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Papal Conclave, 1978 (other)
1978 papal conclave may refer to: * August 1978 papal conclave, which elected John Paul I to succeed Paul VI * October 1978 papal conclave, which elected John Paul II to succeed John Paul I {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 1978 Papal Conclave
The papal conclave held on 25 and 26 August 1978 was the first of the two held that year. It was convoked to elect a successor to Paul VI, who had died on 6 August 1978. After the cardinal electors assembled in Rome, they elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venice, as the new pope on the fourth ballot. He accepted the election and took the name John Paul I. It was the first conclave since the promulgation of ''Ingravescentem aetatem'' (1970), which made cardinals who had reached the age of 80 by the day the conclave began ineligible to participate in the balloting. There were 15 cardinals excluded by that rule. The number of votes cast for Luciani on the final ballot was so great that even the uniform opposition of these cardinals would not have changed the outcome. ''Papabili'' Among the '' papabili'', or top candidates, were Sergio Pignedoli, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians, Giuseppe Siri of Genoa, and Corrado Ursi of Naples. Others named Giovanni Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |