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Notes on the 1922

"Canonists' Conclave"

 

   Cardinal Piffl (Vienna) kept private records during the papal conclave that elected Achille Ratti as Pius XI. These were discovered after Piffl's death in 1932, and published in The Tablet on 5 Oct. 1963, at 1060. They are also available in J. Noonan, Power to Dissolve (1972), at 407.

 

   According to Piffl, 15 candidates received at least one vote in the course of 14 ballots held during the four-day conclave. Below, candidates names (canon lawyers in bold) are listed by greatest number of votes attained in one or more ballots:

 

Ratti   42

Gasparri   24

La Fontaine   23

Merry de Val   17

Maffi   10

Belmonte  8

Laurenti   5

Bisleti   4

Van Rossum   4

De Lai   2

Pompilj   2

Giorgi   1

Lega   1

Mercier   1

Sbaretti   1

 

   These records suggest what I think might well be called "The Canonists' Conclave of 1922." PS: Retaining personal notes such as Piffl did is now forbidden by papal law (UDG 71). Of related interest: The Men behind the Man behind the 1917 Code.

 

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The Next Papal Conclave: Current Eligible Electors

by Dr. Edward N. Peters

     The election of the Roman Pontiff has been reserved to the College of Cardinals since late in the 13th century. Under current ecclesiastical law (John Paul II, ap. con. Universi Dominici gregis, 22 February 1996) all those, but only those, cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote, except that cardinals whose names remained reserved by the pope "in pectore"  (currently none) would be ineligible (UDG 33, 36). There are presently 116 cardinals, some of them retired (emeritus) from their last posts, eligible to vote in the next papal conclave (this papally self-imposed limit of 120 is occasionally exceeded). Voting is secret and politicking is prohibited (UDG 79-83), but the following "blocs" are noteworthy: approximately 38 Europeans (outside Italy); 20 Italians; 20 Latin Americans; 13 Americans (plus at least 6 more from heavily Anglo-cultures); and 8 Emergent Africans.

Cardinal

Country

Posted to

Turns 80

Appt.

Year

Kitbunchu Thailand Bangkok Jan 25, 2009

JP2

1983
Marchisano Italy Roman Curia emer Jun 25, 2009

JP2

2003
Castrillón Hoyos Colombia Roman Curia emer Jul 04, 2009

JP2

1998
Glemp Poland Warsaw emer Dec 18, 2009

JP2

1983
Ambrozic Canada Toronto emer Jan 27, 2010

JP2

1998
Maida USA Detroit Mar 18, 2010

JP2

1994
Williams New Zealand Wellington emer Mar 20, 2010

JP2

1983
Casado Herranz Spain Roman Curia emer Mar 31, 2010

JP2

2003
McCarrick USA DC emer Jul 07, 2010

JP2

2001
Poupard France Roman Curia emer Aug 30, 2010

JP2

1985
De Giorgi Italy Palermo emer Sep 06, 2010

JP2

1998
Daoud Syria Roman Curia Sep 18, 2010

JP2

2001
Giordano Italy   Naples emer Sep 26, 2010

JP2

1988
Tumi Cameroon Douala Oct 15, 2010

JP2

1988
Pujats Latvia Riga Nov 14, 2010

JP2

1998
Panafieu France Marseilles emer Jan 26, 2011

JP2

2003
Vidal Philippines Cebu Feb 06, 2011

JP2

1985
García-Gasco Spain Valencia Feb 12, 2011 B16 2007
Ruini Italy Roman Curia emer Feb 19, 2011

JP2

1991
Keeler  USA Baltimore Mar 04, 2011

JP2

1994
Sebastiani Italy Roman Curia emer Apr 11, 2011

JP2

2001
Law USA Boston emer Nov 04, 2011

JP2

1985
Simonis Netherlands Utrecht emer Nov 26, 2011

JP2

1985

Cheong Jin-Suk

Korea

Seoul

Dec 07, 2011

B16

2006
Saraiva Martins Portugal Roman Curia Jan 06, 2012

JP2

2001

Zen Ze-kiun

China

Hong Kong

Jan 13, 2012

B16

2006
Quezada Toruño Guatamala Guatamala City Mar 08, 2012

JP2

2003
Egan USA New York Apr 02, 2012

JP2

2001
Vlk Czech Repub. Prague May 17, 2012

JP2

1994
Schwery Switzerland Sion Jun 14, 2012

JP2

1991
Stafford USA Roman Curia Jul 26, 2012

JP2

1998

Rosales

Philippines

Manila

Aug 10, 2012

B16

2006
Murphy-O’Connor England Westminster   Aug 24, 2012

JP2

2001
Rubiano Sáenz Colombia Bogotá   Sep 13, 2012

JP2

2001
Arinze Nigeria Roman Curia Nov 01, 2012

JP2

1985
Martino Italy Roman Curia Nov 23, 2012

JP2

2003
Schied Brazil Rio De Janiero Dec 08, 2012

JP2

2003
Lozano Barragán Spain Roman Curia Jan 26, 2012

JP2

2003
Husar Ukraine Kiev and Halych Feb 26, 2013

JP2

2001
Kasper Germany Roman Curia Mar 05, 2013

JP2

2001
Poletto Italy Turin Mar 18, 2013

JP2

2001
Sandoval Íñiguez Mexico Guadalajara Mar 28, 2013

JP2

1994
Danneels Belgium Mesch.-Brussels Jun 04, 2013