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| Papal conclave March 1939 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and location | |
| 1–2 March 1939 Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | |
| Key officials | |
| Dean | Gennaro di Belmonte |
| Sub-dean | Donato Sbarretti |
| Camerlengo | Eugenio Pacelli |
| Protopriest | William Henry O'Connell |
| Protodeacon | Camillo Caccia Dominioni |
| Secretary | Vincenzo Santoro |
| Election | |
| Candidates | See Papabili |
| Ballots | 3 |
| Elected pope | |
| Eugenio Pacelli Name taken: Pius XII | |
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The papal conclave held from 1 to 2 March 1939 saw the election of Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli on the third ballot as pope in succession to Pius XI, who had died on 10 February. All 62 cardinals participated in the conclave. Pacelli, the camerlengo and cardinal secretary of state, took the name Pius XII. The day was his 63rd birthday.
The 1939 conclave was the shortest papal conclave in the 20th century. It was also the last conclave to include all living cardinals.[1] This was the first papal conclave to include a cardinal from the Middle East since the Middle Ages: Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni of Syria.
Pacelli was the first pope born in Rome since Innocent XIII in 1721 and the first member of the Roman Curia to become pope since Leo XIII in 1878.[2][3] Another Curial cardinal would not be elected pope until the 2005 conclave, who took the name Benedict XVI.
- ^ Allen Jr., John L. (2002). Conclave: The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385504560. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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