Calendar
1920.05.18 – Karol Wojtyla was born as a son of Karol Wojtyla Senior and Emilia at 7 Koscielna Street in Wadowice
1920.06.20 – Baptized in the parish church of Offertory of Holy Mary in Wadowice
1926-1930 – Attended the elementary school
1929.04.13 – His mother Emilia dies
1929.05.25 – First Holy Communion
1930-1938 – Attended the Marcin Wadowita Gymnasium in Wadowice
1932.12.04 – His brother Edmund dies.
1938.05.03 – Receives the sacrament of Confirmation
1938.05.14 – Matriculation exam at Gymnasium in Wadowice
1938.05.27 – Completes Gymnasium
1938-1939 – Polish Classical studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow
1940-1941 – Works in Krakow’s chemical plant “Solvay”
1941.02.18 – His father Karol dies
1942-1946 – Enrols at the underground Seminary for Priests in Krakow, studies theology at the Jagiellonian University
1946.11.01 – Ordained a priest in Archbishop Chapel
1946-1948 – Studies at the “Angelicum” in Rome (awarded doctor’s degree at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow)
1948-1949 – Pastor in the parish Niegowic
1949-1951 – Pastor at St. Florian’s church in Krakow
1951-1954 – Habilitation at the Jagiellonian University, serves as a chaplain for the university students at St. Florian’s parish
from 1954 – Academic teacher of ethics at Catholic University of Lublin
1958.09.28 – Ordained a bishop in the Cathedral of Wawel
1962-1965 – Participates in the works of the Second Vatican Council
1964.01.18 – Nominated Archbishop of Krakow
1964.03.08 – Ceremonial Installation at the Wawel Cathedral
1967.05.29 – Elevated to Cardinal
1967.06.28 – Becomes a member of the College of Cardinals
1976.03.07-13 – Leads a retreat for Pope Paul VI in Vatican
1978.10.16 – Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected a Pope and takes the name of John Paul II
1981.05.13 – Assassination attempt on St. Peter’s Square – John Paul II was seriously wounded.
2005.04.02 – On the eve of the Feast of Divine Mercy, Holy Father, Pope John Paul II dies
2005.05.19 – Pope Benedict XVI announced the beginning of the beatification process of John Paul II
2014.04.27 – kanonisation
1920.06.20 – Baptized in the parish church of Offertory of Holy Mary in Wadowice
1926-1930 – Attended the elementary school
1929.04.13 – His mother Emilia dies
1929.05.25 – First Holy Communion
1930-1938 – Attended the Marcin Wadowita Gymnasium in Wadowice
1932.12.04 – His brother Edmund dies.
1938.05.03 – Receives the sacrament of Confirmation
1938.05.14 – Matriculation exam at Gymnasium in Wadowice
1938.05.27 – Completes Gymnasium
1938-1939 – Polish Classical studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow
1940-1941 – Works in Krakow’s chemical plant “Solvay”
1941.02.18 – His father Karol dies
1942-1946 – Enrols at the underground Seminary for Priests in Krakow, studies theology at the Jagiellonian University
1946.11.01 – Ordained a priest in Archbishop Chapel
1946-1948 – Studies at the “Angelicum” in Rome (awarded doctor’s degree at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow)
1948-1949 – Pastor in the parish Niegowic
1949-1951 – Pastor at St. Florian’s church in Krakow
1951-1954 – Habilitation at the Jagiellonian University, serves as a chaplain for the university students at St. Florian’s parish
from 1954 – Academic teacher of ethics at Catholic University of Lublin
1958.09.28 – Ordained a bishop in the Cathedral of Wawel
1962-1965 – Participates in the works of the Second Vatican Council
1964.01.18 – Nominated Archbishop of Krakow
1964.03.08 – Ceremonial Installation at the Wawel Cathedral
1967.05.29 – Elevated to Cardinal
1967.06.28 – Becomes a member of the College of Cardinals
1976.03.07-13 – Leads a retreat for Pope Paul VI in Vatican
1978.10.16 – Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected a Pope and takes the name of John Paul II
1981.05.13 – Assassination attempt on St. Peter’s Square – John Paul II was seriously wounded.
2005.04.02 – On the eve of the Feast of Divine Mercy, Holy Father, Pope John Paul II dies
2005.05.19 – Pope Benedict XVI announced the beginning of the beatification process of John Paul II
2014.04.27 – kanonisation
