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The Pope Travels

Pope John Paul II is the most traveled Pope.  In the 20 years that he has been Pope, he has made over 80 Pastoral Visits throughout the world.   His trip to Cuba in January was his 81 trip outside of Italy.


1979

Jan. 25-Feb.1 Mexico
June 2-10 Poland
Sept. 29-Oct. 7 Ireland, U.S. and United Nations
Nov. 28-30 Turkey

 

1980

May 2-12
Zaire, Congo Republic, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast
May 30-June2 France
June 30-July 12 Brazil
Nov. 15-19 West Germany

 

 

1981

Feb. 16-27 Philippines, Guam, Japan

 

1982

Feb. 12-19 Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
May 12-15 Portugal (including Fatima)
May 28-June 2 Great Britain
June 11-12 Argentina (stopover in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
June 15 Switzerland
Aug. 29 San Marino
Oct 31-Nov.9 Spain

 

1983

March 2-10

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Haiti
June 16-23 Poland
Aug 14-15 Lourdes (France)
Sept. 10-13 Austria

 

 

1984

May 2-12

South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand (stopover in Fairbanks, Alaska)
June 12-17 Switzerland
Sept. 9-20 Canada
Oct. 10-12
Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

 

1985

Jan. 26-Feb. 6 Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
May 11-12 Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
Aug. 8-19 Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco
Sept. 8 Liechtenstein

 

 

1986

Jan. 31-Feb. 10 India
July 1-7 Colombia, St. Lucia
Oct. 4-7 France
Nov. 19-Dec. 1
Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Fiji, Singapore, Seychelles

 

1987

Mar. 31-Apr. 13 Uruguay, Chile, Argentina
Apr. 30-May4 West Germany
June 8-14 Poland
Sept. 10-20 U.S. and Canada

 

1988

May 7-18 Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay
June 23-27 Austria
Sept. 10-19 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, with a detour through South Africa
Oct. 8-11 France

 

1989

Apr. 28-May 6 Madagascar, Reunion, Zambia, Malawi
June 1-10 Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden
Aug. 19-21 Spain
Oct. 6-16 South Korea, Indonesia, East Timor, Mauritius


1990

Jan. 25-Feb. 1 Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso
Apr. 21-22 Czechoslovakia
May 6-13 Mexico, Curacao
May 25-27 Malta
Sept. 1-10 Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast

 

1991

May 10-13 Portugal
June 1-9 Poland
Aug. 13-20 Poland, Hungary
Oct. 12-20 Brazil

 

1992

Feb. 19-26 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea
June 4-10 Angola, Sao Tome, Principe
Oct. 9-14 Dominican Republic



1993

Feb. 3-10 Benin, Uganda, Sudan
Apr. 25 Albania
June 12-17 Spain
Aug. 9-16 Jamaica, Mexico, U.S. for the World Youth Day held in Denver
Sept. 4-10 Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

 

 

1994

Sept. 10-11 Croatia

 

1995

Jan. 12-21
Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka
June 3-4 Belgium
June 30  Slovakia
Sept. 16-21 Kenya
Oct. 4-9 USA - NY, NJ, MD

 

1996

Feb. 5-12 Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela
April 14 Tunisia
May 17 - 19 Slovenia
June 21-23 Germany
Sept. 6-7 Hungary
Sept. 19-22 France

 

1997

April 27 - Czech Republic  
May 10 - 13 Lebanon
May 31 - June 10 Poland
August 13-17 World Youth Day, Paris, France
October Brazil

 

1998

Janurary 21-25 Cuba

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