20th Century · 261th pope in the Annuario Pontificio list
John XXIII
Saint
- Pontificate
- 28/10/1958 – 03/06/1963
- Birth name
- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
- Nationality
- Italy
- Born – died
- 1881 – 1963
- Predecessor
- Pius XII
- Successor
- Paul VI
Important events
- Called the Second Vatican Council (opened 1962)
- Appealed for peace during the Cuban missile crisis (1962)
Councils and documents
- Mater et magistra (1961)
- Pacem in terris (1963)
List: Wikidata (CC0), ordinals per the Annuario Pontificio, retrieved 2026-10-01. Antipopes are not included. For the current pope, see vatican.va.