Popes of the Catholic Church

Gloriously reigning:

Pope Francis

	Supreme Pontiff	Pontificate	Place of Birth	Notes
1	Saint Peter	42 – 67	Israel	Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, received from Jesus Christ supreme pontifical power to be transmitted to his successors. Peter resided first at Antioch, and then governed Rome for 25 years, where he was martyred in 64 or 67.
2	Saint Linus	68 – 79	Italy
3	Saint Anacletus (Cletus)	80 – 92	Italy
4	Saint Clement I	92 – 99	Italy
5	Saint Evaristus	99 – 108	Israel
6	Saint Alexander I	108 – 116	Italy
7	Saint Sixtus I	117 – 126	Italy
8	Saint Telesphorus	127 – 137	Greece
9	Saint Hyginus	138 – 142	Greece
10	Saint Pius I	142 – 157	Italy
11	Saint Anicetus	157 – 168	Syria
12	Saint Soter	168 – 170	Italy
13	Saint Eleuterus	171 – 185	Greece
14	Saint Victor I	186 – 197	Algeria
15	Saint Zephyrinus	198 – 217	Italy
	Saint Antipope Hippolytus	(217 – 235)	Italy
16	Saint Callixtus I	218 – 222	Italy
17	Saint Urban I	222 – 230.05	Italy
18	Saint Pontian	230.07 – 235.09	Italy
19	Saint Anterus	235.11 – 236.01	Greece
20	Saint Fabian	236 – 250.01	Italy
	Antipope Novatian	(251 – 258)	Italy
21	Saint Cornelius	251.03 – 253.06	Italy
22	Saint Lucius I	253.06 – 254.03	Italy
23	Saint Stephen I	254.03 – 257.08	Italy
24	Saint Sixtus II	257.08 – 258.08	Greece
25	Saint Dionysius	259.07 – 268.12	Italy
26	Saint Felix I	269.01 – 274.12	Italy
27	Saint Eutychian	275.01 – 283.12	Italy
28	Saint Caius	283.12 – 296.04	Croatia
29	Saint Marcellinus	296.06 – 304.10	Italy
30	Saint Marcellus I	308.05 – 309.01	Italy
31	Saint Eusebius	309.04 – 309.08	Italy
32	Saint Miltiades	311.07 – 314.01	Algeria
33	Saint Sylvester I	314.01 – 335.12	Italy	1st Ecumenical Council (325): Nicaea I (Arianism)
34	Saint Mark	336.01 – 336.10	Italy
35	Saint Julius I	337.02 – 352.04	Italy
36	Liberius	352.05 – 366.09	Italy
	Saint Antipope Felix II	(355 – 365.11)	Italy
	Antipope Ursicinus	(366.09 – 367)	Italy
37	Saint Damasus I	366.10 – 384.12	Portugal	2nd Ecumenical Council (381): Constantinople I (Apollinarism)
38	Saint Siricius	384.12 – 399.11	Italy
39	Saint Anastasius I	399.11 – 401.12	Italy
40	Saint Innocent I	401.12 – 417.03	Italy
41	Saint Zosimus	417.03 – 418.12	Italy
	Antipope Eulalius	(418.12 – 419.04)	Italy
42	Saint Boniface I	418.12 – 422.09	Italy
43	Saint Celestine I	422.09 – 432.07	Italy	3rd Ecumenical Council (431): Ephesus (Nestorianism)
44	Saint Sixtus III	432.07 – 440.08	Italy
45	Saint Leo I	440.09 – 461.09	Italy	4th Ecumenical Council (451): Chalcedon (Eutychianism)
46	Saint Hilarius	461.11 – 468.02	Italy
47	Saint Simplicius	468.03 – 483.03	Italy
48	Saint Felix III (II)	483.03 – 492.02	Italy
49	Saint Gelasius I	492.03 – 496.11	Algeria
50	Anastasius II	496.11 – 498.11	Italy
	Antipope Laurentius	(498.11 – 499)	Italy
51	Saint Symmachus	498.11 – 514.07	Italy
	Antipope Laurentius	(502 – 506)	Italy	(again)
52	Saint Hormisdas	514.07 – 523.08	Italy
53	Saint John I	523.08 – 526.05	Italy
54	Saint Felix IV (III)	526.07 – 530.09	Italy
55	Boniface II	530.09 – 532.10	Italy
	Antipope Dioscorus	(530.09 – 530.10)	Egypt
56	John II	532.12 – 535.05	Italy	The first pope to change his name
57	Saint Agapetus I	535.05 – 536.04	Italy
58	Saint Silverius	536.06 – 537	Italy	Silverius was violently deposed and abdicated in 537. His successor, Vigilius, was not recognized as pope by all Roman clergy until his abdication. 5th Ecumenical Council (553): Constantinople II (Three Chapters Controversy)
59	Vigilius	537.03 – 555.06	Italy
60	Pelagius I	556.04 – 561.03	Italy
61	John III	561.07 – 574.07	Italy
62	Benedict I	575.06 – 579.07	Italy
63	Pelagius II	579.11 – 590.07	Italy
64	Saint Gregory I	590.09 – 604.03	Italy
65	Sabinian	604.03 – 606.02	Italy
66	Boniface III	607.02 – 607.11	Italy
67	Saint Boniface IV	608.08 – 615.05	Italy
68	Saint Adeodatus I	615.10 – 618.11	Italy
69	Boniface V	619.12 – 625.10	Italy
70	Honorius I	625.10 – 638.10	Italy
71	Severinus	638.10 – 640.08	Italy
72	John IV	640.08 – 642.10	Croatia
73	Theodore I	642.10 – 649.05	Israel
74	Saint Martin I	649.07 – 655.09	Italy
75	Saint Eugene I	654.08 – 657.06	Italy
76	Saint Vitalian	657.07 – 672.01	Italy
77	Adeodatus II	672.04 – 676.06	Italy
78	Donus	676.11 – 678.04	Italy
79	Saint Agatho	678.06 – 681.01	Italy	6th Ecumenical Council (680-1): Constantinople III (Monothelitism)
80	Saint Leo II	681.01 – 683.07	Italy
81	Saint Benedict II	684.06 – 685.05	Italy
82	John V	685.07 – 686.08	Turkiye
83	Conon	686.10 – 687.09	Syria
	Antipope Theodore (II)	(687 – 687)	Italy
	Antipope Paschal (I)	(687 – 687)	Italy
84	Saint Sergius I	687.12 – 701.09	Italy
85	John VI	701.10 – 705.01	Turkiye
86	John VII	705.03 – 707.10	Italy
87	Sisinnius	708.01 – 708.02	Syria
88	Constantine	708.03 – 715.04	Syria
89	Saint Gregory II	715.05 – 731.02	Italy
90	Saint Gregory III	731.03 – 741.11	Syria
91	Saint Zachary	741.12 – 752.03	Greece	A Roman priest named Stephen was elected to succeed Zachary, but died before consecration as bishop of Rome. Another Stephen was elected to succeed Zachary as Stephen II.
92	Stephen II (III)	752.03 – 757.04	Italy
93	Saint Paul I	757.04 – 767.06	Italy
	Antipope Constantine II	(767.06 – 768.07)	Italy
94	Stephen III (IV)	768.01 – 772.01	Italy
	Antipope Philip	(768.07 – 768.07)	Italy
95	Adrian I	772.01 – 795.12	Italy	7th Ecumenical Council (787): Nicaea II (Iconoclasm)
96	Saint Leo III	795.12 – 816.06	Italy
97	Stephen IV (V)	816.06 – 817.01	Italy
98	Saint Paschal I	817.01 – 824.02	Italy
99	Eugene II	824.02 – 827.08	Italy
100	Valentine	827.08 – 827.10	Italy
101	Gregory IV	827.09 – 844.01	Italy
	Antipope John VIII	(844.01 – 844.01)	Italy
102	Sergius II	844.01 – 847.01	Italy
103	Saint Leo IV	847.01 – 855.07	Italy
104	Benedict III	855.07 – 858.04	Italy
	Antipope Anastasius III	(855.09 – 855.09)	Italy
105	Saint Nicholas I	858.04 – 867.11	Italy
106	Adrian II	867.12 – 872.12	Italy	8th Ecumenical Council (869-70): Constantinople IV (Photian Schism)
107	John VIII	872.12 – 882.12	Italy
108	Marinus I	882.12 – 884.05	Italy
109	Saint Adrian III	884.05 – 885.08	Italy
110	Stephen V (VI)	885.09 – 891.09	Italy
111	Formosus	891.10 – 896.04	Italy
112	Boniface VI	896.04 – 896.04	Italy
113	Stephen VI (VII)	896.05 – 897.08	Italy
114	Romanus	897.07 – 897.11	Italy
115	Theodore II	897.12 – 897.12	Italy
116	John IX	897.12 – 900.01	Italy
117	Benedict IV	900.01 – 903.07	Italy
118	Leo V	903.07 – 903.09	Italy
	Antipope Christopher	(903.09 – 904.01)	Italy
119	Sergius III	904.01 – 911.04	Italy
120	Anastasius III	911.06 – 913.06	Italy
121	Lando	913.07 – 914.02	Italy
122	John X	914.03 – 929.07	Italy
123	Leo VI	928.05 – 928.12	Italy
124	Stephen VII (VIII)	929.01 – 931.02	Italy
125	John XI	931.03 – 936.01	Italy
126	Leo VII	936.01 – 939.07	Italy
127	Stephen VIII (IX)	939.07 – 942.10	Italy
128	Marinus II	942.10 – 946.05	Italy
129	Agapetus II	946.05 – 955.12	Italy
130	John XII	955.12 – 964.05	Italy
131	Leo VIII	963.12 – 965.03	Italy	John XII was deposed in 963 by a Roman council. If this deposition was invalid, Leo was an antipope. If the deposition was valid, Leo was the legitimate pope and Benedict was an antipope.
132	Benedict V	964.05 – 964.06	Italy
133	John XIII	965.10 – 972.09	Italy
134	Benedict VI	972.12 – 974.07	Italy
	Antipope Boniface VII	(974.06 – 974.07)	Italy
135	Benedict VII	974.10 – 983.07	Italy
136	John XIV	983.11 – 984.08	Italy
	Antipope Boniface VII	(984.08 – 985.07)	Italy	(again)
137	John XV	985.08 – 996.02	Italy
138	Gregory V	996.05 – 999.02	Germany
	Antipope John XVI	(997.02 – 998.05)	Italy
139	Sylvester II	999.04 – 1003.05	France
140	John XVII	1003.05 – 1003.11	Italy
141	John XVIII	1003.12 – 1009.07	Italy
142	Sergius IV	1009.07 – 1012.05	Italy	Sergius IV began the regular practice of changing one's name on election to the papacy.
143	Benedict VIII	1012 – 1024.04	Italy
	Antipope Gregory VI	(1012.05 – 1012.12)	Italy
144	John XIX	1024.04 – 1032	Italy
145	Benedict IX	1032.08 – 1044.09	Italy
146	Sylvester III	1045.01 – 1045.03	Italy	Sylvester III was an antipope if the forcible removal of Benedict IX in 1044 was illegitimate.
147	Benedict IX	1045.03 – 1045.05	Italy	(again)
148	Gregory VI	1045.05 – 1046.12	Italy
149	Clement II	1046.12 – 1047.10	Germany
150	Benedict IX	1047.10 – 1048.07	Italy	(again)
151	Damasus II	1047.12 – 1048.08	Germany
152	Saint Leo IX	1049.02 – 1054.04	France
153	Victor II	1054.09 – 1057.07	Germany
154	Stephen IX (X)	1057.08 – 1058.03	France
	Antipope Benedict X	(1058.04 – 1059.01)	Italy
155	Nicholas II	1058.12 – 1061.07	France
156	Alexander II	1061.09 – 1073.04	Italy
	Antipope Honorius II	(1061.10 – 1064.05)	Italy
157	Saint Gregory VII	1073.04 – 1085.05	Italy	Beatified by Gregory XIII (1584) Canonised by Paul V (1606)
	Antipope Clement III	(1080.06 – 1100.09)	Italy
158	Blessed Victor III	1086.05 – 1087.09	Italy	Cult recognized around 1100
159	Blessed Urban II	1088.03 – 1099.07	France	Cult recognized by Leo XIII (1881.07.14)
160	Paschal II	1099.08 – 1118.01	Italy
	Antipope Theodoric	(1100.09 – 1101.01)	Italy
	Antipope Albert	(1101.02 – 1101.05)	Italy
	Antipope Sylvester IV	(1105.11 – 1111.04)	Italy
161	Gelasius II	1118.01 – 1119.01	Italy
	Antipope Gregory VIII	(1118.03 – 1121.04)	France
162	Callixtus II	1119.02 – 1124.12	France	9th Ecumenical Council (1123): Lateran I (Investiture Controversy)
	Antipope Celestine II	(1124.12 – 1124.12)	Italy
163	Honorius II	1124.12 – 1130.02	Italy
	Antipope Anacletus II	(1130.02 – 1138.01)	Italy
164	Innocent II	1130.02 – 1143.09	Italy	10th Ecumenical Council (1139): Lateran II (Arnold of Brescia, etc.)
	Antipope Victor IV	(1138.03 – 1138.03)	Italy
165	Celestine II	1143.09 – 1144.03	Italy
166	Lucius II	1144.03 – 1145.02	Italy
167	Blessed Eugene III	1145.02 – 1153.07	Italy	Cult recognized by Pius IX (1872.10.03)
168	Anastasius IV	1153.07 – 1154.12	Italy
169	Adrian IV	1154.12 – 1159.09	England
	Antipope Victor IV	(1159.09 – 1164.04)	Italy
170	Alexander III	1159.09 – 1181.08	Italy	11th Ecumenical Council (1179): Lateran III (Papal Elections, etc.)
	Antipope Paschal III	(1164.04 – 1168.09)	Italy
	Antipope Callixtus III	(1168.11 – 1178.08)	Hungary
	Antipope Innocent III	(1179.09 – 1180.01)	Italy
171	Lucius III	1181.09 – 1185.11	Italy
172	Urban III	1185.11 – 1187.10	Italy
173	Gregory VIII	1187.10 – 1187.12	Italy
174	Clement III	1187.12 – 1191.03	Italy
175	Celestine III	1191.04 – 1198.01	Italy
176	Innocent III	1198.01 – 1216.07	Italy	12th Ecumenical Council (1215): Lateran IV (Waldenses, etc.)
177	Honorius III	1216.07 – 1227.03	Italy
178	Gregory IX	1227.03 – 1241.08	Italy
179	Celestine IV	1241.10 – 1241.11	Italy
180	Innocent IV	1243.06 – 1254.12	Italy	13th Ecumenical Council (1245): Lyons I (Frederick II)
181	Alexander IV	1254.12 – 1261.05	Italy
182	Urban IV	1261.08 – 1264.10	France
183	Clement IV	1265.02 – 1268.11	France
184	Blessed Gregory X	1271.09 – 1276.01	Italy	14th Ecumenical Council (1274): Lyons II (Reunion, etc.) Cult recognized by Clement XI (1713.09.12)
185	Blessed Innocent V	1276.01 – 1276.06	France	Cult recognized by Leo XIII (1898.03.14)
186	Adrian V	1276.07 – 1276.08	Italy
187	John XXI	1276.09 – 1277.05	Portugal	Elimination was made of the name of John XX in an effort to rectify the numerical designation of popes named John. The error dates back to the time of John XV.
188	Nicholas III	1277.11 – 1280.08	Italy
189	Martin IV	1281.02 – 1285.03	France	The names of Marinus I (882-84) and Marinus II (942-46) were construed as Martin. In view of these two pontificates and the earlier reign of St. Martin I (649-55), this pope was called Martin IV.
190	Honorius IV	1285.04 – 1287.04	Italy
191	Nicholas IV	1288.02 – 1292.04	Italy
192	Saint Celestine V	1294.07 – 1294.12	Italy	Canonised by Clement V (1313.05.05)
193	Boniface VIII	1294.12 – 1303.10	Italy
194	Blessed Benedict XI	1303.10 – 1304.07	Italy	Beatified by Clement XII (1736.04.24)
195	Clement V	1305.06 – 1314.04	France	15th Ecumenical Council (1311-12): Vienne (Templars)
196	John XXII	1316.08 – 1334.12	France	From 1309-77 Avignon was the residence of a series of French popes during a period of power struggles between the rulers of France, Bavaria and England and the Church. Despite positive achievements it was the prologue to the Western Schism which began in 1378. Urban V's cult recognized by Pius IX (1870.03.10)
	Antipope Nicholas V	(1328.05 – 1330.08)	Italy
197	Benedict XII	1334.12 – 1342.04	France
198	Clement VI	1342.05 – 1352.12	France
199	Innocent VI	1352.12 – 1362.09	France
200	Blessed Urban V	1362.09 – 1370.12	France
201	Gregory XI	1370.12 – 1378.03	France
202	Urban VI	1378.04 – 1389.10	Italy
	Antipope Clement VII	(1378.09 – 1394.09)	France
203	Boniface IX	1389.11 – 1404.10	Italy
	Antipope Benedict XIII	(1394.09 – 1423.05)	Spain
204	Innocent VII	1404.10 – 1406.11	Italy
205	Gregory XII	1406.11 – 1415.07	Italy	Gregory XII resigned voluntarily, bringing to an end the Western Schism. 16th Ecumenical Council (1414-17): Constance (Great Schism; the ecumenicity of the Council before the election of Martin V is disputed)
	Antipope Alexander V	(1409.06 – 1410.05)	Greece
	Antipope John XXIII	(1410.05 – 1415.05)	Italy
206	Martin V	1417.11 – 1431.02	Italy
207	Eugene IV	1431.03 – 1447.02	Italy	17th Ecumenical Council (1431-35): Basle-Florence (Reform and Union with the Greeks)
	Antipope Felix V	(1439.11 – 1449.04)	France
208	Nicholas V	1447.03 – 1455.03	Italy
209	Callixtus III	1455.04 – 1458.08	Spain
210	Pius II	1458.08 – 1464.08	Italy
211	Paul II	1464.08 – 1471.07	Italy
212	Sixtus IV	1471.08 – 1484.08	Italy
213	Innocent VIII	1484.08 – 1492.07	Italy
214	Alexander VI	1492.08 – 1503.08	Spain
215	Pius III	1503.09 – 1503.10	Italy
216	Julius II	1503.11 – 1513.02	Italy	18th Ecumenical Council (1512-17): Lateran V (Reform)
217	Leo X	1513.03 – 1521.12	Italy	18th Ecumenical Council (1512-17): Lateran V (Reform)
218	Adrian VI	1522.01 – 1523.09	Netherlands
219	Clement VII	1523.11 – 1534.09	Italy
220	Paul III	1534.10 – 1549.11	Italy	19th Ecumenical Council (1545-63): Trent (Protestantism and Reform)
221	Julius III	1550.02 – 1555.03	Italy
222	Marcellus II	1555.04 – 1555.05	Italy
223	Paul IV	1555.05 – 1559.08	Italy
224	Pius IV	1559.12 – 1565.12	Italy
225	Saint Pius V	1566.01 – 1572.05	Italy	Canonised by Clement XI (1712.05.22)
226	Gregory XIII	1572.05 – 1585.04	Italy
227	Sixtus V	1585.04 – 1590.08	Italy
228	Urban VII	1590.09 – 1590.09	Italy
229	Gregory XIV	1590.12 – 1591.10	Italy
230	Innocent IX	1591.10 – 1591.12	Italy
231	Clement VIII	1592.01 – 1605.03	Italy
232	Leo XI	1605.04 – 1605.04	Italy
233	Paul V	1605.05 – 1621.01	Italy
234	Gregory XV	1621.02 – 1623.07	Italy
235	Urban VIII	1623.08 – 1644.07	Italy
236	Innocent X	1644.09 – 1655.01	Italy
237	Alexander VII	1655.04 – 1667.05	Italy
238	Clement IX	1667.06 – 1669.12	Italy
239	Clement X	1670.04 – 1676.07	Italy
240	Blessed Innocent XI	1676.09 – 1689.08	Italy	Beatified by Pius XII (1956.10.07)
241	Alexander VIII	1689.10 – 1691.02	Italy
242	Innocent XII	1691.07 – 1700.09	Italy
243	Clement XI	1700.11 – 1721.03	Italy
244	Innocent XIII	1721.05 – 1724.03	Italy
245	Benedict XIII	1724.05 – 1730.02	Italy
246	Clement XII	1730.07 – 1740.02	Italy
247	Benedict XIV	1740.08 – 1758.05	Italy
248	Clement XIII	1758.07 – 1769.02	Italy
249	Clement XIV	1769.05 – 1774.09	Italy
250	Pius VI	1775.02 – 1799.08	Italy
251	Pius VII	1800.03 – 1823.08	Italy
252	Leo XII	1823.09 – 1829.02	Italy
253	Pius VIII	1829.03 – 1830.11	Italy
254	Gregory XVI	1831.02 – 1846.06	Italy
255	Blessed Pius IX	1846.06 – 1878.02	Italy	Beatified by John Paul II (2000.09.03) 20th Ecumenical Council (1869-70): Vatican I (Papal Infallibility, etc.)
256	Leo XIII	1878.02 – 1903.07	Italy
257	Saint Pius X	1903.08 – 1914.08	Italy	Beatified by Pius XII (1951.06.03) Canonised by Pius XII (1954.05.29)
258	Benedict XV	1914.09 – 1922.01	Italy
259	Pius XI	1922.02 – 1939.02	Italy
260	Pius XII	1939.03 – 1958.10	Italy
261	Saint John XXIII	1958.10 – 1963.06	Italy	John XXIII was beatified by John Paul II (2000.09.03) and canonized by Francis (2014.04.27). Paul VI was beatified (2014.10.19) and canonized (2018.10.14) by Francis. 21st Ecumenical Council (1962-65): Vatican II (Renewal of the Church)
262	Saint Paul VI	1963.06 – 1978.08	Italy
263	Blessed John Paul I	1978.08 – 1978.09	Italy	Beatified by Francis (2022.09.04)
264	Saint John Paul II	1978.10 – 2005.04	Poland	Beatified by Benedict XVI (2011.05.01) Canonised by Francis (2014.04.27)
265	Benedict XVI	2005.04 – 2013.02	Germany	Resigned voluntarily (2013.02.28)
266	Francis	2013.03 – ...	Argentina

Roman Pontiffs (Popes)

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