Pope John Paul II
Karl Wojtyla, also known as Pope John Paul II, was born on the 18th of May 1920 at Wadowice, Poland. He was pope from the 16th of October 1978 till the 2nd of april 2005, when he died.
His early life
Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. Quite early Karol believed God was calling him for priesthood. During German occupation of Poland, he studied secretly. On the 1th of november 1946, he was ordained to priesthood. Only two years later, he earned a doctorate in theology at the Angelicum in Rome, Italy.
On his way to the christian top
From 1948 till 1951, he served as a parish priest in Poland's Krakow diocese. Pope Pius XII appointed Wojtyla an auxiliary bishop in Krakow on July 4, 1958, and Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Krakow on December 30, 1963. In the period between he studied, and even became professor.
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