Statistics on the Pontificate of John Paul II

Statistics on the Pontificate of John Paul II [Updated: 28.12.2005] © Arturo Mari/L'Osservatore Romano

Apostolic Voyages Principal documents Encyclical Letters of John Paul II Social Encyclicals of the most recent Pontificates Beatification and Canonizazion Ceremonies Consistories Episcopal Ordinations conferred by John Paul II Baptisms by John Paul II Synod of Bishops Audiences and meetings with political figures General Audiences World Days World Days of Fasting for Peace asked by John Paul II Pontificate of John Paul II - Dedicated Years Some particular events Diplomatic Relations of the Holy See The duration of the Pontificate Apostolic Voyages [Updated: 11.01.2005]   Totale   Visits outside Italy (in 129 different nations) [Italian] 104   Visits in Italy outside Rome and Castelgandolfo [Italian] 146   Visits to the Diocese and to the City of Rome and to the Municipality of Castelgandolfo [Italian] 748   of which to the Parishes of Rome  (on a total of 333 parishes) (*) (**) 301   Visits to the Bodies of the Holy See and of Vatican City State [Italian] 54     Cumulative, global and specified statistics concerning the Apostolic Voyages [English, Italian] (*) "(...) Dear brothers and sisters of the Parish of St María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus! The joy of being with you today is particularly strong. It is the delight of being able to visit the 300th parish community of the beloved Church of Rome. From the beginning of my Pontificate, I have made a priority of exercising the ministry of Bishop of Rome, even by visiting the parish communities of the Diocese.(...)" [Homily of the Holy Father during Holy Mass on the occasion of the Pastoral Visit to the Parish of Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesù, in the East sectorof the Diocese of Roma, the 300th visit of John Paul II in the Parish of His Diocese - Sunday 16 December 2001]. (**) Since December 2002, the parishes of Rome meet the Holy Father in the Vatican. To date, 16 parishes have visited the Holy Father, bringing the total of Roman parishes meeting the Pope to 317. Principal documents [Updated: 25.02.2005] Principal Documents Total     Encyclicals 14   Apostolic Exhortations 14   Apostolic Constitutions 11   Apostolic Letters 45   Motu Proprio 31   Planned speeches during Apostolic Voyages (including those in Italy) 3.288   Other Documents     Letters   Messages   Speeches   Homilies   Angelus - Regina Coeli   Speeches Audiences Ecyclical Letters of John Paul II [Updated: 17.04.2003] Title Date of signature Date of publication 1 Redemptor hominis Jesus Christ, "the Redeemer of man" 04.03.1979 15.03.1979 2 Dives in misericordiaIt is "God, who is rich in mercy" whom Jesus Christ has revealed to us as Father 30.11.1980 02.12.1980 3 Laborem exercensOn Human Work on the ninetieth yearsversary of Rerum novarum 14.09.1981 14.09.1981 4 Slavorum Apostoli The Apostles of the Slavs, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered with the great work of evangelization after eleven centuries 02.06.1985 02.07.1985 [This is an Epistola Enciclica, not an Encyclical Letter] 5 Dominum et vivificantemOn the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World 18.05.1986 30.05.1986 6 Redemptoris Mater On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church 25.03.1987 25.03.1987 7 Sollicitudo rei socialisThe social concern of the Church, directed towards an authentic development of man and society for, the twentieth yearsversary of "Populorum progressio" 30.12.1987 19.02.1988 8 Redemptoris missioOn the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate 07.12.1990 22.01.1991 9 Centesimus annusOn the Centenary of the promulgation of the Encyclical "Rerum novarum" 01.05.1991 02.05.1991 10 Veritatis splendorJesus Christ, the true light that enlightens everyone 06.08.1993 05.10.1993 11 Evangelium vitaeThe Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus' message 25.03.1995 30.03.1995 12 Ut unum sintThe call for Christian unity 25.05.1995 30.05.1995 13 Fides et ratioFaith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth 14.10.1998 15.10.1998 14 Ecclesia de EucharistiaThe Church draws her life from the Eucharist 17.04.2003 17.04.2003 Social Encyclicals of the most recent Pontificates [Updated: 17.04.2003] Title Date of signature Pontiff RERUM NOVARUMon capital and labor 15 May 1891 LEO XIII QUADRAGESIMO ANNOon Reconstruction of the Social Order, on the fortieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 15 May 1931 PIO XI MATER ET MAGISTRAon Christianity and Social Progress 15 May 1961 JOHN XXIII PACEM IN TERRISon establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 11 April 1963 JOHN XXIII POPULORUM PROGRESSIOon the development of peoples 26 March 1967 PAUL VI OCTOGESIMA ADVENIENSApstolic Letter on occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 14 May 1971 PAUL VI LABOREM EXCERCENSon Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 14 September 1981 JOHN PAUL II SOLLICITUDO REI SOCIALISon the twentieth anniversary of Populorum progressio 30 December 1987 JOHN PAUL II CENTESIMUS ANNUSon the hundredth anniversary of Rerum novarum 1 May 1991 JOHN PAUL II Beatification and Canonization Ceremonies [Updated: 05.01.2005] Beatifications and Canonizations in the Pontificate of John Paul II   Ceremonies   Martyrs Confessors Total Beatification Ceremonies 147   1.032 306 1.338 Canonization Ceremonies 51   402 80 482   Statistics: Ceremonies in Rome - Ceremonies in Italia outside of Rome - Ceremonies outside of Italy during Apostolic Voyages  [Italian] Canonizations starting with the Pontificate of Clement VIII[On 22 January 1588, with the Apostolic Constitution Immensa aeterni, Pope Sixtus V created the Sacred Congregation of Rites to regulate divine worship and to deal with the causes of saints] CLEMENT VIII 1592-1605 2 PAUL V 1605-1621 2 GREGORY XV 1621-1623 5 URBAN VIII 1623-1644 2 ALEXANDER VII 1655-1667 2 CLEMENT IX 1667-1669 2 CLEMENT X 1670-1676 5 ALEXANDER VIII 1689-1691 5 CLEMENT IX 1700-1721 4 BENEDICT XIII 1724-1730 10 CLEMENT XII 1730-1740 4 BENEDICT XIV 1740-1758 5 CLEMENT XIII 1758-1769 6 PIUS VII 1800-1823 5 GREGORY XVI 1831-1846 5 PIUS IX 1846-1878 52 LEO XIII 1878-1903 18 PIUS X 1903-1914 4 BENEDICT XV 1914-1922 3 PIUS XI 1922-1939 34 PIUS XII 1939-1958 33 JOHN XXIII 1958-1963 10 PAUL VI 1963-1978 84 SUB-TOTAL 302 JOHN PAUL II 482 Total number of canonizations from 1594 through 2004 784 Consistories [Updated: 03.04.2005]   Cardinals created Number of Consistories Consistories for creating Cardinals (Ordinary Consistories) 231 9 Plenary Assemblies of the College of Cardinals (Extraordinary Consistories) 6   Specific Statistics on Consistories [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]   Documentation on Consistories [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] Episcopal Ordinations conferred by John Paul II [Updated: 09.01.2003] Number Ceremony Date Site Number Ordained Bishops 1 06.01.1979 Vatican Basilica 1 2 27.05.1979 Vatican Basilica 26 3 15.09.1979 Sistine Chapel 1 4 12.11.1979 Sistine Chapel 1 5 06.01.1980 Vatican Basilica 3 6 04.05.1980 Kinshasa - Zaire (Africa) 8 7 06.01.1981 Vatican Basilica 11 8 12.04.1981 Sistine Chapel 1 9 06.01.1982 Vatican Basilica 9 10 06.03.1982 Vatican Basilica 1 11 06.01.1983 Vatican Basilica 14 12 01.11.1983 Sistine Chapel 1 13 06.01.1984 Vatican Basilica 9 14 06.01.1985 Vatican Basilica 7 15 14.09.1985 Cathedral of Albano (Italy) 1 16 06.01.1986 Vatican Basilica 7 17 16.10.1986 Vatican Basilica 1 18 06.01.1987 Vatican Basilica 10 19 17.03.1987 Vatican Basilica 1 20 05.09.1987 Vatican Basilica 3 21 07.11.1987 Vatican Basilica 1 22 06.01.1988 Vatican Basilica 10 23 04.10.1988 Vatican Basilica 1 24 06.01.1989 Vatican Basilica 13 25 20.10.1989 Vatican Basilica 4 26 06.01.1990 Vatican Basilica 12 27 05.04.1990 Vatican Basilica 4 28 06.01.1991 Vatican Basilica 13 29 06.01.1992 Vatican Basilica 11 30 26.04.1992 Vatican Basilica 7 31 17.11.1992 Vatican Basilica 1 32 06.01.1993 Vatican Basilica 11 33 25.04.1993 Scutari (Albania) 4 34 06.01.1994 Vatican Basilica 13 35 06.01.1995 Vatican Basilica 10 36 06.01.1996 Vatican Basilica 14 37 06.01.1997 Vatican Basilica 12 38 06.01.1998 Vatican Basilica 9 39 19.03.1998 Vatican Basilica 3 40 06.01.1999 Vatican Basilica 9 41 06.01.2000 Vatican Basilica 12 42 19.03.2001 Vatican Basilica 9 43 06.01.2002 Vatican Basilica 10 44 06.01.2003 Vatican Basilica 12 TOTAL ORDAINED BISHOPS  321 Baptisms by John Paul II [Updated: 11.04.2004] Date Place Number of baptized Children* Adults** Total 1 14.04.1979 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 11 11 2 11.08.1979 Castel Gandolfo 1 - 1 3 23.09.1979 Pauline Chapel 4 - 4 4 02.02.1980 Pauline Chapel 6 - 6 5 05.04.1980 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 24 24 6 27.04.1980 Private Chapel 1 - 1 7 08.05.1980 Accra (Ghana) - 10 10 8 11.01.1981 Pauline Chapel 9 - 9 9 26.02.1981 Nagasaki (Japan) - 77 77 10 18.04.1981 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 20 20 11 10.01.1982 Pauline Chapel 13 - 13 12 13.02.1982 Onitsha (Nigeria) - 31 31 13 10.04.1982 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 26 26 14 28.05.1982 London (Great Britain) - 4 4 15 09.01.1983 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 16 02.04.1983 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 22 22 17 08.01.1984 Vatican Basilica 27 - 27 18 21.04.1984 Easter Vigil, Saint Peters Square - 29 29 19 04.05.1984 Kwangju (Corea) - 72 72 20 13.01.1985 Sistine Chapel 31 - 31 21 06.04.1985 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 24 24 22 11.08.1985 Garoua (Camerun) - c. 100 c. 100 23 12.01.1986 Sistine Chapel 42 - 42 24 29.03.1986 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 39 39 25 08.05.1986 Forlì (Italy) 7 - 7 26 21.06.1986 "Centro Italiano Solidarietà" (Italian Solidarity Center), Rome 5 - 5 27 11.01.1987 Hall of Blessings 49 - 49 28 18.04.1987 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 35 35 29 10.01.1988 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 30 02.04.1988 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 27 27 31 08.01.1989 Hall of Blessings 43 - 43 32 25.03.1989 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 15 15 33 21.05.1989 Nomadelfia (Italy) 1 - 1 34 07.10.1989 Seoul (Korea) - 12 12 35 07.01.1990 Hall of Blessings 43 - 43 36 14.04.1990 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 19 19 37 13.01.1991 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 38 30.03.1991 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 26 26 39 12.01.1992 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 40 18.04.1992 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 29 29 41 02.01.1993 Hall of Blessings 39 - 39 42 10.04.1993 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 32 32 43 05.09.1993 Vilnius (Lituania) - 10 10 44 09.01.1994 Vatican Basilica 41 - 41 45 02.04.1994 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 27 27 46 08.01.1995 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 47 15.04.1995 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 12 12 48 07.01.1996 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 49 17.02.1996 Private Chapel 1 - 1 50 06.04.1996 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 10 10 51 12.01.1997 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 52 29.03.1997 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 10 10 53 07.07.1997 Private Chapel 1 - 1 54 23.08.1997 Paris (France) - 10 10 55 11.01.1998 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 56 11.04.1998 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 9 9 57 10.01.1999 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 58 03.04.1999 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 8 8 59 09.01.2000 Sistine Chapel 18 - 18 60 22.04.2000 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 8 8 61 07.01.2001 Sistine Chapel 18 - 18 62 14.04.2001 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 6 6 63 13.01.2002 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 64 30.03.2002 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 2 7 9 65 12.01.2003 Sistine Chapel 22 - 22 66 19.04.2003 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 7 7 67 10.04.2004 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 1 6 7   TOTAL: 687 814 1.501 * Newborns or babies, who receive only the sacrament of Baptism ** Children and Adults, who receive the sacraments of Baptism, Communion and Confirmation. Synod of Bishops [Updated: 16.10.2001]   During Pontificate Total Ordinary General Assemblies 6 10 Extraordinary General Assemblies  1 2 Special Assemblies 7 7 Particular Synods (The Netherlands) 1 1 Total 15 20   Documentation Synod of Bishops [English, French, Italian, Spanish] Audiences and Meetings with political figures [Updated: 25.02.2005] More than 1.600, of which: Totale Official visits with Heads of State 38 Other audiences and meetings with Heads of State 738 Audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers 246 General Audiences [Updated: 28.12.2005] 1.164, with a presence of more than 17.665.800 faithful from every part of the world   Statistical data concerning the presence of the faithful in the Audiences of John Paul II [Italian]   Speeches [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] World Days [Updated: 24.01.2005] World Youth Day [English, French, Italian, Spanish] World Day of the Sick [Italian] World Day for Peace [Italian] World Day for Migrants and Refugees [English, Italian] World Meeting of the Family [English, Italian] World Communications Day [Italian] Other World Days [English, French, German, Italian, Portughese, Spanish] World Days of Fasting for Peace asked by John Paul II [Updated: 05.05.2003] Monday 27 October 1986 In Assisi, World Day of Prayer for Peace Saturday 9 January 1993 In Assisi, on occasion of the special prayer meeting for peace in Europe and particularly in the Balkans (9-10 January) Friday 21 January 1994 For peace in Bosnia Friday 14 December 2001 For a stable peace, based on justice Ash Wednesday 5 March 2003 For the cause of peace, above all in the Middle East Pontificate of John Paul II Dedicated Years [Updated: 05.01.2005] Holy Year of the Redemption 25 March 1983 - 22 April 1984 Marian Year 7 June 1987 - 15 August 1988 Year of the Family 26 December 1993 - 30 December 1994 1st Year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, dedicated to Jesus Christ [faith] 1997 2nd Year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, dedicated to the Holy Spirit [hope] 1998 3rd Year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, dedicated to God the Father [charity] 1999 Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 24 December 1999 - 6 January 2001 Year of the Rosary 16 October 2002 - 31 October 2003 Year of the Eucharist 17 October 2004 - 29 October 2005 Some particular events [Updated: 13.02.2005] Christmas [Italiano] Spiritual Exercises [Italiano] Way of the Cross [Italiano] Diplomatic Relations of the Holy See [Updated: 10.01.2005] Diplomatic Relations of the Holy See [Francese, Inglese, Italiano] Length of the Pontificates [Updated: 16.10.2004] Name of Pontiff Initial and Last Date of Pontificate Lengt of Pontificate [in years] Length of Pontificate [in days]   1 S. PETER  30 (?)-64 [o 67](?) refers to the uncertainty of the date 34 [o 37] years of which, according to tradition, the beginning in Antiochia and the last 25 in Rome   2 B. PIUS IX 1846-1878 16.06.1846 (election) 21.06.1846 (coronation) 07.02.1878 (dead) 31 years, 7 months and 21 days (from the election) 31 years, 7 months e 16 days (from the coronation) 11.559 days (from the election) 11.554 days (from the coronation) 3 JOHN PAUL II 1978-2005 16.10.1978 (election) 22.10.1978 (solemn beginning) 02.04.2005 (dead) 26 years (from the election) 26 years, 5 months e 17 days (from the solemn beginning) 9.665 days (from the election) 9.659 days (from the solemn beginning) [the "surpassing" of the Pontificate of Leo XIII was on 14 March 2004, considering the election date; 9 March 2004 refers to the solemn beginning of the Pontificate] 4 LEO XIII 1878-1903 20.02.1878 (election)03.03.1878 (coronation) 20.07.1903 (dead) 25 years, 5 months (from the election) 25 years, 4 months e 17 days (from the coronation) 9.280 days (from the election) 9.269 days (from the coronation) 5 PIUS VI 1775-1799 15.02.1775 (election) 22.02.1775 (coronation) 29.08.1799 (dead) 24 years, 6 months e 14 days (from the election) 24 years, 6 months e 7 days (from the coronation) 8.961 days (from the election) 8.954 days (from the coronation) 6 ADRIAN I 772-795 01.02.772 (election) 09.02.772 (enthronization) 25.12.795 (dead) 23 years, 10 months e 24 days (from the election) 23 years, 10 months e 16 days (from the enthronization) 8.728 days (from the election) 8.720 days (from the enthronization) 7 PIUS VII 1800-1823 14.03.1800 (election) 21.03.1800 (coronation) 20.08.1823 (dead) 23 years, 5 months e 6 days (from the election) 23 years e 5 months (from the coronation) 8.559 days (from the election) 8.552 days (from the coronation) 8 ALEXANDER III 1159-1181 07.09.1159 (election) 20.09.1159 (coronation) 30.08.1181 (dead) 21 years, 11 months e 23 days (from the election) 21 years, 11 months e 10 days (from the coronation) 8.028 days (from the election) 8.015 days (from the coronation) 9 S. SILVESTER I 314-335 31.01.314 (election) 31.12.335 (dead) 21 years e 11 months (from the election) 8.004 days (from the election) 10 S. LEO I, Magnus 440-461 29.09.440 (election) 10.11.461 (dead) 21 years, 1 mese e 12 days (from the election) 7.712 days (from the election)

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