This is a list of encyclicals of Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII issued 41 Papal Encyclicals, during his reign as Pope for over 19 years, from his election of March 2, 1939 until his death on October 9, 1958. The forty-one encyclicals of Pope Pius XII exceed the thirty-two encyclicals written by all his successors, Pope John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and Benedict XVI during the fifty years that followed (1958-2008).