Today, 47 years ago, on 16 October 1978 (Calendar 15 September 1978), John Paul II was elected new pope. On 16 October 1978, Polish Red Bishop Carol Wojtyla was elected new pope of the Vatican, named John Paul II. The former pope John Paul I died suddenly on 28 September, and he held this post for only 33 days. Added: The pope came from the beginning of the fourth century AD, when Constantine the Great united the Roman Empire. At that time, the organization of the Catholic Church in the form of the Empire, divided into five dioceses: Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch, headed by the five dioceses. After the disappearance of the Roman Empire, the elder diocese of the Roman Empire gradually expanded power in the long-term political