Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli, a farmer’s son from near Bergamo, was elected at seventy-six and expected to be a caretaker pope. Within three months he announced an ecumenical council, and the Second Vatican Council opened in October 1962. His warmth won the world’s affection, and his encyclical Pacem in Terris (1963) was addressed to “all people of good will.” He died in June 1963 and was canonized in 2014.
- Pontificate
- 28 October 1958 – 3 June 1963 (4 years, 7 months)
- Birth name
- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
- Born
- 25 November 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII
- Died
- 3 June 1963, Apostolic Palace
- Preceded by
- Pope Pius XII
- Succeeded by
- Pope Paul VI
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