The papal conclave of 1963 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope John XXIII following his death on 3 June 1963.
Of the 82 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of John XXIII's death, 80 participated in the subsequent conclave. Of the 80 attending electors, 6 were cardinal bishops, 61 were cardinal priests, and 13 were cardinal deacons; 8 had been created cardinals by Pope Pius XI, 26 by Pope Pius XII, and 46 by Pope John XXIII; 21 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 48 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and 11 had retired. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Francesco Morano, at the age of 90, and the youngest was Juan Landázuri Ricketts, at the age of 49. This was the last conclave before the electors were limited to cardinals under 80 years of age, a rule established by Pope Paul VI in his 1970 Ingravescentem aetatem and his 1975 apostolic constitution Romano Pontifici eligendo.
The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 19 June 1963. On 21 June, after six ballots over three days, they elected Cardinal Giovanni Montini, the archbishop of Milan, who took the papal name Paul VI.
Cardinal electors The data below are as of 3 June 1963, the date on which the Holy See became vacant. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the relevant post-nominal letters.
Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory Office 1 Eugène Tisserant France (age ) CB Pius XI Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies, Librarian of the Vatican Library, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive (Dean) 2 Clemente Micara Italy (age ) CB Pius XII Vicar General of Rome (Vice-Dean) 3 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy (age ) CB Pius XI Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities 4 Benedetto Aloisi Masella Italy (age ) CB Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church 5 Amleto Giovanni Cicognani Italy (age ) CB John XXIII Cardinal Secretary of State 6 Giuseppe Ferretto Italy (age ) CB John XXIII Secretary Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 7 Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira Portugal (age ) CP Pius XI Patriarch of Lisbon 8 Achille Liénart France (age ) CP Pius XI Bishop of Lille 9 Maurilio Fossati Italy (age ) CP Pius XI Archbishop of Turin 10 Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni Lebanon (age ) CP Pius XI Syriac Patriarch of Antioch 11 Santiago Copello Argentina (age ) CP Pius XI Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery 12 Pierre-Marie Gerlier France (age ) CP Pius XI Archbishop of Lyon 13 Gregorio Pietro Agagianian Lebanon (age ) CP Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith 14 James McGuigan Canada (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Toronto 15 Clément Roques France (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Rennes 16 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta Brazil (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of São Paulo 17 Norman Gilroy Australia (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Sydney 18 Francis Spellman United States (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of New York 19 Jaime de Barros Câmara Brazil (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro 20 Enrique Pla y Deniel Spain (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Toledo 21 Josef Frings West Germany (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Cologne 22 Ernesto Ruffini Italy (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Palermo 23 Antonio Caggiano Argentina (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Buenos Aires 24 Thomas Tien Ken-sin China (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Beijing 25 Augusto da Silva Brazil (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia 26 Valerio Valeri Italy (age ) CP Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation for Religious 27 Pietro Ciriaci France (age ) CP Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation of the Council 28 Maurice Feltin France (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Paris 29 Giuseppe Siri Italy (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Genoa 30 James Francis McIntyre United States (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Los Angeles 31 Giacomo Lercaro Italy (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Bologna 32 Stefan Wyszyński Poland (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw 33 Benjamín de Arriba y Castro Spain (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Tarragona 34 Fernando Quiroga Palacios Spain (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela 35 Paul-Émile Léger Canada (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Montreal 36 Valerian Gracias India (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Bombay 37 Giovanni Montini* Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Milan 38 Giovanni Urbani Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Patriarch of Venice 39 Paolo Giobbe Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Datary of the Apostolic Dataria 40 Fernando Cento Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary 41 Carlo Chiarlo Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Brazil 42 José Garibi y Rivera Mexico (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Guadalajara 43 Antonio María Barbieri Uruguay (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Montevideo 44 Carlo Confalonieri Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation 45 Richard Cushing United States (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Boston 46 Alfonso Castaldo Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Naples 47 Paul Marie André Richaud France (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Bordeaux 48 José Bueno y Monreal Spain (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Seville 49 Franz König Austria (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Vienna 50 Julius August Döpfner West Germany (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Munich and Freising 51 Paolo Marella Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Prefect of the Fabric of Saint Peter 52 Gustavo Testa Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 53 Albert Gregory Meyer United States (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Chicago 54 Luigi Traglia Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Pro-Vicar General of Rome 55 Peter Doi Japan (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Tokyo 56 Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre France (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Bourges 57 Bernardus Johannes Alfrink Netherlands (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Utrecht 58 Rufino Santos Philippines (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Manila 59 Laurean Rugambwa Tanzania (age ) CP John XXIII Bishop of Bukoba 60 Joseph Ritter United States (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of St. Louis 61 José Humberto Quintero Parra Venezuela (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Caracas 62 Luis Concha Córdoba Colombia (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Bogotá 63 José da Costa Nunes Portugal (age ) CP John XXIII Vice-Camerlengo Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church 64 Ildebrando Antoniutti Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain 65 Efrem Forni Italy (age ) CP John XXIII Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium 66 Juan Landázuri Ricketts Peru (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Lima 67 Raúl Silva Henríquez Chile (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Santiago de Chile 68 Leo Joseph Suenens Belgium (age ) CP John XXIII Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels 69 Alfredo Ottaviani Italy (age ) CD Pius XII Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office (Protodeacon) 70 Alberto di Jorio Italy (age ) CD John XXIII Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State 71 Francesco Bracci Italy (age ) CD John XXIII Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments 72 Francesco Roberti Italy (age ) CD John XXIII Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura 73 André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien France (age ) CD John XXIII Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota 74 Arcadio Larraona Saralegui Spain (age ) CD John XXIII Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites 75 Francesco Morano Italy (age ) CD John XXIII Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura 76 William Heard Scotland (age ) CD John XXIII Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota 77 Augustin Bea West Germany (age ) CD John XXIII President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity 78 Antonio Bacci Italy (age ) CD John XXIII Secretary Emeritus of Briefs to Princes 79 Michael Browne Ireland (age ) CD John XXIII Master Emeritus of the Order of Preachers 80 Joaquín Albareda y Ramoneda Spain (age ) CD John XXIII Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Library
Not in attendance Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory Office Reason for absence 1 József Mindszenty Hungary (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Esztergom Legal (confined to US Embassy) 2 Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador (age ) CP Pius XII Archbishop of Quito Health (illness)
Cardinal electors by continent and country The 80 attending cardinal electors were from 28 countries. The countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy (twenty-nine), France (eight), and Spain (six).
+ Cardinal electors by continent Continent Number Percentage Africa 1 North America 8 South America 10 Asia 6 Europe* 54 Oceania 1 Total 80 100.0%
+ Cardinal electors by country Country Continent Number Argentina South America 2 Australia Oceania 1 Austria Europe 1 Belgium Europe 1 Brazil South America 3 Canada North America 2 Chile South America 1 China Asia 1 Colombia South America 1 France Europe 8 India Asia 1 Ireland Europe 1 Italy* Europe 29 Japan Asia 1 Lebanon Asia 2 Mexico North America 1 Netherlands Europe 1 Peru South America 1 Philippines Asia 1 Poland Europe 1 Portugal Europe 2 Scotland Europe 1 Spain Europe 6 Tanzania Africa 1 United States North America 5 Uruguay South America 1 Venezuela South America 1 West Germany Europe 3 Total 80
See also Cardinals created by Pius XI Cardinals created by Pius XII Cardinals created by John XXIII Cardinal electors for the 1958 conclave Cardinal electors in the 1978 conclaves
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