Pope Nicholas V

Apostolic Succession in the Roman Catholic Church

Pope Nicholas V

The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Nicholas V.

Tommaso Parentucelli, Pope Nicholas V. Consecrated on 17 March 1447 at Rome, Saint Peter's Basilica, probably by Francesco Cardinal Condulmer, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

At this time, we do not have the details of the consecration of Cardinal Condulmer.

The Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Cardinal Juan de Cervantes, Bishop of Ostia e Velletri, did not attend the conclave which elected Cardinal Parentucelli as Pope Nicholas V. The Sub-dean, Cardinal Francesco Condulmer, did participate in the conclave and in the absence of the Dean, he should have been the consecrator of the new pope. At the present time, we lack documentation and thus we can only state that he was the probable consecrator.