2013 papal conclave

Papal conclave March 2013
Dates and location
12–13 March 2013 Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Key officials
Dean	Angelo Sodano
Sub-dean	Roger Etchegaray
Camerlengo	Tarcisio Bertone
Protopriest	Paulo Evaristo Arns
Protodeacon	Jean-Louis Tauran
Secretary	Lorenzo Baldisseri
Election
Electors	115 (list)
Candidates	See papabili
Ballots	5
Elected pope
Jorge Bergoglio Name taken: Francis
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A papal conclave was held on 12 and 13 March 2013 to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February 2013. Of the 117 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. On the fifth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires. After accepting his election, he took the papal name Francis.