Here is the list of
Past Sede Vacante periods
1799 – 2005.
1799: Pius VI - Pius VII ~207 days (longest)
1823: Pius VII - Leo XII ~39 days
1829: Leo XII - Pius VIII ~49 days
1830: Pius VIII - Gregory XVI ~63 days
1846: Gregory XVI - Pius IX ~15 days
1878: Pius IX - Leo XIII ~13 days (shortest)
1903: Leo XIII - Pius X ~15 days
1914: Pius X - Benedict XV ~14 days
1922: Benedict XV - Pius XI ~15 days
1939: Pius XI - Pius XII ~20 days
1958: Pius XII - John XXIII ~19 days
1963: John XXIII - Paul VI ~18 days
1978: Paul VI - John Paul I ~20 days
1978: John Paul I - John Paul II ~18 days
2005: John Paul II - Benedict XVI ~17 days
2013: Benedict XVI - ~? days
Teresa Rice
/ March 5, 2013Hopefully this Sede Vacante period will be short. May the Holy Spirit guide the Cardinals. God Bless.
1catholicsalmon
/ March 5, 2013Amen!
8kidsandabusiness
/ March 5, 2013I agree with Teresa.
1catholicsalmon
/ March 5, 2013Amen!