Cardinal electors for the papal conclaves, August and October 1978
Country | Number of Electors |
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Italy | 26 (Aug), 25 (Oct) |
United States of America | 8 (Aug), 9 (Oct) |
France | 7 |
Brazil | 6 |
Germany | 5 |
Spain | 4 |
Argentina, Canada | 3 |
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, India, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland | 2 |
Benin, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England and Wales, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Yugoslavia, Zaire | 1 |
The following were the cardinal electors in the papal conclaves of August and October 1978. Arranged by region (not by the linguistic groups commonly used in universal church senacles), and within each alphabetically (not the official order of precedence, which is not relevant to conclave procedure except for taking the oath).
Because there was such a brief period between the two conclaves, the lists of electors are nearly identical and thus they are presented in the same article. However, the following notes have to be made. There were 114 electors at the time of the August conclave, but only 111 of them actually participated; due to ill health, Valerian Gracias, John Joseph Wright, and Bolesław Filipiak did not attend. Wright, however, did participate in the October conclave. Gracias and Filipiak, who had been too sick in August like Wright, again did not participate in October; Gracias died during Pope John Paul I's pontificate and Filipiak died on the opening day of the October conclave. As Albino Luciani had been elected pope at the August conclave and subsequently died, the October conclave was also attended by 111 electors.
There were fifteen cardinals who had lost the right to participate in both conclaves for having reached age eighty.
As of 6 December 2016, Paulo Evaristo Arns and Joseph Ratzinger are the only two living Cardinal electors from this period.
Roman Curia
- Corrado Bafile, Prefect of Causes for Saints
- Sebastiano Baggio, Prefect of Bishops
- Paolo Bertoli, Prefect Emeritus of Causes of Saints
- Mario Luigi Ciappi, OP, Pro-theologian of the Papal Household
- Francesco Carpino, Referendary for Bishops
- Pericle Felici, Prefect of Apostolic Signatura
- Bernardin Gantin, President of Justice and Peace
- Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Prefect of Catholic Education
- Sergio Guerri, Pro-president of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
- James Knox, Prefect of Sacraments and Divine Worship
- Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Prefect of Apostolic Camera
- Giuseppe Paupini, Major Penitentiary
- Paul-Pierre Philippe, OP, Prefect of Oriental Churches
- Sergio Pignedoli, President of Non-Christians
- Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Prefect of Religious and Secular Institutes
- Agnelo Rossi, Prefect of Evangelization of Peoples
- Opilio Rossi, President of Laity, President of Family
- Antonio Samoré, Librarian of Vatican Library, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives
- Joseph Schröffer, Secretary of Seminaries and Universities
- Franjo Šeper, Prefect of Doctrine of the Faith
- Egidio Vagnozzi, President of Economic Affairs of the Holy See
- Jean-Marie Villot, Camerlengo, Cardinal Secretary of State, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
- John Joseph Wright, Prefect of Clergy (absent in August)
Europe
Italy
- Giovanni Benelli, Archbishop of Florence
- Giovanni Colombo, Archbishop of Milan
- Ermenegildo Florit, Archbishop Emeritus of Florence
- Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venice (was elected Pope and chose the name John Paul I) (August)
- Umberto Mozzoni, President of Pontifical Shrines of Pompei and Loreto
- Silvio Oddi, President Emeritus of Pontifical Shrines of Pompei and Loreto
- Pietro Palazzini, Secretary of Pontifical Shrines of Pompei and Loreto
- Salvatore Pappalardo, Archbishop of Palermo
- Michele Pellegrino, Archbishop Emeritus of Turin
- Ugo Poletti, Vicar General of Rome
- Antonio Poma, Archbishop of Bologna
- Giuseppe Sensi, retired diplomat of the Holy See
- Giuseppe Siri, Archbishop of Genoa-Bobbio
- Corrado Ursi, Archbishop of Naples
France
- Paul Gouyon, Archbishop of Rennes
- Louis-Jean Guyot, Archbishop of Toulouse
- François Marty, Archbishop of Paris
- Alexandre-Charles Renard, Archbishop of Lyon
Germany
- Alfred Bengsch, Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin
- Joseph Höffner, Archbishop of Cologne
- Joseph Ratzinger, Archbishop of Munich and Freising (later elected pope Benedict XVI in 2005)
- Hermann Volk, Bishop of Mainz
Spain
- José Bueno y Monreal, Archbishop of Seville
- Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Archbishop of Madrid
- Marcelo González Martín, Archbishop of Toledo
- Narciso Jubany Arnau, Archbishop of Barcelona
Belgium
- Maximilien de Furstenberg, Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches
- Leo Joseph Suenens, Archbishop of Brussels-Mechelen
Netherlands
- Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht
- Johannes Willebrands, Archbishop of Utrecht, President of Christian Unity
Poland
- Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno
- Karol Wojtyła, Archbishop of Kraków (was elected Pope and chose the name John Paul II) (October)
Austria
- Franz König, Archbishop of Vienna, President of Non-Believers
Czechoslovakia
England and Wales
Hungary
Scotland
Portugal
North America
United States
- William Wakefield Baum, Archbishop of Washington
- John Carberry, Archbishop of St. Louis
- John Cody, Archbishop of Chicago
- Terence Cooke, Archbishop of New York
- John Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit
- John Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Timothy Manning, Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston
Canada
- George Flahiff, CSB, Archbishop of Winnipeg
- Paul-Émile Léger, PSS, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal
- Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Québec
Mexico
South America
Bolivia
- José Clemente Maurer, CSSR, Archbishop of Sucre
Brazil
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro
- Paulo Evaristo Arns, OFM, Archbishop of São Paulo
- Avelar Brandão Vilela, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Aloísio Lorscheider, OFM, Archbishop of Fortaleza
- Alfredo Scherer, Archbishop of Porto Alegre
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
Central America
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
Asia
India
- Mar Joseph Parecattil, Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars
- Lawrence Picachy, SJ, Archbishop of Calcutta
Philippines
Indonesia
Pakistan
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
- Joseph Trịnh Như Khuê, Archbishop of Hanoi
Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Kenya
Madagascar
Nigeria
- Dominic Ekandem, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene