1963 Conclave
elected Paul VI19–21 June 1963 · The modern conclaves · Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
A conclave was held from 19 to 21 June 1963 to elect a new pope to succeed John XXIII, who had died on 3 June 1963. It was the last conclave before the introduction of the current 80-year-old age limit for cardinal electors in 1970, and of the 82 members of the College of Cardinals, all but two attended.
Elected pope
Paul VI
Giovanni Montini
Succeeded
John XXIII
Duration
3 days
6 ballots
Cardinal electors
80
locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Eugène Tisserant |
| Camerlengo | Benedetto Aloisi Masella |
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.