The cardinal electors in the 1958 papal conclave were 53, of whom 51 participated. This list is arranged by region and within each alphabetically. Two were impeded from attending by their
Communist governments:
József Mindszenty was confined to the
U.S. Embassy in
Budapest, and
Aloysius Stepinac was under house arrest in Yugoslavia.[1] A 54th cardinal,
Edward Mooney of Detroit, traveled to Rome to attend the
papal conclave, but died of a heart attack three hours before it began.[2]
Cardinal Angelo Roncalli,
Patriarch of Venice, who was elected Pope and adopted the name John XXIII.
The cardinal electors in the 1958 papal conclave were 53, of whom 51 participated. This list is arranged by region and within each alphabetically. Two were impeded from attending by their
Communist governments:
József Mindszenty was confined to the
U.S. Embassy in
Budapest, and
Aloysius Stepinac was under house arrest in Yugoslavia.[1] A 54th cardinal,
Edward Mooney of Detroit, traveled to Rome to attend the
papal conclave, but died of a heart attack three hours before it began.[2]
Cardinal Angelo Roncalli,
Patriarch of Venice, who was elected Pope and adopted the name John XXIII.