Conclave of 1903

1903.07.31 – 1903.08.04

New Pope:Pope Pius X (68)
Prelate elected as Pope:
Location of Conclave:
Duration of Conclave:
5 days
Number of Electors:
62 (2 absentees)
Ballots Required:
7
Duration of Vacant See:
15 days
Cardinal Dean:Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (75)
Cardinal Vice-Dean:Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli (68)
Cardinal Protopriest:Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. (62)
Cardinal Protodeacon:Cardinal Luigi Macchi (71)
Senior Cardinal-Bishop in Conclave:Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (75)
Senior Cardinal-Priest in Conclave:Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. (62)
Senior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Luigi Macchi (71)
Junior Cardinal-Deacon in Conclave:Cardinal Felice Cavagnis (62)
Camerlengo:Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (75)
Vice-Camerlengo:Patriarch Lorenzo Passerini (65)
Secretary of Conclave:Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (37)
Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations:Msgr. Francesco Riggi

Participating Cardinals (62)

Cardinal-Bishops (6)
1ItalyLuigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (75), Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri, Abbot nullius of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle Tre Fontane (Italy), Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals
2ItalySerafino Vannutelli (68), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals
3ItalyMario Mocenni (80), Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, Titular Archbishop emeritus of Heliopolis and Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Apostolic Secretariat
4ItalyAntonio Agliardi (70), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum and Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery
5ItalyVicenzo Vannutelli (66), Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
6ItalyFrancesco Satolli (64), Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Cardinal-Priests (48)
7PortugalJosé Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. (62), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
8ItalyAlfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)
9FranceBenoît-Marie Langénieux (78), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)
10USAJames Gibbons (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere and Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)
11ItalyMariano Rampolla del Tindaro (59), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia, President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter
12FranceFrançois-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne (84), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
13BelgiumPierre-Lambert Goossens (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)
14AustriaAnton Josef Gruscha (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)
15ItalyAngelo Di Pietro (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina and Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria
16Northern IrelandMichael Logue (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)
17HungaryKolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (71), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)
18PolandGeorg von Kopp (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)
19FranceAdolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O. (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Bishop of Autun (France)
20FranceVictor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)
21ItalyGiuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)
22SpainCiriaco María Sancha y Hervás (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio, Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)
23ItalyDomenico Svampa (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
24ItalyAndrea Carlo Ferrari (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)
25ItalyGirolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
26ItalyAchille Manara (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)
27SpainSalvador Casañas y Pagés (68), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta and Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)
28ItalyDomenico Ferrata (56), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
29ItalySerafino Cretoni (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites
30ItalyGiuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)
31SpainJosé María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
32FrancePierre-Hector Coullié (74), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)
33FranceJoseph-Guillaume Labouré (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)
34ItalyGiovanni Battista Casali del Drago (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria, Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals
35ItalyFrancesco di Paola Cassetta (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia in commendum, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals
36ItalyAlessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (62), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals and Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople
37ItalyGennaro Portanova (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
38ItalyGiuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé (57), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo and Archbishop of Catania (Italy)
39FranceFrançois-Désiré Mathieu (64), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France)
40ItalyPietro Respighi (59), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara (Italy)
41ItalyAgostino Richelmy (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)
42ItalySebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. (54), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Prior General emeritus of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits)
43ItalyCasimiro Gennari (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello, Bishop emeritus of Conversano (Italy), Titular Archbishop emeritus of Naupactus and Assessor emeritus of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition
44CzechiaLev Skrbenský z Hřiště (40), Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
45ItalyGiulio Boschi (65), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)
46PolandJan Puzyna de Kosielsko (60), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Bishop of Kraków (Poland)
47ItalyBartolomeo Bacilieri (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Bishop of Verona (Italy)
48ItalyCarlo Nocella (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto, Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Consistorial Congregation
49ItalyBeniamino Cavicchioni (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Titular Archbishop emeritus of Nazianzus and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Council
50ItalyAndrea Aiuti (54), Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
51ItalyEmidio Taliani (65), Titular Archbishop emeritus of Sebastia
52SpainSebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (81), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)
53AustriaJohannes Baptist Katschthaler (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)
54GermanyAnton Hubert Fischer (63), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)
Cardinal-Deacons (8)
55ItalyLuigi Macchi (71), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
56GermanyAndreas Steinhuber, S.J. (78), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index
57ItalyFrancesco Segna (66), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives
58ItalyRaffaele Pierotti, O.P. (67), Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano and Master of the Sacred Palace emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
59ItalyFrancesco Salesio Della Volpe (58), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
60SpainJosé de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. (49), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro
61ItalyLuigi Tripepi (67), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics
62ItalyFelice Cavagnis (62), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Cardinal-Electors unable to participate (2)

Rome TimeEvent
1903.07.31 Friday
AfternoonMass of the Holy Spirit in Pauline Chapel
AfternoonEntry into Sistine Chapel
1903.08.01 Saturday
Morning1ˢᵗ Vote
Morning⚫ Smoke
Afternoon2ⁿᵈ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Smoke
1903.08.02 Sunday
Morning3ʳᵈ Vote
Morning⚫ Smoke
Afternoon4ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Smoke
1903.08.03 Monday
Morning5ᵗʰ Vote
Morning⚫ Smoke
Afternoon6ᵗʰ Vote
Afternoon⚫ Smoke
1903.08.04 Tuesday
Morning7ᵗʰ Vote
Morning“Habemus Papam”

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