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Roman Catholic Pope

ROMAN CATHOLIC OFFICE

Bishop of Rome. Presides over the Roman Catholic Church from Vatican City.

Certain key Popes are indicated by (*).

Official Website:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/

32 67 St. Peter (*)  
67 76 St. Linus  
76 88 St. Anacletus  
88 97 St. Clement I  
97 105 St. Evaristus  
105 115 St. Alexander I  
115 125 St. Sixtus I  
125 136 St. Telesphorus  
136 140 St. Hyginus  
140 155 St. Pius I  
155 166 St. Anicetus  
166 175 St. Soter  
175 189 St. Eleutherius  
189 199 Pope Victor I  
199 217 St. Zephyrinus  
217 222 St. Callistus I  
222 230 St. Urban I  
230 235 St. Pontain  
235 236 St. Anterus  
236 250 St. Fabian  
251 253 St. Cornelius  
253 254 Pope Lucius I  
254 257 St. Stephen I  
257 258 St. Sixtus II  
260 268 St. Dionysius  
269 274 St. Felix I  
275 283 St. Eutychian  
283 296 St. Caius  
296 304 Pope Marcellinus  
308 309 Pope Marcellus I  
309 or 310   St. Eusebius  
311 314 St. Miltiades  
314 335 Pope Sylvester I  
336   St. Marcus  
337 352 Pope Julius I  
352 366 Liberius  
366 383 Pope Damasus I  
384 399 St. Siricius  
399 401 St. Anastasius I  
401 417 Pope Innocent I  
417 418 St. Zosimus  
418 422 St. Boniface I  
422 432 Pope Celestine I  
432 440 Pope Sixtus III  
440 461 Pope Leo I (*) Leo the Great
461 468 St. Hilarius  
468 483 St. Simplicius  
483 492 St. Felix III  
492 496 St. Gelasius I  
496 498 Anastasius II  
498 514 Pope Symmachus  
514 523 Pope Hormisdas  
523 526 Pope John I  
526 530 St. Felix IV  
530 532 Boniface II  
533 535 Pope John II  
535 536 St. Agapetus I  
536 537 St. Silverius  
537 555 Vigilius  
556 561 Pope Pelagius I  
561 574 Pope John III  
575 579 Benedict I  
579 590 Pope Pelagius II  
590 604 Pope Gregory I (*)  
604 606 Sabinian  
607   Boniface III  
608 615 St. Boniface IV  
615 618 St. Deusdedit  
619 625 Boniface V  
625 638 Pope Honorius I  
640   Severinus  
640 642 Pope John IV  
642 649 Theodore I  
649 655 St. Martin I  
655 657 St. Eugene I  
657 672 St. Vitalian  
672 676 Adeodatus  
676 678 Donus  
678 681 Pope Agatho  
682 683 Pope Leo II  
684 685 St. Benedict II  
685 686 Pope John V  
686 687 Conon  
687 701 Pope Sergius I  
701 705 Pope John VI  
705 707 Pope John VII  
708   Sisinnius  
708 715 Constantine  
715 731 Pope Gregory II  
731 741 Pope Gregory III  
741 752 St. Zachary  
752 757 Pope Stephen II  
757 767 Pope Paul I  
767 772 Pope Stephen III  
772 795 Pope Adrian I  
795 816 Pope Leo III  
816 817 Pope Stephen IV  
817 824 Pope Paschal I  
824 827 Eugene II  
827   Valentine  
827 844 Pope Gregory IV  
844 847 Pope Sergius II  
847 855 Pope Leo IV  
855 858 Benedict III  
858 867 Pope Nicholas I Nicholas the Great
867 872 Pope Adrian II  
872 882 Pope John VIII AKA Pope Joan
882 884 Pope Marinus I  
884 885 St. Adrian III  
885 891 Pope Stephen V  
891 896 Pope Formosus  
896   Boniface VI  
896 897 Pope Stephen VI  
897   Romanus  
897   Theodore II  
898 900 Pope John IX  
900 903 Benedict IV  
903   Leo V  
904 911 Pope Sergius III  
911 913 Anastasius III  
913 914 Lando  
914 928 Pope John X  
928   Leo VI  
929 931 Stephen VII  
931 935 Pope John XI  
936 939 Leo VII  
939 942 Stephen VIII  
942 946 Pope Marinus II Puppet of Alberic II of Spoleto
946 955 Agapetus II  
955 963 Pope John XII  
963 964 Pope Leo VIII Installed by Otto the Great
964   Benedict V  
965 972 Pope John XIII  
973 974 Benedict VI  
974 983 Benedict VII  
983 984 Pope John XIV  
985 996 Pope John XV  
996 999 Pope Gregory V  
999 1003 Sylvester II  
1003   John XVII  
1003 1009 John XVIII  
1009 1012 Sergius IV  
1012 1024 Benedict VIII  
1024 1032 Pope John XIX  
1032 1045 Pope Benedict IX  
1045   Sylvester III  
1045   Pope Benedict IX  
1045 1046 Pope Gregory VI  
1046 1047 Pope Clement II  
1047 1048 Pope Benedict IX  
1048   Pope Damasus II  
1049 1054 Pope Leo IX  
1055 1057 Pope Victor II  
1057 1058 Pope Stephen IX  
1058 1061 Pope Nicholas II  
1061 1073 Pope Alexander II  
1073 1085 Pope Gregory VII (*)  
1086 1087 Pope Victor III  
1088 1099 Pope Urban II (*) Instigated the First Crusade
1099 1118 Pope Paschal II  
1118 1119 Gelasius II  
1119 1124 Callistus II  
1124 1130 Pope Honorius II  
1130 1143 Pope Innocent II  
1143 1144 Pope Celestine II  
1144 1145 Pope Lucius II  
1145 1153 Blessed Eugene III  
1153 1154 Anastasius IV  
1154 1159 Pope Adrian IV  
1159 1181 Pope Alexander III  
1181 1185 Pope Lucius III  
1185 1187 Pope Urban III  
1187   Pope Gregory VIII  
1187 1191 Pope Clement III  
1191 1198 Pope Celestine III  
1198 1216 Pope Innocent III (*) Launched two Crusades
1216 1227 Pope Honorius III]  
1227 1241 Pope Gregory IX  
1241   Pope Celestine IV  
1243 1254 Pope Innocent IV (*)  
1254 1261 Alexander IV  
1261 1264 Pope Urban IV  
1265 1268 Pope Clement IV  
1271 1276 Pope Gregory X  
1276   Pope Innocent V  
1276   Adrian V  
1276 1277 Pope John XXI  
1277 1280 Pope Nicholas III  
1281 1285 Martin IV  
1285 1287 Pope Honorius IV  
1288 1292 Nicholas IV  
1294   Pope Celestine V  
1294 1303 Boniface VIII  
1303 1304 Pope Benedict XI  
1305 1314 Pope Clement V  
1316 1334 Pope John XXII  
1334 1342 Pope Benedict XII  
1342 1352 Pope Clement VI  
1352 1362 Pope Innocent VI  
1362 1370 Pope Urban V  
1370 1378 Pope Gregory XI  
1378 1389 Pope Urban VI Thus begins the Great Schism
1389 1404 Boniface IX  
1404 1406 Pope Innocent VII  
1406 1415 Pope Gregory XII  
1409 1410 Pope Alexander V Now considered an Antipope
1417 1431 Martin V  
1431 1447 Eugene IV  
1447 1455 Nicholas V  
1455 1458 Pope Callistus III  
1458 1464 Pope Pius II  
1464 1471 Pope Paul II  
1471 1484 Pope Sixtus IV Built the Sistine Chapel
1484 1492 Pope Innocent VIII  
1492 1503 Pope Alexander VI (*) Papacy in the hands of a Borgia
1503   Pope Pius III  
1503 1513 Pope Julius II (*)  
1513 1521 Pope Leo X (*) Excommunicated Martin Luther
1522 1523 Pope Adrian VI  
1523 1534 Pope Clement VII  
1534 1549 Pope Paul III  
1550 1555 Pope Julius III  
1555   Pope Marcellus II  
1555 1559 Pope Paul IV  
1559 1565 Pope Pius IV  
1566 1572 Pope Pius V  
1572 1585 Pope Gregory XIII  
1585 1590 Pope Sixtus V  
1590   Pope Urban VII Reigned only twelve days
1590 1591 Pope Gregory XIV  
1591   Pope Innocent IX  
1592 1605 Pope Clement VIII  
1605   Pope Leo XI Medici Pope, for 27 days
1605 1621 Pope Paul V  
1621 1623 Pope Gregory XV  
1623 1644 Pope Urban VIII Highly nepotistic
1644 1655 Pope Innocent X  
1655 1667 Pope Alexander VII  
1667 1669 Pope Clement IX  
1670 1676 Pope Clement X  
1676 1689 Pope Innocent XI  
1689 1691 Pope Alexander VIII Bought Queen Christina's library
1691 1700 Pope Innocent XII  
1700 1721 Pope Clement XI  
1721 1724 Pope Innocent XIII  
1724 1730 Pope Benedict XIII  
1730 1740 Pope Clement XII  
1740 1758 Pope Benedict XIV  
1758 1769 Pope Clement XIII  
1769 1774 Pope Clement XIV Suppressed the Jesuit order
1775 1799 Pope Pius VI  
1800 1823 Pope Pius VII  
1823 1829 Pope Leo XII  
1829 1830 Pope Pius VIII  
1831 1846 Pope Gregory XVI  
1846 1878 Pope Pius IX (*) Doctrine of infallibility
1878 1903 Pope Leo XIII  
1903 1914 Pope Pius X  
1914 1922 Pope Benedict XV  
1922 1939 Pope Pius XI  
1939 1958 Pope Pius XII  
1958 1963 Pope John XXIII Opened Vatican II conference
1963 1978 Pope Paul VI  
1978 1978 Pope John Paul I Reigned only for one month
1978 2005 Pope John Paul II (*) First non-Italian pope in centuries
2005 2013 Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal Ratzinger
2013 -- Pope Francis First Latin American Pope





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