Habemus Papam

***Habemus Papam*** refers to the announcement given in Latin by the Senior Cardinal Deacon  when a new Pope has been chosen.

The announcement is given from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. After the announcement, the new pope meets the people and he gives his first _Urbi et Orbi_ blessing to the crowd.

The format for the announcement is:

- _Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum:_
- _Habemus Papam!_

- _Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum,_
- _Dominum [First Name],_
- _Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem [ Last _name_ ],_
- _Qui sibi nomen imposuit [ _Papal name_ ]._

This, in English, means:

- _I announce to you a great joy:_
- _We have a Pope!_

- _The most eminent and most reverend Lord,_
- _the Lord [First Name],_
- _Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church  _[Last name_ ],_
- _Who takes to himself the name of  _[Papal name_ ]._

In the _Habemus Papam_ given by Jorge Cardinal Medina Estévez on 19 April 2005 upon the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the announcement was made after a greeting (_Dear Brothers and Sisters_) in several languages (Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English).

## List of cardinals who have given the announcement

|Cardinal|Pope|Year|
| --- | --- | --- |
|align=center colspan=3|**15th century**||
|Francesco Piccolomini|Pope Innocent VIII|1484|
|Pope Alexander VI|1492||
|align=center colspan=3|**16th century**||
|Raffaele Riario|Pope Pius III|1503|
|Pope Julius II|||
|Alessandro Farnese|Pope Leo X|1513|
|Marco Cornaro|Pope Hadrian VI|1522|
|Pope Clement VII|1523||
|Innocenzo Cybo|Pope Paul III|1534|
|Pope Julius III|1550||
|Francesco Pisani|Pope Marcellus II|1555|
|Pope Paul IV|||
|Alessandro Farnese|Pope Pius IV|1559|
|Giulio Feltre della Rovere|Pope Pius V|1566|
|Girolamo Simoncelli|Pope Gregory XIII|1572|
|Luigi d'Este|Pope Sixtus V|1585|
|Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora|Pope Urban VII|1590|
|Andreas von Österreich|Pope Gregory XIV|1590|
|Pope Innocent IX|1591||
|Pope Clement VIII|1592||
|align=center colspan=3|**17th century**||
|Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora|Pope Leo XI|1605|
|Pope Paul V|||
|Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto|Pope Gregory XV|1621|
|Alessandro d'Este|Pope Urban VIII|1623|
|Francesco Barberini|Pope Innocent X|1644|
|Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio|Pope Alexander VII|1655|
|Rinaldo d'Este|Pope Clement IX|1667|
|Francesco Maidalchini|Pope Clement X|1670|
|Pope Innocent XI|1676||
|Pope Alexander VIII|1689||
|Urbano Sacchetti|Pope Innocent XII|1691|
|align=center colspan=3|**18th century**||
|Benedetto Pamphilj|Pope Clement XI|1700|
|Pope Innocent XIII|1721||
|Pope Benedict XIII|1724||
|Lorenzo Altieri|Pope Clement XII|1730|
|Carlo Maria Marini|Pope Benedict XIV|1740|
|Alessandro Albani|Pope Clement XIII|1758|
|Pope Clement XIV|1769||
|Pope Pius VI|1775||
|align=center colspan=3|**19th century**||
|Antonio Doria Pamphili|Pope Pius VII|1800|
|Fabrizio Ruffo|Pope Leo XII|1823|
|Giuseppe Albani|Pope Pius VIII|1829|
|Pope Gregory XVI|1831||
|Tommaso Riario Sforza|Pope Pius IX|1846|
|Prospero Caterini|Pope Leo XIII|1878|
|align=center colspan=3|**20th century**||
|Luigi Macchi|Pope Pius X|1903|
|Francesco Salesio Della Volpe|Pope Benedict XV|1914|
|Gaetano Bisleti|Pope Pius XI|1922|
|Camillo Caccia Dominioni|Pope Pius XII|1939|
|Nicola Canali|Pope John XXIII|1958|
|Alfredo Ottaviani|Pope Paul VI|1963|
|Pericle Felici|Pope John Paul I|1978|
|Pope John Paul II|||
|align=center colspan=3|**21st century**||
|Jorge Medina|Pope Benedict XVI|2005|
|Jean-Louis Tauran|Pope Francis|2013|
|Dominique Mamberti|Pope Leo XIV|2025|

## Other websites

- Audio: Pericle Cardinal Felici announcing Karol Cardinal Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II