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
Léon XIV (Robert Francis Prevost)
Longest pontificate
32 years
Pie IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti)
| No. | Pope | Start | End | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre | 33 | 64 | 31 years |
| 2 | Lin | 64 | 76 | 12 years |
| 3 | Anaclet (Clet) | 76 | 88 | 12 years |
| 4 | Clément Ier | 88 | 97 | 9 years |
| 5 | Evariste | 97 | 105 | 8 years |
| 6 | Alexandre Ier | 105 | 115 | 10 years |
| 7 | Sixte Ier | 115 | 125 | 10 years |
| 8 | Télesphore | 125 | 136 | 11 years |
| 9 | Hygin | 136 | 140 | 4 years |
| 10 | Pie Ier | 140 | 155 | 15 years |
| 11 | Anicet | 155 | 166 | 11 years |
| 12 | Soter | 166 | 175 | 9 years |
| 13 | Eleuthère | 175 | 189 | 14 years |
| 14 | Victor Ier | 189 | 199 | 10 years |
| 15 | Zéphyrin | 199 | 217 | 18 years |
| 16 | Calixte Ier | 217 | 222 | 5 years |
| 17 | Urbain Ier | 222 | 230 | 8 years |
| 18 | Pontien | 230 | 235 | 5 years |
| 19 | Antère | 235 | 236 | 1 year |
| 20 | Fabien | 236 | 250 | 14 years |
| 21 | Cornelius | 251 | 253 | 2 years |
| 22 | Lucius Ier | 253 | 254 | 1 year |
| 23 | Etienne Ier | 254 | 257 | 3 years |
| 24 | Sixte II | 257 | 258 | 1 year |
| 25 | Denys | 259 | 268 | 9 years |
| 26 | Félix Ier | 269 | 274 | 5 years |
| 27 | Eutychien | 275 | 283 | 8 years |
| 28 | Caius | 283 | 296 | 13 years |
| 29 | Marcellin | 296 | 304 | 8 years |
| 30 | Marcel Ier | 308 | 309 | 1 year |
| 31 | Eusèbe | 309 | 309 | < 1 year |
| 32 | Miltiade | 311 | 314 | 3 years |
| 33 | Sylvestre Ier | 314 | 335 | 21 years |
| 34 | Marc | 336 | 336 | < 1 year |
| 35 | Jules Ier | 337 | 352 | 15 years |
| 36 | Libère | 352 | 366 | 14 years |
| 37 | Damase Ier | 366 | 384 | 18 years |
| 38 | Sirice | 384 | 399 | 15 years |
| 39 | Anastase Ier | 399 | 401 | 2 years |
| 40 | Innocent Ier | 401 | 417 | 16 years |
| 41 | Zozime | 417 | 418 | 1 year |
| 42 | Boniface Ier | 418 | 422 | 4 years |
| 43 | Célestin Ier | 422 | 432 | 10 years |
| 44 | Sixte III | 432 | 440 | 8 years |
| 45 | Leo I the Great | 440 | 461 | 21 years |
| 46 | Hilaire | 461 | 468 | 7 years |
| 47 | Simplice | 468 | 483 | 15 years |
| 48 | Félix III | 483 | 492 | 9 years |
| 49 | Gélase Ier | 492 | 496 | 4 years |
| 50 | Anastase II | 496 | 498 | 2 years |
| 51 | Symmaque | 498 | 514 | 16 years |
| 52 | Hormisdas | 514 | 523 | 9 years |
| 53 | John I | 523 | 526 | 3 years |
| 54 | Félix IV | 526 | 530 | 4 years |
| 55 | Boniface II | 530 | 532 | 2 years |
| 56 | Jean II | 533 | 535 | 2 years |
| 57 | Agapit Ier | 535 | 536 | 1 year |
| 58 | Silvère | 536 | 537 | 1 year |
| 59 | Vigile | 537 | 555 | 18 years |
| 60 | Pélage Ier | 556 | 561 | 5 years |
| 61 | Jean III | 561 | 574 | 13 years |
| 62 | Benoît Ier | 575 | 579 | 4 years |
| 63 | Pélage II | 579 | 590 | 11 years |
| 64 | Gregory I the Great | 590 | 604 | 14 years |
| 65 | Sabinien | 604 | 606 | 2 years |
| 66 | Boniface III | 607 | 607 | < 1 year |
| 67 | Boniface IV | 608 | 615 | 7 years |
| 68 | Adeodat Ier | 615 | 618 | 3 years |
| 69 | Boniface V | 619 | 625 | 6 years |
| 70 | Honorius Ier | 625 | 638 | 13 years |
| 71 | Séverin | 640 | 640 | < 1 year |
| 72 | Jean IV | 640 | 642 | 2 years |
| 73 | Théodore Ier | 642 | 649 | 7 years |
| 74 | Martin Ier | 649 | 655 | 6 years |
| 75 | Eugène Ier | 654 | 657 | 3 years |
| 76 | Vitalien | 657 | 672 | 15 years |
| 77 | Adeodat II | 672 | 676 | 4 years |
| 78 | Donus | 676 | 678 | 2 years |
| 79 | Agathon | 678 | 681 | 3 years |
| 80 | Léon II | 682 | 683 | 1 year |
| 81 | Benoît II | 684 | 685 | 1 year |
| 82 | Jean V | 685 | 686 | 1 year |
| 83 | Conon | 686 | 687 | 1 year |
| 84 | Serge Ier | 687 | 701 | 14 years |
| 85 | Jean VI | 701 | 705 | 4 years |
| 86 | Jean VII | 705 | 707 | 2 years |
| 87 | Sisinnius | 708 | 708 | < 1 year |
| 88 | Constantin | 708 | 715 | 7 years |
| 89 | Gregory I the Great | 715 | 731 | 16 years |
| 90 | Gregory I the Great | 731 | 741 | 10 years |
| 91 | Zacharie | 741 | 752 | 11 years |
| 92 | Etienne II | 752 | 757 | 5 years |
| 93 | Paul Ier | 757 | 767 | 10 years |
| 94 | Etienne III | 768 | 772 | 4 years |
| 95 | Adrien Ier | 772 | 795 | 23 years |
| 96 | Leo III | 795 | 816 | 21 years |
| 97 | Etienne IV | 816 | 817 | 1 year |
| 98 | Pascal Ier | 817 | 824 | 7 years |
| 99 | Eugène II | 824 | 827 | 3 years |
| 100 | Valentin | 827 | 827 | < 1 year |
| 101 | Gregory I the Great | 827 | 844 | 17 years |
| 102 | Serge II | 844 | 847 | 3 years |
| 103 | Léon IV | 847 | 855 | 8 years |
| 104 | Benoît III | 855 | 858 | 3 years |
| 105 | Nicholas I | 858 | 867 | 9 years |
| 106 | Adrien II | 867 | 872 | 5 years |
| 107 | Jean VIII | 872 | 882 | 10 years |
| 108 | Marin Ier | 882 | 884 | 2 years |
| 109 | Adrien III | 884 | 885 | 1 year |
| 110 | Etienne V | 885 | 891 | 6 years |
| 111 | Formose | 891 | 896 | 5 years |
| 112 | Boniface VI | 896 | 896 | < 1 year |
| 113 | Etienne VI | 896 | 897 | 1 year |
| 114 | Romain | 897 | 897 | < 1 year |
| 115 | Théodore II | 897 | 897 | < 1 year |
| 116 | Jean IX | 898 | 900 | 2 years |
| 117 | Benoît IV | 900 | 903 | 3 years |
| 118 | Léon V | 903 | 903 | < 1 year |
| 119 | Serge III | 904 | 911 | 7 years |
| 120 | Anastase III | 911 | 913 | 2 years |
| 121 | Landon | 913 | 914 | 1 year |
| 122 | Jean X | 914 | 928 | 14 years |
| 123 | Léon VI | 928 | 928 | < 1 year |
| 124 | Etienne VII | 928 | 931 | 3 years |
| 125 | Jean XI | 931 | 935 | 4 years |
| 126 | Léon VII | 936 | 939 | 3 years |
| 127 | Etienne VIII | 939 | 942 | 3 years |
| 128 | Marin II | 942 | 946 | 4 years |
| 129 | Agapit II | 946 | 955 | 9 years |
| 130 | Jean XII | 955 | 964 | 9 years |
| 131 | Léon VIII | 963 | 965 | 2 years |
| 132 | Benoît V | 964 | 964 | < 1 year |
| 133 | Jean XIII | 965 | 972 | 7 years |
| 134 | Benoît VI | 973 | 974 | 1 year |
| 135 | Benoît VII | 974 | 983 | 9 years |
| 136 | Jean XIV | 983 | 984 | 1 year |
| 137 | Jean XV | 985 | 996 | 11 years |
| 138 | Grégoire V | 996 | 999 | 3 years |
| 139 | Sylvestre II (Gerbert d'Aurillac) | 999 | 1003 | 4 years |
| 140 | Jean XVII | 1003 | 1003 | < 1 year |
| 141 | Jean XVIII | 1004 | 1009 | 5 years |
| 142 | Serge IV | 1009 | 1012 | 3 years |
| 143 | Benoît VIII (Théophilacte de Tusculum) | 1012 | 1024 | 12 years |
| 144 | Jean XIX (Romano de Tusculum) | 1012 | 1032 | 20 years |
| 145 | Benoît IX (Théophilacte de Tusculum) | 1032 | 1048 | 16 years |
| 146 | Sylvestre III | 1045 | 1045 | < 1 year |
| 147 | Gregoire VI (Jean Gratien) | 1045 | 1046 | 1 year |
| 148 | Clement II (Suidger de Morsleben) | 1046 | 1047 | 1 year |
| 149 | Damase II (Poppon de Brixen) | 1048 | 1048 | < 1 year |
| 150 | Léon IX (Brunon d'Egisheim) | 1049 | 1054 | 5 years |
| 151 | Victor II (Gebhart) | 1055 | 1057 | 2 years |
| 152 | Etienne IX (Frédéric de Lorraine) | 1057 | 1058 | 1 year |
| 153 | Nicolas II (Gerard de Bourgogne) | 1059 | 1061 | 2 years |
| 154 | Alexandre II (Anselme da Baggio) | 1061 | 1073 | 12 years |
| 155 | Gregoire VII (Hildebrand) | 1073 | 1085 | 12 years |
| 156 | Victor III (Didier de Marsi) | 1086 | 1087 | 1 year |
| 157 | Urbain II (Eudes de Châtillon) | 1088 | 1099 | 11 years |
| 158 | Pascal II (Rainier de Beida) | 1099 | 1118 | 19 years |
| 159 | Gélase II (Giovanni Caetani) | 1118 | 1119 | 1 year |
| 160 | Calixte II (Guy de Bourgogne) | 1119 | 1124 | 5 years |
| 161 | Honorius II (Lamberto) | 1124 | 1130 | 6 years |
| 162 | Innocent II (Gregorio Papareschi) | 1130 | 1143 | 13 years |
| 163 | Célestin II (Guido di Castello) | 1143 | 1144 | 1 year |
| 164 | Lucius II (Gerardo Caccianemici) | 1144 | 1145 | 1 year |
| 165 | Eugène III (Bernardo dei Paganelli) | 1145 | 1153 | 8 years |
| 166 | Anastase IV (Corrado) | 1153 | 1154 | 1 year |
| 167 | Adrien IV (Nicolas Breackspear) | 1154 | 1159 | 5 years |
| 168 | Alexandre III (Ronaldo Bandinelli) | 1159 | 1181 | 22 years |
| 169 | Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) | 1181 | 1185 | 4 years |
| 170 | Urbain III (Uberto Crivelli) | 1185 | 1187 | 2 years |
| 171 | Grégoire VIII (Alberto de Morra) | 1187 | 1187 | < 1 year |
| 172 | Clément III (Paolo Scolari) | 1187 | 1191 | 4 years |
| 173 | Célestin III (Giacinto Bone) | 1191 | 1198 | 7 years |
| 174 | Innocent III (Lotario di Segni) | 1198 | 1216 | 18 years |
| 175 | Honorius III (Censio Savelli) | 1216 | 1227 | 11 years |
| 176 | Gregory I the Great | 1227 | 1241 | 14 years |
| 177 | Célestin IV (Giofredo Castiglioni) | 1241 | 1241 | < 1 year |
| 178 | Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi) | 1243 | 1254 | 11 years |
| 179 | Alexandre IV (Rinaldo di Segni) | 1254 | 1261 | 7 years |
| 180 | Urbain IV (Jacques Pantaléon) | 1261 | 1264 | 3 years |
| 181 | Clement IV (Gui Foucois) | 1265 | 1268 | 3 years |
| 182 | Grégoire X (Tebaldo Visconti) | 1271 | 1276 | 5 years |
| 183 | Innocent V (Pierre de Tarentaise) | 1276 | 1276 | < 1 year |
| 184 | Adrien V (Ottobuono Fieschi) | 1276 | 1276 | < 1 year |
| 185 | Jean XXI (Pietro Iuliani) | 1276 | 1277 | 1 year |
| 186 | Nicolas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini) | 1277 | 1280 | 3 years |
| 187 | Martin IV (Simon de Brion) | 1281 | 1285 | 4 years |
| 188 | Honorius IV (Giacomo Savelli) | 1285 | 1287 | 2 years |
| 189 | Nicolas IV (Giralomo Masci) | 1288 | 1292 | 4 years |
| 190 | Célestin V (Pietro di Morrone) | 1294 | 1294 | < 1 year |
| 191 | Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani) | 1294 | 1303 | 9 years |
| 192 | Benoît XI (Niccolo Boccasini) | 1303 | 1304 | 1 year |
| 193 | Clément V (Bertrand de Got) | 1305 | 1314 | 9 years |
| 194 | Jean XXII (Jacques Dueze) | 1316 | 1334 | 18 years |
| 195 | Benoît XII (Jacques Fournier) | 1334 | 1342 | 8 years |
| 196 | Clément VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) | 1342 | 1352 | 10 years |
| 197 | Innocent VI (Etienne Aubert) | 1352 | 1362 | 10 years |
| 198 | Urbain V (Guillaume de Grimoard) | 1362 | 1370 | 8 years |
| 199 | Grégoire XI (Pierre Roger Rosiers) | 1370 | 1378 | 8 years |
| 200 | Urbain VI (Bartolomeo Prignano) | 1378 | 1389 | 11 years |
| 201 | Boniface IX (Pietro Tommacelli) | 1389 | 1404 | 15 years |
| 202 | Innocent VII (Cosimo Miglioratti) | 1404 | 1406 | 2 years |
| 203 | Gregoire XII (Angelo Correr) | 1406 | 1415 | 9 years |
| 204 | Martin V (Oddone Colonna) | 1417 | 1431 | 14 years |
| 205 | Eugène IV (Gabriele Condulmer) | 1431 | 1447 | 16 years |
| 206 | Nicolas V (Tommaso Parentucelli) | 1447 | 1455 | 8 years |
| 207 | Calixte III (Alonso Borgia) | 1455 | 1458 | 3 years |
| 208 | Pie II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini) | 1458 | 1464 | 6 years |
| 209 | Paul II (Pietro Barbo) | 1464 | 1471 | 7 years |
| 210 | Sixte IV (Francesco Della Rovere) | 1471 | 1484 | 13 years |
| 211 | Innocent VIII (Gianbattista Sibo) | 1484 | 1492 | 8 years |
| 212 | Alexandre VI (Rodrigo Borgia) | 1492 | 1503 | 11 years |
| 213 | Pie III (Francesco Piccolomini) | 1503 | 1503 | < 1 year |
| 214 | Jules II (Giuliano Della Rovere) | 1503 | 1513 | 10 years |
| 215 | Léon X (Giovanni de Medici) | 1513 | 1521 | 8 years |
| 216 | Adrien VI (Adrien Floriszoon) | 1522 | 1523 | 1 year |
| 217 | Clément VII (Giulio de Medici) | 1523 | 1534 | 11 years |
| 218 | Paul III (Alexandre Farnèse) | 1534 | 1549 | 15 years |
| 219 | Jules III (Giovanni Del Monte) | 1550 | 1555 | 5 years |
| 220 | Marcel II (Marcello Cervini) | 1555 | 1555 | < 1 year |
| 221 | Paul IV (Gian Pietro Carafa) | 1555 | 1559 | 4 years |
| 222 | Pie IV (Gianangelo de Medici) | 1559 | 1565 | 6 years |
| 223 | Pie V (Michele Ghislieri) | 1566 | 1572 | 6 years |
| 224 | Grégoire XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni) | 1572 | 1585 | 13 years |
| 225 | Sixte V (Felice Peretti) | 1585 | 1590 | 5 years |
| 226 | Urbain VII (Gian Battista Castagna) | 1590 | 1590 | < 1 year |
| 227 | Grégoire XIV (Niccolo Sfondrati) | 1590 | 1591 | 1 year |
| 228 | Innocent IX (Gian Antonio Faccinetti) | 1591 | 1591 | < 1 year |
| 229 | Clément VIII (Ippolito Albobrandini) | 1592 | 1605 | 13 years |
| 230 | Léon XI (Alessandro de Medici) | 1605 | 1605 | < 1 year |
| 231 | Paul V (Camillo Borghese) | 1605 | 1621 | 16 years |
| 232 | Grégoire XV (Alessandro Ludivisi) | 1621 | 1623 | 2 years |
| 233 | Urbain VIII (Maffeo Barberini) | 1623 | 1644 | 21 years |
| 234 | Innocent X (Gian Battista Pamfili) | 1644 | 1655 | 11 years |
| 235 | Alexandre VII (Fabio Chigi) | 1655 | 1667 | 12 years |
| 236 | Clément IX (Giulio Rospigliosi) | 1667 | 1669 | 2 years |
| 237 | Clément X (Emilio Altieri) | 1670 | 1676 | 6 years |
| 238 | Innocent XI (Benedetto Odelcalchi) | 1676 | 1689 | 13 years |
| 239 | Alexandre VIII (Pietro Ottoboni) | 1689 | 1691 | 2 years |
| 240 | Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli) | 1691 | 1700 | 9 years |
| 241 | Clément XI (Gian Francesco Albani) | 1700 | 1721 | 21 years |
| 242 | Innocent XIII (Michelangelo de Conti) | 1721 | 1724 | 3 years |
| 243 | Benoît XIII (Pietro Orsini) | 1724 | 1730 | 6 years |
| 244 | Clément XII (Lorenzo Corsini) | 1730 | 1740 | 10 years |
| 245 | Benoît XIV (Prospero Lambertini) | 1740 | 1758 | 18 years |
| 246 | Clément XIII (Carlo Rezzonico) | 1758 | 1769 | 11 years |
| 247 | Clément XIV (Vincenzo Ganganelli) | 1769 | 1774 | 5 years |
| 248 | Pie VI (Angelo Braschi) | 1775 | 1799 | 24 years |
| 249 | Pie VII (Barnabo Chiaramonti) | 1800 | 1823 | 23 years |
| 250 | Léon XII (Annibale Della Genga) | 1823 | 1829 | 6 years |
| 251 | Pie VIII (Francesco Castiglioni) | 1829 | 1830 | 1 year |
| 252 | Grégoire XVI (Mauro Capellari) | 1831 | 1846 | 15 years |
| 253 | Pie IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti) | 1846 | 1878 | 32 years |
| 254 | Léon XIII (Giocchiano Pecci) | 1878 | 1903 | 25 years |
| 255 | Pie X (Giuseppe Sarto) | 1903 | 1914 | 11 years |
| 256 | Benoît XV (Giacomo Della Chiesa) | 1914 | 1922 | 8 years |
| 257 | Pie XI (Achille Ratti) | 1922 | 1939 | 17 years |
| 258 | Pie XII (Eugenio Pacelli) | 1939 | 1958 | 19 years |
| 259 | Jean XXIII (Angelo Roncalli) | 1958 | 1963 | 5 years |
| 260 | Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) | 1963 | 1978 | 15 years |
| 261 | Jean-Paul Ier (Albino Luciani) | 1978 | 1978 | < 1 year |
| 262 | Jean-Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) | 1978 | 2005 | 27 years |
| 263 | Benoît XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) | 2005 | 2013 | 8 years |
| 264 | François (Jose Mario Bergoglio) | 2013 | 2025 | 12 years |
| 265 | Léon XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) In office | 2025 | — | 1 year |