John Paul II was a secular (diocesan) priest and not a member of a religious order.
No, he was not a Franciscan priest.
John Paul II was preceded by Pope John Paul I who was preceded by Pope Paul XI.
There were 2 Pope John Pauls. The last Pope was Pope John Paul II.
He was a priest from November 1, 1946, until he died on April 2, 2005.
Pope John Paul II worked as a priest, then bishop and cardinal in Poland. When he was elected pope he then worked for over 26 years in Vatican City.
There was a Pope John Paul I and II and a Pope John XXIII but never a Pope John Paul XXIII
Pope John Paul I was Italian but Pope John Paul II was Polish.
Pope John Paul I was the 263rd popePope John Paul II was the 264th pope
There was a Pope John XXIII, a Pope John Paul I and a Pope John Paul II but not a Pope John Paul XXIII. None of them had any children. There was also Pope John XXIII. None of them were married or had any children.
Albino Luciani Pope John Paul I was born on 17 October 1912 in northern Italy. After being educated in seminaries within the diocese of Belluno, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church on 7 July 1935. He was made bishop of Vittorio Veneto in 1958 by Pope John XXIII. Pope Paul VI appointed him patriarch of Venice in 1969, and he was named a cardinal in 1973.
John Paul II was the 264th pope.
There has never been a Pope John Paul XXIII. There has been Pope John Paul I and John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. Which of these were you referring to?
There were three: 1.Pope Paul VI 2.Pope John Paul I 3.Pope John Paul II