# Eugenio Pacelli - Cardinal Secretary of State

URL: https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/eugenio-pacelli
Term of office: 1930–1939
Born-Died: 2 March 1876 - 9 October 1958
Papal era: Cardinal Secretary of State
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII

Pacelli, formerly nuncio in Germany, negotiated concordats including the Reichskonkordat of 1933 as Pius XI's secretary of state, and was elected Pope Pius XII in 1939.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pietro Gasparri](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pietro-gasparri)
- Next in list: [Luigi Maglione](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/luigi-maglione)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1931 - [Vatican Radio Inaugurated](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1931-vatican-radio-inaugurated)
- 1933 - [Reichskonkordat with Germany](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1933-reichskonkordat-with-germany)
- 1934 - [Vatican Railway Opens](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1934-vatican-railway-opens)
- 1937 - [Mit Brennender Sorge](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1937-mit-brennender-sorge)
- 1939 - [Excavations Beneath St Peter's](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1939-excavations-beneath-st-peter-s)
- 1939 - [Pius XII Elected Pope](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1939-pius-xii-elected-pope)
- 1939 - [Neutrality in the Second World War](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1939-neutrality-in-the-second-world-war)