Foreign trips of Pope John Paul II
John Paul II made 104 trips abroad during his tenure, more than any other Pope . In the following overview, trips to Italy, which naturally took place regularly, are not taken into account.
Overview by country
Pope John Paul II visited a total of 127 countries on 104 trips abroad:
- nine trips to Poland ;
- eight trips to France (including one trip to Réunion );
- seven trips to the USA (including two stopovers in Alaska , not counting the trip to Puerto Rico );
- five trips each to Mexico and Spain ;
- four trips each to Brazil , Portugal and Switzerland ;
- three trips each to Ivory Coast , Germany , the Dominican Republic , El Salvador , Guatemala , Canada , Kenya , Croatia , Malta , Austria and Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic (plus two trips to Slovakia );
- two trips each to Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Benin , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burkina Faso , India , Cameroon , Nicaragua , the Netherlands Antilles ( Curaçao ), Nigeria , Papua New Guinea , Peru , the Philippines , South Korea , and the Slovakia (also three trips to Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic ), Slovenia , Hungary , Uruguay , Venezuela , Zaire ;
- one trip each to Egypt ( Mount Sinai ), Albania , Angola , Equatorial Guinea , Armenia , Azerbaijan , the Bahamas , Bangladesh , Belize , Bolivia , Botswana , Bulgaria , Burundi , Chile , Costa Rica , Denmark , Ecuador , Estonia , Fiji , Finland , Gabon , Gambia , Georgia , Ghana , Greece , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Haiti , Honduras , Indonesia , Ireland , Iceland , Israel (including West Bank ), Jamaica , Japan , Jordan , Cape Verde , Kazakhstan , Colombia , to the Congo , Cuba , Lesotho , Latvia , Lebanon , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Madagascar , Malawi , Mali , Mauritius , Morocco , Mozambique , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , East Timor (at the time of Indonesia occupied), Pakistan , Panama , Paraguay , Puerto Rico (plus seven trips to the rest of the USA ), South Africa , Romania , Rwanda , Zambia , San Marino , São Tomé and Príncipe , to Senegal , to the Seychelles , to Singapore , to the Solomon Islands , to Zimbabwe , Sri Lanka , St. Lucia , to Sudan , to Swaziland , Sweden , Syria , Tanzania , Thailand , Togo , Trinidad and Tobago , to Chad , to Tunisia , to Turkey , to Uganda , to the Ukraine , the United Kingdom and the Central African Republic .
- Unvisited countries with more than ten million inhabitants (in descending order of population): People's Republic of China , Russia , Vietnam , Ethiopia , Iran , Myanmar , Algeria , Afghanistan , Nepal , Uzbekistan , Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Malaysia , North Korea , Taiwan , Yemen , Cambodia , Niger , Serbia and Montenegro and Belarus .
Chronological overview
1979 to 1985
- Jan 25 - February 1, 1979 - Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bahamas
- June 2 - June 10, 1979 - Poland
- Sept. 29 - October 8, 1979 - Republic of Ireland, USA
- November 28 - November 30, 1979 - Turkey
- May 2 - May 12, 1980 - Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire
- May 30 - June 2, 1980 - France
- June 30 - July 12, 1980 - Brazil
- November 15 - November 19, 1980 - Germany
- February 16 - February 27, 1981 - Pakistan, Philippines, Guam (USA), Japan, USA (Anchorage only)
- February 12 - February 19, 1982 - Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- May 12 - May 15, 1982 - Portugal
- May 28 - June 2, 1982 - United Kingdom
- June 10-June 13, 1982 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Argentina
- June 15, 1982 - Geneva (Switzerland)
- Aug. 29, 1982 - San Marino
- October 31 - November 9, 1982 - Spain
- March 2 - March 10, 1983 - Lisbon (Portugal), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti
- June 16 - June 23, 1983 - Poland
- August 14th - August 15th 1983 - Lourdes (France)
- September 10 - September 13, 1983 - Austria
- May 2 - May 12, 1984 - United States (Fairbanks, Alaska only), South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand
- June 12th - June 17th 1984 - Switzerland
- September 9 - September 21, 1984 - Canada
- October 10 - October 13, 1984 - Zaragoza (Spain), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (Puerto Rico)
- January 26 - February 6, 1985 - Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
- May 11 - May 21, 1985 - Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
- August 8 - August 19, 1985 - Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco
- September 8, 1985 - Kloten (Switzerland), Liechtenstein
1986 to 1990
- January 31 - February 11, 1986 - India
- July 1 - July 8, 1986 - St. Lucia, Colombia
- October 4th - October 7th 1986 - France
- November 18 - December 1, 1986 - Bangladesh, Singapore, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Seychelles
- March 31 - April 13, 1987 - Chile, Uruguay, Argentina
- April 30 - May 4, 1987 - Germany
- June 8 - June 14, 1987 - Poland
- September 10 - September 21, 1987 - USA (including New Orleans and Detroit), Fort Simpson (Canada)
- May 7 - May 18, 1988 - Uruguay, Bolivia, Lima (Peru), Paraguay, Curaçao
- June 23 - June 27, 1988 - Austria
- September 10 - September 19, 1988 - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique
- October 8 - October 11, 1988 - France
- April 28 - May 6, 1989 - Madagascar, Réunion (France), Zambia, Malawi
- June 1 - June 10, 1989 - Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden
- August 19 - August 21, 1989 - Santiago de Compostela and Asturias (both Spain)
- October 6 - October 16, 1989 - Seoul (South Korea), Indonesia, East Timor, Mauritius
- January 25 - February 1, 1990 - Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad
- April 21 - April 22, 1990 - Czechoslovakia
- May 6 - May 14, 1990 - Mexico, Curacao
- May 25 - May 27, 1990 - Malta
- September 1 - September 10, 1990 - Luqa (Malta), Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Yamoussoukro (Côte d'Ivoire)
1991 to 1995
- May 5 - May 13, 1991 - Portugal
- June 1 - June 9, 1991 - Poland
- August 13 - August 20, 1991 - Czestochowa (Poland), Hungary
- October 12 - October 21, 1991 - Brazil
- February 19 - February 26, 1992 - Senegal, Gambia, Guinea
- June 4 - June 10, 1992 - Angola, Sao Tome and Principe
- October 9 - October 14, 1992 - Dominican Republic
- February 3 - February 10, 1993 - Benin, Uganda, Khartoum (Sudan)
- April 25, 1993 - Albania
- June 12 - June 17, 1993 - Spain
- August 9 - August 16, 1993 - Jamaica, Mérida (Mexico), Denver (USA)
- September 4 - September 10, 1993 - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
- September 10 - September 11, 1994 - Zagreb (Croatia)
- January 11 - January 21, 1995 - Manila (Philippines), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Sydney (Australia), Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- May 20 - May 22, 1995 - Czech Republic, Poland
- June 3 - June 4, 1995 - Belgium
- June 30 - July 3, 1995 - Slovakia
- September 14 - September 20, 1995 - Yaoundé (Cameroon), Johannesburg (South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya)
- October 4 - October 9, 1995 - Newark, East Rutherford, New York, United Nations, Yonkers, Baltimore (all USA)
1996 to 1999
- February 5 - February 12, 1996 - Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela
- April 14, 1996 - Tunisia
- May 17 - May 19, 1996 - Slovenia
- June 21 - June 23, 1996 - Germany ( Bad Lippspringe / Paderborn and Berlin )
- September 6 - September 7, 1996 - Hungary
- September 19 - September 22, 1996 - France
- April 12 - April 13, 1997 - Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- April 25 - April 27, 1997 - Czech Republic
- May 10 - May 11, 1997 - Beirut (Lebanon)
- May 31 - June 10, 1997 - Poland
- August 21 - August 24, 1997 - Paris (France)
- October 2 - October 6, 1997 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- January 21 - January 26, 1998 - Cuba
- March 21 - March 23, 1998 - Nigeria
- June 19 - June 21, 1998 - Austria
- October 2 - October 4, 1998 - Croatia
- January 22nd - January 28th, 1999 - St. Louis (USA), Mexico
- May 7th - May 9th 1999 - Romania
- June 5 - June 17, 1999 - Poland
- September 19, 1999 - Slovenia
- November 5 - November 9, 1999 - New Delhi (India), Georgia
2000 to 2004
- February 24 - February 26, 2000 - Mount Sinai (Egypt)
- March 20-March 26, 2000 - Jordan, West Bank, Israel
- May 12 - May 13, 2000 - Fátima (Portugal)
- May 5 - May 9, 2001 - Malta, Greece, Syria; Beatification of Ignatius Falzon , Georg Preca and Maria Adeodata Pisani
- June 23 - June 27, 2001 - Ukraine, including Babi Yar, where many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust
- September 22-27, 2001 - Kazakhstan, Armenia
- May 22 - May 26, 2002 - Azerbaijan, Bulgaria
- July 23 - August 2, 2002 - Canada, Guatemala (including Antigua), Mexico
- August 18 - August 19, 2002 - Poland
- May 3 - May 4, 2003 - Spain
- June 5 - June 9, 2003 - Croatia
- June 22, 2003 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 11 - September 14, 2003 - Slovakia; Beatification of Sr. Zdenka Schelingová
- June 5, 2004 - Bern (Switzerland)
- August 14th - August 15th 2004 - Lourdes (France)
See also
- Pope visits to Germany
- Pope visits to Austria
- Foreign trips of Pope Benedict XVI.
- Foreign trips of Pope Francis
Web links
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