Pope Paul VI

Paul VI brought the Second Vatican Council to its close in 1965 and carried out its reforms, including the renewal of the liturgy. He was the first pope to fly and to visit every continent. In Jerusalem in 1964 he embraced the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, and together they lifted the excommunications of 1054. His encyclical Humanae Vitae (1968) reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on marriage and the transmission of life. He was canonized in 2018.

Pontificate

21 June 1963 – 6 August 1978 (15 years, 1 month)

Birth name

Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini

Born

26 September 1897, Concesio

Died

6 August 1978, Castel Gandolfo

Preceded by

Pope John XXIII

Succeeded by

Pope John Paul I

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