Pope Paul (sep 26, 1897 – aug 26, 1978)

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The son of a middle-class lawyer—who turned into additionally a journalist and neighborhood political figure—and of a mom belonging to the same social background, Montini became in his early years educated especially at home due to frail health. Later he studied in Brescia. Ordained a priest on May 29, 1920, he became dispatched by means of his bishop to Rome for higher studies and eventually recruited for the Vatican diplomatic service. His first assignment, in May 1923, came to the team of workers of the apostolic nunciature (papal ambassador’s post) in Warsaw, however persistent sick health brought him lower back to Rome before the end of that identical year. He then pursued special studies in the Ecclesiastical Academy, the education college for destiny Vatican diplomats, and at the same time resumed work at the Vatican Secretariat of State, wherein he remained in posts of increasing significance for more than 30 years. In 1939 Montini was appointed papal undersecretary of the kingdom and later, in 1944, appearing secretary for ordinary (or non diplomatic) affairs. He declined an invitation to be expanded to the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1953. In the beginning of November 1954, Pope Pius XII appointed him archbishop of Milan, and Pope John XXIII named him a cardinal in 1958. He turned into elected pope on June 21, 1963, selecting to be called Paul VI.

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