Saint John Paul II (Latin: Sanctus ioannes Paulus pp. II, English: Saint John Paul II) May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005. He is the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the head of state of the Vatican City State. John Paul II was elected pope on October 16, 1978. Born in Poland, he was the first Slavic to become Pope and the first non Italian pope since Hadrian VI in 1522. John Paul II has made 102 papal visits to other countries since taking over, making him the most traveled Pope in history. John Paul II and John XXIII were canonized on April 27, 2014.

Carol yozev voitiva was born in vadozcai, southern Poland. When she was young, she had close contact with the Jewish community in Krakow and experienced Nazi occupation. At that time, she worked in quarries and chemical plants. When he was young, he was an athlete, actor, playwright and linguist, fluent in 11 languages. He was ordained priest on November 1, 1946. He taught ethics at yayelon University in Krakow and then at the Catholic University in Lublin, Poland. In 1958, he was appointed as an assistant bishop. Four years later, he became the leader of the diocese as acting pastor. On December 30, 1963, Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Krakow. As a bishop and cardinal, he attended the Second Vatican Archduke conference. The most historic outcome of the conference was the publication of the freedom of belief act and the pastoral Charter of the Church of the modern world. He contributed to the drafting of the document.

His father died in February 1941, which made him rethink his life goal, and then made him have the holy call to engage in the clergy. In addition, one of his friends, the tailor Jan tyraowski, was also an inspiration for his interest in theology. In October 1942, while working in a chemical plant, he secretly studied theology in the theology Department privately opened by his alma mater Professor without telling the Nazi regime.

On November 1, 1946, he was established as a priest (Jinduo). He taught ethics at the University of adelon in Krakow and then at the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland.

In 1958, he was appointed Deputy bishop (Jinmu), and four years later, he became the leader of the diocese as vicar capitular.
On December 30, 1963, Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Krakow. As archbishop, he attended the Second Vatican Archduke conference. The most historic outcome of the conference was the publication of the Declaration on freedom of belief (dignitis Humanae) and the pastoral Charter of the modern world Church (gaudium et SPEs), which he contributed to the drafting of the document.

In 1967, Pope Paul VI promoted him to cardinal. In August 1978, after the death of Paul VI, he participated in the papal election. In that papal election, the world cardinal college elected cardinal albino Luciani from the Diocese of Venice as Pope John Paul I. Luciani, 65, is young by the age of the Pope. Although voitiva, 58, was expected to attend another papal election conference before the age limit of 80, he did not expect to come so soon. On September 28, 1978, John Paul I, who took over as Pope for only 33 days, died. In October 1978, voitiva returned to Vatican City to participate in the second papal election Conference within two months.
Elected pope
In the 1978 papal election, John Paul II, who was elected, publicly received people on the balcony.
The first polish Pope
On October 16, 1978, voitiva succeeded the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church. At the age of 58, his age, nationality and his previous identity as an athlete and playwright all broke the tradition of Catholicism for 2000 years.

During his reign, John Paul II visited more places than all his predecessors combined. He became the first Pope to visit Britain and met with Queen Elizabeth II, the top administrator of the Anglican Church.
In 1984, John Paul II became the first Pope to visit Puerto Rico.
In 1994, he was elected Time magazine's person of the year.
In 1999, he visited Romania and met with local orthodox bishops, making him the first Pope to visit an orthodox country since the division of the eastern and Western churches in 1054.
In 2001, John Paul II revisited the place where St. Paul had been and made a pilgrimage in the Mediterranean. He travelled from Greece to Syria and then to Malta. He was the first Pope to visit Greece in more than a thousand years. He visited the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, which is said to be the burial place of John the Baptist; He was the first Pope to visit the mosque over the years.