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

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governments:

József Mindszenty József Mindszenty (; 29 March 18926 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ...

was confined to the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, and Aloysius Stepinac was under house arrest in Yugoslavia. A 54th cardinal, Edward Mooney of Detroit, traveled to Rome to attend the

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, but died of a heart attack three hours before it began. Pope John XXIII - 1959

Roman Curia

# Benedetto Aloisi Masella,

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, Prefect of Discipline of the Sacraments # Nicola Canali, Major Penitentiary # Gaetano Cicognani, Prefect of

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# Pietro Ciriaci, Prefect of Congregation of the

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# Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith # Marcello Mimmi, Secretary of Consistorial Congregation # Alfredo Ottaviani, Pro-Secretary of the Holy Office # Giuseppe Pizzardo, Secretary of Holy Office, Prefect of Seminaries and Universities #

Federico Tedeschini Federico Tedeschini (12 October 1873 – 2 November 1959) was an Italian cardinal of the Holy Roman Church who served as papal datary in the Roman Curia from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933 ''in pectore'' ( ...

, Datary of His Holiness # Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Secretary of Oriental Churches #

Valerio Valeri Valerio Valeri (7 November 1883 – 22 July 1963) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in the Roman Curia from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate ...

, Prefect of Religious

Europe

Italy

# Elia Dalla Costa, Archbishop of Florence # Maurilio Fossati, OSsCGN, Archbishop of Turin # Giacomo Lercaro, Archbishop of Bologna # Clemente Micara, Vicar General of Rome #

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

, Patriarch of Venice (was elected and chose the name John XXIII) #

Ernesto Ruffini Ernesto Ruffini (19 January 1888 – 11 June 1967) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1945 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Biography Ruffini w ...

, Archbishop of Palermo # Giuseppe Siri, Archbishop of Genoa

France

# Maurice Feltin,

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Pierre-Marie Gerlier Pierre-Marie Gerlier (14 January 1880 – 17 January 1965) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1937 until his death, was Primate of Gaul and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937. Biogr ...

, Archbishop of Lyon # Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Archbishop-Bishop of

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Achille Liénart Achille Liénart (; 7 February 1884—15 February 1973) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lille from 1928 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930. Biography Born in Lille to a bourgeois ...

Bishop of Lille The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Insulensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lille'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basili ...

# Clément-Emile Roques, Archbishop of

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

Spain

Benjamín de Arriba y Castro Benjamín de Arriba y Castro (8 April 1886 – 8 March 1973) was a Catholic cardinal and archbishop. Biography He studied at the seminary in Madrid, the Pontifical Gregorian University and Angelicum in Rome, and the Pontifical University of ...

, Archbishop of Tarragona # Enrique Pla y Deniel, Archbishop of Toledo #

Fernando Quiroga y Palacios Fernando Quiroga Palacios (21 January 1900 – 7 December 1971) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela from 1949 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 ...

, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Germany

# Josef Frings,

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# Joseph Wendel, Archbishop of Munich and Freising

Belgium

# Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Archbishop of Mechelen

Hungary

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(absent)

Ireland and United Kingdom

# John D'Alton,

Archbishop of Armagh In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...

(archdiocese contains territory in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Poland

# Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno

Portugal

# Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisbon

Soviet Union

# Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians

Yugoslavia

#'' Aloysius Stepinac'', Archbishop of Zagreb (absent)

North America

Canada

# Paul-Émile Léger, PSS,

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# James Charles McGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto

United States

# James Francis McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles # Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York

South America

Brazil

Jaime de Barros Câmara Jaime de Barros Câmara (July 3, 1894–February 18, 1971) was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 1943 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 ...

, Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro # Augusto da Silva,

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# Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, Archbishop of São Paulo

Argentina

Antonio Caggiano Antonio Caggiano (30 January 1889 – 23 October 1979) was an archbishop and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. He played a part in helping Nazi sympathisers and war criminals escape prosecution in Europe by easing their passa ...

, Bishop of Rosario #

Santiago Copello Santiago Luis Copello (7 January 1880 – 9 February 1967) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. Copello served as the firs ...

, Archbishop of Buenos Aires

Chile

# José Caro Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santiago

Colombia

# Crisanto Luque Sánchez,

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Cuba

# Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt,

Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archd ...

Ecuador

# Carlos María de la Torre, Archbishop of Quito

Asia

China

# Thomas Tien Ken-sin, SVD, Archbishop of Beijing

India

# Valerian Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay

Syria

Ignatius Gabriel I Tappuni Mar Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Arabic: جبرائيل تبّوني, french: Ignace-Gabriel I Tappouni) (3 November 1879 – 29 January 1968) was a leading prelate of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Antioch from 1929 to 19 ...

, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (born in Mosul, in modern-day Iraq)

Africa

Mozambique

# Teódosio de Gouveia, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques

Oceania

Australia

# Norman Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney

References

Conclave of October 25 - 28, 1958
{{Papal conclaves 1800-2005, state=collapsed Pope John XXIII

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...