Roman Catholic Pontiffs through the years

St Peter, of Bethsaida in Galilee, Prince of the Apostles, was the first Pope. He lived first in Antioch and then in Rome for 25 years. In C.E. 64 or 67, he was martyred. St Linus became the second Pope.

			Reigned
No.	Name	Birthplace	From	To
2	St Linus	Tuscia	67	76
3	St Anacletus (Cletus)	Rome	76	88
4	St Clement	Rome	88	97
5	St Evaristus	Greece	97	105
6	St Alexander I	Rome	105	115
7	St Sixtus I	Rome	115	125
8	St Telesphorus	Greece	125	136
9	St Hyginus	Greece	136	140
10	St Pius I	Aquileia	140	155
11	St Anicetus	Syria	155	166
12	St Soter	Campania	166	175
13	St Eleutherius	Epirus	175	189
14	St Victor I	Africa	189	199
15	St Zephyrinus	Rome	199	217
16	St Callistus I	Rome	217	222
17	St Urban I	Rome	222	230
18	St Pontian	Rome	230	235
19	St Anterus	Greece	235	236
20	St Fabian	Rome	236	250
21	St Cornelius	Rome	251	253
22	St Lucius I	Rome	253	254
23	St Stephen I	Rome	254	257
24	St Sixtus II	Greece	257	258
25	St Dionysius	Unknown	259	268
26	St Felix I	Rome	269	274
27	St Eutychian	Luni	275	283
28	St Caius	Dalmatia	283	296
29	St Marcellinus	Rome	296	304
30	St Marcellus I	Rome	308	309
31	St Eusebius	Greece	309^A	309^A
32	St Meltiades	Africa	311	314
33	St Sylvester I	Rome	314	335
34	St Marcus	Rome	336	336
35	St Julius I	Rome	337	352
36	Liberius	Rome	352	366
37	St Damasus I	Spain	366	384
38	St Siricius	Rome	384	399
39	St Anastasius I	Rome	399	401
40	St Innocent I	Albano	401	417
41	St Zozimus	Greece	417	418
42	St Boniface I	Rome	418	422
43	St Celestine I	Campania	422	432
44	St Sixtus III	Rome	432	440
45	St Leo I (the Great)	Tuscany	440	461
46	St Hilary	Sardinia	461	468
47	St Simplicius	Tivoli	468	483
48	St Felix III (II) ^B	Rome	483	492
49	St Gelasius I	Africa	492	496
50	Anastasius II	Rome	496	498
51	St Symmachus	Sardinia	498	514
52	St Hormisdas	Frosinone	514	523
53	St John I	Tuscany	523	526
54	St Felix IV (III)	Samnium	526	530
55	Boniface II	Rome	530	532
56	John II	Rome	533	535
57	St Agapitus I	Rome	535	536
58	St Silverius	Campania	536	537
59	Vigilius	Rome	537	555
60	Pelagius I	Rome	556	561
61	John III	Rome	561	574
62	Benedict I	Rome	575	579
63	Pelagius II	Rome	579	590
64	St Gregory I (the Great)	Rome	590	604
65	Sabinianus	Tuscany	604	606
66	Boniface III	Rome	607	607
67	St Boniface IV	Marsi	608	615
68	St Deusdedit (Adeodatus I)	Rome	615	618
69	Boniface V	Naples	619	625
70	Honorius I	Campania	625	638
71	Severinus	Rome	640	640
72	John IV	Dalmatia	640	642
73	Theodore I	Greece	642	649
74	St Martin I	Todi	649	655
75	St Eugene I ^C	Rome	654	657
76	St Vitalian	Segni	657	672
77	Adeodatus II	Rome	672	676
78	Donus	Rome	676	678
79	St Agatho	Sicily	678	681
80	St Leo II	Sicily	682	683
81	St Benedict II	Rome	684	685
82	John V	Syria	685	686
83	Conon	Unknown	686	687
84	St Sergius I	Syria	687	701
85	John VI	Greece	701	705
86	John VII	Greece	705	707
87	Sisinnius	Syria	708	708
88	Constantine	Syria	708	715
89	St Gregory II	Rome	715	731
90	St Gregory III	Syria	731	741
91	St Zachary	Greece	741	752
92	Stephen II (III) ^D	Rome	752	757
93	St Paul I	Rome	757	767
94	Stephen III (IV)	Sicily	768	772
95	Adrian I	Rome	772	795
96	St Leo III	Rome	795	816
97	Stephen IV (V)	Rome	816	817
98	St Paschal I	Rome	817	824
99	Eugene II	Rome	824	827
100	Valentine	Rome	827	827
101	Gregory IV	Rome	827	844
102	Sergius II	Rome	844	847
103	St Leo IV	Rome	847	855
104	Benedict III	Rome	855	858
105	St Nicholas I (the Great)	Rome	858	867
106	Adrian II	Rome	867	872
107	John VIII	Rome	872	882
108	Marinus I	Gallese	882	884
109	St Adrian III	Rome	884	885
110	Stephen V (VI)	Rome	885	891
111	Formosus	Portus	891	896
112	Boniface VI	Rome	896	896
113	Stephen VI (VII)	Rome	896	897
114	Romanus	Gallese	897	897
115	Theodore II	Rome	897	897
116	John IX	Tivoli	898	900
117	Benedict IV	Rome	900	903
118	Leo V	Ardea	903	903
119	Sergius III	Rome	904	911
120	Anastasius III	Rome	911	913
121	Landus	Sabina	913	914
122	John X	Tossignano	914	928
123	Leo VI	Rome	928	928
124	Stephen VII (VIII)	Rome	928	931
125	John XI	Rome	931	935
126	Leo VII	Rome	936	939
127	Stephen VIII (IX)	Rome	939	942
128	Marinus II	Rome	942	946
129	Agapitus II	Rome	946	955
130	John XII	Tusculum	955	964
131	Leo VIII ^E	Rome	963	965
132	Benedict V ^E	Rome	964	966
133	John XIII	Rome	965	972
134	Benedict VI	Rome	973	974
135	Benedict VII	Rome	974	983
136	John XIV	Pavia	983	984
137	John XV	Rome	985	996
138	Gregory V	Saxony	996	999
139	Sylvester II	Auvergne	999	1003
140	John XVII	Rome	1003	1003
141	John XVIII	Rome	1004	1009
142	Sergius IV	Rome	1009	1012
143	Benedict VIII	Tusculum	1012	1024
144	John XIX	Tusculum	1024	1032
145	Benedict IX ^F	Tusculum	1032	1044
146	Sylvester III	Rome	1045	1045
147	Benedict IX ^F	Tusculum	1045	1045
148	Gregory VI	Rome	1045	1046
149	Clement II	Saxony	1046	1047
150	Benedict IX ^F	Tusculum	1047	1048
151	Damasus II	Bavaria	1048	1048
152	St Leo IX	Alsace	1049	1054
153	Victor II	Germany	1055	1057
154	Stephen IX (X)	Lorraine	1057	1058
155	Nicholas II	Burgundy	1059	1061
156	Alexander II	Milan	1061	1073
157	St Gregory VII	Tuscany	1073	1085
158	Bl. Victor III	Benevento	1086	1087
159	Bl. Urban II	France	1088	1099
160	Paschal II	Ravenna	1099	1118
161	Gelasius II	Gaeta	1118	1119
162	Callistus II	Burgundy	1119	1124
163	Honorius II	Flagnano	1124	1130
164	Innocent II	Rome	1130	1143
165	Celestine II	Citta di Castello	1143	1144
166	Lucius II	Bologna	1144	1145
167	Bl. Eugene III	Pisa	1145	1153
168	Anastasius IV	Rome	1153	1154
169	Adrian IV	England	1154	1159
170	Alexander III	Siena	1159	1181
171	Lucius III	Lucca	1181	1185
172	Urban III	Milan	1185	1187
173	Gregory VIII	Benevento	1187	1187
174	Clement III	Rome	1187	1191
175	Celestine III	Rome	1191	1198
176	Innocent III	Anagni	1198	1216
177	Honorius III	Rome	1216	1227
178	Gregory IX	Anagni	1227	1241
179	Celestine IV	Milan	1241	1241
180	Innocent IV	Genoa	1243	1254
181	Alexander IV	Anagni	1254	1261
182	Urban IV	Troyes	1261	1264
183	Clement IV	France	1265	1268
184	Bl. Gregory X	Piacenza	1271	1276
185	Bl. Innocent V	Savoy	1276	1276
186	Adrian V	Genoa	1276	1276
187	John XXI ^G	Portugal	1276	1277
188	Nicholas III	Rome	1277	1280
189	Martin IV ^H	France	1281	1285
190	Honorius IV	Rome	1285	1287
191	Nicholas IV	Ascoli	1288	1292
192	St Celestine V	Isernia	1294	1294
193	Boniface VIII	Anagni	1294	1303
194	Bl. Benedict XI	Treviso	1303	1304
195	Clement V	France	1305	1314
196	John XXII	Cahors	1316	1334
197	Benedict XII	France	1334	1342
198	Clement VI	France	1342	1352
199	Innocent VI	France	1352	1362
200	Bl. Urban V	France	1362	1370
201	Gregory XI	France	1370	1378
202	Urban VI	Naples	1378	1389
203	Boniface IX	Naples	1389	1404
204	Innocent VII	Sul mona	1404	1406
205	Gregory XII	Venice	1406	1415
206	Martin V	Rome	1417	1431
207	Eugene IV	Venice	1431	1447
208	Nicholas V	Sarzana	1447	1455
209	Callistus III	Jativa	1455	1458
210	Pius II	Siena	1458	1464
211	Paul II	Venice	1464	1471
212	Sixtus IV	Savona	1471	1484
213	Innocent VIII	Genoa	1484	1492
214	Alexander VI	Jativa	1492	1503
215	Pius III	Siena	1503	1503
216	Julius II	Savona	1503	1513
217	Leo X	Florence	1513	1521
218	Adrian VI	Utrecht	1522	1523
219	Clement VII	Florence	1523	1534
220	Paul III	Rome	1534	1549
221	Julius III	Rome	1550	1555
222	Marcellus II	Montepulciano	1555	1555
223	Paul IV	Naples	1555	1559
224	Pius IV	Milan	1559	1565
225	St Pius V	Bosco	1566	1572
226	Gregory XIII	Bologna	1572	1585
227	Sixtus V	Grottammare	1585	1590
228	Urban VII	Rome	1590	1590
229	Gregory XIV	Cremona	1590	1591
230	Innocent IX	Bologna	1591	1591
231	Clement VIII	Florence	1592	1605
232	Leo XI	Florence	1605	1605
233	Paul V	Rome	1605	1621
234	Gregory XV	Bologna	1621	1623
235	Urban VIII	Florence	1623	1644
236	Innocent X	Rome	1644	1655
237	Alexander VII	Siena	1655	1667
238	Clement IX	Pistoia	1667	1669
239	Clement X	Rome	1670	1676
240	Bl. Innocent XI	Como	1676	1689
241	Alexander VIII	Venice	1689	1691
242	Innocent XII	Spinazzola	1691	1700
243	Clement XI	Urbino	1700	1721
244	Innocent XIII	Rome	1721	1724
245	Benedict XIII	Gravina	1724	1730
246	Clement XII	Florence	1730	1740
247	Benedict XIV	Bologna	1740	1758
248	Clement XIII	Venice	1758	1769
249	Clement XIV	Rimini	1769	1774
250	Pius VI	Cesena	1775	1799
251	Pius VII	Cesena	1800	1823
252	Leo XII	Genga	1823	1829
253	Pius VIII	Cingoli	1829	1830
254	Gregory XVI	Belluno	1831	1846
255	Pius IX	Senegallia	1846	1878
256	Leo XIII	Carpineto	1878	1903
257	St Pius X	Riese	1903	1914
258	Benedict XV	Genoa	1914	1922
259	Pius XI	Desio	1922	1939
260	Pius XII	Rome	1939	1958
261	John XXIII	Sotto il Monte	1958	1963
262	Paul VI	Concesio	1963	1978
263	John Paul I	Forno di Canale	1978	1978
264	John Paul II	Wadowice	1978	2005
265	Benedict XVI	Germany	2005

^A. Or 310.
^B. He should be called Felix II, and his successors of the same name should be numbered accordingly. The discrepancy was caused by the erroneous insertion in some lists of the name of St Felix of Rome, Martyr.
^C. He was elected during the exile of St Martin I, who endorsed him as Pope.
^D. After St Zachary died, a Roman priest named Stephen was elected but died before his consecration as Bishop of Rome. His name is not included in all lists for this reason. In view of this historical confusion, the National Catholic Almanac lists the true Stephen II as Stephen II (III), the true Stephen III as Stephen III (IV), etc.
^E. Confusion exists concerning the legitimacy of claims. If the deposition of John was invalid, Leo was an antipope until after the end of Benedict's reign. If the deposition of John was valid, Leo was the legitimate Pope and Benedict an antipope.
^F. If the triple removal of Benedict IX was not valid, Sylvester III, Gregory VI, and Clement II were antipopes.
^G. 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.
^H. The names of Marinus I and Marinus II were construed as Martin. In view of these two pontificates and the earlier reign of St Martin I, this pontiff was called Martin IV.

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