Dignitaries Attending John Paul II's Funeral

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: Governor General Silvia Cartwright

Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand in November 1986.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: President Enrique Bolanos, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera

Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in March 1983 and February 1996.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: President Olusegun Obasanjo

Pope John Paul II visited in February 1982 and March 1998.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: Queen Sonja, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik (King Harald is in hospital recovering from heart surgery), and Norwegian Bishop Finn Wagle of the Protestant state church

Pope John Paul II visited Norway in June 1989.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammed Ijaz-ul Haq

Pope John Paul II visited Pakistan in February 1980.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: Prime Minister Ahmed Queria

Pope John Paul II visited with Palestinian leaders in Israel in March 2000.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: President Martin Torrijos, first lady Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis

Pope John Paul II visited Panama in March 1983.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: Foreign Minister Leila Rachid

Pope John Paul II visited Paraguay in May 1988.

THE PHILIPPINES
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had an audience with Pope John Paul II on September 27, 2003, at the Vatican.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: President Arroyo

Pope John Paul II visited the Philippines in February 1981 and January 1995.

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POLAND
Pope John Paul II hugs Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's Solidarity trade union and later the nation's first post-communist president, in Gdansk, Poland, on June 11, 1987.

Walesa maintained very close ties with the Polish pope, who was once the Archbishop of Krakow. Pope John Paul II had been a powerful supporter of Solidarity, which played a key role in overthrowing communism in Poland.

Delegation attending Pope John Paul II's funeral led by: President Aleksander Kwasniewski and his wife, Prime Minister Marek Belka, former president Lech Walesa and Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Poland's first post-communist president and prime minister

Pope John Paul II visited his native Poland in June 1979, June 1983, June 1987, June 1991, August 1991, May 1995, May 1997, June 1999 and 2002. (AFP Photo)