Popes

Chronological list of all 264 Popes from Saint Peter (33 AD) to Pope Francis. Start and end dates of each pontificate.

Popes
265
In office
Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost)
Longest pontificate
32 years
Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti)

Chronological list

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1st century 33–105 · 5 popes

  1. 33–64
    Peter 31 years
  2. 64–76
    Linus 12 years
  3. 76–88
    Anacletus Cletus 12 years
  4. 88–97
    Clement I 9 years
  5. 97–105
    Evaristus 8 years

2nd century 105–217 · 10 popes

  1. 105–115
    Alexander I 10 years
  2. 115–125
    Sixtus I 10 years
  3. 125–136
    Telesphorus 11 years
  4. 136–140
    Hyginus 4 years
  5. 140–155
    Pius I 15 years
  6. 155–166
    Anicetus 11 years
  7. 166–175
    Soter 9 years
  8. 175–189
    Eleutherius 14 years
  9. 189–199
    Victor I 10 years
  10. 199–217
    Zephyrinus 18 years

3rd century 217–304 · 14 popes

  1. 217–222
    Callixtus I 5 years
  2. 222–230
    Urban I 8 years
  3. 230–235
    Pontian 5 years
  4. 235–236
    Anterus 1 year
  5. 236–250
    Fabian 14 years
  6. 251–253
    Cornelius 2 years
  7. 253–254
    Lucius I 1 year
  8. 254–257
    Stephen I 3 years
  9. 257–258
    Sixtus II 1 year
  10. 259–268
    Dionysius 9 years
  11. 269–274
    Felix I 5 years
  12. 275–283
    Eutychian 8 years
  13. 283–296
    Caius 13 years
  14. 296–304
    Marcellinus 8 years

4th century 308–401 · 10 popes

  1. 308–309
    Marcellus I 1 year
  2. 309–309
    Eusebius less than a year
  3. 311–314
    Miltiades 3 years
  4. 314–335
    Sylvester I 21 years
  5. 336–336
    Mark less than a year
  6. 337–352
    Julius I 15 years
  7. 352–366
    Liberius 14 years
  8. 366–384
    Damasus I 18 years
  9. 384–399
    Siricius 15 years
  10. 399–401
    Anastasius I 2 years

5th century 401–514 · 12 popes

  1. 401–417
    Innocent I 16 years
  2. 417–418
    Zosimus 1 year
  3. 418–422
    Boniface I 4 years
  4. 422–432
    Celestine I 10 years
  5. 432–440
    Sixtus III 8 years
  6. 440–461
    Leo I 21 years
  7. 461–468
    Hilarius 7 years
  8. 468–483
    Simplicius 15 years
  9. 483–492
    Felix III 9 years
  10. 492–496
    Gelasius I 4 years
  11. 496–498
    Anastasius II 2 years
  12. 498–514
    Symmachus 16 years

6th century 514–604 · 13 popes

  1. 514–523
    Hormisdas 9 years
  2. 523–526
    John I 3 years
  3. 526–530
    Felix IV 4 years
  4. 530–532
    Boniface II 2 years
  5. 533–535
    John II 2 years
  6. 535–536
    Agapetus I 1 year
  7. 536–537
    Silverius 1 year
  8. 537–555
    Vigilius 18 years
  9. 556–561
    Pelagius I 5 years
  10. 561–574
    John III 13 years
  11. 575–579
    Benedict I 4 years
  12. 579–590
    Pelagius II 11 years
  13. 590–604
    Gregory I 14 years

7th century 604–701 · 20 popes

  1. 604–606
    Sabinian 2 years
  2. 607–607
    Boniface III less than a year
  3. 608–615
    Boniface IV 7 years
  4. 615–618
    Adeodatus I 3 years
  5. 619–625
    Boniface V 6 years
  6. 625–638
    Honorius I 13 years
  7. 640–640
    Severinus less than a year
  8. 640–642
    John IV 2 years
  9. 642–649
    Theodore I 7 years
  10. 649–655
    Martin I 6 years
  11. 654–657
    Eugene I 3 years
  12. 657–672
    Vitalian 15 years
  13. 672–676
    Adeodatus II 4 years
  14. 676–678
    Donus 2 years
  15. 678–681
    Agatho 3 years
  16. 682–683
    Leo II 1 year
  17. 684–685
    Benedict II 1 year
  18. 685–686
    John V 1 year
  19. 686–687
    Conon 1 year
  20. 687–701
    Sergius I 14 years

8th century 701–816 · 12 popes

  1. 701–705
    John VI 4 years
  2. 705–707
    John VII 2 years
  3. 708–708
    Sisinnius less than a year
  4. 708–715
    Constantine 7 years
  5. 715–731
    Gregory II 16 years
  6. 731–741
    Gregory III 10 years
  7. 741–752
    Zachary 11 years
  8. 752–757
    Stephen II 5 years
  9. 757–767
    Paul I 10 years
  10. 768–772
    Stephen III 4 years
  11. 772–795
    Adrian I 23 years
  12. 795–816
    Leo III 21 years

9th century 816–903 · 21 popes

  1. 816–817
    Stephen IV 1 year
  2. 817–824
    Paschal I 7 years
  3. 824–827
    Eugene II 3 years
  4. 827–827
    Valentine less than a year
  5. 827–844
    Gregory IV 17 years
  6. 844–847
    Sergius II 3 years
  7. 847–855
    Leo IV 8 years
  8. 855–858
    Benedict III 3 years
  9. 858–867
    Nicholas I 9 years
  10. 867–872
    Adrian II 5 years
  11. 872–882
    John VIII 10 years
  12. 882–884
    Marinus I 2 years
  13. 884–885
    Adrian III 1 year
  14. 885–891
    Stephen V 6 years
  15. 891–896
    Formosus 5 years
  16. 896–896
    Boniface VI less than a year
  17. 896–897
    Stephen VI 1 year
  18. 897–897
    Romanus less than a year
  19. 897–897
    Theodore II less than a year
  20. 898–900
    John IX 2 years
  21. 900–903
    Benedict IV 3 years

10th century 903–1003 · 22 popes

  1. 903–903
    Leo V less than a year
  2. 904–911
    Sergius III 7 years
  3. 911–913
    Anastasius III 2 years
  4. 913–914
    Lando 1 year
  5. 914–928
    John X 14 years
  6. 928–928
    Leo VI less than a year
  7. 928–931
    Stephen VII 3 years
  8. 931–935
    John XI 4 years
  9. 936–939
    Leo VII 3 years
  10. 939–942
    Stephen VIII 3 years
  11. 942–946
    Marinus II 4 years
  12. 946–955
    Agapetus II 9 years
  13. 955–964
    John XII 9 years
  14. 963–965
    Leo VIII 2 years
  15. 964–964
    Benedict V less than a year
  16. 965–972
    John XIII 7 years
  17. 973–974
    Benedict VI 1 year
  18. 974–983
    Benedict VII 9 years
  19. 983–984
    John XIV 1 year
  20. 985–996
    John XV 11 years
  21. 996–999
    Gregory V 3 years
  22. 999–1003
    Sylvester II Gerbert of Aurillac 4 years

11th century 1003–1118 · 19 popes

  1. 1003–1003
    John XVII less than a year
  2. 1004–1009
    John XVIII 5 years
  3. 1009–1012
    Sergius IV 3 years
  4. 1012–1024
    Benedict VIII Theophylact of Tusculum 12 years
  5. 1012–1032
    John XIX Romanus of Tusculum 20 years
  6. 1032–1048
    Benedict IX Theophylact of Tusculum 16 years
  7. 1045–1045
    Sylvester III less than a year
  8. 1045–1046
    Gregory VI John Gratian 1 year
  9. 1046–1047
    Clement II Suidger of Morsleben 1 year
  10. 1048–1048
    Damasus II Poppo of Brixen less than a year
  11. 1049–1054
    Leo IX Bruno of Egisheim 5 years
  12. 1055–1057
    Victor II Gebhard 2 years
  13. 1057–1058
    Stephen IX Frederick of Lorraine 1 year
  14. 1059–1061
    Nicholas II Gerard of Burgundy 2 years
  15. 1061–1073
    Alexander II Anselmo da Baggio 12 years
  16. 1073–1085
    Gregory VII Hildebrand 12 years
  17. 1086–1087
    Victor III Dauferio Del Zotto 1 year
  18. 1088–1099
    Urban II Odo of Châtillon 11 years
  19. 1099–1118
    Paschal II Rainerius of Bleda 19 years

12th century 1118–1216 · 16 popes

  1. 1118–1119
    Gelasius II Giovanni Caetani 1 year
  2. 1119–1124
    Callixtus II Guy of Burgundy 5 years
  3. 1124–1130
    Honorius II Lamberto 6 years
  4. 1130–1143
    Innocent II Gregorio Papareschi 13 years
  5. 1143–1144
    Celestine II Guido di Castello 1 year
  6. 1144–1145
    Lucius II Gerardo Caccianemici 1 year
  7. 1145–1153
    Eugene III Bernardo dei Paganelli 8 years
  8. 1153–1154
    Anastasius IV Corrado 1 year
  9. 1154–1159
    Adrian IV Nicholas Breakspear 5 years
  10. 1159–1181
    Alexander III Rolando Bandinelli 22 years
  11. 1181–1185
    Lucius III Ubaldo Allucingoli 4 years
  12. 1185–1187
    Urban III Uberto Crivelli 2 years
  13. 1187–1187
    Gregory VIII Alberto de Morra less than a year
  14. 1187–1191
    Clement III Paolo Scolari 4 years
  15. 1191–1198
    Celestine III Giacinto Bobone 7 years
  16. 1198–1216
    Innocent III Lotario di Segni 18 years

13th century 1216–1303 · 17 popes

  1. 1216–1227
    Honorius III Cencio Savelli 11 years
  2. 1227–1241
    Gregory IX Ugolino di Segni 14 years
  3. 1241–1241
    Celestine IV Goffredo da Castiglione less than a year
  4. 1243–1254
    Innocent IV Sinibaldo Fieschi 11 years
  5. 1254–1261
    Alexander IV Rinaldo di Segni 7 years
  6. 1261–1264
    Urban IV Jacques Pantaléon 3 years
  7. 1265–1268
    Clement IV Gui Foucois 3 years
  8. 1271–1276
    Gregory X Tebaldo Visconti 5 years
  9. 1276–1276
    Innocent V Pierre de Tarentaise less than a year
  10. 1276–1276
    Adrian V Ottobuono Fieschi less than a year
  11. 1276–1277
    John XXI Pedro Julião 1 year
  12. 1277–1280
    Nicholas III Giovanni Gaetano Orsini 3 years
  13. 1281–1285
    Martin IV Simon de Brion 4 years
  14. 1285–1287
    Honorius IV Giacomo Savelli 2 years
  15. 1288–1292
    Nicholas IV Girolamo Masci 4 years
  16. 1294–1294
    Celestine V Pietro da Morrone less than a year
  17. 1294–1303
    Boniface VIII Benedetto Caetani 9 years

14th century 1303–1404 · 10 popes

  1. 1303–1304
    Benedict XI Niccolò Boccasini 1 year
  2. 1305–1314
    Clement V Bertrand de Got 9 years
  3. 1316–1334
    John XXII Jacques Duèze 18 years
  4. 1334–1342
    Benedict XII Jacques Fournier 8 years
  5. 1342–1352
    Clement VI Pierre Roger 10 years
  6. 1352–1362
    Innocent VI Étienne Aubert 10 years
  7. 1362–1370
    Urban V Guillaume de Grimoard 8 years
  8. 1370–1378
    Gregory XI Pierre Roger de Beaufort 8 years
  9. 1378–1389
    Urban VI Bartolomeo Prignano 11 years
  10. 1389–1404
    Boniface IX Pietro Tomacelli 15 years

15th century 1404–1503 · 11 popes

  1. 1404–1406
    Innocent VII Cosimo de' Migliorati 2 years
  2. 1406–1415
    Gregory XII Angelo Correr 9 years
  3. 1417–1431
    Martin V Oddone Colonna 14 years
  4. 1431–1447
    Eugene IV Gabriele Condulmer 16 years
  5. 1447–1455
    Nicholas V Tommaso Parentucelli 8 years
  6. 1455–1458
    Callixtus III Alfonso de Borja 3 years
  7. 1458–1464
    Pius II Enea Silvio Piccolomini 6 years
  8. 1464–1471
    Paul II Pietro Barbo 7 years
  9. 1471–1484
    Sixtus IV Francesco Della Rovere 13 years
  10. 1484–1492
    Innocent VIII Giovanni Battista Cybo 8 years
  11. 1492–1503
    Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia 11 years

16th century 1503–1605 · 17 popes

  1. 1503–1503
    Pius III Francesco Piccolomini less than a year
  2. 1503–1513
    Julius II Giuliano Della Rovere 10 years
  3. 1513–1521
    Leo X Giovanni de' Medici 8 years
  4. 1522–1523
    Adrian VI Adriaan Florensz Boeyens 1 year
  5. 1523–1534
    Clement VII Giulio de' Medici 11 years
  6. 1534–1549
    Paul III Alessandro Farnese 15 years
  7. 1550–1555
    Julius III Giovanni Del Monte 5 years
  8. 1555–1555
    Marcellus II Marcello Cervini less than a year
  9. 1555–1559
    Paul IV Gian Pietro Carafa 4 years
  10. 1559–1565
    Pius IV Giovanni Angelo Medici 6 years
  11. 1566–1572
    Pius V Michele Ghislieri 6 years
  12. 1572–1585
    Gregory XIII Ugo Boncompagni 13 years
  13. 1585–1590
    Sixtus V Felice Peretti 5 years
  14. 1590–1590
    Urban VII Gian Battista Castagna less than a year
  15. 1590–1591
    Gregory XIV Niccolò Sfondrati 1 year
  16. 1591–1591
    Innocent IX Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti less than a year
  17. 1592–1605
    Clement VIII Ippolito Aldobrandini 13 years

17th century 1605–1721 · 12 popes

  1. 1605–1605
    Leo XI Alessandro de' Medici less than a year
  2. 1605–1621
    Paul V Camillo Borghese 16 years
  3. 1621–1623
    Gregory XV Alessandro Ludovisi 2 years
  4. 1623–1644
    Urban VIII Maffeo Barberini 21 years
  5. 1644–1655
    Innocent X Giovanni Battista Pamphilj 11 years
  6. 1655–1667
    Alexander VII Fabio Chigi 12 years
  7. 1667–1669
    Clement IX Giulio Rospigliosi 2 years
  8. 1670–1676
    Clement X Emilio Altieri 6 years
  9. 1676–1689
    Innocent XI Benedetto Odescalchi 13 years
  10. 1689–1691
    Alexander VIII Pietro Ottoboni 2 years
  11. 1691–1700
    Innocent XII Antonio Pignatelli 9 years
  12. 1700–1721
    Clement XI Gian Francesco Albani 21 years

18th century 1721–1823 · 8 popes

  1. 1721–1724
    Innocent XIII Michelangelo dei Conti 3 years
  2. 1724–1730
    Benedict XIII Pietro Orsini 6 years
  3. 1730–1740
    Clement XII Lorenzo Corsini 10 years
  4. 1740–1758
    Benedict XIV Prospero Lambertini 18 years
  5. 1758–1769
    Clement XIII Carlo Rezzonico 11 years
  6. 1769–1774
    Clement XIV Vincenzo Ganganelli 5 years
  7. 1775–1799
    Pius VI Angelo Braschi 24 years
  8. 1800–1823
    Pius VII Barnaba Chiaramonti 23 years

19th century 1823–1903 · 5 popes

  1. 1823–1829
    Leo XII Annibale Della Genga 6 years
  2. 1829–1830
    Pius VIII Francesco Castiglioni 1 year
  3. 1831–1846
    Gregory XVI Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari 15 years
  4. 1846–1878
    Pius IX Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti 32 years
  5. 1878–1903
    Leo XIII Gioacchino Pecci 25 years

20th century 1903–2005 · 8 popes

  1. 1903–1914
    Pius X Giuseppe Sarto 11 years
  2. 1914–1922
    Benedict XV Giacomo Della Chiesa 8 years
  3. 1922–1939
    Pius XI Achille Ratti 17 years
  4. 1939–1958
    Pius XII Eugenio Pacelli 19 years
  5. 1958–1963
    John XXIII Angelo Roncalli 5 years
  6. 1963–1978
    Paul VI Giovanni Battista Montini 15 years
  7. 1978–1978
    John Paul I Albino Luciani less than a year
  8. 1978–2005
    John Paul II Karol Wojtyła 27 years

21st century 2005–2026 · 3 popes

  1. 2005–2013
    Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger 8 years
  2. 2013–2025
    Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio 12 years
  3. since 2025
    Leo XIV In office Robert Francis Prevost 1 year