Like his predecessor, John Paul II dispensed with the traditional Papal coronation and instead received ecclesiastical investiture with a simplified Papal inauguration on 22 October 1978.
Como o seu inmediato predecesor, Xoán Paulo II prescindiu da tradicional coroación papal e no canto diso recibiu a investidura eclesiástica coa simplificada inauguración papal o 22 de outubro de 1978.