Pope John Paul II

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... Wikipedia

• Church:  Catholic Church
• Papacy began:  16 October 1978
• Papacy ended:  2 April 2005
• Predecessor:  John Paul I
• Successor:  Benedict XVI
• Ordination:  1 November 1946, by Adam Stefan Sapieha
• Consecration:  28 September 1958, by Eugeniusz Baziak
• Created Cardinal:  26 June 1967, by Paul VI
• Rank:  Cardinal priest (19671978)
• Birth name:  Karol Józef Wojtyła
• Born:  May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Second Polish Republic
• Age at death:  84 years
• Died:  April 02, 2005, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
• Denomination:  Catholic
• Motto:  Totus tuus for Totally yours
• Feast day:  22 October
• Venerated in:  Catholic Church
• Beatified:  1 May 2011, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, by Benedict XVI
• Canonized:  27 April 2014, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, by Pope Francis
• Attributes:  Papal ferula, Papal vestments
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo