Pope Saint John XXIII |
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Bishop of Rome | |
John XXIII in 1959
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Papacy began | 28 October 1958 |
Papacy ended | 3 June 1963 |
Predecessor | Pius XII |
Successor | Paul VI |
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Ordination | 10 August 1904 by Giuseppe Ceppetelli |
Consecration | 19 March 1925 by Giovanni Tacci Porcelli |
Created Cardinal | 12 January 1953 by Pius XII |
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Birth name | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli |
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Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy |
25 November 1881
Died | 3 June 1963 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
(aged 81)
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Motto | Oboedientia et Pax (Obedience and Peace) |
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Sainthood | |
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Beatified | 3 September 2000 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Canonized | 27 April 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
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Papal styles of Pope John XXIII |
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Reference style | His Holiness |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Posthumous style | Saint |
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Priestly ordination
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Ordained by | Giuseppe Ceppetelli |
Date of ordination | 10 August 1904 |
Place of ordination | Santa Maria in Monte Santo in Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Giovanni Tacci Card. Porcelli |
Co-consecrators |
Giuseppe Palica Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani |
Date of consecration | 19 March 1925 |
Place of consecration | San Carlo alla Corso, Rome, Italy |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pope Pius XII |
Date of elevation | 12 January 1953 |
Bishops consecrated by Pope John XXIII as principal consecrator
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Antonio Gregorio Vuccino | 25 July 1937 |
Alfredo Pacini | 11 June 1946 |
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | 27 September 1953 |
Angelo Dell'Acqua | 27 December 1958 |
Pope John Paul I | 27 December 1958 |
Domenico Tardini | 27 December 1958 |
James Hagan | 8 May 1960 |
Pericle Felici | 28 October 1960 |
Alfredo Ottaviani | 19 April 1962 |
Alberto di Jorio | 19 April 1962 |
Augustin Bea | 19 April 1962 |
Enrico Dante | 21 September 1962 |
Pietro Palazzini | 21 September 1962 |
Paul-Pierre Philippe | 21 September 1962 |
Pope Saint John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) reigned as Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963 and was canonized on 27 April 2014. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, including papal nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice.
Roncalli was elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after 11 ballots. His selection was unexpected, and Roncalli himself had come to Rome with a return train ticket to Venice. He was the first pope to take the pontifical name of "John" upon election in more than 500 years, and his choice settled the complicated question of official numbering attached to this papal name due to the antipope of this name. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–65), the first session opening on 11 October 1962. His passionate views on equality were summed up in his famous statement, "We were all made in God's image, and thus, we are all Godly alike." John XXIII made many passionate speeches during his pontificate, one of which was on the day that he opened the Second Vatican Council in the middle of the night to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square: "Dear children, returning home, you will find children: give your children a hug and say: This is a hug from the Pope!"