List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II outside Italy

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Millions cheer Pope John Paul II during his first visit to Poland as pontiff

11 June 1987 Pope John Paul II arriving at the military airport at Gdynia on his third Papal visit to Poland.

Pope John Paul II made a total of 104 pastoral visits outside Italy. By the time of his death in 2005, he had made more foreign trips than any other previous pontiff.

[edit] Countries visited

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Pope John Paul II visited 128 countries during his time as pope:

• Nine visits to Poland
• Eight visits to France (incl 1 visit to Réunion)
• Seven visits to the USA (incl 2 stopovers in Alaska)
• Five visits to Mexico and Spain
• Four visits to Brazil, Portugal and Switzerland
• Three visits to Austria, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic (incl 1 visit to Czechoslovakia), Slovakia (incl 1 visit to Czechoslovakia), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Kenya and Malta
• Two visits to Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hungary, India, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Slovenia, South Korea, Uruguay, Venezuela
• One visit to Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, East Timor (then part of Indonesia), Ecuador, Egypt (to Mount Sinai), Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel (to the West Bank), Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico (United States), Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Gambia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Countries of at least 10 million population not visited: People's Republic of China, Russia, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Iran, Myanmar, Algeria, Afghanistan, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Malaysia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Republic of China (Taiwan), Yemen, Cambodia, Niger, Serbia and Belarus

[edit] Chronological list

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1. January 25 — February 1, 1979 - Dominican Republic, Mexico, The Bahamas
2. June 2 — June 10, 1979 - Poland
3. September 29 — October 8, 1979 - Ireland and the United States (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.)
4. November 28 — November 30, 1979 - Turkey
5. May 2 — May 12, 1980 - Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire
6. May 30 — June 2, 1980 - France
7. June 30 — July 12, 1980 - Brazil
8. November 15 — November 19, 1980 - Germany
9. February 16 — February 27, 1981 - Pakistan, the Philippines, Guam (USA), Japan, the USA (Anchorage only)
10. February 12 — February 19, 1982 - Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
11. May 12 — May 15, 1982 - Portugal
12. May 28 — June 2, 1982 - United Kingdom
13. June 10 — June 13, 1982 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Argentina
14. June 15, 1982 - Geneva (Switzerland)
15. August 29, 1982 - San Marino
16. October 31 — November 9, 1982 - Spain
17. March 2 — March 10, 1983 - Lisbon (Portugal), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti
18. June 16 June 23, 1983 - Poland
19. August 14 — August 15, 1983 - Lourdes (France)
20. September 10 — September 13, 1983 - Austria
21. May 2 — May 12, 1984 - the USA (Fairbanks, Alaska only), Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand
22. June 12 — June 17, 1984 - Switzerland
23. September 9 — September 21, 1984 - Canada
24. October 10 — October 13, 1984 - Zaragoza (Spain), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (Puerto Rico)
25. January 26 — February 6, 1985 - Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
26. May 11 — May 21, 1985 - the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
27. August 8 — August 19, 1985 - Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco
28. September 8, 1985 - Kloten (Switzerland), Liechtenstein
29. January 31 — February 11, 1986 - India
30. July 1 — July 8, 1986 - St. Lucia, Colombia
31. October 4 — October 7, 1986 - France
32. November 18 — December 1, 1986 - Bangladesh, Singapore, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, the Seychelles
33. March 31 — April 13, 1987 - Chile, Uruguay, Argentina
34. April 30 — May 4, 1987 - Germany
35. June 8 — June 14, 1987 - Poland
36. September 10 — September 21, 1987 - United States (Miami, Columbia, SC, New Orleans, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Monterey, CA, San Francisco, Detroit), Fort Simpson, NT (Canada)^[1]
37. May 7 — May 18, 1988 - Uruguay, Bolivia, Lima (Peru), Paraguay, Curaçao
38. June 23 — June 27, 1988 - Austria
39. September 10 — September 19, 1988 - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique
40. October 8 — October 11, 1988 - France
41. April 28 — May 6, 1989 - Madagascar, Réunion, Zambia, Malawi
42. June 1 — June 10, 1989 - Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden
43. August 19 — August 21, 1989 - Santiago de Compostela and Asturias (both Spain)
44. October 6 — October 16, 1989 - Seoul (Republic of Korea), Indonesia (including East Timor), Mauritius
45. January 25 — February 1, 1990 - Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad
46. April 21 — April 22, 1990 - Czechoslovakia
47. May 6 — May 14, 1990 - Mexico, Curaçao
48. May 25 — May 27, 1990 - Malta
49. September 1 — September 10, 1990 - Luqa (Malta), Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Yamoussoukro (Côte d'Ivoire)
50. May 5 — May 13, 1991 - Portugal
51. June 1 — June 9, 1991 - Poland
52. August 13 — August 20, 1991 - Częstochowa (Poland), Hungary
53. October 12 — October 21, 1991 - Brazil
54. February 19 — February 26, 1992 - Senegal, Gambia, Guinea
55. June 4 — June 10, 1992 - Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe
56. October 9 — October 14, 1992 - Dominican Republic
57. February 3 — February 10, 1993 - Benin, Uganda, Khartoum (Sudan)
58. April 25, 1993 - Albania
59. June 12 — June 17, 1993 - Spain
60. August 9 — August 16, 1993 - Jamaica, Mérida (Mexico), Denver (USA)
61. September 4 — September 10, 1993 - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
62. September 10 — September 11, 1994 - Zagreb (Croatia)
63. January 11 — January 21, 1995 - Manila (Philippines), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Sydney (Australia), Colombo (Sri Lanka)
64. May 20 — May 22, 1995 - Czech Republic, Poland
65. June 3 — June 4, 1995 - Belgium
66. June 30 — July 3, 1995 - Slovakia
67. September 14 — September 20, 1995 - Yaoundé (Cameroon), Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya)
68. October 4 — October 9, 1995 - Newark, East Rutherford, New York, United Nations,^[2] Yonkers, Baltimore (all USA)
69. February 5 — February 12, 1996 - Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela
70. April 14, 1996 - Tunisia
71. May 17 — May 19, 1996 - Slovenia
72. June 21 — June 23, 1996 - Germany
73. September 6 — September 7, 1996 - Hungary
74. September 19 — September 22, 1996 - France
75. April 12 — April 13, 1997 - Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
76. April 25 — April 27, 1997 - Czech Republic
77. May 10 — May 11, 1997 - Beirut (Lebanon)
78. May 31 — June 10, 1997 - Poland
79. August 21 — August 24, 1997 - Paris (France)
80. October 2 — October 6, 1997 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
81. January 21 — January 26, 1998 - Cuba
82. March 21 — March 23, 1998 - Nigeria
83. June 19 — June 21, 1998 - Austria
84. October 2 — October 4, 1998 - Croatia
85. January 22 — January 28, 1999 - St. Louis (USA), Mexico
86. May 7 — May 9, 1999 - Romania
87. June 5 — June 17, 1999 - Poland
88. September 19, 1999 - Slovenia
89. October 5 — October 9, 1999 - New Delhi (India), Georgia
90. February 24 — February 26, 2000 - Mount Sinai (Egypt)
91. March 20 — March 26, 2000 - Jordan, the West Bank, Israel
92. May 12 — May 13, 2000 - Fátima (Portugal)
93. May 5 — May 9, 2001 - Malta, Greece, Syria
94. June 23 — June 27, 2001 - Ukraine, including Babi Yar, where many Jews were massacred in the Holocaust
95. September 22 — September 27, 2001 - Kazakhstan, Armenia
96. May 22 — May 26, 2002 - Azerbaijan, Bulgaria
97. July 23 — August 2, 2002 - Toronto Canada, Guatemala (including Antigua Guatemala), Mexico
98. August 18 — August 19, 2002 - Poland
99. May 3 — May 4, 2003 - Spain
100. June 5 — June 9, 2003 - Croatia
101. June 22, 2003 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
102. September 11 — September 14, 2003 - Slovakia
103. June 5, 2004 - Switzerland
104. August 14 — August 15, 2004 - Lourdes (France)

[edit] References

• Events in the Pontificate of John Paul II from the Vatican

[edit] External links

• www.vatican.va List of travels of Pope John Paul II

[edit] External links

• 1987 Papal visit to Fort Simpson NWT

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