Is there a reason why Pope John Paul II wasn't called Pope John Paul Jr.?

Question

tomtom, Yahoo S, and connor g: WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Oh, so his daddy's name wasn't John Paul, but there was another Pope who had that name. I get it now.

Answer 1

Tradition--both kings and popes' names are customarily followed by an ordinal number, such as I, II, III, and so forth. Since 1555, popes have chosen names other than their baptismal names either to honor their immediate predecessors, for example, Pope John II, or saints or previous popes whom they wished to emulate, for instance, Pope Benedict XVI.

American parents attach the word junior after a son's name if they name him exactly after his father if he, in turn, is not named after his father, or another more-distant relative. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's naming of his first-born son John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. is probably the most familiar recent example of this practice.

A comma is placed before the Jr. or the III (or very rarely the IV or V) because both the junior and the Roman numeral placed after the name are considered parenthetical. If a senior dies, the son often drops the junior. Thus, if the father, William Robert Doe, dies, his son William Robert Doe, Jr. starts writing his name simply as William Robert Doe.

If a father names his son after another relative, and the child is the second person to receive the exact identical given name or names, that child usually will have the Roman numeral II placed after his surname.

Answer 2

Yes, because Pope John Paul was not his father. I also believe that a Pope chooses his own name after he is selected to the position.

Answer 3

The designation "jr." would refer to the first male offspring of the father.
Pope John Paul isn't the father of Pope John Paul II.
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Answer 4

The Pope is a monarch and therefore he has a regnal number. As Pope John Paul I wasn't his father he couldn't be Jr.

Answer 5

Yes. His father was not John Paul I.

Answer 6

"What is you, ignorant? Everyone knows its 'cuz they had different middle names! Also, "Big Papi" would have the same name on the Red Sox, Big Papi John Paul I, and Big Papi John Paul II. Go figure!

Answer 7

it is not elementary to triumph over "John S" 's answer, notwithstanding i could upload one considered necessary ingredient to his answer. "John S" says Pope John Paul II "stood up for the suggestions of Vatican II". it particularly is authentic, notwithstanding it may do solid to realize that the consequence of Vatican II replaced into no longer the liberal bastardization of the Roman Catholic Church that untold liberals placed forth to harm the Church's backbone. If "John S" realizes that, and capacity that as quickly as he says "the suggestions of", then I wholeheartedly accept as true with him. I had an dazzling e book on Vatican II, with Pope John Paul II's photograph on the front, yet for the existence of me i'm no longer able to discover it, yet in that e book it replaced into made particularly sparkling the version between what Vatican II replaced into particularly all approximately, and the liberal interpretation and imposition upon the Church. it is likewise genuine sparkling from different textile that the call of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI replaced into performed with the very sparkling know-how that Cardinal Ratzinger replaced right into a detailed adherent to Karol Wojtyla's solid classic thinking with know to the Church. And that adherence to the greater "classic" way of the Church replaced into between the greater signs and warning signs of "goodness and righteousness" any Pope could have. God Bless you.

Answer 8

oh, man, this is like the heaviest question I heard in decades,
I mean, man, help me with this (lights up a ciggy) is Ben Gay ? I mean this was bothering me for decades, man, can you help ? I am obviously dealing here with a towering intellect, man, so you can give me an answer to this one, please ? also, did this question come to you all by itself in a flash of revelation, or did you like, have to sweat over this one for a long time ? another thing I had on my mind, man was Moses one of the the three stooges, man ? I mean he was Moe(ses)?
how about Moe(hammad), man ? what do you think man ?
It looks like Buddy(ha) was just that, wasn't he ?
nice attempt at being a troll, now, skipper, it is way past your bed time, so put your tricycle in the garage and run along...
BTW, if you ever arrive at 0.00000000001% compassion JPII had, let me know...

Answer 9

The were not related therefore one could not be the "junior" of the other.

Answer 10

And the chemical in your system is?