POPE
Pope Gregory XVI
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Gregory XVI, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1831–1846.
background
Pope Gregory XVI, a Camaldolese monk, strongly promoted the Church's worldwide missions and, in the bull In Supremo Apostolatus (1839), condemned the slave trade and the enslavement of peoples.
summary
Pope Gregory XVI, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1831–1846.
papacy Start
1831
papacy End
1846
birth Name
Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari