To mark our anniversary, we have invited 50 Catholics to choose a person from the past 175 years whose life has been a personal inspiration to them and an example of their faith at its best A key to the life of Angelo Giu­seppe Roncalli is the word “unexpected”. And the unexpected frequently indicates the presence of the Holy Spirit. He was not a career diplomat, and his unexpected appointment to Bulgaria in 1925 led to a posting in Paris as nuncio, then to Venice as Patriarch and ultimately becoming a cardinal.His election as Pope certainly took almost everyone by surprise. His announcement in 1959 of an ecumenical council was more than merely unexpected. It was also the year when I was ordained and what Pope John inaugurated became an inspiration for my ministry. He set