2005 papal conclave

The 2005 papal conclave was when cardinals met to elect a new pope following the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. After his death, the cardinals of the Catholic Church who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave to elect his replacement.

After several days of private meetings attended by both cardinal electors and non-voting cardinals, the conclave began on 18 April 2005. It ended the next day after four ballots with the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the next pope, Benedict XVI. Ratzinger himself was the dean of this conclave. It took place at the Sistine Chapel.

Voting process

Day one

Nothing is confirmed from this secret voting process and most numbers are guesses.^[1]

An anonymous cardinal provided his diary to an Italian journalist in September 2005^[2] and it was published in full in 2011.^[3] That source gives the results of the first ballot as:^[4]

Joseph Ratzinger – 47 votes
Jorge Mario Bergoglio – 10 votes
Carlo Maria Martini – 9 votes
Camillo Ruini – 6 votes
Angelo Sodano – 4 votes
Oscar Maradiaga – 3 votes
Dionigi Tettamanzi – 2 votes
Giacomo Biffi – 1 vote
Others – 33 votes

Day two

Second ballot:^[4]

Ratzinger – 65 votes
Bergoglio – 35 votes
Sodano – 4 votes
Tettamanzi – 2 votes
Biffi – 1 vote
Others – 8 votes

Third ballot:^[4]

Ratzinger – 72 votes
Bergoglio – 40 votes
Darío Castrillón Hoyos – 1 vote
Others – 2 votes

Fourth ballot:^[4]

Ratzinger – 84 votes
Bergoglio – 26 votes
Biffi – 1 vote
Bernard Francis Law – 1 vote
Christoph Schönborn – 1 vote
Others – 2 votes

References

↑ Frattini, Eric (2008). L'entità (in Italian). Fazi Editore. ISBN 9788864113456. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
↑ Brunelli, Lucio (23 September 2005). "I segreti del Conclave "Così vinse Ratzinger"" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
↑ Tornielli, Andrea (27 July 2011). "Il diario segreto dell'ultimo conclave". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Cardinal Spills Secrets from Conclave". Fox News. Associated Press. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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[1] Frattini, Eric (2008). L'entità (in Italian). Fazi Editore. ISBN 9788864113456. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[brunelli-2] Brunelli, Lucio (23 September 2005). "I segreti del Conclave "Così vinse Ratzinger"" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[3] Tornielli, Andrea (27 July 2011). "Il diario segreto dell'ultimo conclave". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[spills-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Cardinal Spills Secrets from Conclave". Fox News. Associated Press. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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