Jean-Marie Villot
Videos
Jean-Marie Villot was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatic
Villot in 1978
Cardinal Villot with Giovanni Leone in the Quirinal Palace in September 1972
Pope John Paul I
Videos
Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, giving rise to the f
Jean-Marie Villot
…was appointed President of the newly formed Pontifical Council Cor Unum, a position he resigned on 4 September 1978, during the brief pontificate of Pope John Paul I. Pope Paul elevated him to Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on 12 December 1974. Villot was present at the death of Paul VI in Castel Gandolfo on 6 August…
John Paul I on 19 September 1978
Albino Luciani approximately at the age of 10, c. 1922–23
Luciani in 1969
Pope Paul VI makes Luciani a cardinal in 1973.