1922 Conclave
elected Pius XI2–6 February 1922 · The modern conclaves · Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Kingdom of Italy
A conclave was held from 2 to 6 February 1922 to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XV, who had died on 22 January. Of the 60 members of the College of Cardinals, all but seven attended.
Elected pope
Pius XI
Achille Ratti
Succeeded
Benedict XV
Duration
5 days
14 ballots
Cardinal electors
53
locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Vincenzo Vannutelli |
| Camerlengo | Pietro Gasparri |
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.