Example sentences of "was elected pope " in BNC.
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| 1 | As secretary of state , Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was resident in the Vatican when he was elected pope . |
| 2 | On 2 March 1939 Pacelli was elected pope in succession to Pius XI in the shortest conclave there had been since 1623 . |
| 3 | John XXIII was elected pope in October 1958 . |
| 4 | Karol Wojtyla , Archbishop of Cracow , Poland , was elected Pope in 1978 and took the name John Paul II . |
| 5 | Pope : Karol Wojtyla , Archbishop of Cracow , Poland , was elected Pope in 1978 , and took the name of John Paul II . |
| 6 | Lothar of Segni was elected pope on 8 January 1198 . |