Cardinal electors for the 1958 papal conclave


The cardinal electors in the 1958 papal conclave were 53, of whom 51 participated. This list is arranged by region and within each alphabetically. Two were impeded from attending by their Communist governments: József Mindszenty was confined to the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, and Aloysius Stepinac was under house arrest in Yugoslavia. A 54th cardinal, Edward Mooney of Detroit, traveled to Rome to attend the papal conclave, but died of a heart attack three hours before it began.

Roman Curia

  1. Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Camerlengo, Prefect of Discipline of the Sacraments
  2. Nicola Canali, Major Penitentiary
  3. Gaetano Cicognani, Prefect of Apostolic Signatura
  4. Pietro Ciriaci, Prefect of Congregation of the Council
  5. Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
  6. Marcello Mimmi, Secretary of Consistorial Congregation
  7. Alfredo Ottaviani, Pro-Secretary of the Holy Office
  8. Giuseppe Pizzardo, Secretary of Holy Office, Prefect of Seminaries and Universities
  9. Federico Tedeschini, Datary of His Holiness
  10. Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Secretary of Oriental Churches
  11. Valerio Valeri, Prefect of Religious

    Europe

Italy

  1. Elia Dalla Costa, Archbishop of Florence
  2. Maurilio Fossati, OSsCGN, Archbishop of Turin
  3. Giacomo Lercaro, Archbishop of Bologna
  4. Clemente Micara, Vicar General of Rome
  5. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice
  6. Ernesto Ruffini, Archbishop of Palermo
  7. Giuseppe Siri, Archbishop of Genoa

    France

  8. Maurice Feltin, Archbishop of Paris
  9. Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyon
  10. Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans
  11. Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille
  12. Clément-Emile Roques, Archbishop of Rennes

    Spain

  13. Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Archbishop of Tarragona
  14. Enrique Pla y Deniel, Archbishop of Toledo
  15. Fernando Quiroga y Palacios, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

    Germany

  16. Josef Frings, Archbishop of Cologne
  17. Joseph Wendel, Archbishop of Munich and Freising

    Belgium

  18. Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Archbishop of Mechelen

    Hungary

  19. József Mindszenty, Archbishop of Esztergom

    Ireland and United Kingdom

  20. John D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh

    Poland

  21. Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno

    Portugal

  22. Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisbon

    Soviet Union

  23. Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians

    Yugoslavia

  24. Aloysius Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb

    North America

Canada

  1. Paul-Émile Léger, PSS, Archbishop of Montreal
  2. James Charles McGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto

    United States

  3. James Francis McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles
  4. Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York

    South America

Brazil

  1. Jaime de Barros Câmara, Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro
  2. Augusto da Silva, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
  3. Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, Archbishop of São Paulo

    Argentina

  4. Antonio Caggiano, Bishop of Rosario
  5. Santiago Copello, Archbishop of Buenos Aires

    Chile

  6. José Caro Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santiago

    Colombia

  7. Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Archbishop of Bogotá

    Cuba

  8. Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana

    Ecuador

  9. Carlos María de la Torre, Archbishop of Quito

    Asia

China

  1. Thomas Tien Ken-sin, SVD, Archbishop of Beijing

    India

  2. Valerian Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay

    Syria

  3. Ignatius Gabriel I Tappuni, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians

    Africa

Mozambique

  1. Teódosio de Gouveia, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques

    Oceania

Australia

  1. Norman Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney