Ka kammala wannan furcin: Tun zamanin manzanni, limamin cocin Roma, kamar sauran limamai, ana zaɓensa ne ta hanyar amincewar limamai da talakawan cocin. An ƙayyade rukunin masu zaɓe daidai lokacin da, a cikin 1059, an sanya Kwalejin Cardinals a matsayin ƙungiyar masu zaɓe kawai. Tun daga wannan lokacin, wasu bayanai game da wannan tsari sun bayyana. A shekara ta 1970, Paparoma Paul VI ya iyakance masu zaɓe ga manyan limamai waɗanda shekarunsu ba su kai 80 ba a cikin "Ingravescentem aetatem". Paparoma John Paul II ne ya kafa hanyoyin a cikin tsarin mulkinsa na apostolic "Universi Dominici gregis" kamar yadda Paparoma Benedict XVI ya gyara a 2007 da 2013. Ana bukatar kuri'un kashi biyu bisa uku don zaɓar sabon shugaban Kirista. Taro na ƙarshe na Paparoma
ya faru ne a shekarar 2013, lokacin da aka zabi Jorge Mario Bergoglio a matsayin Paparoma Francis, wanda ya gaji Benedict XVI.