Papal conclave, August 1978

The conclave of 1978 was held from August 25 to August 26, 1978 in Rome. In the conclave of the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Albino Luciani as Pope John Paul I was elected. It took barely a day after his election until the evening of August 26, the new Pope appeared around 19:00 CEST clock for the first time on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. He was the successor of Pope Paul VI. In this conclave for the first time was in 1970 introduced an age limit for the Cardinals ( under 80 years at the beginning of the Holy See is vacant ).

Coat of Arms of the Holy See Holy See is vacant ( Camerlengo Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot )

John Paul I.

During the period of vacancy after the death of Pope Paul VI. of 6 August 1978 to 26 August 1978, the office referred by the following persons were exercised:

  • Camerlengo: Jean -Marie Cardinal Villot
  • Cardinal Dean: Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri
  • Subdean the College of Cardinals: Cardinal Paolo Marella
  • Papal Master of Ceremonies: Virgilio Noè archbishop
  • Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome: Cardinal Ugo Poletti
  • Almoner of His Holiness Archbishop Antonio Maria Travia
  • Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica: Paolo Cardinal Marella

Participant

At the election following 111 cardinals took part:

  • Bernard January Alfrink (The Netherlands The Netherlands)
  • Luis Aponte Martínez (Puerto Rico Puerto Rico)
  • Juan Carlos Aramburu ( Argentina )
  • Paulo Evaristo Arns OFM (Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Corrado Bafile (Italy Italy)
  • Sebastiano Baggio (Italy Italy)
  • William Wakefield Baum ( United States United States)
  • Giovanni Benelli (Italy Italy)
  • Alfred Bengsch ( Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 German Democratic Republic / Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany / Berlin )
  • Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas ( Dominican Republic )
  • Paolo Bertoli (Italy Italy)
  • José María Bueno y Monreal (Spain 1977 Spain)
  • John Carberry (United States United States)
  • Francesco Carpino (Italy Italy)
  • Mario Casariego y Acevedo CRS ( Guatemala )
  • Mario Luigi Ciappi (Italy Italy)
  • John Cody ( United States of America United States)
  • Giovanni Colombo ( Italy Italy)
  • Terence Cooke (United States United States)
  • Thomas Cooray OMI (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka)
  • Joseph Cordeiro (Pakistan Pakistan)
  • Justin Darmojuwono ( Indonesia )
  • John Francis Dearden (United States United States)
  • Maximilien de Furstenberg ( Belgium )
  • Reginald John Delargey (New Zealand New Zealand)
  • Léon- Etienne Duval (Algeria Algeria)
  • Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (Nigeria Nigeria)
  • Vicente Enrique y Tarancon (Spain 1977 Spain)
  • Pericle Felici (Italy Italy), cardinal deacon
  • George Bernard Flahiff COD ( Canada Canada )
  • Ermenegildo Florite (Italy Italy)
  • James Darcy Freeman ( Australia )
  • Bernardin Gantin (Benin People's Republic of Benin)
  • Gabriel -Marie Garrone ( France )
  • Marcelo González Martín (Spain 1977 Spain)
  • Paul Gouyon ( France )
  • Gordon Gray (United Kingdom United Kingdom)
  • Sergio Guerri (Italy Italy)
  • Louis -Jean Guyot ( France )
  • Joseph Hoffner ( Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany )
  • George Basil Hume (United Kingdom United Kingdom)
  • Narciso Jubany Arnau (Spain 1977 Spain)
  • Stephen Kim Sou -hwan ( Flag of South Korea South Korea)
  • James Robert Knox ( Australia )
  • Franz König ( Osterreich Austria )
  • John Joseph Krol (United States United States)
  • Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM ( Peru )
  • Paul -Émile Léger ( Canada Canada )
  • Lékai László (Hungary 1957 Hungary)
  • Aloisio Lorscheider OFM (Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Albino Luciani (Italy Italy) ( to John Paul I selected)
  • Joseph -Albert Maloula (Zaire Zaire)
  • Timothy Manning (United States United States)
  • François Marty ( France )
  • Josef Clemens Maurer CSsR ( Bolivia / Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany )
  • Owen McCann ( South Africa 1961 South Africa)
  • Humberto Sousa Medeiros (United States United States)
  • Umberto Mozzoni (Italy Italy)
  • Aníbal Muñoz Duque ( Colombia )
  • Pablo Muñoz Vega (Ecuador Ecuador)
  • Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (Italy Italy)
  • Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (Uganda Uganda)
  • Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (Italy Italy)
  • Maurice Michael Otunga ( Kenya )
  • Pietro Palazzini (Italy Italy)
  • Salvatore Pappalardo (Italy Italy)
  • Joseph Parecattil (India India)
  • Giuseppe Paupini (Italy Italy)
  • Michele Pellegrino (Italy Italy)
  • Paul -Pierre Philippe OP ( France )
  • Trevor Lawrence Picachy SJ (India India)
  • Sergio Pignedoli (Italy Italy)
  • Eduardo Francisco Pironio ( Argentina )
  • Ugo Poletti (Italy Italy), Cardinal Vicar
  • Antonio Poma (Italy Italy)
  • Raúl Francisco Primatesta ( Argentina )
  • José Humberto Quintero Parra (Venezuela 1954 Venezuela)
  • Joseph Ratzinger ( Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany )
  • Victor Razafimahatratra SJ (Madagascar Madagascar)
  • Alexandre -Charles Renard ( France )
  • António Ribeiro ( Portugal )
  • Julio Rosales y Ras (Philippines 1944 Philippines)
  • Agnelo Rossi ( Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Opilio Rossi ( Italy Italy)
  • Maurice Roy ( France )
  • Laurean Rugambwa ( Tanzania )
  • José Salazar López ( Mexico )
  • Eugênio de Araújo Sales ( Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Antonio Samore (Italy Italy)
  • Alfredo Vicente Scherer ( Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Joseph Schröffer ( Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany )
  • Giuseppe Maria Sensi (Italy Italy)
  • Franjo Seper (Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia )
  • Stephanos I. Sidarouss CM ( Egypt 1972 Egypt)
  • Raúl Silva Henríquez, SDB ( Chile Chile)
  • Jaime Lachica Sin (Philippines 1944 Philippines)
  • Giuseppe Siri (Italy Italy)
  • Léon- Joseph Suenens ( Belgium )
  • Pio Taofinu'u SM ( 1949 West Samoa Western Samoa )
  • Hyacinthe Thiandoum (Senegal Senegal)
  • Frantisek Tomasek (Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia)
  • Joseph Marie Trinh - Nhu Khue - ( Vietnam )
  • Corrado Ursi (Italy Italy)
  • Egidio Vagnozzi (Italy Italy)
  • Avelar Brandão Vilela (Brazil 1968 Brazil)
  • Jean -Marie Villot ( France ) Cardinal Secretary of State
  • Hermann Volk ( Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany )
  • Johannes Willebrands (The Netherlands The Netherlands)
  • Karol Wojtyla (Poland Poland)
  • Stefan Wyszynski (Poland Poland)
  • Paul Zoungrana M. Afr. ( Upper Volta Upper Volta )

Due to illness, is missing from the Conclave of the American Cardinal John Joseph Wright. 15 more cardinals not participated in the conclave because they were already over 80 years old.

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