Pope Pius XII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
- Died
- 1958
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. Pius reigned as pope during a highly consequential 19 years that included the Second World War, the Holocaust and the beginning of the Cold War.
Events associated with Pope Pius XII