2013 papal conclave

Papal conclave
March 2013
Dates and location
12–13 March 2013
Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace,
Vatican City
Key officials
DeanAngelo Sodano
Sub-deanRoger Etchegaray
CamerlengoTarcisio Bertone
ProtopriestPaulo Evaristo Arns
ProtodeaconJean-Louis Tauran
SecretaryLorenzo Baldisseri
Election
CandidatesSee Papabile
Ballots5
Elected pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Name taken: Francis
← 2005

A conclave was convened on 12 March 2013 to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February. 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered. On the fifth ballot,[1] the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He took the pontifical name Francis.

  1. ^ "White smoke emerges signalling new pope elected". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 13 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.