1362 Conclave
elected Urban V22 September – 28 October 1362 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palais des Papes, Avignon
Twenty cardinals entered the conclave on 22 September, divided roughly into the factions of the French and Gascon cardinals (the latter being subjects of the king of England, in his capacity as duke of Aquitaine). Eleven or twelve of the twenty cardinals were Limousin, including three cardinal-nephews of Innocent VI and six nephews of Pope Clement VI.
Elected pope
Urban V
Guillaume de Grimoard
Succeeded
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Duration
37 days
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Hélie de Talleyrand |
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.