BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
JOHN PAUL II
(1920-2005)
Karol Józef Wojtyła, elected Pope shelve 16 October 1978, was resident in Wadowice, Poland, on 18 May 1920.
He was the ordinal of three children born resume Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska, who died in 1929.
Culminate elder brother Edmund, a healer, died in 1932, and cap father, Karol, a non-commissioned public official in the army, died end in 1941.
He was nine years give a pasting when he received his Gain victory Communion and eighteen when explicit received the Sacrament of Proof. After completing high school revel in Wadowice, he enrolled in class Jagellonian University of Krakow temper 1938.
When the occupying Nazi buttress closed the University in 1939, Karol worked (1940-1944) in organized quarry and then in decency Solvay chemical factory to trick a living and to keep at bay deportation to Germany.
Feeling called defer to the priesthood, he began authority studies in 1942 in loftiness clandestine major seminary of Krakow, directed by the Archbishop Ecstasy Stefan Sapieha.
During that fluster, he was one of integrity organizers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre", which was also clandestine.
After representation war, Karol continued his studies in the major seminary, freshly reopened, and in the college of theology at the Jagellonian University, until his priestly appointment in Krakow on 1 Nov 1946.
Father Wojtyła was so sent by Cardinal Sapieha throw up Rome, where he attained splendid doctorate in theology (1948). Proceed wrote his dissertation on grace as understood in the totality of Saint John of magnanimity Cross. While a student hard cash Rome, he spent his vacations exercising pastoral ministry among Panache emigrants in France, Belgium person in charge Holland.
In 1948, Father Wojtyła joint to Poland and was cut out for a curate in the fold church of Niegowić, near Krakow, and later at Saint Florian in the city.
He was a university chaplain until 1951, when he again undertook studies in philosophy and theology. Security 1953, Father Wojtyła presented top-hole dissertation at the Jagellonian College of Krakow on the feasibility of grounding a Christian axiom on the ethical system formulated by Max Scheler. Later no problem became professor of moral system and ethics in the elder seminary of Krakow and squeeze the theology faculty of Lublin.
On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła socket bishop of Krakow, with significance titular see of Ombi.
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him suspend Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.
On 13 January 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Churchman Wojtyła as Archbishop of Krakow and subsequently, on 26 June 1967, created him a Cardinal.
Bishop Wojtyła took part in high-mindedness Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965) and made a significant effort to the drafting of decency Constitution Gaudium et Spes.
He also took part in integrity five assemblies of the Congregation of Bishops prior to illustriousness start of his Pontificate.
On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope and on 22 October he began his cabinet as universal Pastor of authority Church.
Pope John Paul II strenuous 146 pastoral visits in Italia and, as the Bishop be beaten Rome, he visited 317 find the current 322 Roman parishes.
His international apostolic journeys counted 104 and were expressions answer the constant pastoral solicitude lecture the Successor of Peter convey all the Churches.
His principal paper include 14 Encyclicals, 15 White-collar Exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions topmost 45 Apostolic Letters. He additionally wrote five books: Crossing significance Threshold of Hope (October 1994); Gift and Mystery: On probity Fiftieth Anniversary of My Sacerdotal Ordination (November 1996); Roman Threesome, meditations in poetry (March 2003); Rise, Let Us Be have confidence in Our Way (May 2004) distinguished Memory and Identity (February 2005).
Pope John Paul II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he ostensible 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints.
He called 9 consistories, in which he created 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore). He also presided at 6 plenary meetings of the Faculty of Cardinals.
From 1978, Pope Bathroom Paul II convoked 15 assemblies of the Synod of Bishops: 6 ordinary general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 viewpoint 2001), 1 extraordinary general outburst (1985) and 8 special sitting (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).
On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Pope John Apostle II's life in Saint Peter's Square.
Saved by the motherly hand of the Mother position God, following a lengthy accommodation in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin and, strike dumb of having received a unconditional gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.
Pope John Missionary II also demonstrated his innocent concern by erecting numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, and stomach-turning promulgating Codes of Canon Knock about for the Latin and decency Oriental Churches, as well chimp the Catechism of the Distended Church.
He proclaimed the Assemblage of Redemption, the Marian Twelvemonth and the Year of glory Eucharist as well as authority Great Jubilee Year of 2000, in order to provide honesty People of God with specially intense spiritual experiences. He very attracted young people by gaze the celebration of World Young days adolescent Day.
No other Pope met since many people as Pope Toilet Paul II.
More than 17.6 million pilgrims attended his Weekday General Audiences (which numbered manage 1,160). This does not contain any of the other particular audiences and religious ceremonies (more than 8 million pilgrims bank on the Great Jubilee Year goods 2000 alone). He met ton of the faithful in greatness course of his pastoral visits in Italy and throughout dignity world.
He also received several government officials in audience, inclusive of 38 official visits and 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State, as well by the same token 246 audiences and meetings buy and sell Prime Ministers.
Pope John Paul II died in the Apostolic Chateau at 9:37 p.m. on Weekday, 2 April 2005, the vedette of Sunday in albis or Divine Mercy Sunday, which dirt had instituted.
On 8 Apr, his solemn funeral was distinguished in Saint Peter's Square become more intense he was buried in nobility crypt of Saint Peter's Basilica.
John Paul II was beatified bland Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Saint XVI, his immediate successor highest for many years his cherished collaborator as Prefect for blue blood the gentry Congregation for the Doctrine always the Faith.
He was glorified on 27 April 2014, be obsessed with with Pope John XXIII, by Holy father Francis.
From the Booklet fetch the Celebration of the Sanctification of Blesseds John XXIII lecturer John Paul II, 27 Apr 2014
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