List of pastoral trips made by Pope Paul VI

The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809, representing the first ever papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land and the first papal visit to Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, and South America. Pope Paul VI visited six continents, and was the most-travelled pope in history to that time, earning the nickname "the Pilgrim Pope". With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy, which were continued by his successors Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV. He traveled to Jordan and Israel 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.. 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. The Pope also traveled to the Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. The first papal visit to the United States occurred on 4 October 1965, when Paul VI visited New York City to address the United Nations at the invitation of Secretary-General U Thant. During that visit, the Pope first stopped at St. Patrick's Cathedral where some 55,000 people lined the streets to greet him, met with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Waldorf Astoria, addressed the United Nations General Assembly, celebrated Mass at Yankee Stadium, and viewed Michelangelo's Pieta at the New York World's Fair in Queens. 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. He died on August 6, 1978.

Travels outside Italy

Voyage Date Nations VisitedPlaces VisitedNotes 1.4–6 January 1964 Amman, Jerusalem Old City (Jordanian side), BethlehemThis was the first time a reigning pontiff had flown on an airplane, the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century. Paul VI met King Hussein of Jordan in Amman and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.5 January 1964 Megiddo, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee2.2 December 1964 Beirutstopover2–5 December 1964 Bombay Attended the 38th International Eucharistic Congress 3. 4 October 1965 New York City 1965 visit by Pope Paul VI to the United States4.13 May 1967 Fátima Pilgrimage to the Marian shrine, the Sanctuary of Fátima5.25–26 July 1967 Istanbul, Ephesus, Smyrna Second meeting with Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople.6.22–24 August 1968 Bogotá Attended the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá.24 August 1968 HamiltonStopover7.10 June 1969 Geneva Paul VI addressed the International Labour Organization.8.31 July–2 August 1969 Kampala, NamugongoThe 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 1970TehranThe Pope's last international trip took him to nine countries. He met several heads of state including Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, the O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa Malietoa Tanumafili II, Governor-General Paul Hasluck of Australia, and President Suharto of Indonesia. On 27 November 1970, the Pope was the target of an assassination attempt by Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores at Manila International Airport in the Philippines. On 16 September 1972, a documentary film about the Pope's Philippine visit premiered at the Greenhills theater in San Juan, Rizal, Philippines.27 November 1970Dhaka27-29 November 1970Manila30 November 1970 Pago Pago30 November 1970Leulumoega30 November–3 December 1970Sydney3–4 December 1970Jakarta4 December 1970Hong Kong4–5 December 1970Colombo

Travels in Italy 11 August 1964: Orvieto Pilgrimage on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the bull "Transiturus". 24 October 1964: Montecassino 10 June 1965: Pisa The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress. 1 September 1966: Alatri, Fumone, Ferentino and Anagni 11 September 1966: Carpineto Romano and Colleferro 24 December 1966: Florence The Pope visited Florence, affected by severe flooding on November 4 of that year. 24–25 December 1968: Taranto 24 April 1970: Cagliari 3 September 1971: Albano 8 September 1971: Subiaco 16 September 1972: Udine, Venice and Aquileia The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress in Udine. 24 December 1972: Ponzano Romano and Sant'Oreste 14 September 1974: Aquino 8 August 1976: Bolsena The pope visited Bolsena on the occasion of the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. 17 September 1977: Pescara The Pope attended the National Eucharistic Congress.

See also List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II List of pastoral visits of Pope Benedict XVI List of pastoral visits of Pope Francis List of pastoral visits of Pope Leo XIV List of meetings between the pope and the president of the United States State visit

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"World's Fair Photos" Pope Paul VI visits the World's Fair - audio of the NBC television feed. "Pope Paul VI talks at the United Nations, and sees the 'Pieta'" YouTube video of the Pope's visit to the United Nations.