Pope John Paul suffered from Parkinson's disease which may have been the main cause of his death.
John Paul II was elected pope on October 16, 1978.
There has never been a pope named John Paul VI.
On March 9, 1983 Pope John Paul II made a short visit to Belize.
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.
Pope John Paul II introduced the Luminous Mysteries.
No. Only one Pope has ever made an official visit to Ireland. That was Pope John Paul II in September 1979.
Pope John Paul II made 104 trips outside of Italy, more than all 263 previous popes combined. In total he logged more than 725,000 miles.
St. Paul the Apostle was never a pope.
The Pope made two visits to the Philippines - in 1981 and again in 1995.
Pope John Paul II visited in 1982. Pope Benedict XVI visited England in September of 2010.
He was named a cardinal on February 21, 2001, by John Paul II.
Pope John XXIII convened the Council and Pope Paul VI made the changes to the Mass.