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LATEST UPDATE: o1-MAY-2025 04:39 UTC

Conclave Details

• Start of Conclave: May 7, 2025
• Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
• Dean: Giovanni Battista Re
• Vice-Dean: Leonardo Sandri
• Camerlengo (Chamberlain): Kevin Joseph Farrell
• Senior Cardinal-Deacon: Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (will announce “Habemus Papam”)
• Total number of participating electors: 133 (names)

Official Vatican Information

• Vacancy of the Apostolic See 2025
• Conclave is governed in accordance with the following decrees:
  • John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis (Feb. 22, 1996)
  • Benedict XVI, Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Constitutione Apostolica (June 11, 2007)
  • Benedict XVI, Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas (Feb.