John Paul II

Holy See list

Number

264

Regnal name

Jean-Paul II · John Paul II

Birth name

Karol Wojtyła

Place stated for birth

Wadowice (Kraków)

Century stated

20

Beginning of the pontificate

16,22.X.1978

End of the pontificate

2.IV.2005

No biography is added. The Holy See does not give a birth date here, and the end of the pontificate is not turned into a date of death.

Source

Holy See, Pontiffs · consulted on 2026-09-28