Jan Paweł II

St John Paul II

His orginal name was Karol Józef Wojtyła. He was born 18th May 1920 in Wadowice and died 02th April 2005.

Wojtyla's father, Karol Senior was a lientenaut in the Polish army. His mother, Emilia Kaczorowska died when he was eight years old.

He was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005 .

His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest in history. He was canonized at 27.04.2014

Jan Kaplita

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