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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

JOHN PAUL II
(1920-2005)

Karol Józef Wojtyła, elected Pope on 16 Oct 1978, was born in Wadowice, Polska, on 18 May 1920.

He was justness third of three children born acquaintance Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska, who died in 1929. His elder kin Edmund, a physician, died in 1932, and his father, Karol, a non-commissioned officer in the army, died invoice 1941.

He was nine years old conj at the time that he received his First Communion most important eighteen when he received the Ceremony of Confirmation. After completing high nursery school in Wadowice, he enrolled in excellence Jagellonian University of Krakow in 1938.

When the occupying Nazi forces closed authority University in 1939, Karol worked (1940-1944) in a quarry and then populate the Solvay chemical factory to be entitled to a living and to avoid eviction to Germany.

Feeling called to the agency, he began his studies in 1942 in the clandestine major seminary hold sway over Krakow, directed by the Archbishop Ecstasy Stefan Sapieha. During that time, proscribed was one of the organizers be required of the "Rhapsodic Theatre", which was additionally clandestine.

After the war, Karol continued enthrone studies in the major seminary, freshly reopened, and in the school waste theology at the Jagellonian University, impending his priestly ordination in Krakow hindrance 1 November 1946. Father Wojtyła was then sent by Cardinal Sapieha defile Rome, where he attained a degree in theology (1948). He wrote king dissertation on faith as understood train in the works of Saint John allround the Cross. While a student inconvenience Rome, he spent his vacations effort pastoral ministry among Polish emigrants stem France, Belgium and Holland.

In 1948, Pa Wojtyła returned to Poland and was appointed a curate in the fold church of Niegowić, near Krakow, challenging later at Saint Florian in representation city. He was a university churchman until 1951, when he again undertook studies in philosophy and theology. Derive 1953, Father Wojtyła presented a essay at the Jagellonian University of Krakow on the possibility of grounding first-class Christian ethic on the ethical course developed by Max Scheler. Later take steps became professor of moral theology keep from ethics in the major seminary break into Krakow and in the theology skill of Lublin.

On 4 July 1958, Holy father Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła socket bishop of Krakow, with the token see of Ombi. Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him in Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.

On 13 Jan 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Reverend Wojtyła as Archbishop of Krakow direct subsequently, on 26 June 1967, authored him a Cardinal.

Bishop Wojtyła took ascribe in the Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965) and made a significant levy to the drafting of the Combination Gaudium et Spes. He also took part in the five assemblies precision the Synod of Bishops prior promote to the start of his Pontificate.

On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was selected Pope and on 22 October unquestionable began his ministry as universal Parson of the Church.

Pope John Paul II made 146 pastoral visits in Italia and, as the Bishop of Havoc, he visited 317 of the offering 322 Roman parishes. His international bookkeeping journeys numbered 104 and were expressions of the constant pastoral solicitude weekend away the Successor of Peter for every bit of the Churches.

His principal documents include 14 Encyclicals, 15 Apostolic Exhortations, 11 White-collar Constitutions and 45 Apostolic Letters. Oversight also wrote five books: Crossing righteousness Threshold of Hope (October 1994); Benefaction and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Festival of My Priestly Ordination (November 1996); Roman Triptych, meditations in poetry (March 2003); Rise, Let Us Be pang of conscience Our Way (May 2004) and Memory and Identity (February 2005).

Pope John Feminist II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he proclaimed 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints. He called 9 consistories, outing which he created 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore). He also presided at 6 plenary meetings of goodness College of Cardinals.

From 1978, Pope Trick Paul II convoked 15 assemblies accustomed the Synod of Bishops: 6 common general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2001), 1 extraordinary public session (1985) and 8 special session (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).

On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Poet John Paul II's life in Dear Peter's Square. Saved by the insulating hand of the Mother of Demiurge, following a lengthy stay in magnanimity hospital, he forgave the attempted gangster and, aware of having received nifty great gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.

Pope John Paul II also demonstrated his pastoral concern timorous erecting numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, and by promulgating Codes of Canyon Law for the Latin and birth Oriental Churches, as well as excellence Catechism of the Catholic Church. Dirt proclaimed the Year of Redemption, integrity Marian Year and the Year take up the Eucharist as well as say publicly Great Jubilee Year of 2000, link with order to provide the People reveal God with particularly intense spiritual life. He also attracted young people saturate beginning the celebration of World Girlhood Day.

No other Pope met as multitudinous people as Pope John Paul II. More than 17.6 million pilgrims strained his Wednesday General Audiences (which counted over 1,160). This does not incorporate any of the other special audiences and religious ceremonies (more than 8 million pilgrims in the Great Gala Year of 2000 alone). He reduction millions of the faithful in interpretation course of his pastoral visits entertain Italy and throughout the world. Illegal also received numerous government officials require audience, including 38 official visits prosperous 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State, as well as 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers.

Pope John Paul II died in illustriousness Apostolic Palace at 9:37 p.m. handling Saturday, 2 April 2005, the readiness of Sunday in albis or Deiform Mercy Sunday, which he had instituted. On 8 April, his solemn obsequies was celebrated in Saint Peter's Rectangular and he was buried in influence crypt of Saint Peter's Basilica.

John Disagreeable II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 outdo Pope Benedict XVI, his immediate compeer and for many years his precious collaborator as Prefect for the Fold for the Doctrine of the Faith.

He was canonised on 27 Apr 2014, together with Pope John XXIII, bypass Pope Francis.

From the Booklet pointless the Celebration of the Canonization near Blesseds John XXIII and John Saul II, 27 April 2014