Pope John Paul II

Birth date: May 18, 1920 Death date: Apr 2, 2005

Karol JÃ?³zef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emi