On this day in 1978, the Cardinals elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, 65, as the Pope to follow Pope Paul VI who died on August 6.
Luciani took the name John Paul and died 33 days later. Luciani had been the Patriarch of Venice.
On this day in 2002 the diocesan phase studying the possible cause for canonization was opened. It was closed in 2006 and the Roman phase opened in 2009. A miracle is being proposed for the Pope’s cause.
Eternal Memory.
John Paul I, pray for us.