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Pope John Paul II

Acting

Born May 18, 1920 · Wadowice, Poland

Died April 2, 2005

Also known as Karol Józef Wojtyła · Bishop of Rome · Jan Paweł Drugi

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Biography

Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after St. Peter and Pius IX. In addition to this, he was an important philosopher and theologian of the 20th century.

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Awards & recognition

  • Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class · 2024
  • honorary citizen of Nieszawa · 2014
  • Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki · 2005
  • Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion · 2005
  • Charlemagne Prize · 2004
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  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2004
  • Robert Schuman Medal · 2004
  • Congressional Gold Medal · 2000
  • Order of Bethlehem · 2000
  • Time Person of the Year · 1994
  • Order of the White Eagle · 1993
  • Gold medal of Galicia · 1992
  • Gold Olympic Order · 1981
  • Aquinas Medal · 1979
  • Armia Krajowa Cross
  • honorary citizen of Białystok
  • honorary citizen of Bydgoszcz
  • honorary citizen of Łódź
  • honorary citizen of Toruń
  • honorary citizen of Warsaw
  • honorary citizens of Łomża
  • honorary doctor of Rzeszów University
  • honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
  • Knight of St. Sylvester
  • Order Ecce Homo
  • Order of Pius IX
  • Order of St. Gregory the Great
  • Order of the Golden Spur
  • Order of the Smile

Filmography10 titles

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024as Self (archive footage)

Nothing Compares

2022as Self (archive footage)

Zero Hour

2004as Self (Archival Footage)

Hesburgh

2019as Self (archive footage)

Powaqqatsi

1988as (archive footage)

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

2021as Self (archive footage)

Catholicism

2012

Naqoyqatsi

2002as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace

2018as Self

Hostage to the Devil

2016as Self (archive footage)