Editing Pope Clement XIV (section)

===Election===
[[File:Vincenzo Milione - Portrait of Pope Clement XIV.jpg|thumb|left|Clement XIV, by [[Vincenzo Milione]], {{circa|1773-74}}]]
By 18 May, the court coalition appeared to be unravelling as the respective representatives began to negotiate separately with different cardinals. The French ambassador had earlier suggested that any acceptable candidate be required to put in writing that he would abolish the Jesuits. The idea was largely dismissed as a violation of canon law. Spain still insisted that a firm commitment should be given, though not necessarily in writing. However, such concessions could be immediately nullified by the pope upon election. On 19 May 1769, Cardinal Ganganelli was elected as a compromise candidate largely due to support of the Bourbon courts, which had expected that he would suppress the [[Society of Jesus]]. Ganganelli, who had been educated by Jesuits, gave no commitment, but indicated that he thought the dissolution was possible.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sj2014.net/blog/19-may-1769-ganganelli-elected-pope-clement-xiv-suppressor-of-the-jesuits| title = "19 May 1769 - Ganganelli elected Pope Clement XIV, suppressor of the Jesuits", Jesuit Restoration 1814, 19 May 2015| access-date = 8 January 2019| archive-date = 8 January 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100812/http://www.sj2014.net/blog/19-may-1769-ganganelli-elected-pope-clement-xiv-suppressor-of-the-jesuits| url-status = dead}}</ref> He took the pontifical name of "Clement XIV". Ganganelli first received [[episcopal consecration]] in the Vatican on 28 May 1769 by Cardinal Federico Marcello Lante and was [[Papal coronation|crowned]] as pope on 4 June 1769 by the [[cardinal protodeacon]] [[Alessandro Albani]].
He was replaced as Cardinal-Priest by [[Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d1l06.html |access-date=2019-08-09 |title=San Lorenzo in Panisperna |last=Cheney|first=David M. |year=2019 |work=Catholic-Hierarchy}}</ref>

He took possession of the [[Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran]] on 26 November 1769.<ref>{{cite book|author=F. Gligora|title=I papi|page=266}}</ref>