Is there an age limit to be elected pope?

Answer 1

No, there is no age requirement. The only requirements are that the pope be male and Catholic. Should he not be ordained yet when elected pope, he will be ordained and then consecrated as a bishop. Usually, however, the pope is elected from the College of Cardinals, but that need not be the case.

Answer 2

There is no age limit for becoming pope.

Pope Benedict IX (1032-1048) was no more than a teenager when elected pope, and could have been as young as 12 years old. Pope John XII was 18.

Pope Clement X was 79 years old when elected in 1670.

Pope Leo XIII was only 67 when elected but remained in office until his death at 93 years.

Answer 3

There is no minimum or maximum age for becoming pope. At one time, an 18-20 (some say 10-12) year old boy was chosen. It is said that his father basically purchased the office for him. He became Pope Benedict IX and, perhaps, the most vile and disgusting person to ever sit in the Chair of Peter.

Answer 4

There is no minimum or maximum age for a man to serve as pope.

Answer 5

There is no minimum nor maximum age limit to be pope.

Answer 6

There is no minimum age. In fact, in the Middle Ages a pope was elected who was only 18 or 20 years old, some say he was only 10-12 but that is probably an exaggeration.

Answer 7

There is neither a minimum nor a maximum age for a person to be elected as pope.

Answer 8

There is no age requirement to be Pope.

Answer 9

There is no age requirement.