1978 papal conclave

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event papal conclave

The 1978 papal conclave was the gathering of Roman Catholic cardinals that elected Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II, marking the first non-Italian pope in over four centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
August 1978 papal conclave	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event ⓘ papal conclave ⓘ
announcedBy	Cardinal Pericle Felici ⓘ
announcedFormula	Habemus Papam ⓘ
cardinalElectorsCount	111 ⓘ
cardinalElectorsPresent	111 ⓘ
cardinalsLockedIn	Sistine Chapel ⓘ
city	Rome ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
deanOfCollegeOfCardinals	Carlo Confalonieri ⓘ
electedPapalName	Pope John Paul II ⓘ surface form: John Paul II
electedPerson	Pope John Paul II ⓘ surface form: Karol Józef Wojtyła
electedPope	Pope John Paul II ⓘ
electedPopeCardinalTitle	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio ⓘ
electedPopeNationality	Polish ⓘ
electedPopeOrdinalNumber	264th pope ⓘ
electedPopePositionBeforeElection	Archbishop of Kraków ⓘ
electedPopeSeeBeforeElection	Archdiocese of Kraków ⓘ
electoralBody	College of Cardinals ⓘ
electorsAppointedBy	Pope John Paul I ⓘ Pope Paul VI ⓘ
endDate	1978-10-16 ⓘ
followedBy	2005 papal conclave ⓘ
governingConstitution	Romano Pontifici Eligendo ⓘ
governingPopeAtRulesPromulgation	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
languageOfOfficialAnnouncements	Latin ⓘ
location	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Sistine Chapel ⓘ
maximumElectorsAllowedByLaw	120 ⓘ
nonItalianPredecessorPope	Pope Adrian VI ⓘ surface form: Adrian VI
nonItalianPredecessorPopeReignEndYear	1523 ⓘ
notableFor	election of first Polish pope ⓘ election of first non-Italian pope since 1523 ⓘ second papal conclave held in 1978 ⓘ
numberOfBallots	8 ⓘ
partOf	history of the papacy ⓘ
precededBy	1978 papal conclave self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: August 1978 papal conclave
previousPope	Pope John Paul I ⓘ
previousPopeBirthName	Albino Luciani ⓘ
previousPopeDeathDate	1978-09-28 ⓘ
protodeacon	Pericle Felici ⓘ
reasonForConclave	death of Pope John Paul I ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
requiredMajority	two-thirds of votes ⓘ
smokeSignalColorForElection	white smoke ⓘ
smokeSignalColorForNoElection	black smoke ⓘ
startDate	1978-10-14 ⓘ
subdeanOfCollegeOfCardinals	Aloísio Lorscheider ⓘ
votingSystem	secret ballot ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope John Paul I → electedPopeBy → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ

Pope John Paul II → electedPopeBy → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ

1978 papal conclave → precededBy → 1978 papal conclave self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: August 1978 papal conclave