The first reigning pope to visit the U.S. was Pope Paul VI in 1965. Pope Pius XII did visit before he was elected as pope, however.
Pope John XXIII was pope 1958 to 1963
No pope visited America in 1963. The first pope to visit America was Pope Paul VI in 1965.
If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, before being elected as pope.
Trump isn't Catholic so Pope Francis isn't "his pope", but he did visit the pope in the Vatican when he was in Italy.
If you are talking about Pope Benedict XVI, then the pope before him was Pope John Paul II
The last Roman Catholic Pope to visit Australia was Pope John Paul II who visited Sydney in January 1995, in total he made three visits to Australia. Pope Benedict the XVI is due to visit Australia in 2008 for the Catholic World Youth Day celebrations.
Pope Paul VI was the first pope to ever visit Australia. He visited Sydney in 1970.
A:Pope Paul's brother, Pope Stephen II, was his immediate predecessor,
Pope Pelagius II was the predecessor of Pope Gregory I, the Great.
Ione Rowena Hoskins has written: 'The pilgrimage of His Holiness Pope Paul VI' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI)
Prior to Benedict XVI in 2013, it was the year 1415, when Pope Gregory XII resigned..AnswerNever. A Catholic (It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.) Pope can not retire. The few pope that have renounced the papacy have RENOUNCED it, not retired. Pope Gregory XII, above was the last pope to renounce the papacy, before that it was Pope St. Celestine V who renounced the papacy in 1294.
The pope is the head of the Catholic Church. There is only one Catholic Church and it is not a sect. To be a Catholic Church, a church must be in union with the pope. If they are not in union with the pope, they are not Catholic.