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When was Giovanni Battista Montini elected pope?
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St. Paul VI
In 1968 Pope Paul VI appeared in Geneva to address the International Labour Organization on the 50th anniversary of its founding.
Giovanni Battista Montini, who chose to be known as St. Paul VI, was elected pope on June 21, 1963.1