Pope John Paul II’s Travels
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

1979

  1. January 25–February 1
    Dominican Republic, Mexico, with a stopover in the Bahamas

  2. June 2–10
    Poland

  3. September 29–October 7
    Ireland and the United States. The US leg of the trip began October 1.

  4. November 28–30
    Turkey
1980

  1. May 2–12
    Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Ivory Coast

  2. May 30–June 2
    France

  3. June 30–July 12
    Brazil

  4. November 15–19
    West Germany
1981

  1. February 16–27
    Philippines, Guam, and Japan, with stopovers of several hours in Pakistan and in Anchorage, Alaska
1982

  1. February 12–19
    Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea

  2. May 12–15
    Portugal (including Fatima)

  3. May 28–June 2
    Great Britain

  4. June 10–13
    Argentina (stopover in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

  5. June 15
    Switzerland

  6. August 29
    San Marino

  7. October 31–November 9
    Spain
1983

  1. March 2–10
    Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Haiti
    (stopover in Lisbon, Portugal)

  2. June 16–23
    Poland

  3. August 14–15
    Lourdes, France

  4. September 10–13
    Austria
1984

  1. May 2–12
    South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand (stopover in Fairbanks, Alaska)

  2. June 12–17
    Switzerland

  3. September 9–20
    Canada

  4. October 10–12
    Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
1985

  1. January 26–February 6
    Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago

  2. May 11–21
    Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg

  3. August 8–19
    Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco

  4. September 8
    Liechtenstein
1986

  1. February 1–February 10
    India

  2. July 1–8
    Colombia, St. Lucia

  3. October 4–7
    France

  4. November 19–December 1
    Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Fiji, Singapore, Seychelles
1987

  1. March 31–April 13
    Uruguay, Chile, Argentina

  2. April 30–May 4
    West Germany

  3. June 8–14
    Poland

  4. September 10–20
    United States and Canada
1988

  1. May 7–18
    Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay

  2. June 23–27
    Austria

  3. September 10–19
    Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, with a detour through South Africa

  4. October 8–11
    France
1989

  1. April 28–May 6
    Madagascar, Reunion, Zambia, and Malawi

  2. June 1–10
    Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden

  3. August 19–21
    Spain

  4. October 6–16
    South Korea, Indonesia, East Timor, Mauritius
1990

  1. January 25–February 1
    Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad

  2. April 21–22
    Czechoslovakia

  3. May 6–13
    Mexico, Curacao

  4. May 25–27
    Malta

  5. September 1–10
    Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast
1991

  1. May 10–13
    Portugal

  2. June 1–9
    Poland

  3. August 13–20
    Poland, Hungary

  4. October 12–21
    Brazil
1992

  1. February 19–26
    Senegal, Gambia, Guinea

  2. June 4–10
    Angola, São Tomé, Principe

  3. October 9–14
    Dominican Republic
1993

  1. February 3–10
    Benin, Uganda, Sudan

  2. April 25
    Albania

  3. June 12–17
    Spain

  4. August 9–16
    Jamaica, Mexico, United States (World Youth Day held in Denver)

  5. September 4–10
    Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
1994

  1. September 10–11
    Croatia
1995

  1. January 12–21
    Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka

  2. May 20–22
    Czech Republic, Poland

  3. June 3–4
    Belgium

  4. June 30
    Slovakia

  5. September 14–20
    Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa

  6. October 4–8
    United States
1996

  1. February 5–12
    Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela

  2. April 14
    Tunisia

  3. May 17–19
    Slovenia

  4. June 21–23
    Germany

  5. September 6–7
    Hungary

  6. September 19–22
    France
1997

  1. April 12–13
    Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

  2. April 25–27
    Czech Republic

  3. May 10–11
    Lebanon

  4. May 31–June 10
    Poland

  5. August 21–24
    France

  6. October 2–5
    Brazil
1998

  1. January 21–25
    Cuba

  2. March 21–23
    Nigeria

  3. June 19–21
    Austria

  4. October 2–4
    Croatia
1999

  1. January 22–25
    Mexico City, Mexico
    January 26–27
    St. Louis, Missouri

  2. May 7–9
    Romania

  3. June 5–17
    Poland

  4. September 19
    Slovenia

  5. November 5–9
    New Delhi, India, and Tbilisi, Georgia
2000

  1. Feb. 24–26
    Egypt

  2. March 20–26
    Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Autonomous Territory

  3. May 12–13
    Fatima, Portugal
2001

  1. May 4–5
    Athens, Greece
    May 5–6
    Syria
    May 8–9
    Malta

  2. June 23–27
    Ukraine

  3. September 22–27
    Armenia and Kazakstan
2002

  1. May 22–26
    Azerbaijan and Bulgaria

  2. July 23–August 1
    Canada, Guatemala, and Mexico

  3. August 16–19
    Poland
2003

  1. May 3–4
    Spain

  2. June 5–9
    Croatia

  3. June 22
    Bosnia-Herzegovina

  4. September 11-14
    Slovakia
2004

  1. June 5-6
    Switzerland

  2. 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.