List of popes

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The term "Pope" is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders. This list refers only to the Catholic or Roman Catholic church, whose supreme head also bears the title "Patriarch of the West"

Table of contents

1 List of popes

1.1 until 249
1.2 From 250
1.3 From 500
1.4 From 750
1.5 From 1000
1.6 From 1250
1.7 From 1500
1.8 From 1750
1.9 From 2000

2 Related articles and lists

List of popes

Note on numbering of popes: There has never been a Pope John XX, Pope Martin II or Pope Martin III. The most common names are John (last: XXIII), Gregory (XVI), Benedict (XV), Clement (XIV), Innocent and Leo (XIII). Read Pope Stephen II on the numbering of his successors with the same name.

until 249

From 250

From 500

From 750

Pope Zacharias (741-752)
Pope Stephen II (752)
Pope Stephen III (752-757)
Pope Paul I (757-767)
Pope Stephen IV (767-772)
Pope Adrian I (772-795)
Pope Leo III (795-816)
Pope Stephen V (816-817)
Pope Paschal I (817-824)
Pope Eugene II (824-827)
Pope Valentinus (827)
Pope Gregory IV (827-844)
Pope Sergius II (844-847)
Pope Leo IV (847-853)
Pope Benedict III (855-858)
Pope Nicholas I the Great (858-867)
Pope Adrian II (867-872)
Pope John VIII (872-882)
Pope Marinus I (882-884)
Pope Adrian III (884-885)
Pope Stephen VI (885-891)
Pope Formosus (891-896)
Pope Boniface VI (896)
Pope Stephen VII (896-897)
Pope Romanus (897)
Pope Theodore II (897)
Pope John IX (898-900)
Pope Benedict IV (900-903)
Pope Leo V (903)
Pope Christopher (903-904)
Pope Sergius III (904-911)
Pope Anastasius III (911-913)
Pope Lando (913-914)
Pope John X (914-928)
Pope Leo VI (928-929)
Pope Stephen VIII (929-931)
Pope John XI (931-935)
Pope Leo VII (936-939)
Pope Stephen IX (939-942)
Pope Marinus II (942-946)
Pope Agapetus II (946-955)
Pope John XII (955-963)
Pope Leo VIII (963-964)
Pope Benedict V (964)
Pope John XIII (965-972)
Pope Benedict VI (973-974)
Pope Benedict VII (974-983)
Pope John XIV (983-984)
Pope John XV (985-996)
Pope Gregory V (996-999): Bruno of Carinthia

From 1000

Pope Silvester II (999-1003): Gerbert of Aurillac
Pope John XVII (1003): Sicco
Pope John XVIII (1003-1009): Giovanni Fasano
Pope Sergius IV (1009-1012): Peter Pig's Snout (Bucca Porci)
Pope Benedict VIII (1012-1024): Theophylactus II, Count of Tusculum
Pope John XIX (1024-1032): Romanus, Count of Tusculum
Pope Benedict IX (1032-1045): Theophylactus III, Count of Tusculum
Pope Benedict IX (1045): Theophylactus III, Count of Tusculum
Pope Gregory VI (1045-1046): Johannes Gratianus
Pope Clement II (1046-1047): Sudiger
Pope Benedict IX (1047-1048): Theophylactus III, Count of Tusculum
Pope Damasus II (1048): Poppo
Pope Leo IX (1049-1054): Bruno
Pope Victor II (1055-1057): Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg
Pope Stephen X (1057-1058): Frederick of Lorraine
Pope Nicholas II (1058-1061): Gerard of Burgundy (GÃÂÃÂ©rard de Bourgogne)
Pope Alexander II (1061-1073): Anselmo Baggio
Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085): Hildebrand
Pope Victor III (1086-1087): Desiderio
Pope Urban II (1088-1099): Odo of Lagery
Pope Paschal II (1099-1118): Rainerius
Pope Gelasius II (1118-1119): Giovanni Coniulo
Pope Callixtus II (1119-1124): Guido, Count of Burgundy
Pope Honorius II (1124-1130): Lambert of Ostia
Pope Innocent II (1130-1143): Gregorio Papereschi
Pope Celestine II (1143-1144): Guido di Castello
Pope Lucius II (1144-1145): Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso
Pope Eugene III (1145-1153): Bernardo Pignatelli
Pope Anastasius IV (1153-1154): Corrado di Subarra
Pope Adrian IV (1154-1159): Nicholas Breakspear
Pope Alexander III (1159-1181): Orlando Bandinelli
Pope Lucius III (1181-1185): Ubaldo Allucingoli
Pope Urban III (1185-1187): Uberto Crivelli
Pope Gregory VIII (1187): Albert de Mora
Pope Clement III (1187-1191): Paulino Scolari
Pope Celestine III (1191-1198): Giacinto Bobone Orsini
Pope Innocent III (1198-1216): Lotario de Conti
Pope Honorius III (1216-1227): Cencio Savelli
Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241): Ugolino, Count of Segni
Pope Celestine IV (1241): Godfrey Castiglioni

From 1250

Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254): Sinibaldo de Fieschi
Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261): Rinaldo Conti
Pope Urban IV (1261-1264): Jacques PantalÃÂÃÂ©on
Pope Clement IV (1265-1268): Guy Foulques
(vacancy 1268-1271)
Pope Gregory X (1271-1276): Theobald Visconti
Pope Innocent V (1276): Pierre de Tarentaise
Pope Adrian V (1276): Ottobuono de' Fieschi
Pope John XXI (1276-1277): Petrus Juliani (Petrus Hispanus)
Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280): Giovanni Gaetano Orsini
Pope Martin IV (1281-1285): Simon de Brie
Pope Honorius IV (1285-1287): Giacomo Savelli
Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292): Girolamo Masci
(vacancy 1292-1294)
Pope Celestine V (1294): Pietro di Morone
Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303): Benedetto Gaetano
Pope Benedict XI (1303-1304): Nicholas Boccasini
Pope Clement V (1305-1314): Bertrand de Got *
(vacancy 1314-1316)
Pope John XXII (1316-1334): Jacques d'Euse *
Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): Jacques Fournier *
Pope Clement VI (1342-1352): Pierre Roger *
Pope Innocent VI (1352-1362): Stephen Aubert *
Pope Urban V (1362-1370): Guillaume de Grimoard *
Pope Gregory XI (1370-1378): Pierre Roger de Beaufort *
Pope Urban VI (1378-1389): Bartolomeo Prignano
Pope Boniface IX (1389-1404): Piero Tomacelli
Pope Innocent VII (1404-1406): Cosimo de' Migliorati
Pope Gregory XII (1406-1415): Angelo Coraria (Corraro or Correr)
Pope Martin V (1417-1431): Otto di Colonna
Pope Eugenius IV (1431-1447): Gabriel Condulmer
Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455): Tomaso Parentucelli (Tomaso da Sarzana)
Pope Callixtus III (1455-1458): Alphonso de Borgia
Pope Pius II (1458-1464): Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Aeneas Sylvius)
Pope Paul II (1464-1471): Pietro Barbo
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484): Francesco della Rovere
Pope Innocent VIII (1484-1492): Giovanni Battista Cibo

*Avignon Papacy

From 1500

Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503): Rodrigo Borgia
Pope Pius III (1503): Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini
Pope Julius II (1503-1513): Giuliano della Rovere
Pope Leo X (1513-1521): Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
Pope Adrian VI (1522-1523): Adrian Dedel
Pope Clement VII (1523-1534): Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici
Pope Paul III (1534-1549): Alessandro Farnese
Pope Julius III (1550-1555): Gian Maria del Monte, or Giovan Maria Giocci
Pope Marcellus II (1555): Marcellus Corvini
Pope Paul IV (1555-1559): Gianni Carafa
Pope Pius IV (1559-1565): Giovanni Angelo Medici
Pope Pius V (1566-1572): Antonio Ghislieri
Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585): Ugo Buoncampagno
Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590): Felice Peretti
Pope Urban VII (1590): Giovanni Battista Castagna
Pope Gregory XIV (1590-1591): Niccolo Sfondrato (Sfondrati)
Pope Innocent IX (1591): Gian Antonio Facchinetti
Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605): Ippolito Aldobrandini
Pope Leo XI (1605): Alessandro de' Medici
Pope Paul V (1605-1621): Camillo Borghese
Pope Gregory XV (1621-1623): Alessandro Ludovisio
Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644): Maffeo Barberini
Pope Innocent X (1644-1655): Giovanni Battista Pamphili
Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667): Fabio Chigi
Pope Clement IX (1667-1669): Giulio Rospigliosi
Pope Clement X (1670-1676): Emilio Altieri
Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689): Benedetto Odescalchi
Pope Alexander VIII (1689-1691): Pietro Vitto Ottoboni
Pope Innocent XII (1691-1700): Antonio Pignatelli
Pope Clement XI (1700-1721): Giovanni Francesco Albani
Pope Innocent XIII (1721-1724): Michael Angelo Conti
Pope Benedict XIII (1724-1730): Vincenzo Marco Orsini
Pope Clement XII (1730-1740): Lorenzo Corsini

From 1750

Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758): Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769): Carlo Rezzonico
Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774): Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli
Pope Pius VI (1775-1799): Giovanni Angelo Braschi
Pope Pius VII (1800-1823): Barnaba Chiaramonti
Pope Leo XII (1823-1829): Annibale della Genga
Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830): Francesco Saverio Castigliani
Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846): Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari
Pope Pius IX (1846-1878): Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903): Gioacchino Pecci
Pope Pius X (1903-1914): Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922): Giacomo della Chiesa
Pope Pius XI (1922-1939): Achille Ratti
Pope Pius XII (1939-1958): Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Eugenio Pacelli
Pope John XXIII (1958-1963): Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Pope Paul VI (1963-1978): Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini
Pope John Paul I (1978): Albino Luciani

From 2000

Pope John Paul II (1978-present): Karol JÃÂÃÂ³zef Wojtyła