Conclave 1830–1831
In the conclave of 1830–1831 , which met from December 14, 1830 to February 2, 1831 , the previous prefect of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide , Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari O.SB Cam , became Pope Gregory XVI. elected. It was the last conclave so far that lasted more than a month.
procedure
After the death of Pope Pius VIII on November 30, 1830, Cardinal Dean Bartolomeo Pacca called the cardinals together for a conclave. Two weeks after the Pope's death, the election of the successor began. The papabili included the cardinals Giacomo Giustiniani , Giuseppe Albani and Emmanuele De Gregorio . The Spanish Cardinal Juan Francisco Marco y Catalán announced the exclusive , the veto of King Ferdinand VII of Spain , against the election of Giacomo Giustiniani. Cardinal Cappellari was elected Pope only after fifty days and took the Pope's name Gregory XVI. on.
Cardinals
During the sedis vacancy there were 54 cardinals, 45 of whom took part in the election. Most of the cardinals were Italians, the oldest participant was Benedetto Naro, 86 years old . The average age of the participants was 65 years.
Important offices
During the Sedis vacancy these offices were held by the following cardinals:
- Cardinal Dean: Bartolomeo Pacca
- Cardinal Sub- Dean : Pietro Francesco Galleffi
- Camerlengo : Pietro Francesco Galeffi
- Cardinal Vicar : Giacinto Placido Zurla
- Cardinal protodeacon : Giuseppe Albani
Attendees
The following cardinals took part in the conclave:
- Bartolomeo Pacca , Cardinal Dean
- Pietro Francesco Galleffi
- Tommaso Arezzo
- Emmanuele De Gregorio , Major Cardinal Penitentiary
- Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa
- Carlo Maria Pedicini
- Luigi Ruffo Scilla , Archbishop of Naples
- Joseph Fesch
- Carlo Oppizzoni
- Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca
- Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata
- Benedetto Naro
- Giorgio Doria Pamfilj Landi
- Antonio Pallotta
- Ercole Dandini
- Carlo Odescalchi
- Giacinto Placido Zurla , Cardinal Vicar
- Giuseppe Albani , State Secretary Pius VIII.
- Agostino Rivarola
- Cesare Guerrieri Gonzaga
- Antonio Frosini
- Tommaso Riario Sforza
- Giovanni Battista Bussi , Archbishop of Benevento
- Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck
- Pedro Inguanzo y Rivero
- Ludovico Micara
- Gustav Maximilian von Croÿ
- Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (elected Pope Gregory XVI)
- Pietro Caprano
- Giacomo Giustiniani
- Vincenzo Macchi
- Giacomo Filippo Fransoni
- Benedetto Colonna Barberini di Sciarra
- Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti
- Ignazio Nasalli-Ratti
- Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard , Archbishop of Auch
- Antonio Domenico Gamberini , Bishop of Orvieto
- Tommaso Bernetti
- Belisario Cristaldi
- Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga
- Thomas Weld
- Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot
- Juan Francisco Marco y Catalan
- Raffaele Mazio
- Domenico De Simone
Cardinals not participating
The following cardinals did not take part in the conclave:
- Giovanni Caccia-Piatti , Prefect of the Apostolic Signature
- Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos , Archbishop of Seville
- Cesare Brancadoro , Archbishop of Fermo
- Bonaventure Gazzola
- Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Ferrero della Marmora
- Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainer of Habsburg-Lothringen
- Patrício da Silva , Patriarch of Lisbon
- Alexander Rudnay
- Jean-Baptiste de Latil , Archbishop of Reims
See also
Web links
- Conclave of December 14, 1830 to February 2, 1831. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 27, 2016.
- List of participants and age of participants on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Sede vacante 1830-1831