1342 Conclave
elected Clement VI5–7 May 1342 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palais des Papes, Avignon
The conclave started on 5 May and lasted only two days. On 7 May Cardinal Pierre Roger, former Chancellor of the Kingdom of France, was unanimously elected Pope, "by divine inspiration alone", as reported shortly thereafter Cardinals des Farges and Ceccano.
Elected pope
Clement VI
Pierre Roger
Succeeded
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Duration
3 days
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Pierre Desprès |
| Camerlengo | Gasbert de Valle |
Ballot-by-ballot tallies are destroyed by design — the paper is burned in the stove whose smoke announces the result — so this entry records what the Church documents: the dates, the electors, the number of ballots where known, and the man who walked out onto the balcony.