Election of Pope John Paul I

Date: August 26, 1978 • Location: Rome, Italy

A conclave elected Albino Luciani as Pope John Paul I, succeeding Paul VI.

A conclave was held on 25 and 26 August 1978 to elect a new pope to succeed Paul VI, who had died on 6 August 1978. Of the 114 eligible cardinal electors, all but three attended. On the fourth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, the patriarch of Venice. After accepting his election, he took the name John Paul I.