# Pope Paul VI - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-paul-vi
Pontificate: 21 June 1963 – 6 August 1978
Number in the papal list: 262
Born-Died: 1897-09-26 - 1978-08-06
Papal era: Modern Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI

In nomine Domini ("In the name of the Lord") Italian citizen. Last pope to be crowned.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope John XXIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xxiii)
- Next in list: [Pope John Paul I](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-paul-i)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1963 - [Pacem in terris](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1963-pacem-in-terris)
- 1963 - [Letter from Birmingham Jail](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1963-letter-from-birmingham-jail)
- 1965 - [Nostra aetate](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1965-nostra-aetate)
- 1965 - [Lifting of the 1054 excommunications](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1965-lifting-of-the-1054-excommunications)
- 1965 - [Dignitatis humanae](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1965-dignitatis-humanae)
- 1968 - [Humanae vitae](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1968-humanae-vitae)
- 1968 - [Liberation theology](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1968-liberation-theology)
- 1969 - [Mass of Paul VI](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1969-mass-of-paul-vi)
- 1974 - [Lausanne Congress](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1974-lausanne-congress)
- 1978 - [John Paul II elected](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1978-john-paul-ii-elected)