Pope Paul VI

Pope Saint Paul VI
Bishop of Rome
Official portrait, 1969
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	21 June 1963
Papacy ended	6 August 1978
Predecessor	John XXIII
Successor	John Paul I
Orders
Ordination	29 May 1920 by Giacinto Gaggia
Consecration	12 December 1954 by Eugène Tisserant
Created cardinal	15 December 1958 by John XXIII
Personal details
Born	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (1897-09-26)26 September 1897 Concesio, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	6 August 1978(1978-08-06) (aged 80) Castel Gandolfo, Italy
Previous post(s)	Referendary Prelate of the Apostolic Signatura (1926‍–‍1938) Substitute for General Affairs (1937‍–‍1953) Pro-Secretary for Ordinary Affairs of Secretariat of State (1953‍–‍1954) Archbishop of Milan (1954‍–‍1963) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1958‍–‍1963)
Education	University of Milan (JCD)
Motto	Cum ipso in monte sancto (Latin for 'With Him on the holy mountain') In nomine Domini (Latin for 'In the name of the Lord')
Signature
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Sainthood
Feast day	29 May[1] 30 May (Ambrosian Rite)[2]
Venerated in	Catholic Church Palmarian Catholic Church[3]
Beatified	19 October 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Canonized	14 October 2018 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Attributes	Papal vestments Papal tiara
Patronage	Archdiocese of Milan[4] Paul VI Pontifical Institute[5] Second Vatican Council[6] Diocese of Brescia[7] Concesio Magenta Paderno Dugnano
Shrines	None
Ordination history
History Diaconal ordination Date 28 February 1920 Place Concesio, Brescia Priestly ordination Ordained by Giacinto Gaggia (Brescia) Date 29 May 1920 Place Concesio, Brescia Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Eugène Tisserant (Dean of the College of Cardinals) Co-consecrators Giacinto Tredici (Brescia) Domenico Bernareggi (Milan aux.) Date 12 December 1954 Place Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Cardinalate Elevated by Pope John XXIII Date 15 December 1958
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Pope Paul VI as principal consecrator Giuseppe Schiavini 22 May 1955 Cesário Alexandre Minali 5 June 1955 Ubaldo Teofano Stella 3 October 1955 Domenico Enrici 1 November 1955 Aristide Pirovano 13 November 1955 Adolfo Luís Bossi 14 September 1958 Antonio Fustella 25 June 1960 Giovanni Umberto Colombo 7 December 1960 Luigi Oldani 7 December 1961 Francesco Rossi 26 May 1963 Igino Eugenio Cardinale 20 October 1963 Albert Reuben Edward Thomas 20 October 1963 Giovanni Fallani 28 June 1964 Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands 28 June 1964 Leobard D'Souza 3 December 1964 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli 19 March 1966 Giacomo Violardo 19 March 1966 Loris Francesco Capovilla[8] 16 July 1967 Agostino Casaroli 16 July 1967 Ernesto Civardi 16 July 1967 Paul Casimir Marcinkus 6 January 1969 Louis Vangeke 3 December 1970 Annibale Bugnini 13 February 1972 Giuseppe Casoria 13 February 1972 Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni 29 June 1973 Jean Jerome Hamer 29 June 1973 Andrzej Maria Deskur 30 June 1974 Nicola Rotunno 30 June 1974
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Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista enˈriːko anˈtɔːnjo maˈriːa monˈtiːni]; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. In January 1964, he flew to Jordan, the first time a reigning pontiff had left Italy in more than a century.^[9]

Montini served in the Holy See's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954, and along with Domenico Tardini was considered the closest and most influential advisor of Pope Pius XII. In 1954, Pius named Montini Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese. Montini later became the Secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference. John XXIII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1958, and after that pope's death, Montini was, with little opposition, elected his successor, taking the name Paul VI.^[10]

He re-convened the Second Vatican Council, which had been suspended during the interregnum. After its conclusion, Paul VI took charge of the interpretation and implementation of its mandates, finely balancing the conflicting expectations of various Catholic groups. The resulting reforms were among the widest and deepest in the Chuch's history.

Paul VI spoke repeatedly to Marian conventions and Mariological meetings, visited Marian shrines and issued three Marian encyclicals. Following Ambrose of Milan, he named Mary as the Mother of the Church during the Second Vatican Council.^[11] He described himself as a humble servant of a suffering humanity and demanded significant changes from the rich in North America and Europe in favour of the poor in the Third World.^[12] His opposition to birth control in the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae was strongly contested, especially in Western Europe and North America. The same opposition emerged in reaction to some of his political doctrines.

Pope Benedict XVI, citing his heroic virtue, proclaimed him venerable on 20 December 2012. Pope Francis beatified Paul VI on 19 October 2014, after the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. His liturgical feast was celebrated on the date of his birth on 26 September, until 2019 when it was changed to the date of his sacerdotal ordination on 29 May.^[1] Pope Francis canonised him on 14 October 2018.