St. John Paul II High School, located in Corpus Christi on the Texas Gulf Coast within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, was officially announced and opened on December 8, 2005 (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) by Bishop Edmond Carmody.

As a Catholic institution, its mission is to offer a unique environment where students can experience the presence of the Holy Spirit, focusing on their spiritual, moral, intellectual, social, cultural, and physical development.

The school graduated its first class of seniors in 2010 and is named in honor of Pope John Paul II.

[3][4] The Centurion was a Roman officer commanding a century or a company, the strength of which varied between fifty and one hundred men in this era.

This type of character and virtue in this man is what John Paul II High School seeks to teach and instill in its students, both in the academic and athletic endeavors.