Papal conclave, 1846
The conclave of 1846 was held from 14 to 16 June 1846 Quirinale Palace after Pope Gregory XVI. died on 1 June 1846.
Course
At the conclave, which began on June 14, was attended by 50 of the 62 cardinals. Almost all (49 ) were Italians. They came mostly from the former States Papal States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany or the Italian regions of Austria. In the fourth ballot Cardinal Giovanni Maria Mastai - finally Ferretti was elected, who was previously Bishop of Imola and when Pope Pius IX the name. accepted. The Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Karl Cajetan of Gaisruck, arrived after the last ballot to announce the veto of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I. Mastai - Ferretti against the election. Gaisruck came too late, so that the new Pope was able to take office as well.
During the period of vacancy, these offices were performed by following cardinals:
- Camerlengo: Tommaso Riario Sforza
- Cardinal Dean: Lodovico Micara
- Kardinalsubdekan: Vincenzo Macchi
- Cardinal Vicar of the Diocese of Rome: Costantino Patrizi Naro
- Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals Pietro Ostini
- Cardinal deacon: Tommaso Riario Sforza
Participant
The following cardinals took part in the conclave:
- Church State Church State: Lodovico Micara
- Church State Church State: Vincenzo Macchi
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Tommaso Riario Sforza, Camerlengo
- Church State Church State: Pietro Ostini
- Church State Church State: Mario Mattei
- Austria Empire of Austria: Carlo Oppizzoni, Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Proto priest
- Church State Church State: Barberini Colonna di Benedetto Sciarra
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Francesco Serra
- Church State Church State: Paolo Polidori
- Church State Church State: Giuseppe Alberghini
- Austria Empire of Austria: Ambrogio Bianchi
- Church State Church State: Gabriele della Genga Sermattei
- Austria Empire of Austria: Angelo Mai
- Church State Church State: Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini, Archbishop of Ravenna
- Church State Church State: Giovanni Soglia
- Church State Church State: Antonio Francesco Orioli
- Church State Church State: Giuseppe Mezzofanti
- Church State Church State: Antonio Tosti
- Church State Church State: Filippo De Angelis
- Church State Church State: Gabriele Ferretti
- United Kingdom United Kingdom / Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Charles Januarius Acton
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli
- Church State Church State: Giovanni Maria Mastai - Ferretti, Bishop of Imola ( to Pope Pius IX selected.)
- Church State Church State: Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti
- Church State Church State: Luigi Vannicelli Casoni
- Church State Church State: Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi
- Church State Church State: Lodovico Altieri
- Church State Church State: Antonio Maria Cadolini
- Church State Church State: Antonio Maria Cagiano
- Church State Church State: Niccolo Paracciani Clarelli
- Austria Empire of Austria: Fabio Maria Asquini
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Domenico Carafa della Spina, Archbishop of Benevento
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Sisto Riario Sforza, Archbishop of Naples
- Church State Church State: Lorenzo Simonetti
- Church State Church State: Tommaso Bernetti, Vice- Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
- Church State Church State: Ludovico Gazzoli
- Church State Church State: Luigi Ciacchi
- Church State Church State: Giuseppe Ugolini
- Saxony Saxony / Church State Church State: Francesco Saverio Massimo
- Church State Church State: Giovanni Serafini
Absent Cardinals
The following Cardinals did not appear for the conclave:
- Austria Empire of Austria: Karl Cajetan of Gaisruck, Archbishop of Milan ( appeared after the conclave to showcase the veto of the Emperor of Austria )
- Austria Empire of Austria: Giacomo Monico, Patriarch of Venice
- Spain 1785 Spain: Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos Jovellanos y, Archbishop of Seville
- Belgium: Engelbert Sterckx, Archbishop of Mechelen -Brussels
- France France: Hugues -Robert -Jean -Charles de la Tour d' Auvergne, Bishop of Arras
- France France: Louis- Jacques- Maurice de Bonald, Archbishop of Lyons
- Austria Empire of Austria: Friedrich Johann Jacob Celestin von Schwarzburg, Archbishop of Salzburg
- Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Francesco di Paola Villadicani, Archbishop of Messina
- Austria Empire of Austria: Ignazio Giovanni Cadolino, Archbishop of Ferrara
- France France: Joseph Bernet, Archbishop of Aix
Source
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, by Salvador Miranda