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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Label Occurrences
1978 papal conclave canonical 2
1978 papal conclave (August) 1
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 (7)

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

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
Pope John Paul I → electedPopeBy → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ
Cardinal Pericle Felici → participatedIn → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ
subject surface form: Pericle Felici
this entity surface form: 1978 papal conclave (August)
Pericle Felici → participatedIn → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal conclave, October 1978
Carlo Confalonieri → participatedIn → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal conclave of August 1978
Carlo Confalonieri → participatedIn → 1978 papal conclave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal conclave of October 1978