What is Pope John Paul II?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Pope | honorific-prefix = Pope Saint | name = John Paul II | title = [[Bishop of Rome]] | native_name_lang = pl | image = ADAMELLO - PAPA - Giovanni Paolo II - panoramio (cropped).jpg | alt = John Paul II in 1988 | caption = John Paul II in 1984 | diocese = [[Diocese of Rome|Rome]] | see = [[Holy See]] | term_start = 16 October 1978 | term_end = 2 April 2005 | predecessor = [[Pope John Paul I|John Paul I]] | successor = [[Benedict XVI]] | previous_post = {{plainlist| * [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków|Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland]] (1958–1964) * [[Ombi|Titular Bishop of Ombi]] (1958–1964) * [[Archbishop of Kraków]], [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]] (1964–1978) * Cardinal-Priest of [[San Cesareo in Palatio]] (1967–1978)}} <!--- Orders ---> <!----------- The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those clergy claiming Apostolic succession, such as Catholics, Orthodox and Anglicans. ---------->| ordination = 1 November 1946 | ordained_by = [[Adam Stefan Sapieha]] | consecration = 28 September 1958 | consecrated_by = [[Eugeniusz Baziak]] | cardinal = 26 June 1967 | created_cardinal_by = [[Paul VI]] <!--- Personal details --->| birth_name = Karol Józef Wojtyła | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Wadowice]], [[Second Polish Republic]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|2|1920|5|18|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Apostolic Palace]], [[Vatican City]] | nationality = Polish | religion = [[Catholic]] | motto = {{lang|la|[[Totus Tuus]]}}<br />(Totally yours) | signature = Signature of John Paul II.svg | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Ioannes Paulus II.svg | feast_day = 22 October | venerated = Catholic Church | beatified_date = 1 May 2011 | beatified_place = [[St. Peter's Square]], [[Vatican City]] | beatified_by = [[Benedict XVI]] | canonized_date = 27 April 2014 | canonized_place = [[St. Peter's Square]], [[Vatican City]] | canonized_by = [[Pope Francis|Francis]] | attributes =