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| 1920 | Birth |  |
| 18th May Wadowice Birth of John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla |
| 1938 | Education | |
| Graduates from secondary school |
| 1946 | Ordination | |
| Krakow John Paul II is ordained |
| 1949 | Assistant Pastor | |
| Krakow Appointed Assistant Pastor |
| 1956 | Bishop of Poland | |
| Krakow Appointed Auxiliarty Bishop |
| 1956 | Chairman Ethics John Paul II | |
| Krakow Appointed Chair of Ethics at the Catholic University |
| 1962 | Archbishop | |
| Krakow Appointed Acting Archbishop |
| 1967 | Cardinal | |
| Appointed Cardinal |
| 1969 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "The Acting Person" |
| 1978 | Death | |
| Sep Death of John Paul I |
| 1978 | Diplomacy | |
| John Paul II returns to Poland for 9 days, his reception helps end Russian rule |
| 1978 | Election | |
| 16th Oct Vatican Elected by the College of Cardinals, in the 8th round |
| 1978 | Inauguration | |
| 16th Oct Vatican Inaugurated Pope |
| 1978 | Independence | |
| John Paul II returns to Poland for 9 days, his reception helps end Russian rule |
| 1978 | Pope | |
| 16th Oct Vatican Appointed Pope, at 58 the youngest Pope in 132 yrs |
| 16th Oct Vatican Appointed Pope, the 1st non-Italian pontiff since 1523 |
| 1981 | Diplomacy | |
| Jan Vatican John Paul II meets Lech Walesa at the Vatican |
| 1981 | Plot | |
| May John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Agca & forgives him |
| 13th May Vatican Mehmet Ali Agca claims he was working for the KGB |
| 13th May Vatican Shot in the Vatican Sqr by a Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca |
| 1982 | Diplomacy | |
| 7th June President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth |
| 1986 | Meeting Mother Teresa | |
| 3rd Feb Calcutta Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India |
| 3rd Feb Calcutta the Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love" |
| 3rd Feb Calcutta The Pope meets Mother Teresa, head of the Missionaries of Charities order, in Calcutta & visits her refuge for the sick & dying |
| 1986 | Nirmil Hriday | |
| 3rd Feb Nirmil Hriday the Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love" |
| 1986 | Tour | |
| 3rd Feb Calcutta Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India |
| 1994 | Award Man of the Year | |
| Awarded Man-of-the-Year by Time Magazine |
| 1994 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" |
| 1997 | Diplomacy | |
| John Paul II returns to Poland |
| 1998 | Diplomacy | |
| John Paul II visits Cuba |
| 1999 | Diplomacy | |
| Celebrates mass in front of millions in Mexico |
| Celebrates mass in front of millions in the USA |
| 2001 | Health | |
| Doctors publicly acknowledge John Paul II has Parkinson's disease |
| 2005 | Death | |
| 2nd April Death of John Paul II |
