List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II outside Italy

John Paul II during his tenure more foreign trips made ​​than all the previous popes. In the following overview are traveling to Italy, which took place naturally on a regular basis, not taken into account.

Overview by country

Pope John Paul II visited on 104 trips abroad a total of 127 countries:

  • Nine trips to Poland;
  • Eight trips to France (including a trip to Réunion);
  • Seven trips to the U.S. ( including two stopovers in Alaska, not counting the trip to Puerto Rico);
  • Five trips to Mexico and Spain;
  • Four trips to Brazil, Portugal and Switzerland;
  • Three trips to Côte d' Ivoire, Germany, in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, Kenya, Croatia, Malta, Austria and Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic ( also two trips to Slovakia );
  • Each two trips to Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, India, Cameroon, Nicaragua, to the Netherlands Antilles ( Curacao ), Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, in the Slovakia ( also three trips to Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic ), Slovenia, Hungary, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zaire;
  • Depending on a trip to Egypt ( Sinai ), Albania, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Israel ( including the West Bank), Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, on the Cape Verde, Kazakhstan, Colombia, in the Congo, Cuba, Lesotho, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, East Timor (at the time part of Indonesia), Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico ( to seven trips to the rest of the U.S. ), South Africa, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, on the Solomon Islands to Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, in the Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, to Chad, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine in the United Kingdom and in the Central African Republic.
  • Not visited countries with more than ten million inhabitants ( in descending order by population ): People's Republic of China, Russia, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Iran, Myanmar, Algeria, Afghanistan, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Malaysia, North Korea, Taiwan, Yemen, Cambodia, Niger, Serbia and Montenegro and Belarus.

Chronological Overview

1979-1985

1986-1990

1991-1995

1996-1999

2000-2004

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