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2007 Patron Saint for the Annual Partners in Charity Appeal

Blessed John XXIII

Born ~ Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, November 25, 1881

Ordained a Priest ~ August 10, 1904

Service as Priest and Bishop:

Secretary to Bishop Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi
Medic and Chaplain ~ World War I
Spiritual Director ~ Bergamo Seminary
Lecturer ~ Seminary of Rome
Director ~ Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Archbishop & Vatican Envoy to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece & France

Installed as Patriarch of Venice ~ January 15, 1953

Elected 262nd Pope ~ October 28, 1958

Called the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council ~ January 25, 1959

Convened the Vatican Council ~ October 11, 1962

Died ~ June 3, 1963

Beatified ~ September 3, 2000