1846 Conclave
elected Pius IX14–16 June 1846 · The long nineteenth century · Quirinal Palace, Papal States
A conclave was held from 14 to 16 June 1846 to elect a new pope to succeed Gregory XVI, who had died in 1 June. Of the 62 members of the College of Cardinals, all but twelve attended.
Elected pope
Pius IX
Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti
Succeeded
Gregory XVI
Duration
3 days
4 ballots
Cardinal electors
50
locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Ludovico Micara |
| Camerlengo | Tommaso Riario Sforza |
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.