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Who convoked the Second Vatican Council and announced a revision of the code of 1917?

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In 1959, Pope John XXIII convoked the Second Vatican Council and announced a revision of the code of 1917. In 1963 he appointed a pontifical commission for the revision; the revised code became effective in 1983.

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