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| | The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Conclaves by century |
 | | Cardinals Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., prefect of the S.C. of Rites; Franziskus Bauer, archbishop of Olomouc, Austria-Hungary; Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B.Hungarica, archbishop of Esztergom, Austria-Hungary; Giuseppe Prisco, archbishop of Naples, Italy; and François Virgile Dubillard, archbishop of Chambéry, France, excused themselves because of poor health. |
 | | Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, secretary of State and camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, was elected on March 2, 1939 and took the name Pius XII. |
 | | Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krákow, Poland, was chosen his successor thus becoming the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (1522-1523). |
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