Son of Giovanni Luciani and Bortola Tancon, poor working folks; baptized the same day at home by the midwife as he was in danger of death.
He entered the seminary at Feltre in October 1923, and the Gregorian seminary at Belluno in October 1928.
Deacon on 2 February1935.
Ordained at Belluno, Italy on 7 July1935.
Parish priest and taught religion at the Technical Institute for Miners in Agordo.
Rector of the Gregorian seminary from 1937 to 1947.
Received his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University, Rome in 1947.
Chancellor of the diocese of Belluno in 1947.
Bishop of Vittorio Veneto on 15 December1958.
Attended the Second Vatican Council.
Patriarch of Venice in 1969.
Created Cardinal on 5 March1973.
Pope for less than five weeks.
![[photograph of Pope John Paul I]](pope0263f.jpg "10kb jpg photograph of Pope John Paul I, 1978, photographer unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
