# Pope John XXIII

> He was elected at 76 as a placeholder, expected to keep the seat warm. Instead he opened the windows — called the Second Vatican Council and dragged the Catholic Church into conversation with the modern world.

*Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-john-xxiii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1881-11-25
- **Died:** 1963-06-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born 25 November 1881 to sharecroppers in Lombardy, one of thirteen children. Ordained in 1904, he spent decades in diplomatic posts across Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, and France before Pius XII named him Patriarch of Venice and cardinal in 1953. Elected pope on 28 October 1958, he surprised everyone by convening the Second Vatican Council on 11 October 1962, the first session of a gathering that would redefine the Church's pastoral role and its engagement with other faiths and nations. He expanded the College of Cardinals to 85, appointing the first from Africa, Japan, and the Philippines, and pushed ecumenism while ending the reflex of basing every social policy on old theological formulae. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 1962, he died 3 June 1963 without seeing the Council's end. Canonized 27 April 2014 alongside John Paul II, he remains il papa buono — the Good Pope.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 28.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 13.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #40
- **Category rank:** #8

## Topics
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## Sources
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- [Chuan XXIII](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuan_XXIII)
- [يوحنا الثالث والعشرون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86)
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- [XXIII İoann](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXIII_%C4%B0oann)
- [Johannes XXIII.](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XXIII.)
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- [Ян XXIII](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_XXIII)
- [Ян XXIII](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_XXIII)
- [Йоан XXIII](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_XXIII)
- [Yann XXIII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_XXIII)
- [Joan XXIII](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_XXIII)
- [Gáu-huòng Ioannes 23-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Ioannes_23-si%C3%A9)
- [Papa Juan XXIII](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Juan_XXIII)
- [Papiéż Jón XXIII](https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papi%C3%A9%C5%BC_J%C3%B3n_XXIII)
- [Jan XXIII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_XXIII.)
- [Pab Ioan XXIII](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Ioan_XXIII)
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