Cardinal electors in the 1963 papal conclave

The cardinal electors in the 1963 papal conclave numbered 82, of whom 80 participated. This papal conclave met from 19 to 21 June 1963. This list is arranged by region and within each alphabetically.

Cardinal József Mindszenty refused to leave the U.S. Legation in Budapest where he had lived since 1956 unless the Hungarian government met his demands for religious freedom in Hungary.^[1] Cardinal Carlos María de la Torre of Quito, Ecuador, was 89 years old and could not make the journey because he had suffered a stroke the previous December and was bedridden with thrombosis.^[1]^[2]

**Location of Participating Cardinal Electors**
Country	Number of Electors
Italy	29
France	8
Spain	6
United States	5
Brazil, West Germany	3
Argentina, Canada, Portugal	2
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Syria, Tanganyika, Uruguay, Venezuela	1

Roman Curia

National origin is noted for a member of the Roman Curia who is not Italian.

Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Prefect of Propagation of the Faith (origin: Soviet Union, Armenian Catholic)
Joaquín Albareda y Ramoneda, OSB, Librarian Emeritus of Vatican Library (origin: Spain)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Camerlengo, Prefect of Discipline of the Sacraments
Augustin Bea, SJ, President of Promoting Christian Unity (origin: Germany)
Francesco Bracci, Secretary Emeritus of Discipline of the Sacraments
Fernando Cento, Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary
Carlo Chiarlo, Nuncio Emeritus of Brazil
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Secretary of State, Prefect of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
Pietro Ciriaci, Prefect of Council
Carlo Confalonieri, Secretary of Consistorial
Santiago Copello, Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (origin: Argentina)
Giuseppe Ferretto, Secretary of College of Cardinals
Paolo Giobbe, Datary of His Holiness
William Heard, Dean of the Roman Rota (origin: Scotland)
Alberto di Jorio, President of Vatican City State
André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, PSS, Dean Emeritus of Roman Rota (origin: France)
Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Prefect of Rites (origin: Spain)
Paolo Marella, Prefect of St. Peter's Basilica
Francesco Morano, Secretary of Apostolic Signatura
Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of the Holy Office
Giuseppe Pizzardo, Prefect of Seminaries and Universities
Francesco Roberti, Prefect of Apostolic Signatura
Gustavo Testa, Prefect of Oriental Churches
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Prefect of Ceremonies, Librarian of Vatican Library, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (origin: France)
Luigi Traglia, Pro-Vicar General of Rome
Valerio Valeri, Prefect of Religious

Europe

South America

Brazil

Argentina

Antonio Caggiano, Archbishop of Buenos Aires

Chile

Raúl Silva Henríquez, Archbishop of Santiago

Colombia

Luis Concha Córdoba, Archbishop of Bogotá

Ecuador

Carlos María de la Torre, Archbishop of Quito (absent)

Peru

Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM, Archbishop of Lima

Venezuela

José Quintero Parra, Archbishop of Caracas

Uruguay

Antonio María Barbieri, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Montevideo

Asia

China

Thomas Tien Ken-sin, SVD, Archbishop of Beijing

India

Valerian Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay

Japan

Peter Doi, Archbishop of Tokyo

Philippines

Rufino Jiao Santos, Archbishop of Manila

Syria

Ignatius Gabriel I Tappuni, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (Cardinal Tappuni was born in Mosul, located in modern-day Iraq)

Africa

Tanganyika

Laurean Rugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba

Oceania

Australia

Norman Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney

References

^ ^a ^b Cortesi, Arnaldo (9 June 1963). "50 Cardinals Join in Rome Meetings" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ "Ecuadorean Cardinal Ill" (PDF). New York Times. Associated Press. 14 June 1963. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

Additional sources

"The Roster of the Membership of the Sacred College of Cardinals" (PDF). New York Times. 20 June 1962. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[nyt50-1] Cortesi, Arnaldo (9 June 1963). "50 Cardinals Join in Rome Meetings" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[2] "Ecuadorean Cardinal Ill" (PDF). New York Times. Associated Press. 14 June 1963. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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