# Pope Urban VIII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-viii
Pontificate: 6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644
Number in the papal list: 235
Born-Died: 1568 - 1644-07-29
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII

Subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Issued a bill that made the use of tobacco in holy places punishable by excommunication (1624).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Gregory XV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xv)
- Next in list: [Pope Innocent X](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-x)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1633 - [Galileo affair](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1633-galileo-affair)
- 1633 - [Daughters of Charity founded](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1633-daughters-of-charity-founded)
- 1637 - [Shimabara Rebellion](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1637-shimabara-rebellion)