Pope John Paul II
Former head of the Catholic Church
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an all-boys high school in... Wikipedia
Born: May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland
Died: April 2, 2005 (age 84 years), Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Buried: April 8, 2005, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Parents: Emilia Kaczorowska and Karol Wojtyła
Siblings: Olga Wojtyła and Edmund Wojtyła
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Apr 12, 2024 · He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country. His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest ...
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Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at the age of 84, at his Vatican City residence. More than 3 million people waited in line to say good-bye to their ...
Pope John Paul II was the first ever Slavic pope elected, and at 58-years-old, he was youngest pope in over a century. During his twenty-six-year pontificate, ...
Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope on October 16, 1978, and took the name John Paul II. He was the 263rd successor to Peter, and was to have one of the longest ...
In his 27 years of papal ministry, John Paul II wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints and beatified 1,338 people. In the last years of his ...
John Paul II. Pope. S. Ioannes Paulus PP. II. Karol Wojtyla. 16.X.1978. -. 2.IV.2005. John Paul II · Angelus / Regina Caeli · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 ...
1978: Oct. 16, is elected 264th pope and bishop of Rome; visit to Assisi is first of 146 trips within Italy; visit to a Rome parish marks start of visits to 317 ...
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