Cardinal electors in the 2005 conclave

thumb|upright|Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected [[Pope Benedict XVI by the conclave on 19 April 2005.]]

The papal conclave of 2005 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed John Paul II following his death on 2 April 2005. In accordance with the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, which governed the vacancy of the Holy See, only cardinals who had not passed their 80th birthday on the day on which the Holy See became vacant (in this case, those who were born on or after 2 April 1925) were eligible to participate in the conclave. Although not a formal requirement, the cardinal electors almost always elect the pope from among their number. The election was carried out by secret ballot (). Two cardinal electors did not attend, decreasing the number of participants to 115. The required two-thirds supermajority needed to elect a pope was votes. In the event of a protracted deadlock, only a simple majority of votes was needed. On 19 April, after four ballots over two days, they elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the dean of the College of Cardinals and prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who took the papal name Benedict XVI.

Cardinal electors

The College of Cardinals is divided into three orderscardinal bishops (CB), cardinal priests (CP), and cardinal deacons (CD)with formal precedence in that sequence. This determines the order in which the cardinal electors process into the conclave, take the oath, and cast their ballots.

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sodano, Angelo" | Angelo Sodano

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Secretary of State (Vice-Dean)

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lopez Trujillo, Alfonso" | Alfonso López Trujillo

| style="text-align:left" | Colombia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

| 4

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Re, Giovanni Battista" | Giovanni Battista Re

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

| 5

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Daoud, Ignace Moussa I" | Ignace Moussa I Daoud

| style="text-align:left" | Syria

| (age )

| data-sort-value="1" | CB

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (Syriac Church)

| 6

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Baum, William Wakefield" | William Wakefield Baum

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| Paul VI

| style="text-align:left" | Major Penitentiary emeritus

| 7

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ce, Marco" | Marco Cé

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Patriarch emeritus of Venice

| 8

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Macharski, Franciszek" | Franciszek Macharski

| style="text-align:left" | Poland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Kraków

| 9

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Kitbunchu, Michael Michai" | Michael Michai Kitbunchu

| style="text-align:left" | Thailand

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Bangkok

| 10

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Danneels, Godfried" | Godfried Danneels

| style="text-align:left" | Belgium

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels

| 11

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Williams, Thomas Stafford" | Thomas Stafford Williams

| style="text-align:left" | New Zealand

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Wellington

| 12

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Martini, Carlo Maria" | Carlo Maria Martini

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Milan

| 13

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lustiger, Jean-Marie" | Jean-Marie Lustiger

| style="text-align:left" | France

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Paris

| 14

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Glemp, Jozef" | Józef Glemp

| style="text-align:left" | Poland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Warsaw

| 15

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Meisner, Joachim" | Joachim Meisner

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Cologne

| 16

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Arinze, Francis" | Francis Arinze

| style="text-align:left" | Nigeria

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

| 17

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Obando Bravo, Miguel" | Miguel Obando Bravo

| style="text-align:left" | Nicaragua

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Managua

| 18

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Vidal, Ricardo Jamin" | Ricardo Jamin Vidal

| style="text-align:left" | Philippines

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Cebu

| 19

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Poupard, Paul" | Paul Poupard

| style="text-align:left" | France

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

| 20

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Wetter, Friedrich" | Friedrich Wetter

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Munich and Freising

| 21

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Simonis, Adrianus Johannes" | Adrianus Johannes Simonis

| style="text-align:left" | Netherlands

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Utrecht

| 22

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Law, Bernard Francis" | Bernard Francis Law

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

| 23

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Biffi, Giacomo" | Giacomo Biffi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Bologna

| 24

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Martinez Somalo, Eduardo" | Eduardo Martínez Somalo

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church

| 25

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Falcao, Jose Freire" | José Freire Falcão

| style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Brasília

| 26

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Giordano, Michele" | Michele Giordano

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Naples

| 27

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Szoka, Edmund Casimir" | Edmund Casimir Szoka

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

| 28

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Paskai, Laszlo" | László Paskai

| style="text-align:left" | Hungary

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom–Budapest

| 29

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tumi, Christian Wiyghan" | Christian Wiyghan Tumi

| style="text-align:left" | Cameroon

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Douala

| 30

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Frederic" | Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi

| style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Congo, Democratic Republic of the" | DR Congo

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Kinshasa

| 31

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lopez Rodriguez, Nicolas de Jesus" | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez

| style="text-align:left" | Dominican Republic

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Santo Domingo

| 32

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Mahony, Roger Michael" | Roger Michael Mahony

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Los Angeles

| 33

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ruini, Camillo" | Camillo Ruini

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Vicar General for Rome and Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran

| 34

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Schwery, Henri" | Henri Schwery

| style="text-align:left" | Switzerland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Bishop emeritus of Sion

| 35

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sterzinsky, Georg Maximilian" | Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Berlin

| 36

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Vlk, Miloslav" | Miloslav Vlk

| style="text-align:left" | Czech Republic

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Prague

| 37

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Shirayanagi, Peter Seiichi" | Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi

| style="text-align:left" | Japan

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo

| 38

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Darmaatmadja, Julius" | Julius Darmaatmadja

| style="text-align:left" | Indonesia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Jakarta

| 39

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ortega y Alamino, Jaime Lucas" | Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

| style="text-align:left" | Cuba

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana

| 40

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Wamala, Emmanuel" | Emmanuel Wamala

| style="text-align:left" | Uganda

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Kampala

| 41

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Keeler, William Henry" | William Henry Keeler

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Baltimore

| 42

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Turcotte, Jean-Claude" | Jean-Claude Turcotte

| style="text-align:left" | Canada

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Montreal

| 43

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Carles Gordo, Ricardo Maria" | Ricardo María Carles Gordó

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona

| 44

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Maida, Adam Joseph" | Adam Joseph Maida

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Detroit

| 45

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Puljic, Vinko" | Vinko Puljić

| style="text-align:left" | Bosnia and Herzegovina

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Vrhbosna

| 46

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Razafindratandra, Armand Gaetan" | Armand Gaetan Razafindratandra

| style="text-align:left" | Madagascar

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Antananarivo

| 47

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sandoval Iniguez, Juan" | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez

| style="text-align:left" | Mexico

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Guadalajara

| 48

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="De Giorgi, Salvatore" | Salvatore De Giorgi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Palermo

| 49

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rouco Varela, Antonio Maria" | Antonio María Rouco Varela

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Madrid

| 50

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew" | Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic

| style="text-align:left" | Canada

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Toronto

| 51

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tettamanzi, Dionigi" | Dionigi Tettamanzi

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Milan

| 52

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pengo, Polycarp" | Polycarp Pengo

| style="text-align:left" | Tanzania

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam

| 53

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Schonborn, Christoph" | Christoph Schönborn

| style="text-align:left" | Austria

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Vienna

| 54

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rivera Carrera, Norberto" | Norberto Rivera Carrera

| style="text-align:left" | Mexico

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Mexico

| 55

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="George, Francis Eugene" | Francis Eugene George

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Chicago

| 56

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Jaworski, Marian" | Marian Jaworski

| style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Poland" | Poland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Lviv

| 57

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pujats, Janis" | Jānis Pujats

| style="text-align:left" | Latvia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Riga

| 58

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Dias, Ivan" | Ivan Dias

| style="text-align:left" | India

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Bombay

| 59

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Agnelo, Geraldo Majella" | Geraldo Majella Agnelo

| style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia

| 60

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rubiano Saenz, Pedro" | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz

| style="text-align:left" | Colombia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Bogotá

| 61

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="McCarrick, Theodore Edgar" | Theodore Edgar McCarrick

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Washington

| 62

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Connell, Desmond" | Desmond Connell

| style="text-align:left" | Ireland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Dublin

| 63

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Backis, Audrys Juozas" | Audrys Juozas Bačkis

| style="text-align:left" | Lithuania

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Vilnius

| 64

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Errazuriz Ossa, Francisco Javier" | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa

| style="text-align:left" | Chile

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

| 65

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Terrazas Sandoval, Julio" | Julio Terrazas Sandoval

| style="text-align:left" | Bolivia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

| 66

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Napier, Wilfrid Fox" | Wilfrid Fox Napier

| style="text-align:left" | South Africa

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Durban

| 67

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rodriguez Maradiaga, Oscar Andres" | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga

| style="text-align:left" | Honduras

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Tegucigalpa

| 68

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Agre, Bernard" | Bernard Agré

| style="text-align:left" | Ivory Coast

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Abidjan

| 69

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Cipriani Thorne, Juan Luis" | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne

| style="text-align:left" | Peru

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Lima

| 70

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Alvarez Martinez, Francisco" | Francisco Álvarez Martínez

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Toledo

| 71

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Hummes, Claudio" | Cláudio Hummes

| style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of São Paulo

| 72

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Vithayathil, Varkey" | Varkey Vithayathil

| style="text-align:left" | India

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly (Syro-Malabar Church)

| 73

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Bergoglio, Jorge" | Jorge Bergoglio

| style="text-align:left" | Argentina

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Buenos Aires

| 74

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="da Cruz Policarpo, Jose" | José da Cruz Policarpo

| style="text-align:left" | Portugal

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Patriarch of Lisbon

| 75

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Poletto, Severino" | Severino Poletto

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Turin

| 76

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac" | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Westminster

| 77

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Egan, Edward Michael" | Edward Michael Egan

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of New York

| 78

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Husar, Lubomyr" | Lubomyr Husar

| style="text-align:left" | Ukraine

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia (Ukrainian Greek Church)

| 79

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lehmann, Karl" | Karl Lehmann

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Bishop of Mainz

| 80

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Scola, Angelo" | Angelo Scola

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Patriarch of Venice

| 81

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Okogie, Anthony Olubunmi" | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie

| style="text-align:left" | Nigeria

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Lagos

| 82

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Panafieu, Bernard" | Bernard Panafieu

| style="text-align:left" | France

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Marseille

| 83

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Zubeir Wako, Gabriel" | Gabriel Zubeir Wako

| style="text-align:left" | Sudan

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Khartoum

| 84

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Amigo Vallejo, Carlos" | Carlos Amigo Vallejo

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Seville

| 85

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Rigali, Justin Francis" | Justin Francis Rigali

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Philadelphia

| 86

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="OBrien, Keith Michael Patrick" | Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien

| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

| 87

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Scheid, Eusebio Oscar" | Eusébio Oscar Scheid

| style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

| 88

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Antonelli, Ennio" | Ennio Antonelli

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Florence

| 89

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Bertone, Tarcisio" | Tarcisio Bertone

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Genoa

| 90

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Turkson, Peter Kodwo Appiah" | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

| style="text-align:left" | Ghana

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Cape Coast

| 91

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Toppo, Telesphore Placidus" | Telesphore Placidus Toppo

| style="text-align:left" | India

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Ranchi

| 92

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pell, George" | George Pell

| style="text-align:left" | Australia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Sydney

| 93

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Bozanic, Josip" | Josip Bozanić

| style="text-align:left" | Croatia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Zagreb

| 94

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pham, Jean-Baptiste, Minh Man" | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn

| style="text-align:left" | Vietnam

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City

| 95

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Quezada Toruno, Rodolfo" | Rodolfo Quezada Toruño

| style="text-align:left" | Guatemala

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Guatemala

| 96

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Barbarin, Philippe" | Philippe Barbarin

| style="text-align:left" | France

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Lyon

| 97

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Erdo, Peter" | Péter Erdő

| style="text-align:left" | Hungary

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest

| 98

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Ouellet, Marc" | Marc Ouellet

| style="text-align:left" | Canada

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop of Quebec

| 99

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Medina Estevez, Jorge Arturo" | Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez

| style="text-align:left" | Chile

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Protodeacon)

| 100

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Castrillon Hoyos, Dario" | Darío Castrillón Hoyos

| style="text-align:left" | Colombia

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

| 101

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Stafford, James Francis" | James Francis Stafford

| style="text-align:left" | United States

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Major Penitentiary

| 102

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Cacciavillan, Agostino" | Agostino Cacciavillan

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

| 103

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sebastiani, Sergio" | Sergio Sebastiani

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

| 104

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Grocholewski, Zenon" | Zenon Grocholewski

| style="text-align:left" | Poland

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education

| 105

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Saraiva Martins, Jose" | José Saraiva Martins

| style="text-align:left" | Portugal

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

| 106

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sepe, Crescenzio" | Crescenzio Sepe

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

| 107

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Pompedda, Mario Francesco" | Mario Francesco Pompedda

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Prefect emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

| 108

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Kasper, Walter" | Walter Kasper

| style="text-align:left" | Germany

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

| 109

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Tauran, Jean-Louis" | Jean-Louis Tauran

| style="text-align:left" | France

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church

| 110

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Martino, Renato Raffaele" | Renato Raffaele Martino

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

| 111

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Marchisano, Francesco" | Francesco Marchisano

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

| 112

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Herranz Casado, Julian" | Julián Herranz Casado

| style="text-align:left" | Spain

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

| 113

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Lozano Barragan, Javier" | Javier Lozano Barragán

| style="text-align:left" | Mexico

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers

| 114

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Hamao, Stephen Fumio" | Stephen Fumio Hamao

| style="text-align:left" | Japan

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

| 115

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Nicora, Attilio" | Attilio Nicora

| style="text-align:left" | Italy

| (age )

| data-sort-value="3" | CD

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Not in attendance

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" width="16%" | Name

! scope="col" width="10%" | Country

! scope="col" | Born

! scope="col" | Order

! scope="col" | Consistory

! scope="col" | Office

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reason for absence

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Sin, Jaime Lachica" | Jaime Lachica Sin

| style="text-align:left" | Philippines

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| Paul VI

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Manila

| style="text-align:left" | Health (illness)

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Suarez Rivera, Adolfo Antonio" | Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera

| style="text-align:left" | Mexico

| (age )

| data-sort-value="2" | CP

| John Paul II

| style="text-align:left" | Archbishop emeritus of Monterrey

| style="text-align:left" | Health (illness)

Cardinal electors by continent and country

The 115 attending cardinal electors were from 52 countries on all six inhabited continents. The countries with the greatest number of cardinal electors were Italy (twenty), the United States (eleven), and, jointly, Germany and Spain (six each).

thumb|upright=2|alt=Numbered choropleth world map showing the number of cardinal electors for the 2005 papal conclave from each country|[[Choropleth map indicating the number of cardinal electors in attendance from each country (unnumbered countries denote one cardinal elector)]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Cardinal electors by continent

! scope="col" | Continent

! scope="col" | Number !! scope="col" | Percentage

| scope="row" | Africa

| 11 ||

| scope="row" data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 22 ||

| scope="row" data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 12 ||

| scope="row" | Asia

| 10 ||

|- style="background:#ffc"

| scope="row" | Europe*

| 58 ||

| scope="row" | Oceania

| 2 ||

! scope="row" | Total

! 115 !! 100.0%

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Cardinal electors by country

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Continent

! scope="col" | Number

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Argentina

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Australia

| Oceania

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Austria

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Belgium

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Bolivia

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Brazil

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 4

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Cameroon

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Canada

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Chile

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Colombia

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Congo, Democratic Republic of the" | DR Congo

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Croatia

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Cuba

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Czech Republic

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Dominican Republic

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | France

| Europe

| 5

|- style="background:#ffc"

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Germany*

| Europe

| 6

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ghana

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Guatemala

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Honduras

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hungary

| Europe

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | India

| Asia

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Indonesia

| Asia

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ireland

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Italy

| Europe

| 20

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ivory Coast

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Japan

| Asia

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Latvia

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Lithuania

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Madagascar

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Mexico

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Netherlands

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | New Zealand

| Oceania

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Nicaragua

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Nigeria

| Africa

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Peru

| data-sort-value="America, South" | South America

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Philippines

| Asia

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Poland

| Europe

| 3

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Portugal

| Europe

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | South Africa

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Spain

| Europe

| 6

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Sudan

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Switzerland

| Europe

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Syria

| Asia

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Tanzania

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Thailand

| Asia

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Uganda

| Africa

| 1

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ukraine

| Europe

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom

| Europe

| 2

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | United States

| data-sort-value="America, North" | North America

| 11

| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Vietnam

| Asia

| 1

! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total

! 115

Cardinal electors in the 2005 conclave