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Roman Catholic Popes

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It follows a list of the heads of the Roman Catholic Church.

 

Name of Pope
 

Date Ruling as Pope & More

Peter

 

? - 64

Linus

 

67 - 76

Anacletus

 

76 - 88

Clement I

 

88 - 97

Evaristus

 

97 - 107

Alexander I

 

105 - 115

Sixtus I

 

115 - 125

Telesphorus

 

125 - 136

Hyginus

 

136 - 140

Pius I

 

140 - 155

Anicetus

 

155 - 166

Soter

 

166 - 175

Eleutherius

 

175 - 189

Victor I

 

189 - 199

Zephyrinus

 

199 - 217

Calixtus I

 

217 - 222

Hippolytus (Antipope)

 

217 - 235

Urban I

 

222 - 230

Pontian

 

230 - 235

Anterus

 

235 - 236

Fabian

 

236 - 250

Cornelius

 

251 - 253

Novatian (Antipope)

 

251

Lucius I

 

253 - 254

Stephen I

 

254 - 257

Sixtus II

 

257 - 258

Dionysius

 

259 - 268

Felix I

 

269 - 274

Eutychian

 

275 - 283

Gaius

 

283 - 296

Marcellinus

 

296 - 304

Marcellus I

 

308 - 309

Eusebius

 

309 - 310

Miltiades

 

311 - 314

Sylvester I

 

314 - 335

Mark

 

336

Julius I

 

337 - 352

Liberius

 

352 - 366

Felix II (Antipope)

 

355 - 358

Damasus I

 

366 - 384

Ursinus (Antipope)

 

366 - 367

Siricius

 

384 - 399

Anastasius I

 

399 - 401

Innocent I

 

401 - 417

Zosimus

 

417 - 418

Boniface I

 

418 - 422

Eulalius (Antipope)

 

418 - 419

Celestine I

 

422 - 432

Sixtus III

 

432 - 440

Leo I

 

440 - 461

Hilary

 

461 - 468

Simplicius

 

468 - 483

Felix III

 

483 - 492

Gelasius I

 

491 - 496

Anastasius II

 

496 - 498

Symmachus

 

498 - 514

Laurentius (Antipope)

 

498 - 507

Hormisdas

 

514 - 523

John I

 

523 - 526

Felix IV

 

526 - 530

Dioscorus (Antipope)

 

530

Boniface II

 

530 - 532

John II

 

533 - 535

Agapetus I

 

535 - 536

Silverius

 

536 - 537

Vigilius

 

537 - 555

Pelagius I

 

556 - 561

John III

 

561 - 574

Benedict I

 

575 - 579

Pelagius II

 

579 - 590

 

Gregory I

Pope Gregory I 540-604

Lived 540 - 604.

Rules as pope 590 - 604.

 

Sabinian

 

604 - 606

Boniface III

 

607

Boniface IV

 

608 - 615

Deusdedit

 

615 - 618

Boniface V

 

619 - 624

Honorius I

 

625 - 638

Severinus

 

640

John IV

 

640 - 642

Theodore I

 

642 - 649

Martin I

 

649 - 655

Eugenius I

 

654 - 657

Vitalian

 

657 - 672

Adeodatus II

 

672 - 676

Donus

 

676 - 678

Agatho

 

678 - 681

Leo II

 

682 - 683

Benedict II

 

684 - 685

John V

 

685 - 686

Conon

 

686 - 87

Sergius I

 

687 - 701

Theodore (Antipope)

 

687

Paschal (Antipope)

 

687

John VI

 

701 - 705

John VII

 

705 - 707

Sisinnius

 

708

Constantine

 

708 - 715

Gregory II

 

715 - 731

Gregory III

 

731 - 741

Zacharias

 

741 - 752

Stephen II

 

752

Stephen III

 

752 - 757

Paul I

 

757 - 767

Constantine II (Antipope)

 

767 - 768

Philip (Antipope)

 

768

Stephen IV

 

768 - 772

Adrian I

 

772 - 795

Leo III

 

795 - 816

Stephen V

 

816 - 817

Paschal I

 

817 - 824

Eugenius II

 

824 - 827

Valentine

 

827

Gregory IV

 

827 - 844

John (Antipope)

 

844

Sergius II

 

844 - 847

 

Leo IV

Died in 855.

Ruled as pope 847 - 855.

 

Benedict III

 

855 - 858

Anastasius

 

855

Nicholas I

 

858 - 867

Adrian II

 

867 - 872

John VIII

 

872 - 882

Marinus I

 

882 - 884

Adrian III

 

884 - 885

Stephen VI

 

885 - 891

Formosus

 

891 - 896

Boniface VI

 

896

Stephen VII

 

896 - 897

Romanus

 

897

Theodore II

 

897

John IX

 

898 - 900

Benedict IV

 

900 - 903

Leo V

 

903

Christopher (Antipope)

 

903 - 904

Sergius III

 

904 - 911

Anastasius III

 

911 - 913

Lando

 

913 - 914

John X

 

914 - 9278

Leo VI

 

928

Stephen VIII

 

929 - 931

John XI

 

931 - 935

Leo VII

 

936 - 939

Stephen IX

 

939 - 942

Marinus II

 

942 - 946

Agapetus II

 

946 - 955

John XII

 

955 - 964

Leo VIII

 

963 - 965

Benedict V

 

964 - 966

John XIII

 

965 - 972

Benedict VI

 

973 - 974

Boniface VII (Antipope)

 

974

Benedict VII

 

974 - 983

John XIV

 

983 - 984

Boniface VII (Antipope)

 

984 - 985

John XVI

 

985 - 996

Gregory V

 

996 - 999

John XVII (Antipope)

 

997 - 998

Sylvester II

 

999 - 1003

John XVIII

 

1003

John XIX

 

1004 - 1009

Sergius IV

 

1009 - 1012

Gregory VI (Antipope)

 

1012

Benedict VIII

 

1012 - 1024

John XX

 

1024 - 1032

Benedict IX

 

1032 - 1044

Sylvester III

 

1045

Benedict IX - again

 

1045

Gregory VI

 

1045 - 1046

Clement II

 

1046 - 1047

Benedict IX - once more

 

1047 - 1048

Damasus II

 

1048

Leo IX

 

1049 - 1054

Victor II

 

1055 - 1057

Stephen X

 

1057 - 1058

Benedict X (Antipope)

 

1058 - 1059

Nicholas II

 

1059 - 1061

Alexander II

 

1061 - 1073

Honorius II (Antipope)

 

1061 - 1072

 

Gregory VII

 

1073 - 1085

 

Clement III (Antipope)

 

1080 - 1100

Victor III

 

1086 - 1087

 

Urban II

Pope Urban II 1035-1099

Council of Clermont.

Lived 1035 - 1099.

Ruled as pope 1088 - 1099.

 

Paschal II

 

1099 - 1118

Theodoric

 

1100 - 1102

Albert (Antipope)

 

1102

Sylvester IV (Antipope)

 

1105 - 1111

Gelasius II

 

1118 - 1119

Gregory VIII (Antipope)

 

1118 - 1121

Calixtus II

 

1119 - 1124

Honorius II

 

1124 - 1130

Celestine II (Antipope)

 

1124

 

Innocent II

 

1130 - 1143

 

Anacletus II (Antipope)

 

1130 - 1138

Victor IV (Antipope)

 

1138

Celestine II

 

1143 - 1144

Lucius II

 

1144 - 1145

Eugenius III

 

1145 - 1153

Anastasius IV

 

1153 - 1154

Adrian IV

 

1154 - 1159

Alexander III

 

1159 - 1181

Victor IV (Antipope)

 

1159 - 1164

Paschal III (Antipope)

 

1164 - 1168

Calixtus III (Antipope)

 

1168 - 1178

Innocent III (Antipope)

 

1179 - 1180

Lucius III

 

1181 - 1185

Urban III

 

1185 - 1187

Gregory VIII

 

1187

 

Clement III

 

1187 - 1191

 

Celestine III

 

1191 - 1198

Innocent III

 

1198 - 1216

Honorius III

 

1216 - 1227

Gregory IX

 

1227 - 1241

Celestine IV

 

1241

Innocent IV

 

1243 - 1254

Alexander IV

 

1254 - 1261

Urban IV

 

1261 - 1264

Clement IV

 

1265 - 1268

Gregory X

 

1271 - 1276

Innocent V

 

1276

Adrian V

 

1276

John XXI

 

1276 - 1277

Nichola III

 

1277 - 1280

Martin IV

 

1281 - 1285

Honorius IV

 

1285 - 1287

Nicholas IV

 

1288 - 1292

Celestine V

 

1294

Boniface VIII

 

1294 - 1303

Benedict XI

 

1303 - 1304

Clement V

 

1305 - 1314

John XXII

 

1316 - 1334

Nicholas V (Antipope)

 

1328 - 1330

Benedict XII

 

1334 - 1342

Clement VI

 

1342 - 1352

Innocent VI

 

1352 - 1362

Urban V

 

1362 - 1370

Gregory XI

 

1370 - 1378

Urban VI

 

1378 - 1389

Clement VII (Antipope)

 

1378 - 1394

Boniface IX

 

1389 - 1404

Benedict XIII (Antipope)

 

1394 - 1423

Innocent VII

 

1404 - 1406

Gregory XII

 

1406 - 1415

Alexander V (Antipope)

 

1409 - 1410

John XXIII (Antipope)

 

1410 - 1415

Martin V

 

1417 - 1431

Clement VIII (Antipope)

 

1423 - 1429

Eugenius IV

 

1431 - 1447

Felix V (Antipope)

 

1439 - 1449

Nicholas V

 

1447 - 1455

Calixtus III

 

1455 - 1458

Pius II

 

1458 - 1464

Paul II

 

1464 - 1471

Sixtus IV

 

1471 - 1484

Innocent VIII

 

1484 - 1492

 

Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI 1431-1503

Corrupt pope.

Lived 1431 - 1503.

Ruled as pope 1492 - 1503.

 

Pius III

 

1503

Julius II

 

1503 - 1513

Leo X

 

1513 - 1521

Adrian VI

 

1522 - 1523

Clement VII

 

1523 - 1534

Paul III

 

1534 - 1549

Julius III

 

1550 - 1555

Marcellus II

 

1555

Paul IV

 

1555 - 1559

Pius IV

 

1559 - 1565

Pius V

 

1566 - 1572

 

Gregory XIII

Gregory XIII 1502-1585

Calendar pope.

Lived 1502 - 1585.

Ruled as pope 1572 - 1585.

 

Sixtus V

 

1585 - 1590

Urban VII

 

1590

Gregory XIV

 

1590 - 1591

Innocent IX

 

1591

Clement VIII

 

1592 - 1605

Leo XI

 

1605

Paul V

 

1605 - 1621

Gregory XV

 

1621 - 1623

 

Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII 1568-1644

Lived 1568 - 1644.

Ruled as pope 1623 - 1644.

 

Innocent X

 

1644 - 1655

Alexander VII

 

1655 - 1667

Clement IX

 

1667 - 1669

Clement X

 

1670 - 1676

Innocent XI

 

1676 - 1689

Alexander VIII

 

1689 - 1691

Innocent XII

 

1691 - 1700

Clement XI

 

1700 - 1721

Innocent XIII

 

1721 - 1724

Benedict XIII

 

1724 - 1730

Clement XII

 

1730 - 1740

Benedict XIV

 

1740 - 1758

Clement XIII

 

1758 - 1769

Clement XIV

 

1769 - 1774

Pius VI

Pius VI 1717-1799

Lived 1717 - 1799.

Ruled as pope 1775 - 1799.

Pius VII

 

1800 - 1823

Leo XII

 

1823 - 1829

Pius VII

 

1829 - 1830

Gregory XVI

 

1831 - 1846

Pius IX

 

1846 - 1878

Leo XIII

 

1878 - 1903

Pius X

 

1903 - 1914

Benedict XV

Benedict XV 1854-1922

Lived 1854-1922.

Ruled as pope 1914 - 1922.

The one who canonized Joan of Arc.

Pius XI

 

1922 - 1939

Pius XII

 

1939 - 1958

John XXIII

 

1958 - 1963

Paul VI

 

1963 - 1978

John Paul I

 

Ruled as pope
August 26, 1978 -
September 28, 1978

 

John Paul II

Pope John Paul II 1920-2005

Lived 1920 - 2005.

Ruled as pope 1978 - 2005.

 

Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927)

Formerly Joseph Alois Ratzinger. Bavarian Pope.

Born 1927.

Ruled as pope 2005 - 2013.

Resigned in February 2013.

 

Francis I

 

Formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Born 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Rules as pope since 2013 while Benedict XVI is still around.

 


 

 

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