lasted as long as a week, but at the time no conclave since 1667 had lasted fewer than three weeks. The conclave took eighty-three ballots to deliver a two-thirds majority to a candidate, whereas no conclave since has taken more than fourteen. Cappellari, then a Camaldolese priest and prefect of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, was also the last Pope not a bishop when elected. References 1830 in the Papal States 1831 in the Papal States Papal conclaves 1830 elections 1831 elections 1830 elections in Europe 1831 elections in Europe 19th-century Catholicism 1830 in Christianity 1831 in Christianity December 1830 events January 1831 events February 1831 events Pope Gregory XVI