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