List of popes

list of the heads of the Catholic Church
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The list of popes begins with St. Peter and continues through the present day.[1] The pope is the head of the Catholic Church.

Popes buried in St. Peter's

Peter was called the Bishop of Rome.[2] All others who became Bishop of Rome were also recognized as popes.

Chronological list of popes

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The list sometimes says interregnum. This is Latin for "between reigns". It means there was no Pope; as in a Pope had died, and his successor hadn't yet been elected.

From 30 to 249

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Dates of reign English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
30 to 67 Peter[2]
Saint Peter
Petrus Simon Peter
שמעון בן יונה
(Shimon ben Yona)

Shimon Kipha
CΙΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑC
(Simeon Kephas - Simon the Rock)
Bethsaida, Galilea
post42/ante57 to 64/67(?) Petrus
64/67(?) to 76/79(?) Linus
Saint Linus
Linus Linus Tuscia (Northern Latium)
76/79(?) to 88 Anacletus
(Cletus)
Saint Anacletus
Anacletus Anacletus Probably Greece
88/92 to 97/101 Clement I
Saint Clement
Clemens Primus   Rome
97/99 to 105/107 Evaristus
(Aristus)
Saint Evaristus
Evaristus Aristus  
105/107 to 115/116 Alexander I
Saint Alexander
Alexander Primus Alexander
115/116 to 125 Sixtus I
Saint Sixtus
Xystus Primus   Rome or Greece
125 to 136/138 Telesphorus
Saint Telesphorus
Telesphorus   Greece
136/138 to 140/142 Hyginus
Saint Hyginus
Hyginus   Greece
140/142 to 155 Pius I
Saint Pius
Pius Primus   Aquileia, Friuli, Italy
155 to 166 Anicetus
Saint Anicetus
Anicetus   Emesa, Syria
c.166 to 174/175 Soter
Saint Soter
Soterius   Fondi, Latium, Italy
174/175 to 189 Eleuterus
Saint Eleutherus
Eleutherius   Nicopoli, Epyrus
189 to 198/199 Victor I
Saint Victor
Victor Primus   Northern Africa
199 to 217 Zephyrinus
Saint Zephyrin
Zephyrinus   Rome
c.217 to 222/223 Callixtus I
Saint Callixtus
Callistus Primus  
222/223 to 230 Urban I
Saint Urban
Urbanus Primus   Rome
21 July 230 to 28 September 235 Pontian
Saint Pontian
Pontianus   Rome
235 to 3 January 236 Anterus
Saint Anterus
Anterus   Greece
10 January 236 to 20 January 250 Fabian
Saint Fabian
Fabianus   Rome

From 250 to 499

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Ordinal
number[1]
Dates of
reign[1]
Portrait English name Latin name Personal name Place of
birth
  21  251 — 253   Cornelius
Saint Cornelius
Cornelius    
  22  253 — 254   Lucius I
Saint Lucius
Lucius Primus   Rome
  23  254 — 257   Stephen I
Saint Stephen
Stephanus Primus   Rome
  24  257 — 258   Sixtus II
Saint Sixtus II
Xystus Secundus   Greece
  25  259 — 268   Dionysius
Saint Dionysius
Dionysius   Greece
  26  269 — 274   Felix I
Saint Felix
Felix Primus   Rome
  27  275 — 283   Eutychian
Saint Eutychian
Eutychianus  
  28  283 — 296   Caius
Saint Caius
Caius    
  29  296 — 304   Marcellinus
Saint Marcellinus
Marcellinus    
  30  308 — 309   Marcellus I
Saint Marcellus
Marcellus Primus    
  31  309 or 310   Eusebius
Saint Eusebius
Eusebius    
  32  311 — 314   Miltiades
Melchiades
Saint Miltiades
Miltiades   Africa
  33  314 — 335   Sylvester I
Saint Sylvester
Silvester Primus    
  34  336 — 336   Mark
Saint Mark
Marcus   Rome
  35  337 — 352   Julius
Saint Julius
Iulius Primus   Rome
  36  352 — 366   Liberius Liberius    
  37  366 — 384   Damascus
Saint Damasus
Damasus Primus   Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
  38  384 — 399   Siricius
Saint Siricius
Siricius    
  39  399 — 401   Anastasius I
Saint Anastasius
Anastasius Primus    
  40  401 — 417   Innocent I
Saint Innocent
Innocentius Primus    
  41  417 — 418   Zosimus
Saint Zosimus
Zosimus    
  42  418 — 422   Boniface I
Saint Boniface
Bonifacius Primus    
  43  422 — 432   Celestine I
Saint Celestine
Coelestinus Primus    
  44  432 — 440   Sixtus III
Saint Sixtus
Xystus Tertius    
  45  440 — 461   Leo I
Saint Leo
Leo the Great
Leo Primus   Rome
  46  461 — 468   Hilarius
Saint Hilarius
Hilarius    
  47  468 — 483   Simplicius
Saint Simplicius
Simplicius   Tivoli, Italy
  48  483 — 492   Felix III
Saint Felix
Felix Tertius   Rome
  49  492 — 496   Gelasius I
Saint Gelasius
Gelasius Primus   Africa
  50  496 — 498   Anastasius II Anastasius Secundus    
  51  498 — 514   Symmachus
Saint Symmachus
Symmachus   Sardinia

From 500 to 749

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Dates of reign English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
20 July 514 to 19 July 523 Hormisdas
Saint Hormisdas
Hormisdus   Frosinone, Southern Latium, Italy
13 August 523 to 18 May 526 John I
Saint John
Ioannes Primus   Tuscany
13 July 526 to 22 September 530 Felix IV
Saint Felix
Felix Quartus   Samnium
22 September 530 to 17 October 532 Boniface II Bonifacius Secundus   Rome to Ostrogoth parents
2 January 533 to 8 May 535 John II Ioannes Secundus Mercurius Rome
13 May 535 to 22 April 536 Agapetus I
Agapitus
Saint Agapetus
Agapetus Primus    
1 June 536 to 11 November 537 Silverius
Saint Silverius
Silverius    
29 March 537 to 7 June 555 Vigilius Vigilius   Rome
16 April 556 to 4 March 561 Pelagius I Pelagius Primus   Rome
17 July 561 to 13 July 574 John III Ioannes Tertius Catelinus  
2 June 575 to 30 July 579 Benedict I Benedictus Primus    
26 November 579 to 7 February 590 Pelagius II Pelagius Secundus   Rome
3 September 590 to 12 March 604 Gregory I, O.S.B.
Saint Gregory
Gregory the Great
Gregorius Primus   Rome
13 September 604 to 22 February 606 Sabinian
Saint Sabinian
Sabinianus   Blera
19 February 607 to 12 November 607 Boniface III Bonifacius Tertius   Rome
25 August 608 to 8 May 615 Boniface IV, O.S.B.
Saint Boniface
Bonifacius Quartus   Marsi
19 October 615 to 8 November 618 Adeodatus I Adeodatus Primus   Rome
23 December 619 to 25 October 625 Boniface V Bonifacius Quintus   Naples
27 October 625 to 12 October 638 Honorius I Honorius Primus    
October 638 to 2 August 640 Severinus Severinus   Rome
24 December 640 to 12 October 642 John IV Ioannes Quartus   Zadar, Dalmatia, now Croatia
24 November 642 to 14 May 649 Theodore I Theodorus Primus   Palestine
July 649 to 16 September 655 Martin I
Saint Martin
Martinus Primus    
10 August 654 to 2 June 657 Eugene I
Saint Eugene
Eugenius Primus   Rome
30 July 657 to 27 January 672 Vitalian
Saint Vitalian
Vitalianus    
11 April 672 to 17 June 676 Adeodatus II, O.S.B. Adeodatus Secundus    
2 November 676 to 11 April 678 Donus Donus    
27 June 678 to 10 January 681 Agatho
Saint Agatho
Agatho   Sicily
December 681 to 3 July 683 Leo II
Saint Leo
Leo Secundus   Sicily
683/26 June 684 to 8 May 685 Benedict II
Saint Benedict
Benedictus Secundus    
12 July 685 to 2 August 686 John V Ioannes Quintus   Syria
21 October 686 to 22 September 687 Conon Conon    
15 December 687 to 8 September 701 Sergius I
Saint Sergius
Sergius Primus   Sicily
30 October 701 to 11 January 705 John VI Ioannes Sextus   Greece
1 March 705 to 18 October 707 John VII Ioannes Septumus   Greece
15 January 708 to 4 February 708 Sisinnius Sisinnius   Syria
25 March 708 to 9 April 715 Constantine Constantinus   Syria
19 May 715 to 11 February 731 Gregory II
Saint Gregory
Gregorius Secundus    
18 March 731 to 28 November 741 Gregory III Gregorius Tertius   Syria
3 December 741 to 14 March/22 March 752 Zachary
Saint Zachary
Zacharias   Greece

From 750 to 999

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Dates of reign English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
23 March 752 to 25 March 752 Never took office as Pope. (Pope-elect_Stephen) Stephanus    
26 March 752 to 26 April 757 Stephen II Stephanus Secundus    
29 May 757 to 28 June 767 Paul I
Saint Paul
Paulus Primus    
1 August 767 to 24 January 772 Stephen III Stephanus Tertius    
1 February 772 to 26 December 795 Adrian I Hadrianus Primus   Rome
26 December 795 to 12 June 816 Leo III Leo Tertius    
12 June 816 to 24 January 817 Stephen IV Stephanus Quartus    
25 January 817 to 11 February 824 Paschal I
Saint Paschal
Paschalis Primus   Rome
8 May 824 to August 827 Eugene II Eugenius Secundus   Rome
August 827 to September 827 Valentine Valentinus   Rome
October 827 to January 844 Gregory IV Gregorius Quartus    
January 844 to 7 January 847 Sergius II Sergius Secundus   Rome
January 847 to 17 July 855 Leo IV, O.S.B.
Saint Leo
Leo Quartus   Rome
855 to 7 April 858 Benedict III Benedictus Tertius    
24 April 858 to 13 November 867 Nicholas I
Saint Nicholas
Nicholas the Great
Nicolaus Primus    
14 December 867 to 14 December 872 Adrian II Hadrianus Secundus   Rome
14 December 872 to 16 December 882 John VIII Ioannes Octavus   Rome
16 December 882 to 15 May 884 Marinus I Marinus Primus    
17 May 884 to c.September 885 Adrian III
Saint Adrian
Hadrianus Tertius   Rome
885 to 14 September 891 Stephen V Stephanus Quintus    
19 September 891 to 4 April 896 Formosus Formosus   Ostia
4 April 896 to 19 April 896 Boniface VI Bonifacius Sextus   Rome
22 May 896 to August 897 Stephen VI Stephanus Sextus    
August 897 to November 897 Romanus Romanus    
December 897 Theodore II Theodorus Secundus    
January 898 to January 900 John IX, O.S.B. Ioannes Nonus    
900 to 903 Benedict IV Benedictus Quartus   Rome
July 903 to September 903 Leo V Leo Quintus   Ardea
29 January 904 to 14 April 911 Sergius III Sergius Tertius   Rome
April 911 to June 913 Anastasius III Anastasius Tertius   Rome
July/August 913 to February/March 914 Lando Landus   Sabina, Italy
March 914 to May 928 John X Ioannes Decimus    
May 928 to December 928 Leo VI Leo Sextus    
December 928 to February 931 Stephen VII Stephanus Septimus    
February/March 931 to December 935 John XI Ioannes Undecimus    
3 January 936 to 13 July 939 Leo VII, O.S.B. Leo Septimus    
14 July 939 to October 942 Stephen VIII Stephanus Octavus    
30 October 942 to May 946 Marinus II Marinus Secundus    
10 May 946 to December 955 Agapetus II Agapetus Secundus    
16 December 955 to 14 May 964 John XII Ioannes Duodecimus Octavian  
22 May 964 to 23 June 964 Benedict V Benedictus Quintus    
July 964 to 1 March 965 Leo VIII Leo Octavus   Rome
1 October 965 to 6 September 972 John XIII Ioannes Tertius Decimus    
19 January 973 to June 974 Benedict VI Benedictus Sextus    
October 974 to 10 July 983 Benedict VII Benedictus Septimus    
December 983 to 20 August 984 John XIV Ioannes Quartus Decimus Pietro Campanora Pavia
August 985 to March 996 John XV Ioannes Quintus Decimus   Rome
3 May 996 to 18 February 999 Gregory V Gregorius Quintus Bruno of Carinthia  
2 April 999 to 12 May 1003 Sylvester II Silvester Secundus Gerbert d'Aurillac Auvergne region of France

From 1000 to 1249

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Dates of reign English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
June 1003 to December 1003 John XVII Ioannes Septimus Decimus Siccone Rome
25 December 1003 to July 1009 John XVIII Ioannes Duodevicesimus Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus Rome
31 July 1009 to 12 May 1012 Sergius IV Sergius Quartus Pietro Boccapecora Rome
18 May 1012 to 9 April 1024 Benedict VIII Benedictus Octavus Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum Rome
April/May 1024 to 20 October 1032 John XIX Ioannes Undevicesimus Romanus, Conti di Tusculum Rome
1032 to 1044 Benedict IX Benedictus Nonus Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum Rome
1045 Sylvester III Silvester Tertius John, Bishop of Sabina Rome
1045 to 1046 Benedict IX Benedictus Nonus Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum Rome
April/May 1045 to 20 December 1046 Gregory VI Gregorius Sextus Johannes Gratianus  
24 December 1046 to 9 October 1047 Clement II Clemens Secundus Suidger Saxony
November 1047 to 1048 Benedict IX Benedictus Nonus Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum  
17 July 1048 to 9 August 1048 Damasus II Damasus Secundus Poppo Tirol
12 February 1049 to 19 April 1054 Leo IX
Saint Leo
Leo Nonus Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg Alsace
13 April 1055 to 28 July 1057 Victor II Victor Secundus Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg Germany
2 August 1057 to 29 March 1058 Stephen IX, O.S.B. Stephanus Nonus Frederic de Lorraine; Frederick of Lorraine  
6 December 1058 to 27 July 1061 Nicholas II Nicolaus Secundus Gérard de Bourgogne; Gerard of Burgundy  
30 September 1061 to 21 April 1073 Alexander II Alexander Secundus Anselmo da Baggio Baggio, Milan, Italy
22 April 1073 to 25 May 1085 Gregory VII, O.S.B.
Saint Gregory
Gregorius Septimus Hildebrand Soana, Tuscany, Italy
24 May 1086 to 16 September 1087 Victor III, O.S.B.
Blessed Victor
Victor Tertius Desiderio; Desiderius; Dauferius Southern Italy
12 March 1088 to 29 July 1099 Urban II, O.S.B.
Blessed Urban
Urbanus Secundus Odo of Lagery France
13 August 1099 to 21 January 1118 Paschal II, O.Cist. Paschalis Secundus Raniero Romagna, Italy
24 January 1118 to 28 January 1119 Gelasius II, O.S.B. Gelasius Secundus Giovanni Coniulo Gaeta, Latium, Italy
2 February 1119 to 13 December 1124 Callixtus II Callistus Secundus Guido, Comte de Bourgogne France
15 December 1124 to 13 February 1130 Honorius II Honorius Secundus Lamberto Scannabecchi Imola, Romagna, Italy
14 February 1130 to 24 September 1143 Innocent II Innocentius Secundus Gregorio Papareschi Rome, Italy
26 September 1143 to 8 March 1144 Celestine II Coelestinus Secundus Guido Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
12 March 1144 to 15 March 1145 Lucius II Lucius Secundus Gerardo Caccianemici dal Orso Bologna, Italy
15 February 1145 to 8 July 1153 Eugene III, O.Cist.
Blessed Eugene
Eugenius Tertius Bernardo Pignatelli Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
8 July 1153 to 3 December 1154 Anastasius IV Anastasius Quartus Corrado Rome
4 December 1154 to 1 September 1159 Adrian IV, O.S.A. Hadrianus Quartus Nicholas Breakspear England
7 September 1159 to 30 August 1181 Alexander III Alexander Tertius Rolando Bandinelli Siena, Tuscany, Italy
1 September 1181 to 25 November 1185 Lucius III Lucius Tertius Ubaldo Allucingoli Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
25 November 1185 to 19 October 1187 Urban III Urbanus Tertius Uberto Crivelli Milan, Italy
21 October 1187 to 17 December 1187 Gregory VIII Gregorius Octavus Alberto di Morra Benevento, Campania, Italy
19 December 1187 to 27 March 1191 Clement III Clemens Tertius Paulino Scolari Rome
30 March 1191 to 8 January 1198 Celestine III Coelestinus Tertius Giacinto Bobone Rome
8 January 1198 to 16 July 1216 Innocent III Innocentius Tertius Lothario dei Conti di Segni Gavignano, Latium, Italy
18 July 1216 to 18 March 1227 Honorius III Honorius Tertius Cencio Savelli Rome
19 March 1227 to 22 August 1241 Gregory IX Gregorius Nonus Ugolino dei Conti di Segni Anagni, Latium, Italy
25 October 1241 to 10 November 1241 Celestine IV, O.S.B. Coelestinus Quartus Goffredo Castiglioni Milan, Italy
25 June 1243 to 7 December 1254 Innocent IV Innocentius Quartus Sinibaldo Fieschi Genoa, Italy

From 1254 to 1492

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Dates of reign English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
12 December 1254 to 25 May 1261 Alexander IV Alexander Quartus Rinaldo dei Conti di Segni; Rinaldo Conti Anagni, Italy
29 August 1261 to 2 October 1264 Urban IV Urbanus Quartus Jacques Pantaléon Troyes, France
5 February 1265 to 29 November 1268 Clement IV Clemens Quartus Gui Faucoi le Gros (angl: Guy Foulques the Fat) Saint-Gilles, France
29 November 1268 to 1 September 1271 Sede vacante (interregnum)
1 September 1271 to 10 January 1276 Gregory X, O.Cist.
Blessed Gregory
Gregorius Decimus Tebaldo Visconti Piacenza, Italy
21 January 1276 to 22 June 1276 Innocent V, O.P.
Blessed Innocent
Innocentius Quintus Pierre de Tarentaise Savoy, France
11 July 1276 to 18 August 1276 Adrian V Hadrianus Quintus Ottobuono Fieschi Genoa, Italy
8 September 1276 to 20 May 1277 John XXI Ioannes Vicesimus Primus Pedro Hispano Lisbon, Portugal
25 November 1277 to 22 August 1280 Nicholas III, O.S.B. Nicolaus Tertius Giovanni Gaetano Orsini Rome, Italy
22 February 1281 to 28 March 1285 Martin IV Martinus Quartus Simon de Brion; Simon de Brie Touraine, France
2 April 1285 to 3 April 1287 Honorius IV Honorius Quartus Giacomo Savelli Rome, Italy
22 February 1288 to 4 April 1292 Nicholas IV, O.F.M. Nicolaus Quartus Girolamo Masci Ascoli, Italy
4 April 1292 to 5 July 1294 Sede vacante (interregnum)
5 July 1294 to 13 December 1294 Celestine V, O.S.B.
Saint Celestine
Coelestinus Quintus Pietro da Morrone Moline, Italy
24 December 1294 to 11 October 1303 Boniface VIII Bonifacius Octavus Benedetto Caetani Anagni, Italy
22 October 1303 to 7 July 1304 Benedict XI, O.P.
Blessed Bendedict
Benedictus Undecimus Niccolò Boccasini Treviso, Italy
5 June 1305 to 20 April 1314 Clement V Clemens Quintus Bertrand de Got Bordeaux, France
20 April 1314 to 7 August 1316 Sede vacante (interregnum)
7 August 1316 to 4 December 1334 John XXII Ioannes Vicesimus Secundus Jacques d'Euse; Jacques Duèse Cahors, France
20 December 1334 to 25 April 1342 Benedict XII, O.Cist. Benedictus Duodecimus Jacques Fournier Saverdun, France
7 May 1342 to 6 December 1352 Clement VI Clemens Sextus Pierre Roger Limoges, France
18 December 1352 to 12 September 1362 Innocent VI Innocentius Sextus Étienne Aubert; Stephen Aubert Beyssac, France
28 September 1362 to 19 December 1370 Urban V, O.S.B.
Blessed Urban
Urbanus Quintus Guillaume Grimoard; Guillaume de Grimoard Languedoc, France
30 December 1370 to 26 March 1378 Gregory XI Gregorius Undecimus Pierre Roger de Beaufort Limoges, France
8 April 1378 to 15 October 1389 Urban VI Urbanus Sextus Bartolomeo Prignano Naples, Italy
2 November 1389 to 1 October 1404 Boniface IX Bonifacius Nonus Pietro Tomacelli Naples, Italy
17 October 1404 to 6 November 1406 Innocent VII Innocentius Septimus Cosimo Gentile Migliorati Abruzzi, Italy
30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415 Gregory XII Gregorius Duodecimus Angelo Correr Venice, Italy
4 July 1415 to 11 November 1417 Sede vacante (interregnum)
11 November 1417 to 20 February 1431 Martin V Martinus Quintus Oddone Colonna Rome, Italy
3 March 1431 to 23 February 1447 Eugene IV, O.S.A. Eugenius Quartus Gabriele Condulmer Venice, Italy
6 March 1447 to 24 March 1455 Nicholas V, O.P. Nicolaus Quintus Tommaso Parentucelli Sarzana, Liguria, Italy
8 April 1455 to 6 August 1458 Callixtus III Callistus Tertius Alfonso de Borgia Xàtiva, València, Spain
19 August 1458 to 15 August 1464 Pius II Pius Secundus Enea Silvio Piccolomini Siena, Italy
30 August 1464 to 26 July 1471 Paul II Paulus Secundus Pietro Barbo Venice, Italy
9 August 1471 to 12 August 1484 Sixtus IV, O.F.M. Xystus Quartus Francesco della Rovere Savona, Italy
29 August 1484 to 25 July 1492 Innocent VIII Innocentius Octavus Giovanni Battista Cybo Genoa, Italy
11 August 1492 to 18 August 1503 Alexander VI Alexander Sextus Rodrigo de Lanzòl-Borgia Xàtiva, València, Spain

From 1503 to 1740

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Dates of reign Portrait English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
22 September 1503 to 18 October 1503 Pius III Pius Tertius Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini Siena, Tuscany, Italy
31 October 1503 to 21 February 1513   Julius II, O.F.M. Iulius Secundus Giuliano della Rovere Albisola, Savona, Italy
9 March 1513 to 1 December 1521   Leo X Leo Decimus Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici Florence, Italy
9 January 1522 to 14 September 1523   Adrian VI Hadrianus Sextus Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (presently The Netherlands)
26 November 1523 to 25 September 1534   Clement VII Clemens Septimus Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici Florence, Italy
13 October 1534 to 10 November 1549   Paul III Paulus Tertius Alessandro Farnese Canino, Viterbo, Italy
29 November 1549 to 29 March 1555   Julius III Iulius Tertius Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte Rome, Italy
9 April 1555 to April 30 or 1 May 1555   Marcellus II Marcellus Secundus Marcello Cervini Montefano, Macerata, Italy
23 May 1555 to 18 August 1559   Paul IV Paulus Quartus Giovanni Pietro Carafa Capriglia, Campania, Italy
26 December 1559 to 9 December 1565   Pius IV Pius Quartus Giovanni Angelo Medici Milan, Italy
7 January 1566 to 1 May 1572   Pius V, O.P.
Saint Pius
Pius Quintus Michele Ghislieri Bosco, Alessandria, Italy
13 May 1572 to 10 April 1585   Gregory XIII Gregorius Tertius Decimus Ugo Boncompagni Bologna, Italy
24 April 1585 to 27 August 1590   Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv. Xystus Quintus Felice Peretti Grottammare, Marche, Italy
15 September 1590 to 27 September 1590   Urban VII Urbanus Septimus Giovanni Battista Castagna Rome, Italy
5 December 1590 to 15 /16 October 1591   Gregory XIV Gregorius Quartus Decimus Niccolò Sfondrati Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
29 October 1591 to 30 December 1591   Innocent IX Innocentius Nonus Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti Bologna, Italy
30 January 1592 to 3 March 1605   Clement VIII Clemens Octavus Ippolito Aldobrandini Fano, Marche, Italy
1 April 1605 to 27 April 1605   Leo XI Leo Undecimus Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici Florence, Italy
16 May 1605 to 28 January 1621   Paul V Paulus Quintus Camillo Borghese Rome, Italy
9 February 1621 to 8 July 1623   Gregory XV Gregorius Quintus Decimus Alessandro Ludovisi Bologna, Italy
6 August 1623 to 29 July 1644   Urban VIII Urbanus Octavus Maffeo Barberini Florence, Italy
15 September 1644 to 7 January 1655   Innocent X Innocentius Decimus Giovanni Battista Pamphilj Rome, Italy
7 April 1655 to 22 May 1667   Alexander VII Alexander Septimus Fabio Chigi Siena, Tuscany, Italy
20 June 1667 to 9 December 1669   Clement IX Clemens Nonus Giulio Rospigliosi Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
29 April 1670 to 22 July 1676   Clement X Clemens Decimus Emilio Altieri Rome, Italy
21 September 1676 to 11/12 August 1689   Innocent XI
Blessed Innocent
Innocentius Undecimus Benedetto Odescalchi Como, Lombardy, Italy
6 October 1689 to 1 February 1691   Alexander VIII Alexander Octavus Pietro Vito Ottoboni Padova, Veneto, Italy
12 July 1691 to 27 September 1700   Innocent XII Innocentius Duodecimus Antonio Pignatelli Spinazzola, Puglia, Italy
23 November 1700 to 19 March 1721   Clement XI Clemens Undecimus Giovanni Francesco Albani Urbino, Marche, Italy
8 May 1721 to 7 March 1724   Innocent XIII Innocentius Tertius Decimus Michelangelo de ’Conti; Michael Angelo Conti Poli, Lazio, Italy
29 May 1724 to 21 February 1730   Benedict XIII, O.P. Benedictus Tertius Decimus Pierfrancesco Orsini Gravina, Puglia, Italy
12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740   Clement XII Clemens Duodecimus Lorenzo Corsini Florence, Italy
17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758   Benedict XIV Benedictus Quartus Decimus Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini Bologna, Italy

From 1758 to 2005

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Dates of reign Portrait English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
6 July 1758 to 2 February 1769   Clement XIII Clemens Tertius Decimus Carlo della Torre Rezzonico Venice, Veneto, Italy
19 May 1769 to 22 September 1774   Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv. Clemens Quartus Decimus Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy
15 February 1775 to 29 August 1799   Pius VI Pius Sextus Giovanni Angelo Braschi Cesena, Italy
14 March 1800 to 20 August 1823   Pius VII, O.S.B. Pius Septimus Barnaba Chiaramonti Cesena, Italy
28 September 1823 to 10 February 1829   Leo XII Leo Duodecimus Annibale Sermattei della Genga Fabriano, Marche, Italy
31 March 1829 to 1 December 1830   Pius VIII Pius Octavus Francesco Saverio Castiglioni Cingoli, Marche, Italy
2 February 1831 to 1 June 1846   Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam. Gregorius Sextus Decimus Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari Belluno, Veneto, Italy
16 June 1846 to 7 February 1878   Pius IX
Blessed Pius IX
Pius Nonus Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti Senigallia, Marche, Italy
20 February 1878 to 20 July 1903   Leo XIII Leo Tertius Decimus Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci Carpineto Romano, Latium, Italy
4 August 1903 to 20 August 1914   Pius X
Saint Pius X
Pius Decimus Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto Riese, Treviso, Veneto, Italy
3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922   Benedict XV Benedictus Quintus Decimus Giacomo Della Chiesa Genoa, Italy
6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939   Pius XI Pius Undecimus Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti Desio, Milan, Italy
2 March 1939 to 9 October 1958   Pius XII
Venerable Pius XII
Pius Duodecimus Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli Rome, Italy
28 October 1958 to 3 June 1963   John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
Ioannes Vicesimus Tertius Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Italy
21 June 1963 to 6 August 1978   Paul VI
Saint Paul VI
Paulus Sextus Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini Concesio, Brescia, Italy
26 August 1978 to 28 September 1978   John Paul I
Venerable John Paul I
Ioannes Paulus Primus Albino Luciani Forno di Canale (now Canale d'Agordo), Veneto, Italy
16 October 1978 to 2 April 2005   John Paul II
Saint John Paul II
Ioannes Paulus Secundus Karol Józef Wojtyła Wadowice, Poland

From 2005

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Dates of reign Portrait English name Official Latin name Personal name Place of birth
19 April 2005 to 28 February 2013   Benedict XVI Benedictus Sextus Decimus Joseph Alois Ratzinger Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
13 March 2013 to present
      -- current pope
  Pope Francis Franciscus Jorge Mario Bergoglio Buenos Aires, Argentina
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References

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Emblem of the Holy See.
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); see Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York; retrieved 2013-4-8.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2013-3-18.

Further reading

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  • John N.D. Kelly, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, Oxford University Press, 1986.
  • AA.VV., Enciclopedia dei Papi, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana, 2000.
  • Pontificia Amministrazione della Patriarcale Basilica di San Paolo, I Papi. Venti secoli di storia, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002.

Other websites

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