
(age 73)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education
20 Crescenzio Sepe Italy 2 June 1943
(age 69)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Naples
21 Walter Kasper Germany 5 March 1933
(age 79)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
22 Ivan Dias India 14 April 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 Geraldo Majella Agnelo Brazil 19 October 1933
(age 79)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia
24 Audrys Juozas Bačkis Lithuania 1 February 1937
(age 76)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Vilnius
25 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch Chile 5 September 1933
(age 79)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Chile
26 Julio Terrazas Sandoval CSsR Bolivia 7 March 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
27 Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM South Africa 8 March 1941
(age 71)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Durban
28 Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB Honduras 29 December 1942
(age 70)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
29 Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Peru 28 December 1943
(age 69)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Lima
30 Cláudio Hummes OFM Brazil 8 August 1934
(age 78)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
31 Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ* Argentina 17 December 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
32 José da Cruz Policarpo Portugal 26 February 1936
(age 77)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Patriarch of Lisbon
33 Severino Poletto Italy 18 March 1933
(age 79)
CP 21 February 2001
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Turin
34 Karl Lehmann Germany 16 May 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Bishop of Mainz
35 Angelo Scola Italy 7 November 1941
(age 71)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Milan
36 Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Nigeria 16 June 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Lagos
37 Gabriel Zubeir Wako Sudan 27 February 1941
(age 72)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Khartoum
38 Carlos Amigo Vallejo OFM Spain 23 August 1934
(age 78)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Seville
39 Justin Francis Rigali United States 19 April 1935
(age 77)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia
40 Ennio Antonelli Italy 18 November 1936
(age 76)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
41 Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Ghana 11 October 1948
(age 64)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
42 Telesphore Placidus Toppo India 15 October 1939
(age 73)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Ranchi
43 George Pell Australia 8 June 1941
(age 71)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Sydney
44 Josip Bozanić Croatia 20 March 1949
(age 63)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Zagreb
45 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Vietnam 5 March 1934
(age 78)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City
46 Philippe Barbarin France 17 October 1950
(age 62)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Lyon
47 Péter Erdő Hungary 25 June 1952
(age 60)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest
48 Marc Ouellet PSS Canada 8 June 1944
(age 68)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
49 Agostino Vallini Italy 17 April 1940
(age 72)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran
50 Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino Venezuela 28 August 1942
(age 70)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Caracas
51 Jean-Pierre Ricard France 25 September 1944
(age 68)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Bordeaux
52 Antonio Cañizares Llovera Spain 15 October 1945
(age 67)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
53 Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap United States 29 June 1944
(age 68)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Boston
54 Stanisław Dziwisz Poland 27 April 1939
(age 73)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Kraków
55 Carlo Caffarra Italy 1 June 1938
(age 74)
CP 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Bologna
56 Seán Baptist Brady Ireland 16 August 1939
(age 73)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Armagh
57 Lluís Martínez Sistach Spain 29 April 1937
(age 75)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Barcelona
58 André Vingt-Trois France 7 November 1942
(age 70)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Paris
59 Angelo Bagnasco Italy 14 January 1943
(age 70)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Genoa
60 Théodore-Adrien Sarr Senegal 28 November 1936
(age 76)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Dakar
61 Oswald Gracias India 24 December 1944
(age 68)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Bombay
62 Francisco Robles Ortega Mexico 2 March 1949
(age 63)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Guadalajara
63 Daniel Nicholas DiNardo United States 23 May 1949
(age 63)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Galveston–Houston
64 Odilo Pedro Scherer Brazil 21 September 1949
(age 63)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of São Paulo
65 John Njue Kenya 1944
(age 68–69)
CP 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Nairobi
66 Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga Ecuador 1 January 1934
(age 79)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop emeritus of Quito
67 Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 October 1939
(age 73)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Kinshasa
68 Paolo Romeo Italy 20 February 1938
(age 75)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Palermo
69 Donald William Wuerl United States 12 November 1940
(age 72)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Washington
70 Raymundo Damasceno Assis Brazil 15 February 1937
(age 76)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Aparecida
71 Kazimierz Nycz Poland 1 February 1950
(age 63)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Warsaw
72 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Sri Lanka 15 November 1947
(age 65)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Colombo
73 Reinhard Marx Germany 21 September 1953
(age 59)
CP 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
74 George Alencherry India 19 April 1945
(age 67)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly
(Syro-Malabar Church)
75 Thomas Christopher Collins Canada 16 January 1947
(age 66)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Toronto
76 Dominik Duka OP Czech Republic 26 April 1943
(age 69)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Prague
77 Willem Jacobus Eijk Netherlands 22 June 1953
(age 59)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Utrecht
78 Giuseppe Betori Italy 25 February 1947
(age 66)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Florence
79 Timothy Michael Dolan United States 6 February 1950
(age 63)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of New York
80 Rainer Maria Woelki Germany 18 August 1956
(age 56)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Berlin
81 John Tong Hon China
(Hong Kong)
31 July 1939
(age 73)
CP 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Bishop of Hong Kong
82 Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal India 15 June 1959
(age 53)
CP 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
(Syro-Malankara Church)
83 John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Nigeria 29 January 1944
(age 69)
CP 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Abuja
84 Rubén Salazar Gómez Colombia 22 September 1942
(age 70)
CP 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Bogotá
85 Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Philippines 21 June 1957
(age 55)
CP 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Archbishop of Manila
86 Jean-Louis Tauran France 5 April 1943
(age 69)
CD 21 October 2003
John Paul II
President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Protodeacon)
87 Attilio Nicora Italy 16 March 1937
(age 75)
CD 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi and President of the Financial Information Authority
88 William Joseph Levada United States 15 June 1936
(age 76)
CD 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
89 Franc Rodé CM Slovenia 23 September 1934
(age 78)
CD 24 March 2006
Benedict XVI
Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
90 Leonardo Sandri Argentina 18 November 1943
(age 69)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
91 Giovanni Lajolo Italy 3 January 1935
(age 78)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
92 Paul Josef Cordes Germany 5 September 1934
(age 78)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
President emeritus of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum
93 Angelo Comastri Italy 17 September 1943
(age 69)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Vicar General for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter
94 Stanisław Ryłko Poland 4 July 1945
(age 67)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
95 Raffaele Farina SDB Italy 24 September 1933
(age 79)
CD 24 November 2007
Benedict XVI
Archivist and Librarian emeritus of the Holy Roman Church
96 Angelo Amato SDB Italy 8 June 1938
(age 74)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
97 Robert Sarah Guinea 15 June 1945
(age 67)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum
98 Francesco Monterisi Italy 28 May 1934
(age 78)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Archpriest emeritus of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
99 Raymond Leo Burke United States 30 June 1948
(age 64)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
100 Kurt Koch Switzerland 15 March 1950
(age 62)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
101 Paolo Sardi Italy 1 September 1934
(age 78)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
102 Mauro Piacenza Italy 15 September 1944
(age 68)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
103 Velasio De Paolis CS Italy 19 September 1935
(age 77)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
President emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
104 Gianfranco Ravasi Italy 18 October 1942
(age 70)
CD 20 November 2010
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
105 Fernando Filoni Italy 15 April 1946
(age 66)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
106 Manuel Monteiro de Castro Portugal 29 March 1938
(age 74)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Major Penitentiary
107 Santos Abril y Castelló Spain 21 September 1935
(age 77)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
108 Antonio Maria Vegliò Italy 3 February 1938
(age 75)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
109 Giuseppe Bertello Italy 1 October 1942
(age 70)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
110 Francesco Coccopalmerio Italy 6 March 1938
(age 74)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
111 João Braz de Aviz Brazil 24 April 1947
(age 65)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
112 Edwin Frederick O'Brien United States 8 April 1939
(age 73)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
113 Domenico Calcagno Italy 3 February 1943
(age 70)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
114 Giuseppe Versaldi Italy 30 July 1943
(age 69)
CD 18 February 2012
Benedict XVI
President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
115 James Michael Harvey United States 20 October 1949
(age 63)
CD 24 November 2012
Benedict XVI
Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Not in attendance

Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory Office Reason for absence Refs.
1 Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja SJ Indonesia 20 December 1934
(age 78)
CP 26 November 1994
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Jakarta Health (deteriorating eyesight)
2 Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien United Kingdom 17 March 1938
(age 74)
CP 21 October 2003
John Paul II
Archbishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Personal (following allegations of sexual misconduct)

Cardinal electors by continent and by country

The 115 attending cardinal electors were from 48 countries on all six inhabited continents. The countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy (twenty-eight), the United States (eleven) and Germany (six).

Numbered choropleth world map showing the number of cardinal electors for the 2013 papal conclave from each country
Choropleth map indicating the number of cardinal electors in attendance from each country (unnumbered countries denote one cardinal elector)
* Continent/country of elected pope
Cardinal electors by continent
Continent Number Percentage
Africa 11 9.6%
North America 20 17.4%
South America* 13 11.3%
Asia 10 8.7%
Europe 60 52.2%
Oceania 1 0.9%
Total 115 100.0%
Cardinal electors by country
Country Continent Number
Argentina* South America 2
Australia Oceania 1
Austria Europe 1
Belgium Europe 1
Bolivia South America 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 1
Brazil South America 5
Canada North America 3
Chile South America 1
China (Hong Kong) Asia 1
Colombia South America 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 1
Croatia Europe 1
Cuba North America 1
Czech Republic Europe 1
Dominican Republic North America 1
Ecuador South America 1
Egypt Africa 1
France Europe 4
Germany Europe 6
Ghana Africa 1
Guinea Africa 1
Honduras North America 1
Hungary Europe 1
India Asia 5
Ireland Europe 1
Italy Europe 28
Kenya Africa 1
Lebanon Asia 1
Lithuania Europe 1
Mexico North America 3
Netherlands Europe 1
Nigeria Africa 2
Peru South America 1
Philippines Asia 1
Poland Europe 4
Portugal Europe 2
Senegal Africa 1
Slovenia Europe 1
South Africa Africa 1
Spain Europe 5
Sri Lanka Asia 1
Sudan Africa 1
Switzerland Europe 1
Tanzania Africa 1
United States North America 11
Venezuela South America 1
Vietnam Asia 1
Total 115

See also


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