Franz König
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Franz König was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by P
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October 1978 conclave
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A conclave was held from 14 to 16 October 1978 to elect a new pope to succeed John Paul I, who had died on 28 September 1978, just 33 days after his election. All 111 eligible cardinal electors attend
Franz König
…was König's determination that motivated him to promote Archbishop of Kraków Karol Wojtyła, who was elected Pope John Paul II, as a candidate in the conclave of October 1978, seeing it as vitally important that a cardinal from Eastern Europe be put forward for election. Using his authority, he was also able to convince the…
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