Yatowe ku wa 26 Kanama 1978 nyuma y'urupfu rwa Papa Paul VI. Kuva yatangira inshingano ze, yahise akundwa cyane n'abakirisitu kubera kwicisha bugufi, kumwenyura no kuvugisha abantu mu buryo bworoshye.
Ni na we Papa wa mbere wahisemo izina rigizwe n'amazina abiri, "John Paul", mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro Abapapa babiri bamubanjirije, John XXIII na Paul VI.
Mu minsi mike yari amaze ku butegetsi, yatangiye gutekereza ku mavugurura amwe n'amwe muri Kiliziya, harimo uburyo umutungo wa Vatican ucungwa ndetse n'imiyoborere y'ibigo bitandukanye bya Kiliziya.
Yatowe ku wa 26 Kanama 1978 nyuma y'urupfu rwa Papa Paul VI. Kuva yatangira inshingano ze, yahise akundwa cyane n'abakirisitu kubera kwicisha bugufi, kumwenyura no kuvugisha abantu mu buryo bworoshye.
Ni na we Papa wa mbere wahisemo izina rigizwe n'amazina abiri, "John Paul", mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro Abapapa babiri bamubanjirije, John XXIII na Paul VI.
Mu minsi mike yari amaze ku butegetsi, yatangiye gutekereza ku mavugurura amwe n'amwe muri Kiliziya, harimo uburyo umutungo wa Vatican ucungwa ndetse n'imiyoborere y'ibigo bitandukanye bya Kiliziya.
Kugeza ubu, Kiliziya Gatolika ikomeza kwemera ko Papa John Paul I yazize urupfu rusanzwe rwatewe n'umutima.
Nubwo yamaze ukwezi kumwe gusa ku ntebe ya Papa, yakomeje kwibukwa nk'umwe mu bapapa bakunzwe cyane kubera ubworoherane bwe n'icyizere yari yarahaye abakirisitu benshi.
Inkuru ya Papa John Paul I yerekana ko umuntu ashobora gusiga amateka akomeye nubwo yaba amaze igihe gito cyane ku mwanya runaka. Mu minsi 33 gusa, yashoboye kwigarurira imitima y'abakirisitu ku Isi yose, ibintu bamwe bamara imyaka myinshi batagezeho.