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

Countries visited by John Paul II

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

The first visit to Poland in 1979 ( Gniezno )

The German President Karl Carstens receives John Paul II on November 15, 1980 at Augustusburg Castle

Date of visit engraved on the marble base of the Munich Marian Column

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
John Paul II with Joseph Cardinal Höffner in the Müngersdorfer Stadium in Cologne

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

Visit to Sarajevo in 1997

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)

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