List of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI

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Commemorative sculpture of the meeting between Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem

The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809,[1][2] representing the first ever papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land[3] and the first papal visit to the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and Asia.[1][2] Pope Paul VI visited six continents, and was the most-travelled pope in history to that time, earning the nickname "the Pilgrim Pope".[4][5] With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy, which were continued by his successors Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. He traveled to the Holy Land in 1964 where he met with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem which led to rescinding the excommunications of the Great Schism, which took place in 1054.[6] The Pope also traveled to the Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. The first papal visit to the United States occurred on October 4, 1965, when Paul VI visited New York City to address the United Nations at the invitation of Secretary-General U Thant.[7] During that visit, the Pope first stopped at St. Patrick's Cathedral where some 55,000 people lined the streets to greet him,[8] met with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Waldorf Astoria,[9] addressed the United Nations General Assembly, celebrated Mass at Yankee Stadium,[10] and viewed Michelangelo's Pieta at the New York World's Fair in Queens.[7] Fifty years after the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima, he visited the shrine in Fátima, Portugal in 1967. He undertook a pastoral visit to Africa in 1969. After a 1970 trip to several Asian and Pacific nations, he made no additional international trips.[11] He died August 6, 1978.[12]

Visits[edit]

Nations visited by Paul VI

Outside Italy[edit]

Voyage Date [11] Nations Visited[11] Places Visited[11] Notes
1. 4–6 January 1964  Jordan Amman, Jerusalem Old City (Jordanian side), Bethlehem This was the first time a reigning pontiff had flown on an airplane,[13] the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land,[3] and the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century.[14] Paul VI met King Hussein of Jordan in Amman[11] and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.[15]
5 January 1964  Israel Megiddo, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee
2. 2 December 1964  Lebanon Beirut stopover
2–5 December 1964  India Bombay Attended the 38th International Eucharistic Congress
3. 4 October 1965  United States New York City The Pope met with President Lyndon B. Johnson,[16] addressed the United Nations General Assembly,[17] celebrated Mass at Yankee Stadium, and visited the New York World's Fair.[18]
4. 13 May 1967  Portugal Fátima Pilgrimage to the Marian shrine, the Sanctuary of Fátima[19]
5. 25–26 July 1967  Turkey Istanbul, Ephesus, Smyrna Second meeting with Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople.[15]
6. 22–24 August 1968  Colombia Bogotá Attended the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá.
24 August 1968  Bermuda Hamilton Stopover
7. 10 June 1969   Switzerland Geneva Paul VI addressed the International Labour Organization.[20]
8. 31 July–2 August 1969  Uganda Kampala, Namugongo The first papal visit to an African country. The Pope attended the Eucharistic celebration in Kampala at the conclusion of the Symposium organized by the Bishops of Africa. He met the President of Uganda, Milton Obote, and members of the Parliament of Uganda. Meeting with the representatives of the religious leaders of Uganda.
9. 26–27 November 1970  Iran Tehran The Pope's last international trip took him to nine countries. He met several heads of state including Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran,[21] President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines,[22] the O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa Malietoa Tanumafili II,[23] Governor-General Paul Hasluck of Australia,[24] and President Suharto of Indonesia.[25] On November 27, 1970, the Pope was the target of an assassination attempt by Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores at Manila International Airport in the Philippines.[26] On September 16, 1972, a documentary film about the Pope's Philippine visit premiered at the Greenhills theater in San Juan, Rizal, Philippines.[27]
27 November 1970  Pakistan [Note 1] Dhaka
27-29 November 1970  Philippines Manila
30 November 1970  American Samoa Pago Pago
30 November 1970  Western Samoa Leulumoega
30 November–3 December 1970  Australia Sydney
3–4 December 1970  Indonesia Jakarta
4 December 1970  Hong Kong [Note 2] Hong Kong
4–5 December 1970  Ceylon [Note 3] Colombo

In Italy[edit]

Pilgrimage on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the bull "Transiturus".
The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress.
The Pope visited Florence, affected by severe flooding on November 4 of that year.
The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress in Udine.
The pope visited Bolsena on the occasion of the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia.
The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This visit was to East Pakistan which is now the separate nation of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan under the name of "East Pakistan" at the time of Pope Paul VI's visit in 1970. It became an independent sovereign state in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
  2. ^ Hong Kong was a British crown colony at the time of Pope Paul VI's visit in 1970. It was returned to China on 1 July 1997.
  3. ^ Name was changed from Ceylon to Sri Lanka on 29 August 1972.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b World Almanac and Book of Facts. Facts on File, Inc. 1969. p. 249.
  2. ^ a b The New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac. 1969. p. 440.
  3. ^ a b Sudilovsky, Judith (2009). "Papal Visits to the Holy Land". Official Catholic Directory. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
  4. ^ Elie, Paul (September 2004). "In Search of a Pope". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2011. Paul VI was dubbed 'the pilgrim Pope,' and in the early years of his pontificate he made the moniker fit.
  5. ^ "Papal Visits to Israel: A Retrospective". GoJerusalem.com. May 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2011. Pope Paul VI, otherwise known as the 'Pilgrim Pope,' was the first Pope to travel to six continents while in office, setting an important precedent for future Popes.
  6. ^ Cross, F. L., ed. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280290-9.. See M. G. D'Agostino, Il Primato della Sede di Roma in Leone IX (1049-1054). Studio dei testi latini nella controversia greco-romana nel periodo pregregoriano, Edizioni San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo 2008. See A. Bayer, Spaltung der Christenheit. Das sogennante Morgenländische Schisma von 1054, Köln-Weimar-Wien 2002.
  7. ^ a b McDonnell, Claudia (July 8, 2015). "Archives Showcases New York Visit Of Pope Paul VI 50 Years Ago". Catholic New York. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Four Popes Now Memorialized in the North and South Vestibules of St. Patrick's Cathedral". Saintpatrickscathedral.org. December 4, 2018. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020.
  9. ^ Rothman, Lily (September 21, 2015). "The First Time a Pope Visited the U.S. Was Much More Complicated". Time. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Homily of The Holy Father Paul VI Yankee Stadium, New York Monday, 4 October 1965". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Pope Paul VI - Travels". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013.
  12. ^ "Pope Paul VI 1963-1978". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
  13. ^ "'Cursed' Alitalia, Pope's airline, on the ropes". Reuters. September 14, 2008. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.
  14. ^ "The Pilgrimage of Pope Paul the Sixth". Life. January 17, 1964. pp. 18–29. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "Religion: Death of a Patriarch". Time. July 17, 1972. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  16. ^ "The President's Daily Diary: October 4, 1965". Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015.
  17. ^ Harnisch, Larry (April 14, 2008). "The Daily Mirror Larry Harnisch reflects on Los Angeles history". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  18. ^ "New York World's Fair 1964/1965". NYWF64.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. His Holiness Pope Paul VI, 15 Cardinals, 1 Patriarch, 3 Apostolic Delegates, 5 Papal Nuncios, and 127 Archbishops and Bishops were among the ecclesiastical visitors to the Pavilion.
  19. ^ "Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima May 13, 1967". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013.
  20. ^ "Visit to Geneve on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Labour Organization 10 June 1969". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  21. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (March 12, 1999). "Iran's Leader and Pope Seek Better Muslim-Christian Ties". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2011. The last papal meeting with an Iranian leader was in 1970, when Pope Paul VI was greeted by the Shah during an airport stopover in Teheran.
  22. ^ "Address of the Holy Father Paul VI to the President of the Philippines - Manila, Philippines Friday, 27 November 1970". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  23. ^ "Address of the Holy Father Paul VI to His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II - West Samoa Monday, 30 November 1970". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  24. ^ "Welcome Ceremony Address of the Holy Father Paul VI - International Airport of Sydney, Australia Monday, 30 November 1970". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  25. ^ "Address of the Holy Father Paul VI to the President of the Republic of Indonesia - Djakarta, Indonesia Thursday, 3 December 1970". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  26. ^ "Apostle Endangered". Time. December 7, 1970. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  27. ^ "Pope's visit to be shown in a film". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc. September 10, 1972. Rufino J. Cardinal Santos, executive producer of the papal documentary, presented last May a copy of the film to the Pope who expressed elation...
  28. ^ "XIX Congresso Eucaristico NazionaleDi Pescara Omelia Di Paolo VI Sabato, 17 settembre 1977" (in Italian). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2018.

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