Election Of Pope John Xxiii

He was the second patriarch of venice to be elected pontiff in the 20th century after pope pius x.
Election of pope john xxiii. Angelo giuseppe roncalli was one of thirteen children born to a family of. Some 51 of the 53 cardinals participated as cardinal electors. If john xxiii interrupted the chain of condemnations and excommunications accumulated by all of his predecessors in being silent on masonry it cannot however be said that he was neutral on this subject.
In september of 2000 john xxiii was beatified by pope john paul ii. According to the experts unanimous consensus it is under his pontificate that was begun the volte face and that for the first time dialogue was opened. It should not be long before he is canonised a saint.
Some have called the council a watershed in the history of the church. Following the death of pope pius xii on 9 october 1958 the 1958 papal conclave met from 25 to 28 october and on the eleventh ballot elected angelo giuseppe roncalli patriarch of venice to succeed him. He presided over its early sessions.
25 november 1881 3 june 1963 was bishop of rome and hence head of the catholic church and sovereign of the vatican city state from 28 october 1958 to his death in 1963. Pope john xxiii latin. The communist governments of hungary and yugoslavia prevented the other two fro.
He accepted the election and took the name john xxiii. Popes have often fine tuned the rules for the election of their successors. Pope pius xii s vacantis apostolicae sedis of 1945 governed the conclave of 1958 pope john xxiii s summi pontificis electio of 1962 that of 1963 pope paul vi s romano pontifici eligendo of 1975 those of 1978 and john paul ii s universi dominici gregis of 1996.
Just three months after his election john xxiii announced plans for the second vatican council. Just three months after pope john xxiii s election he announced he would launch an ecumenical council a major undertaking that could enact sweeping changes in the life of the church.