Blessed John Paul II's Journeys Outside of Italy

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1. January 25February 1

   Dominican Republic, Mexico, with a stopover in the Bahamas

2. June 210

   Poland

3. September 29October 7

   Ireland and the United States. The US leg of the trip began October 1.

4. November 2830

   Turkey

5. May 212

   Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Ivory Coast

6. May 30June 2

   France

7. June 30July 12

   Brazil

8. November 1519

   West Germany

9. February 1627 Philippines, Guam, and Japan, with stopovers of several hours in Pakistan and in Anchorage, Alaska

10. February 1219

    Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea

11. May 1215

    Portugal (including Fatima)

12. May 28June 2

    Great Britain

13. June 1013

    Argentina (stopover in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

14. June 15

    Switzerland

15. August 29

    San Marino

16. October 31November 9

    Spain

17. March 210

    Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Haiti (stopover in Lisbon, Portugal)

18. June 1623

    Poland

19. August 1415

    Lourdes, France

20. September 1013

    Austria

21. May 212

    South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand (stopover in Fairbanks, Alaska)

22. June 1217

    Switzerland

23. September 920

    Canada

24. October 1012

    Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

25. January 26February 6

    Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago

26. May 1121

    Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg

27. August 819

    Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco

28. September 8

    Liechtenstein

29. February 1February 10

    India

30. July 18

    Colombia, St. Lucia

31. October 47

    France

32. November 19December 1

    Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Fiji, Singapore, Seychelles

33. March 31April 13

    Uruguay, Chile, Argentina

34. April 30May 4

    West Germany

35. June 814

    Poland

36. September 1020

    United States and Canada

37. May 718

    Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay

38. June 2327

    Austria

39. September 1019

    Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, with a detour through South Africa

40. October 811

    France

41. April 28May 6

    Madagascar, Reunion, Zambia, and Malawi

42. June 110

    Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden

43. August 1921

    Spain

44. October 616

    South Korea, Indonesia, East Timor, Mauritius

45. January 25February 1

    Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad

46. April 2122

    Czechoslovakia

47. May 613

    Mexico, Curacao

48. May 2527

    Malta

49. September 110

    Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast

50. May 1013

    Portugal

51. June 19

    Poland

52. August 1320

    Poland, Hungary

53. October 1221

    Brazil

54. February 1926

    Senegal, Gambia, Guinea

55. June 410

    Angola, So Tom, Principe

56. October 914

    Dominican Republic

57. February 310

    Benin, Uganda, Sudan

58. April 25

    Albania

59. June 1217

    Spain

60. August 916

    Jamaica, Mexico, United States (World Youth Day held in Denver)

61. September 410

    Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

62. September 1011

    Croatia

63. January 1221

    Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka

64. May 2022

    Czech Republic, Poland

65. June 34

    Belgium

66. June 30

    Slovakia

67. September 1420

    Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa

68. October 48

    United States

69. February 512

    Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela

70. April 14

    Tunisia

71. May 1719

    Slovenia

72. June 2123

    Germany

73. September 67

    Hungary

74. September 1922

    France

75. April 1213

    Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

76. April 2527

    Czech Republic

77. May 1011

    Lebanon

78. May 31June 10

    Poland

79. August 2124

    France

80. October 25

    Brazil

81. January 2125

    Cuba

82. March 2123

    Nigeria

83. June 1921

    Austria

84. October 24

    Croatia

85. January 2225

    Mexico City, Mexico January 2627 St. Louis, Missouri

86. May 79

    Romania

87. June 517

    Poland

88. September 19

    Slovenia

89. November 59

    New Delhi, India, and Tbilisi, Georgia

90. Feb. 2426

    Egypt

91. March 2026

    Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Autonomous Territory

92. May 1213

    Fatima, Portugal

93. May 45

    Athens, Greece May 56 Syria May 89 Malta

94. June 2327

    Ukraine

95. September 2227

    Armenia and Kazakstan

96. May 2226

    Azerbaijan and Bulgaria

97. July 23August 1

    Canada, Guatemala, and Mexico

98. August 1619

    Poland

99. May 34

    Spain

100. June 59

     Croatia

101. June 22

     Bosnia-Herzegovina

102. September 11-14

     Slovakia

103. June 5-6

     Switzerland

104. August 14-15

     Lourdes, France

Pope John Paul II has traveled approximately 742,000 miles, according to an October 15, 2002, report from the Vatican Information Service marking the 24th anniversary of the Holy Father's election as Pope.

From: John Paul II: A Light for the World, edited by Sister Mary Ann Walsh, RSM. 2003 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc., Published by Sheed & Ward. All rights reserved. For more information on this publication, go to www.popebook.com Updated with information from Vatican Information Service and Catholic News Service.