# Pope Pius XII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-xii
Pontificate: 2 March 1939 – 9 October 1958
Number in the papal list: 260
Born-Died: 1876 - Unknown
Papal era: Modern Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII

Italian citizen; first pope born after the unification of Italy. Credited with intervening for peace during World War II; controversial for his reactions to the Holocaust.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Pius XI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-xi)
- Next in list: [Pope John XXIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xxiii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1941 - [Death of Maximilian Kolbe](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1941-death-of-maximilian-kolbe)
- 1945 - [Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1945-execution-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer)
- 1947 - [Dead Sea Scrolls discovered](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1947-dead-sea-scrolls-discovered)
- 1947 - [Church of South India](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1947-church-of-south-india)
- 1948 - [World Council of Churches](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1948-world-council-of-churches)
- 1949 - [Billy Graham's Los Angeles crusade](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1949-billy-graham-s-los-angeles-crusade)
- 1950 - [Missionaries of Charity](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1950-missionaries-of-charity)
- 1950 - [Assumption of Mary defined](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1950-assumption-of-mary-defined)
- 1954 - [Three-Self Patriotic Movement](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1954-three-self-patriotic-movement)
- 1958 - [Yoido Full Gospel Church](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1958-yoido-full-gospel-church)