no, but st.Kilian came close. He was offered the papacy but declined
No, there has never been a Jesuit pope. However, there are currently (Feb. 2013) several Jesuit cardinals.
I do not believe there have been any Irish Popes.
Pope Celestine
No, there have been no Irish popes and only one pope from England.
No. he was originally Cardinal Razinger and is German. His predecessor, pope John Paul II was Polish.
You may be referring to St. Malachy but he was a monk and not a pope.
Pope Celestine sent St. Patrick to Ireland.
Maynooth.
Pope Saint Celestine I consecrated Maewyn Succat as a bishop, changed his name to Patricius (Patrick) and sent him to Ireland as a missionary.
brian wolff, perhaps,but, so did Sinead O'Conner.
Robert J. Klaus has written: 'The Pope, the Protestants, and the Irish' -- subject(s): Anti-Catholicism, Catholic Church, Catholics, Church history, History, Irish, Protestant churches
Upon the death of Palladius, whom Pope Celestine had sent to the Irish as their first bishop in 431, St. Patrick was appointed his successor.
it is said that the shape was made by a irish monk for the pope to symbolise the celtic knot.that is what i was told at least.there are many different stories.hope this helped.
Pope Paul VI was elected pope after the death of Pope John XXIII.