A Brief Biography of Pope John Paul II

John Paul II On 18 May 1920 a child was born in a small Polish town on the outskirts of Wodowice in Karol Vujitira (1879-1941, and Emilia Casolosk, 1884-1929). His name is Karol Jozef Wojtyla. Parents know that one day children are supposed to be not only ministers and bishops, but also the 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and also the second non-Italian pope. Emilia, a teacher who died during childbirth Wojtyla is 9 years old and the youngest of the three children.

John Paul II was born on May 18, 1920 and was elected Pope on October 16, 1978, following John Paul I. His name is Carol Joseph Voitila. John Paul II was the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century. During his teachings he advanced more than any predecessor and preached to millions of six continents in 50 countries. Kroll Wojtila, a child of the Polish officer, was born in Wodowice, Poland. He joined the underground seminar during the German occupation of World War II and was appointed a pastor in 1946. After studying at the University of Rome and the University of Krakow, he was appointed Professor of Ethics (1956) at the University of Lublin, where he published a number of articles on the subject of philosophy and theology and the beginning of the book. In 1958 he served as a bishop, became an assistant bishop of Krakow in 1964, became an archbishop of Krakow in 1964.

Pope Paul VI died in August 1978. Cardinal Albino Cardinal Luciani was elected as the successor and was named John Paul in commemoration of the two Vatican II Pope, Paul VI and John XXIII. But John Paul, I only lived there for a month. Therefore, on October 16, 1978, Carol 's Cardinal Vojtila was elected as Roman bishop and named John Paul II. When he died on April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II served as Pope 's third longest time (26 years, 5 months, 17 days). 34 years and over) The funeral of John Paul II includes four kings, five queen, seventy presidents and prime ministers, four other religious leaders, cardinal 157, 700 bishops, There are 3,000 priests, 3 million deacons, religious sisters and brothers. And give birth to people.