2013 papal conclave

Papal conclave
March 2013
Papal conclave; March 2013;
Dates and location
	12–13 March 2013; Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace,; Vatican City
Key officials
Dean	Angelo Sodano
Sub-dean	Roger Etchegaray
Camerlengo	Tarcisio Bertone
Protopriest	Paulo Evaristo Arns
Protodeacon	Jean-Louis Tauran
Secretary	Lorenzo Baldisseri
Election
Candidates	See Papabile
Ballots	5
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.

^ "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.

Papal conclave March 2013
Dates and location
12–13 March 2013 Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Key officials
Dean	Angelo Sodano
Sub-dean	Roger Etchegaray
Camerlengo	Tarcisio Bertone
Protopriest	Paulo Evaristo Arns
Protodeacon	Jean-Louis Tauran
Secretary	Lorenzo Baldisseri
Election
Candidates	See Papabile
Ballots	5
Elected pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio Name taken: Francis

← 2005