Karol Wojtyła - John Paul II Timeline

Age	Dates		Event
0	1920	18 May	Born in Wadowice, 48 km southwest of Kraków
9	1929	14 Apr	Mother dies
12	1930	Fall	Enrolls in the Wadowity High School in Wadowice
12	1932	4 Dec	Edmund Wojtyla, his older brother, dies
18	1938	14 May	Graduates from High School
18	1938	Summer	Moves with father to Kraków
18	1938	Fall	Starts philosophical studies at Jagiellonian University
20	1940	11 Oct	Begins work in Solvay quarry in quarry
20	1941	18 Feb	Father dies of heart attack
22	1942	Oct	Begins clandestine studies in seminary
26	1946	1 Nov	Ordained as priest by Cardinal Sapiecha
26	1946	26 Nov	Enrolled in Angelicum Pontifical University in Rome
28	1948	14 Jun	Receives Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Angelicum Pontifical University
28	1948	24 Oct	Receives Masters Degree in Theology from Jagiellonian University
28	1948	Fall	Appointed Vicar of Niegowic near Kraków
28	1949	Mar	Appointed Vicar of St. Florian in Kraków
34	1954	12 Oct	Begins teaching at the Catholic University of Lublin
38	1958	4 Jul	Appointed auxiliary bishop of Kraków by Pope Pius XII
38	1958	28 Sep	Consecrated as Bishop
42	1962	11 Oct-2 Nov	Participates in First session of the Second Vatican Council
43	1963	8 Oct	Participates in Second Session of the Second Vatican Council
43	1963	30 Dec	Named Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków
43	1964	13 Jan	Appointed archbishop of Kraków
44	1964	10 Sep	Begins participation in third session of the Second Vatican Council
45	1965	14 Sep-8 Dec	Participates in Fourth Session of the Second Vatican Council
47	1967	29 May	Named Cardinal
47	1967	28 Jun	Elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI
58	1978	16 Oct	Elected to the Chair of St. Peter
58	1978	22 Oct	Installed as Pope John Paul II
59	1979	2 Jun	First pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Warsaw, Gniezno, Częstochowa, Kraków, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Wadowice, Oswięcim, Nowy Targ
50	1981	13 May	Shot by would be assassin Mahmet Ali Agca
63	1983	16-23 Jun	Second pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Warsaw, Niepokalanów, Częstochowa, Poznań, Katowice, Wrocław, Góra Św. Anny, Kraków, Chochołowska Valley
63	1983	27 Dec	Visits Mahmet Ali Agca in prison
67	1987	8-14 Jun	Third pontifical visit to Poland Warsaw, Lublin, Tarnów, Kraków, Szczecin, Gdynia, Gdańsk, Częstochowa, Łódź
71	1991	1-9 Jun 13-20 Aug	Fourth pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Koszalin, Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Lubaczów, Kielce, Radom, Łomża, Białystok, Olsztyn, Włocławek, Płock, Warsaw
75	1995	22 May	Fifth pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Skoczów
77	1997	31 May-10 Jun	Sixth pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Wrocław, Legnica, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gniezno, Poznań, Kalisz, Częstochowa, Zakopane, Ludźmierz, Kraków, Dukla
79	1999	5-17 Jun	Seventh pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Gdańsk, Sopot, Pelplin, Elbląg , Licheń, Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Ełk, Wigry, Siedlce, Drohiczyn, Warsaw
82	2002	16 - 19 Aug	Eighth pontifical visit to Poland Visits: Łagiewniki, Kraków
84	2005	2 Apr	Dies in Vatican