2016-06-30
(UNDATED) Following is a listing of all Pope John Paul's visits to the United States during his pontificate:

Oct. 1-7, 1979
Boston
New York (including the United Nations)
Philadelphia
Chicago
Des Moines, Iowa
Washington

Sept. 10-19, 1987
Miami
Columbia, S.C.
New Orleans
San Antonio
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Monterey, Calif.
San Francisco
Detroit

Aug. 12-15, 1993
Denver

Oct. 4-8, 1995
Newark, N.J.
New York (including the United Nations and Brooklyn)
Baltimore

Jan. 26-27, 1999
St. Louis

-- John Paul also made two brief stopovers in Alaska, in 1981 and 1984, on visits to Asia.

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