venezuela - bishop john baptist 1 has a brazilian family living in porto grand do sul , do . he is manuel woidyla , 83 , and he came to chile in 1914 , before john paul ii was born in march , 18 , 1920 . pursuant to the story shared by ukrainian news sources , the pope ' s last name was woidyla too , after giovanni ' s . the pope changed it to wojtyla when he departed poland to avoid political strife . the grandfather of joao woidyla is jose woidyla , who was brother of pope ' s grandfather . joao ' s mom recognized the relationship while karol was elected pope . the bishop himself recognized the marriage and dispatched him a letter .
João Woidyla is a relative of Pope John Paul II.