Pope Saint John Paul II |
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Bishop of Rome | |
John Paul II in 1993
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Papacy began | 16 October 1978 |
Papacy ended | 2 April 2005 |
Predecessor | John Paul I |
Successor | Benedict XVI |
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Ordination | 1 November 1946 by Adam Stefan Sapieha |
Consecration | 28 September 1958 by Eugeniusz Baziak |
Created Cardinal | 26 June 1967 by Paul VI |
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Birth name | Karol Józef Wojtyła |
Born |
Wadowice, Republic of Poland |
18 May 1920
Died | 2 April 2005 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
(aged 84)
Nationality | Polish (with Vatican citizenship) |
Denomination | Catholic (Latin Church) |
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Motto |
Totus Tuus (Totally yours) |
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Sainthood | |
Feast day | 22 October |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1 May 2011 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
Canonized | 27 April 2014 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
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Papal styles of Pope John Paul II |
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Reference style | His Holiness |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Posthumous style | Saint |
Ordination history of Pope John Paul II | |
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Diaconal ordination
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Ordained by | Stefan Card Sapieha (Kraków) |
Date of ordination | 20 October 1946 |
Priestly ordination
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Ordained by | Stefan Card Sapieha (Kraków) |
Date of ordination | 1 November 1946 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Eugeniusz Baziak (Kraków AA) |
Co-consecrators | Franciszek Jop (Sandomierz aux) Bolesław Kominek |
Date of consecration | 28 September 1958 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Paul VI |
Date of elevation | 26 June 1967 |
Bishops consecrated by Pope John Paul II as principal consecrator
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Piotr Bednarczyk | 21 April 1968 |
Józef Rozwadowski | 24 November 1968 |
Stanislaw Smolenski | 5 April 1970 |
Albin Małysiak CM | 5 April 1970 |
Paweł Socha CM | 26 December 1973 |
Józef Marek | 27 December 1973 |
Franciszek Macharski | 6 January 1979 |
Justo Mullor García | 27 May 1979 |
Alfio Rapisarda | 27 May 1979 |
Achille Silvestrini | 27 May 1979 |
Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine AA | 27 May 1979 |
Rubén López Ardón | 27 May 1979 |
Paulino Lukudu Loro FSCJ | 27 May 1979 |
Vincent Mojwok Nyiker | 27 May 1979 |
Armido Gasparini FSCJ | 27 May 1979 |
Michael Hughes Kenny | 27 May 1979 |
William Russell Houck | 27 May 1979 |
José Cardoso Sobrinho OCarm | 27 May 1979 |
Gerhard Ludwig Goebel MSF | 27 May 1979 |
Décio Pereira | 27 May 1979 |
Fernando José Penteado | 27 May 1979 |
Girolamo Grillo | 27 May 1979 |
Paciano Basilio Aniceto | 27 May 1979 |
Alan Basil de Lastic | 27 May 1979 |
William Thomas Larkin | 27 May 1979 |
John Joseph O'Connor | 27 May 1979 |
Jean-Marie Lafontaine | 27 May 1979 |
Ladislau Biernaski CM | 27 May 1979 |
Newton Holanda Gurgel | 27 May 1979 |
Matthew Harvey Clark | 27 May 1979 |
Alejandro Goic Karmelic | 27 May 1979 |
Pedro G. Magugat MSC | 27 May 1979 |
Ramón López Carrozas OdeM | 27 May 1979 |
Jozef Tomko | 15 September 1979 |
Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky | 12 November 1979 |
Giovanni Coppa | 6 January 1980 |
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini SJ | 6 January 1980 |
Christian Wiyghan Tumi | 6 January 1980 |
Marcel Bam'ba Gongoa | 4 May 1980 |
Louis Nkinga Bondala CICM | 4 May 1980 |
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | 4 May 1980 |
Paride Taban | 4 May 1980 |
Roger Mpungu | 4 May 1980 |
Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon MAfr | 4 May 1980 |
Dominique Kimpinde Amando | 4 May 1980 |
Joseph Nduhirubusa | 4 May 1980 |
Vicente Joaquim Zico CM | 6 January 1981 |
Sergio Goretti | 6 January 1981 |
Giulio Sanguineti | 6 January 1981 |
Francesco Voto | 6 January 1981 |
Gregory Obinna Ochiagha | 6 January 1981 |
Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga OFM Cap | 6 January 1981 |
Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey OdeM | 6 January 1981 |
Filippo Giannini | 6 January 1981 |
Ennio Appignanesi | 6 January 1981 |
Martino Scarafile | 6 January 1981 |
Alessandro Plotti | 6 January 1981 |
Stanisław Szymecki | 12 April 1981 |
Charles Louis Joseph Vandame SJ | 6 January 1982 |
John Bulaitis | 6 January 1982 |
Traian Crişan | 6 January 1982 |
Charles Kweku Sam | 6 January 1982 |
Thomas Joseph O'Brien | 6 January 1982 |
Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende CSS | 6 January 1982 |
Francis George Adeodatus Micallef OCD | 6 January 1982 |
Anthony Michael Milone | 6 January 1982 |
Salim Sayegh | 6 January 1982 |
Virgilio Noè | 6 March 1982 |
Antonio Vitale Bommarco OFM Conv | 6 January 1983 |
José Sebastián Laboa Gallego | 6 January 1983 |
Karl-Josef Rauber | 6 January 1983 |
Francesco Monterisi | 6 January 1983 |
Kevin Joseph Aje | 6 January 1983 |
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan | 6 January 1983 |
Pietro Rossano | 6 January 1983 |
Anacleto Sima Ngua | 6 January 1983 |
Ildefonso Obama Obono | 6 January 1983 |
Jaroslav Škarvada | 6 January 1983 |
Dominik Hrušovský | 6 January 1983 |
Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine | 6 January 1983 |
Zenon Grocholewski | 6 January 1983 |
Juliusz Paetz | 6 January 1983 |
Alfons Maria Stickler SDB | 1 November 1983 |
Paolo Romeo | 6 January 1984 |
Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | 6 January 1984 |
Polycarp Pengo | 6 January 1984 |
Nicolas Okioh | 6 January 1984 |
Eugenio Binini | 6 January 1984 |
Ernest Kombo SJ | 6 January 1984 |
Jan Pieter Schotte CICM | 6 January 1984 |
Mathai Kochuparampil SDB | 6 January 1984 |
Domenico Pecile | 6 January 1984 |
Bernard Patrick Devlin | 6 January 1985 |
Kazimierz Górny | 6 January 1985 |
Aloysius Balina | 6 January 1985 |
Afonso Nteka OFM Cap | 6 January 1985 |
Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi OFM Cap | 6 January 1985 |
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle | 6 January 1985 |
Jorge Medina Estévez | 6 January 1985 |
Justin Francis Rigali | 14 September 1985 |
Pier Luigi Celata | 6 January 1986 |
Franjo Komarica | 6 January 1986 |
Walmir Alberto Valle IMC | 6 January 1986 |
Norbert Wendelin Mtega | 6 January 1986 |
John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai | 6 January 1986 |
Donald William Wuerl | 6 January 1986 |
Felipe González González OFM Cap | 6 January 1986 |
Józef Michalik | 16 October 1986 |
Gilberto Agustoni | 6 January 1987 |
Franc Perko | 6 January 1987 |
Dino Monduzzi | 6 January 1987 |
Joseph Sangval Surasarang | 6 January 1987 |
George Biguzzi SX | 6 January 1987 |
Benedict Dotu Sekey | 6 January 1987 |
Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle | 6 January 1987 |
William Jerome McCormack | 6 January 1987 |
Emmanuel A. Mapunda | 6 January 1987 |
Dominic Su Haw Chiu | 6 January 1987 |
John Magee SPS | 17 March 1987 |
Beniamino Stella | 5 September 1987 |
René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné | 5 September 1987 |
Giulio Nicolini | 5 September 1987 |
Giovanni Battista Re | 7 November 1987 |
Michel Sabbah | 6 January 1988 |
Marian Oles | 6 January 1988 |
Emery Kabongo Kanundowi | 6 January 1988 |
Luís d'Andrea OFM Conv | 6 January 1988 |
Victor Adibe Chikwe | 6 January 1988 |
Athanasius Atule Usuh | 6 January 1988 |
Srecko Badurina T.O.R | 6 January 1988 |
John Paul II | |
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Born | 18 May 1920 Wadowice, Poland |
Died | 2 April 2005 (aged 84) Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1 May 2011, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
Canonized | 27 April 2014, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Feast | 22 October |
Attributes | Papal ferula, Papal vestments |
Patronage | Kraków, Poland, World Youth Day, young Catholics, Świdnica, families, World Meeting of Families 2015 |
Pope Saint John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła; Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was Pope from 1978 to 2005. He is called by some Catholics Saint John Paul the Great.
He was elected by the second Papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August after the death of Pope Paul VI, died after thirty-three days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted his predecessor's name in tribute to him. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He upheld the Church's teachings on such matters as artificial contraception and the ordination of women, but also supported the Church's Second Vatican Council and its reforms.
He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonised 483 saints, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests. A key goal of his papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was "to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada".