20th Century · 262th pope in the Annuario Pontificio list
Paul VI
Saint
- Pontificate
- 21/06/1963 – 06/08/1978
- Birth name
- Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini
- Nationality
- Italy
- Born – died
- 1897 – 1978
- Predecessor
- John XXIII
- Successor
- John Paul I
Important events
- Brought the Second Vatican Council to a close
- Met Patriarch Athenagoras in Jerusalem (1964); excommunications of 1054 lifted (1965)
- First pope to travel widely by plane
Councils and documents
- Populorum progressio (1967)
- Humanae vitae (1968)
- Evangelii nuntiandi (1975)
List: Wikidata (CC0), ordinals per the Annuario Pontificio, retrieved 2026-10-01. Antipopes are not included. For the current pope, see vatican.va.