Born on 25 Nov as Angelo Giuseppe 1881 Roncalli in Sotto il Monte,

Completed his doctorate in 1904

Ordained by Guiseppe Ceppetelli on 10 Aug 1904

Ordained bishop (titular of Areopolis) on 19 Mar 1925

Apostolic delegate Saint 1931 (diplomat) to Bulgaria John XXIII Created Cardinal on 12 Jan by Pope Pius XII 1953 1953 Made Patriarch of Venice on 13 Jan Elected pope on 28 2014 1958 October, the 23rd John

October - opened the Declared ‘Saint’ on Divine Mercy 1962 Sunday, 27 April 2014 Saint John XXIII’s feast day is 1963 11 October Died on 3 June aged 81 in the Apostolic Obedientia et Pax Palace, his life at Obedience and Peace Declared ‘Blessed’ on 3 2000 Sep by Saint Pope John a glance Paul II in numbers “quotes” (from the thousands!) YEARS: Pope John XVIII reigned as Just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul. pope from October 1958 to . Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must 5 always remember this. The actual words matter less. : including Mater et Consult not your fears but your hopes and your Magister (On Social Progress) and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about 8Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). your unful lled potential. Concern yourself not with BALLOTS: what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still the number it took to possible for you to do. elect Pope John XXIII in 1958 a er the death of Pope Pius XII. If God created shadows it was to better emphasise 11 the light. CHILDREN: Giuseppe Roncalli was The family is the rst essential cell of human society. the fourth of 14 children born to visit www.vatican.va for JXXIII’s of cial teachings 14a poor family of sharecroppers. JOHN: Although there were 22 Popes John before him, he 23was the  rst for over 500 years. did you know? BISHOPS: attended at he opening least one session of Ttitles of ’s Vatican II. 2860 lm The According to St. Saint Pope John XXII was frequently referred to as the Matthew (1964) ‘Good Pope’, in Italian ‘il Papa buono’. He also earned dedicate the lm the nickname ‘Johnny Walker’ after his frequent walks to the memory of around and was Time Man of the Year in 1962. John XXIII.

ohn XXIII wore a Jnumber of papal tiaras during his time as pope (such as the one pictured above).

The Second Vatican Council When he was given an expensive This council was the twenty- in silver tiara by the people of rst ecumenical council of the 1965. It looked at a wide variety Bergamo, John XXIII requested and the second of topics including liturgy, social that the number of jewels used to be held at ’s Basilica communications, the Church, be halved and that the money be in the Vatican. The council, which interreligious dialogue and given to the poor. was formally opened under the relations between the Church he feast day for Pope John XXIII ponti cate of Pope John XXIII on and the modern . Tis not 3 June (the anniversary 11 October 1962, closed under Council documents can be found of his death, as is normally the Pope Paul VI on the Feast of the on the Vatican website case) but 11 October which is the anniversary of his opening of the Second Vatican Council. He also  ese sheets were prepared by the Centre for has a feast day in the Anglican Catholic Formation, Archdiocese of Southwark Communion on the 4 June. www.cc ootingbec.org.uk