Timeline Sunday 6 August 1978

Events on Sunday 6 August 1978 2

• 1897 – 1978 Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) Died 6 August 1978, aged 80 Born Giovanni Battista Montini, he led the Catholic Church through the closing sessions of the Second Vatican Council and its turbulent aftermath. He died at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.
• 1978 Year of Three Popes Vatican sees two conclaves within two months After Pope Paul VI died in August, Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Pope John Paul I but died just 33 days later, one of the shortest papacies in history. A second conclave in October elected Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.