1846 papal conclave
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In the papal conclave held from 14 to 16 June 1846, Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, Bishop of Imola, was elected on the fourth ballot to succeed the recently deceased Gregory XVI as pope. He took the name Pius IX. Of the 62 members of the College of Cardinals, 52 assembled in the Quirinal Palace, one of the papal palaces in Rome and the seat of two earlier 19th century conclaves. The conclave was the last to elect a ruler of the Papal States, the extensive lands around Rome and Northern Italy which the Catholic Church governed until 1870.
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Papal conclave June 1846 | |
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Dates and location | |
14–16 June 1846 Quirinal Palace, Papal States | |
Key officials | |
Dean | Ludovico Micara |
Sub-dean | Vincenzo Macchi |
Camerlengo | Tommaso Riario Sforza[1] |
Protopriest | Carlo Oppizzoni[2][3] |
Protodeacon | Tommaso Riario Sforza[1] |
Election | |
Candidates | Luigi Lambruschini |
Ballots | 4 |
Elected pope | |
Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti Name taken: Pius IX | |
← 1830–31 1878 → |
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