History of Conclaves in the last 100 years
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
| 1903 -- 4 days, 7 votes (Pope Pius X elected) | |
| 1914 -- 3 days, 10 votes (Pope Benedict XV elected) | |
| 1922 -- 5 days, 14 votes (Pope Pius XI elected) | |
| 1939 -- 2 days, 3 votes (Pope Pius XII elected) | |
| 1958 -- 4 days, 11 votes (Pope John XXIII elected) | |
| 1963 -- 3 days, 6 votes (Pope Paul VI elected) | |
| 1978 -- 2 days, 4 votes (Pope John Paul I elected) | |
| 1978 -- 3 days, 8 votes (Pope John Paul II elected) | |
| 2005 -- 2 days, 4 votes (Pope Benedict XVI elected) |
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