John Paul II was a secular (diocesan) priest and not a member of a religious order.
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.
John Paul II was the 264th pope.
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.
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