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Pope '''Paul VI''' (1897-1978) reigned as Pope from 1963 to 1978; he succeeded [[Pope John XXIII]] and was succeeded by [[Pope John Paul I]]. He was born Giovanni Montini in the village of Concesio, Lombardy, in northern [[Italy]], and was ordained priest in 1920. Having achieved high office in the [[Vatican]] bureaucracy, Montini was made Archbishop of [[Milan]] in 1954 and a [[Cardinal]] in 1958.
[[Category:Popes]]