Cardinal electors for the 2013 papal conclave
The papal conclave of 2013 was convened to elect a pope, the head of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope Benedict XVI following his resignation on. According to the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, which governed the vacancy of the Holy See, only cardinals who had not passed their 80th birthdays on the day on which the Holy See fell vacant were eligible to participate in the conclave. Although not a formal requirement, the cardinal electors invariably elect the pope from among their number. The election is carried out by secret ballot.
Of the 207 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of the vacancy of the Holy See, there were 117 cardinal electors who were eligible to participate in the subsequent conclave. Two cardinal electors did not participate, decreasing the number in attendance to 115. The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority was.
Of the 115 attending cardinal electors, 4 were cardinal bishops, 81 were cardinal priests and 30 were cardinal deacons; 48 had been created cardinals by Pope John Paul II and 67 by Pope Benedict XVI; 29 worked in the service of the Holy See, such as in the Roman Curia, 61 were in charge of pastoral duties outside Rome and 25 had retired. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Walter Kasper, at the age of, while the youngest cardinal elector was Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, at the age of. Another 90 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age.
The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on. On, after five ballots over two days, they elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who took the papal name Francis.
Cardinal electors
The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: cardinal bishops , cardinal priests and cardinal deacons , with precedence in that sequence. This is the order in which the cardinal electors process into the conclave, take the oath and cast their ballots, generally reflecting seniority and honour. For cardinal bishops, except for those who are Eastern Catholic patriarchs, the dean is first in precedence, followed by the vice-dean and then by the rest in order of appointment as cardinal bishops. For cardinal bishops who are Eastern Catholic patriarchs, for cardinal priests and for cardinal deacons, precedence is determined by the date of the consistory in which they were created cardinals and then by the order in which they appeared in the official announcement or bulletin.Four of the cardinal electors were from the Eastern Catholic Churches: Antonios Naguib, Béchara Boutros Raï, George Alencherry and Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal. In addition, the senior cardinal bishop, the senior cardinal priest, the senior cardinal deacon and the junior cardinal deacon were assigned specific roles in the conclave, such as presiding over the conclave itself or announcing the election of the pope. These were, respectively, Giovanni Battista Re, Godfried Danneels, Jean-Louis Tauran and James Michael Harvey. The Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, who was in charge of administering the Holy See during its vacancy, was Tarcisio Bertone.
The data below are as of, the date on which the Holy See fell vacant. By default, the cardinals are sorted by precedence within each table, as denoted by the column. All cardinals are of the Latin Church unless otherwise stated. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the respective post-nominal letters.
| Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office | ||
| 1 | Giovanni Battista Re | 30.01.1934 | CB | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops | ||
| 2 | Tarcisio Bertone | 02.12.1934 | CB | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church | ||
| 3 | Antonios Naguib | 18.03.1935 | CB | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria | ||
| 4 | Béchara Boutros Raï | 25.02.1940 | CB | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Patriarch of Antioch | ||
| 5 | Godfried Danneels | 04.06.1933 | CP | 02.02.1983 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussels | ||
| 6 | Joachim Meisner | 25.12.1933 | CP | 02.02.1983 John Paul II | Archbishop of Cologne | ||
| 7 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | 31.10.1936 | CP | 28.06.1991 John Paul II | Archbishop of Santo Domingo | ||
| 8 | Roger Michael Mahony | 27.02.1936 | CP | 28.06.1991 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles | ||
| 9 | Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino | 18.10.1936 | CP | 26.11.1994 John Paul II | Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana | ||
| 10 | Jean-Claude Turcotte | 26.06.1936 | CP | 26.11.1994 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Montreal | ||
| 11 | Vinko Puljić | 08.09.1945 | CP | 26.11.1994 John Paul II | Archbishop of Vrhbosna | ||
| 12 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | 28.03.1933 | CP | 26.11.1994 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara | ||
| 13 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | 20.08.1936 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop of Madrid | ||
| 14 | Dionigi Tettamanzi | 14.03.1934 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Milan | ||
| 15 | Polycarp Pengo | 05.08.1944 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam | ||
| 16 | Christoph Schönborn | 22.01.1945 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop of Vienna | ||
| 17 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | 06.06.1942 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop of Mexico | ||
| 18 | Francis Eugene George | 16.01.1937 | CP | 21.02.1998 John Paul II | Archbishop of Chicago | ||
| 19 | Zenon Grocholewski | 11.10.1939 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education | ||
| 20 | Crescenzio Sepe | 02.06.1943 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Naples | ||
| 21 | Walter Kasper | 05.03.1933 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | ||
| 22 | Ivan Dias | 14.04.1936 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | ||
| 23 | Geraldo Majella Agnelo | 19.10.1933 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia | ||
| 24 | Audrys Juozas Bačkis | 01.02.1937 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Vilnius | ||
| 25 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa | 05.09.1933 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Chile | ||
| 26 | Julio Terrazas Sandoval | 07.03.1936 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||
| 27 | Wilfrid Fox Napier | 08.03.1941 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Durban | ||
| 28 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga | 29.12.1942 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Tegucigalpa | ||
| 29 | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne | 28.12.1943 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Lima | ||
| 30 | Cláudio Hummes | 08.08.1934 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy | ||
| 31 | Jorge Mario Bergoglio * | 17.12.1936 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop of Buenos Aires | ||
| 32 | José da Cruz Policarpo | 26.02.1936 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Patriarch of Lisbon | ||
| 33 | Severino Poletto | 18.03.1933 | CP | 21.02.2001 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Turin | ||
| 34 | Karl Lehmann | 16.05.1936 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Bishop of Mainz | ||
| 35 | Angelo Scola | 07.11.1941 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Milan | ||
| 36 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | 16.06.1936 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Lagos | ||
| 37 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | 27.02.1941 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Khartoum | ||
| 38 | Carlos Amigo Vallejo | 23.08.1934 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Seville | ||
| 39 | Justin Francis Rigali | 19.04.1935 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia | ||
| 40 | Ennio Antonelli | 18.11.1936 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family | ||
| 41 | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | 11.10.1948 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | ||
| 42 | Telesphore Placidus Toppo | 15.10.1939 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Ranchi | ||
| 43 | George Pell | 08.06.1941 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Sydney | ||
| 44 | Josip Bozanić | 20.03.1949 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Zagreb | ||
| 45 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | 05.03.1934 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City | ||
| 46 | Philippe Barbarin | 17.10.1950 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Lyon | ||
| 47 | Péter Erdő | 25.06.1952 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest | ||
| 48 | Marc Ouellet | 08.06.1944 | CP | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops | ||
| 49 | Agostino Vallini | 17.04.1940 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran | ||
| 50 | Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino | 28.08.1942 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Caracas | ||
| 51 | Jean-Pierre Ricard | 25.09.1944 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Bordeaux | ||
| 52 | Antonio Cañizares Llovera | 15.10.1945 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | ||
| 53 | Seán Patrick O'Malley | 29.06.1944 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Boston | ||
| 54 | Stanisław Dziwisz | 27.04.1939 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Kraków | ||
| 55 | Carlo Caffarra | 01.06.1938 | CP | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Bologna | ||
| 56 | Seán Baptist Brady | 16.08.1939 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Armagh | ||
| 57 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | 29.04.1937 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Barcelona | ||
| 58 | André Vingt-Trois | 07.11.1942 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Paris | ||
| 59 | Angelo Bagnasco | 14.01.1943 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Genoa | ||
| 60 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | 28.11.1936 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Dakar | ||
| 61 | Oswald Gracias | 24.12.1944 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Bombay | ||
| 62 | Francisco Robles Ortega | 02.03.1949 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Guadalajara | ||
| 63 | Daniel Nicholas DiNardo | 23.05.1949 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Galveston–Houston | ||
| 64 | Odilo Pedro Scherer | 21.09.1949 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of São Paulo | ||
| 65 | John Njue | 31.12.1944 | CP | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Nairobi | ||
| 66 | Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga | 01.01.1934 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop emeritus of Quito | ||
| 67 | Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | 07.10.1939 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Kinshasa | ||
| 68 | Paolo Romeo | 20.02.1938 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Palermo | ||
| 69 | Donald William Wuerl | 12.11.1940 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Washington | ||
| 70 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | 15.02.1937 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Aparecida | ||
| 71 | Kazimierz Nycz | 01.02.1950 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Warsaw | ||
| 72 | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | 15.11.1947 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Colombo | ||
| 73 | Reinhard Marx | 21.09.1953 | CP | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Munich and Freising | ||
| 74 | George Alencherry | 19.04.1945 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly | ||
| 75 | Thomas Christopher Collins | 16.01.1947 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Toronto | ||
| 76 | Dominik Duka | 26.04.1943 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Prague | ||
| 77 | Willem Jacobus Eijk | 22.06.1953 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Utrecht | ||
| 78 | Giuseppe Betori | 25.02.1947 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Florence | ||
| 79 | Timothy Michael Dolan | 06.02.1950 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of New York | ||
| 80 | Rainer Maria Woelki | 18.08.1956 | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Berlin | ||
| 81 | John Tong Hon | CP | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Bishop of Hong Kong | |||
| 82 | Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal | 15.06.1959 | CP | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Major Archbishop of Trivandrum | ||
| 83 | John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan | 29.01.1944 | CP | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Abuja | ||
| 84 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | 22.09.1942 | CP | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Bogotá | ||
| 85 | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | 21.06.1957 | CP | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Archbishop of Manila | ||
| 86 | Jean-Louis Tauran | 05.04.1943 | CD | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | ||
| 87 | Attilio Nicora | 16.03.1937 | CD | 21.10.2003 John Paul II | Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi and President of the Financial Information Authority | ||
| 88 | William Joseph Levada | 15.06.1936 | CD | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | ||
| 89 | Franc Rodé | 23.09.1934 | CD | 24.03.2006 Benedict XVI | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | ||
| 90 | Leonardo Sandri | 18.11.1943 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | ||
| 91 | Giovanni Lajolo | 03.01.1935 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | ||
| 92 | Paul Josef Cordes | 05.09.1934 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum | ||
| 93 | Angelo Comastri | 17.09.1943 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Vicar General for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter | ||
| 94 | Stanisław Ryłko | 04.07.1945 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | ||
| 95 | Raffaele Farina | 24.09.1933 | CD | 24.11.2007 Benedict XVI | Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church emeritus | ||
| 96 | Angelo Amato | 08.06.1938 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | ||
| 97 | Robert Sarah | 15.06.1945 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum | ||
| 98 | Francesco Monterisi | 28.05.1934 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Archpriest emeritus of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | ||
| 99 | Raymond Leo Burke | 30.06.1948 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | ||
| 100 | Kurt Koch | 15.03.1950 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | ||
| 101 | Paolo Sardi | 01.09.1934 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | ||
| 102 | Mauro Piacenza | 15.09.1944 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | ||
| 103 | Velasio De Paolis | 19.09.1935 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | President emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | ||
| 104 | Gianfranco Ravasi | 18.10.1942 | CD | 20.11.2010 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | ||
| 105 | Fernando Filoni | 15.04.1946 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | ||
| 106 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | 29.03.1938 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Major Penitentiary | ||
| 107 | Santos Abril y Castelló | 21.09.1935 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major | ||
| 108 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | 03.02.1938 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | ||
| 109 | Giuseppe Bertello | 01.10.1942 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | ||
| 110 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | 06.03.1938 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | ||
| 111 | João Braz de Aviz | 24.04.1947 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | ||
| 112 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | 08.04.1939 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | ||
| 113 | Domenico Calcagno | 03.02.1943 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | ||
| 114 | Giuseppe Versaldi | 30.07.1943 | CD | 18.02.2012 Benedict XVI | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | ||
| 115 | James Michael Harvey | 20.10.1949 | CD | 24.11.2012 Benedict XVI | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls |
Not in attendance
Cardinal electors by continent and by country
The 115 attending cardinal electors were from 48 countries on all six inhabited continents; the countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy, the United States and Germany.indicating the number of cardinal electors in attendance from each country
| Continent | Number | Percentage |
| Africa | 11 | |
| North America | 20 | |
| South America* | 13 | |
| Asia | 10 | |
| Europe | 60 | |
| Oceania | 1 | |
| Total | 115 | 100.0% |