October 1978 papal conclave

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Papal conclave October 1978
Dates and location
14–16 October 1978 Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Key officials
Dean	Carlo Confalonieri
Sub-dean	Paolo Marella
Camerlengo	Jean-Marie Villot
Protopriest	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta
Protodeacon	Pericle Felici
Secretary	Ernesto Civardi
Election
Ballots	8
Elected pope
Karol Wojtyła Name taken: John Paul II
← August 1978 2005 →

The papal conclave held from 14 to 16 October 1978 was triggered by the death of John Paul I on 28 September 1978, just 33 days after he was elected pope. The conclave to elect John Paul I's successor ended after eight ballots. The cardinal electors selected Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła, Archbishop of Kraków, as the new pope. The third pope in the year, Wojtyła accepted his election and took the name John Paul II.