Editing Pope Pius X (section)

== Consistories ==
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[[File:Papa Pio X, ante 1912 - Archivio Meraviglioso ICM BC1912n11f1.jpg|thumb|Pope Pius X, {{Circa|1912|lk=no}}]]
Pius X created 50 cardinals in seven consistories held during his pontificate which included noted figures of the Church during that time such as [[Désiré-Joseph Mercier]] (1907) and [[Pietro Gasparri]] (1907). In 1911, he increased American representation in the cardinalate based on the fact that the United States was expanding; the pope also named one cardinal ''[[in pectore]]'' ([[António Mendes Belo]], whom the media accurately speculated on) in 1911 whose name he later revealed in 1914. Pius X also named as a cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa, his immediate successor, [[Pope Benedict XV]].

Among the cardinals whom he nominated came the first Brazilian-born (and the first Latin American-born; [[Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti]]) and the first from the Netherlands ([[Willem Marinus van Rossum]]) since 1523. The consistory of 1911 was the largest number of cardinals elevated at a single consistory in roughly a century.

In 1911, the pope reportedly wished to elevate Diomede Panici to the cardinalate; however, Panici died before the promotion ever took place. Furthermore, this came after Panici was originally considered but passed for the elevation by [[Pope Leo XIII]] who even had considered elevating Panici's brother. In the 1914 consistory, Pius X considered naming the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] friar Armando Pietro Sabadel to the cardinalate; however, Sabadel declined the pope's invitation.