1769 Conclave

elected Clement XIV

15 February – 19 May 1769 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

Pope Clement XIII died suddenly on 2 February 1769, a day before the date of the consistory that he had convoked to examine the demands for the general suppression of the Society of Jesus.

Elected pope

Clement XIV

Giovanni Ganganelli

Succeeded

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Duration

3 months

Cardinal electors

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locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

Dean	Carlo Cavalchini
Camerlengo	Carlo Rezzonico

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.