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Cardinal electors for the 1939 conclave

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File:Pope Pius XII in Throne.jpg by the 1939 conclave on 2 March.]]

The papal conclave of 1939 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope Pius XI following his death on 10 February 1939. The time period between the previous pope's death and the start of the conclave had been extended by Pius XI's {{lang|la|motu proprio}}, Cum proxime, following the late arrival of several electors in the previous conclave.

Of the 62 members of the College of Cardinals at the time of Pius XI's death, all participated in the subsequent conclave. Of the 62 electors, 6 were cardinal bishops, 48 were cardinal priests, and 8 were cardinal deacons; 2 had been created cardinals by Pope Pius X, 8 by Pope Benedict XV, and 52 by Pope Pius XI; 28 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 33 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and one was in academia. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, at the age of 87, and the youngest was Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, at the age of 50.

The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 1 March 1939. On 2 March, after three ballots over two days, they elected Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the camerlengo and cardinal secretary of state, who took the papal name Pius XII.

Cardinal electors

The data below are as of 10 February 1939, the date on which the Holy See became vacant. Cardinals belonging to institutes of consecrated life or to societies of apostolic life are indicated by the relevant post-nominal letters.

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" width="20%" | Name

! scope="col" width="12.5%" | Country

! scope="col" | Born

! scope="col" | Order

! scope="col" | Consistory

! scope="col" | Office

1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Gennaro" | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1851|04|10|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1851|04|10|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1911|11|27|format=dmy}}
Pius X

| style="text-align:left" | Dean of the College of Cardinals

2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sbarretti, Donato" | Donato Sbarretti

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1856|11|12|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1856|11|12|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1916|12|04|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Boggiani, Tommaso Pio" | Tommaso Pio Boggiani {{post-nominals|list=OP}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1863|01|19|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1863|01|19|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1916|12|04|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

4

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Gasparri, Enrico" | Enrico Gasparri

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1871|07|25|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1871|07|25|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1925|12|14|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

5

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Marchetti Selvaggiani, Francesco" | Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1871|10|01|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1871|10|01|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1930|06|30|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Vicar General of Rome

6

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Dolci, Angelo" | Angelo Dolci

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1867|07|12|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1867|07|12|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore

7

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="O'Connell, William Henry" | William Henry O'Connell

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| {{dts|1859|12|08|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1859|12|08|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1911|11|27|format=dmy}}
Pius X

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Boston

8

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ascalesi, Alessio" | Alessio Ascalesi {{post-nominals|list=CPPS}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1872|10|22|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1872|10|22|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1916|12|04|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Naples

9

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Bertram, Adolf" | Adolf Bertram

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| {{dts|1859|03|14|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1859|03|14|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1916|12|04|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Breslau

10

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="von Faulhaber, Michael" | Michael von Faulhaber

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| {{dts|1869|03|05|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1869|03|05|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1921|03|07|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Munich and Freising

11

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Dougherty, Dennis Joseph" | Dennis Joseph Dougherty

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| {{dts|1865|08|16|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1865|08|16|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1921|03|07|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Philadelphia

12

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Vidal y Barraquer, Francisco" | Francisco Vidal y Barraquer

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| {{dts|1868|10|03|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1868|10|03|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1921|03|07|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Tarragona

13

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Schulte, Karl Joseph" | Karl Joseph Schulte

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| {{dts|1871|09|14|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1871|09|14|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1921|03|07|format=dmy}}
Benedict XV

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Cologne

14

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Giovanni" | Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| {{dts|1872|08|27|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1872|08|27|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1923|05|23|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Bologna

15

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Mundelein, George" | George Mundelein

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| {{dts|1872|07|02|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1872|07|02|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1924|03|24|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Chicago

16

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Verde, Alessandro" | Alessandro Verde

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1865|03|27|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1865|03|27|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1925|12|14|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary Emeritus of the Sacred Congregation of Rites

17

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lauri, Lorenzo" | Lorenzo Lauri

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1864|10|15|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1864|10|15|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1926|12|20|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

18

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="van Roey, Jozef-Ernest" | Jozef-Ernest van Roey

| style="text-align:left" | Belgium

| {{dts|1874|01|13|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1874|01|13|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1927|06|20|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels

19

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Hlond, August" | August Hlond {{post-nominals|list=SDB}}

| style="text-align:left" | Poland

| {{dts|1881|07|05|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1881|07|05|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1927|06|20|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań

20

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Segura y Sáenz, Pedro" | Pedro Segura y Sáenz

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| {{dts|1880|12|04|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1880|12|04|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1927|12|19|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Seville

21

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Serédi, Jusztinián György" | Jusztinián György Serédi {{post-nominals|list=OSB}}

| style="text-align:left" | Hungary

| {{dts|1884|04|23|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1884|04|23|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1927|12|19|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Esztergom

22

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Schuster, Alfredo Ildefonso" | Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster {{post-nominals|list=OSB}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1880|01|18|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1880|01|18|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|07|15|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Milan

23

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Gonçalves Cerejeira, Manuel" | Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

| style="text-align:left" | Portugal

| {{dts|1888|11|29|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1888|11|29|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Patriarch of Lisbon

style="background:#ffc"

| 24

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pacelli, Eugenio" | Eugenio Pacelli*

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1876|03|02|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1876|03|02|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Cardinal Secretary of State

25

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lavitrano, Luigi" | Luigi Lavitrano

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1874|03|07|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1874|03|07|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Palermo

26

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="MacRory, Joseph" | Joseph MacRory

| style="text-align:left" | Ireland

| {{dts|1861|03|19|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1861|03|19|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Armagh

27

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Verdier, Jean" | Jean Verdier {{post-nominals|list=PSS}}

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1864|02|19|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1864|02|19|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1929|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Paris

28

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Leme da Silveira Cintra, Sebastião" | Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra

| style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| {{dts|1882|01|20|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1882|01|20|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1930|06|30|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

29

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rossi, Raffaele" | Raffaele Rossi {{post-nominals|list=OCD}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1876|10|28|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1876|10|28|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1930|06|30|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

30

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Liénart, Achille" | Achille Liénart

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1884|02|07|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1884|02|07|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1930|06|30|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Bishop of Lille

31

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Fumasoni Biondi, Pietro" | Pietro Fumasoni Biondi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1872|09|04|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1872|09|04|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

32

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tedeschini, Federico" | Federico Tedeschini

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1873|10|12|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1873|10|12|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Datary of the Apostolic Dataria

33

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Fossati, Maurilio" | Maurilio Fossati {{post-nominals|list=OSSGCN}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1876|05|24|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1876|05|24|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Turin

34

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Salotti, Carlo" | Carlo Salotti

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1870|07|25|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1870|07|25|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites

35

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Villeneuve, Jean-Marie-Rodrigue" | Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve {{post-nominals|list=OMI}}

| style="text-align:left" | Canada

| {{dts|1883|11|02|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1883|11|02|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Quebec

36

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Dalla Costa, Elia" | Elia Dalla Costa

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1872|05|14|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1872|05|14|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Florence

37

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Innitzer, Theodor" | Theodor Innitzer

| style="text-align:left" | Austria

| {{dts|1875|12|25|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1875|12|25|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1933|03|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Vienna

38

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tappouni, Ignatius Gabriel I" | Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni

| style="text-align:left" | Lebanon

| {{dts|1879|11|03|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1879|11|03|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Syriac Patriarch of Antioch

39

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sibilia, Enrico" | Enrico Sibilia

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1861|11|17|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1861|11|17|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

40

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Marmaggi, Francesco" | Francesco Marmaggi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1876|08|31|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1876|08|31|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Poland

41

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Maglione, Luigi" | Luigi Maglione

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1877|03|02|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1877|03|02|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

42

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Cremonesi, Carlo" | Carlo Cremonesi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1866|11|04|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1866|11|04|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

43

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Baudrillart, Alfred" | Alfred Baudrillart {{post-nominals|list=CO}}

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1859|01|06|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1859|01|06|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Rector of the Catholic University of Paris

44

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Suhard, Emmanuel Célestin" | Emmanuel Célestin Suhard

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1874|04|05|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1874|04|05|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Reims

45

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Kašpar, Karel" | Karel Kašpar

| style="text-align:left" | Czechoslovakia

| {{dts|1870|05|16|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1870|05|16|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Prague

46

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Copello, Santiago" | Santiago Copello

| style="text-align:left" | Argentina

| {{dts|1880|01|07|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1880|01|07|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Buenos Aires

47

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Gomá y Tomás, Isidro" | Isidro Gomá y Tomás

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| {{dts|1869|08|19|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1869|08|19|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Toledo

48

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Boetto, Pietro" | Pietro Boetto {{post-nominals|list=SJ}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1871|05|19|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1871|05|19|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Genoa

49

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tisserant, Eugène" | Eugène Tisserant

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1884|03|24|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1884|03|24|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1936|06|15|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

50

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Piazza, Adeodato Giovanni" | Adeodato Giovanni Piazza {{post-nominals|list=OCD}}

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1884|09|30|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1884|09|30|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Patriarch of Venice

51

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pellegrinetti, Ermenegildo" | Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1876|03|27|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1876|03|27|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia

52

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Hinsley, Arthur" | Arthur Hinsley

| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom

| {{dts|1865|08|25|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1865|08|25|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Westminster

53

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pizzardo, Giuseppe" | Giuseppe Pizzardo

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1877|07|13|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1877|07|13|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

54

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Gerlier, Pierre-Marie" | Pierre-Marie Gerlier

| style="text-align:left" | France

| {{dts|1880|01|14|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1880|01|14|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CP

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Lyon

55

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Caccia Dominioni, Camillo" | Camillo Caccia Dominioni

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1877|02|07|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1877|02|07|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1937|12|13|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Pontifical Household (Protodeacon)

56

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Canali, Nicola" | Nicola Canali

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1874|06|06|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1874|06|06|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Assessor of the Congregation of the Holy Office

57

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Jorio, Domenico" | Domenico Jorio

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1867|10|07|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1867|10|07|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

58

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lapuma, Vincenzo" | Vincenzo Lapuma

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1874|01|22|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1874|01|22|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for Religious

59

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Cattani Amadori, Federico" | Federico Cattani Amadori

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1856|04|17|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1856|04|17|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

60

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Massimi, Massimo" | Massimo Massimi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1877|04|10|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1877|04|10|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law

61

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Mariani, Domenico" | Domenico Mariani

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1863|04|03|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1863|04|03|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1935|12|16|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Administration of the Property of the Holy See

62

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Mercati, Giovanni" | Giovanni Mercati

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| {{dts|1866|12|17|format=dmy}}
(age {{age in years|1866|12|17|1939|02|10}})

| data-sort-value="1" | CD

| {{dts|1936|06|15|format=dmy}}
Pius XI

| style="text-align:left" | Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive, Librarian of the Vatican Library

Cardinal electors by continent and country

The 62 attending cardinal electors were from 17 countries. The countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy (thirty-four), France (six), and Germany (four).

{{Legend|#ffc|Continent or country of elected pope|text=*}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
+ Cardinal electors by continent
scope="col" | Continent

! scope="col" | Number

scope="col" | Percentage
scope="row" data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 4

{{Percentage|4|62|pad=1}}
scope="row" data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 2

{{Percentage|1|62|pad=1}}
scope="row" | Asia

| 1

{{Percentage|1|62|pad=1}}
style="background:#ffc"

| scope="row" | Europe*

| 55

{{Percentage|55|62|pad=1}}
scope="row" | Total

! 62

100.0%

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
+ Cardinal electors by country
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Continent

! scope="col" | Number

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Argentina

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Austria

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Belgium

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Canada

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Czechoslovakia

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | France

| Europe

| 6

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Germany

| Europe

| 4

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hungary

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ireland

| Europe

| 1

style="background:#ffc"

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Italy*

| Europe

| 34

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Lebanon

| Asia

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Poland

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Portugal

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Spain

| Europe

| 3

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom

| Europe

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | United States

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 3

scope="row" colspan="2" | Total

! 62

References

  • {{cite news|title=The College of Cardinals|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/02/19/95760023.pdf|access-date=2 November 2017|work=New York Times|date=19 February 1939}}, with titles and photographs, in order of precedence

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