The List Of Popes


List Of Popes


32AD-500AD


Legitimate Popes in Large Font

antipopes and notes in small font

1: St. Peter (32-67)

2: St. Linus (67-76)

3: St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)

4: St. Clement I (88-97)

5: St. Evaristus (97-105)

6: St. Alexander I (105-115)

7: St. Sixtus I (115-125)

8: St. Telesphorus (125-136)

9: St. Hyginus (136-140)

10: St. Pius I (140-155)

11: St. Anicetus (155-166)

12: St. Soter (166-175)

13: St. Eleutherius (175-189)

14: St. Victor I (189-199)

15: St. Zephyrinus (199-217)

16: St. Callistus I (217-22) 

Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytusantipope (217-236)

17: St. Urban I (222-30)

18: St. Pontian (230-35)

Was arrested in 235 and resigned as he felt he could no longer perform his duties. Died 236

19: St. Anterus (235-36)

20: St. Fabian (236-50)

21: St. Cornelius (251-53) 

Opposed by Novatianantipope (251)

22: St. Lucius I (253-54)

23: St. Stephen I (254-257)

24: St. Sixtus II (257-258)

25: St. Dionysius (260-268)

26: St. Felix I (269-274)

27: St. Eutychian (275-283)

28: St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius

29: St. Marcellinus (296-304)

May have resigned

30: St. Marcellus I (308-309)

31: St. Eusebius (309 or 310)

32: St. Miltiades (311-14)

33: St. Sylvester I (314-35)

34: St. Marcus (336)

35: St. Julius I (337-52)

36: Liberius (352-66) 

Was exiled by Constantius II who made Felix II pope

Opposed by Felix IIantipope (355-365)

37: St. Damasus I (366-84) 

Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)

38: St. Siricius (384-99)

39: St. Anastasius I (399-401)

40: St. Innocent I (401-17)

41: St. Zosimus (417-18)

42: St. Boniface I (418-22) 

Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)

43: St. Celestine I (422-32)

44: St. Sixtus III (432-40)

45: St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)

46: St. Hilarius (461-68)

47: St. Simplicius (468-83)

48: St. Felix III (II) (483-92)

49: St. Gelasius I (492-96)

49: Anastasius II (496-98)

50: St. Symmachus (498-514)

 Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)


500AD-1000AD


51: St. Hormisdas (514-23)

52: St. John I (523-26)

53: St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)

54: Boniface II (530-32) 

Opposed by Dioscorusantipope (530)

55: John II (533-35)

56: St. Agapetus I (535-36) 

57: St. Silverius (536-37)

58: Vigilius (537-55)

60: Pelagius I (556-61)

61: John III (561-74)

62: Benedict I (575-79)

63: Pelagius II (579-90)

64: St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)

65: Sabinian (604-606)

66: Boniface III (607)

67: St. Boniface IV (608-15)

68: St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)

69: Boniface V (619-25)

70: Honorius I (625-38)

71: Severinus (640)

72: John IV (640-42)

73: Theodore I (642-49)

74: St. Martin I (649-55)

75: St. Eugene I (655-57)

76: St. Vitalian (657-72)

77: Adeodatus (II) (672-76)

78: Donus (676-78)

79: St. Agatho (678-81)

80: St. Leo II (682-83)

81: St. Benedict II (684-85)

82: John V (685-86)

83: Conon (686-87)

84: St. Sergius I (687-701) 

Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)

85: John VI (701-05)

86: John VII (705-07)

87: Sisinnius (708)

88: Constantine (708-15)

89: St. Gregory II (715-31)

90: St. Gregory III (731-41)

91: St. Zachary (741-52) 

Stephen II followed Zachary, but because he died before being consecrated, modern lists omit him

92: Stephen II (III) (752-57)

93: St. Paul I (757-67)

94: Stephen III (IV) (767-72) 

Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)

95: Adrian I (772-95)

96: St. Leo III (795-816)

97: Stephen IV (V) (816-17)

98: St. Paschal I (817-24)

99: Eugene II (824-27)

100: Valentine (827)

101: Gregory IV (827-44)

102: Sergius II (844-47) 

Opposed by John, antipope

103: St. Leo IV (847-55)

104: Benedict III (855-58) 

Opposed by Anastasiusantipope (855)

105: St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)

106: Adrian II (867-72)

107: John VIII (872-82)

108: Marinus I (882-84)

109: St. Adrian III (884-85)

110: Stephen V (VI) (885-91)

111: Formosus (891-96)

112: Boniface VI (896)

113: Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)

114: Romanus (897)

115: Theodore II (897)

116: John IX (898-900)

117: Benedict IV (900-03)

118: Leo V (903) 

Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)

119: Sergius III (904-11)

120: Anastasius III (911-13)

121: Lando (913-14)

122: John X (914-28)

123: Leo VI (928)

124: Stephen VIII (929-31)

125: John XI (931-35)

126: Leo VII (936-39)

127: Stephen IX (939-42)

128: Marinus II (942-46)

129: Agapetus II (946-55)

130: John XII (955-63)

131: Leo VIII (963-64)

132: Benedict V (964)

133: John XIII (965-72)

134: Benedict VI (973-74)

135: Benedict VII (974-83) 

Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VIIantipope (974; 984-985)

136: John XIV (983-84)

137: John XV (985-96)

138: Gregory V (996-99) 

Opposed by John XVIantipope (997-998)

139: Sylvester II (999-1003)


1000AD-1378AD


140: John XVII (1003)

141: John XVIII (1003-09)

142: Sergius IV (1009-12)

143: Benedict VIII (1012-24)

 Opposed by Gregoryantipope (1012)

144: John XIX (1024-32)

145: Benedict IX (1032-45) 

He appears on this list three separate times, because resigned and then restored and then was twice deposed

146: Sylvester III (1045) 

Considered by some to be an antipope

147: Benedict IX (1045)

148: Gregory VI (1045-46)

Resigned 1046, Died 1048

149: Clement II (1046-47)

150: Benedict IX (1047-48)

151: Damasus II (1048)

152: St. Leo IX (1049-54)

153: Victor II (1055-57)

154: Stephen X (1057-58)

155: Nicholas II (1058-61) 

Opposed by Benedict Xantipope (1058)

156: Alexander II (1061-73) 

Opposed by Honorius IIantipope (1061-1072)

157: St. Gregory VII (1073-85) 

Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert (“Clement III”)antipope (1080-1100)

158: Blessed Victor III (1086-87)

159: Blessed Urban II (1088-99)

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160: Paschal II (1099-1118) 

Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf (“Sylvester IV”, 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)

161: Gelasius II (1118-19) 

Opposed by Burdin (“Gregory VIII”)antipope (1118)

162: Callistus II (1119-24)

163: Honorius II (1124-30) 

Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)

164: Innocent II (1130-43) 

Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti (“Victor IV”) (1138), antipopes (1138)

165: Celestine II (1143-44)

166: Lucius II (1144-45)

167: Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)

168: Anastasius IV (1153-54)

169: Adrian IV (1154-59)

170: Alexander III (1159-81) 

Opposed by Octavius (“Victor IV”) (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes

171: Lucius III (1181-85)

172: Urban III (1185-87)

173: Gregory VIII (1187)

174: Clement III (1187-91)

175: Celestine III (1191-98)

176: Innocent III (1198-1216)

177: Honorius III (1216-27)

178: Gregory IX (1227-41)

179: Celestine IV (1241)

180: Innocent IV (1243-54)

181: Alexander IV (1254-61)

182: Urban IV (1261-64)

183: Clement IV (1265-68)

184: Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)

185: Blessed Innocent V (1276)

186: Adrian V (1276)

187: John XXI (1276-77)

188: Nicholas III (1277-80)

189: Martin IV (1281-85)

190: Honorius IV (1285-87)

191: Nicholas IV (1288-92)

192: St. Celestine V (1294)

Resigned 1294, Died 1296

193: Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

194: Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)

195: Clement V (1305-14)

196: John XXII (1316-34)

 Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)

197: Benedict XII (1334-42)

198: Clement VI (1342-52)

199: Innocent VI (1352-62)

200: Blessed Urban V (1362-70)

201: Gregory XI (1370-78)


Western Schism (1378-1418)


202: Urban VI (1378-89) 

Opposed by Robert of Geneva (“Clement VII”)antipope (1378-1394)

203: Boniface IX (1389-1404) 

Opposed by Robert of Geneva (“Clement VII”) (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna (“Benedict XIII”) (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa (“John XXIII”) (1400-1415), antipopes

204: Innocent VII (1404-06) 

Opposed by Pedro de Luna (“Benedict XIII”) (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa (“John XXIII”) (1400-1415), antipopes

205: Gregory XII (1406-15) 

Opposed by Pedro de Luna (“Benedict XIII”) (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa (“John XXIII”) (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi (“Alexander V”) (1409-1410), antipopes

Resigned 1415, Died 1417


(1417AD-1500AD)


206: Martin V (1417-31)

207: Eugene IV (1431-47) 

Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy (“Felix V”)antipope (1439-1449)

208: Nicholas V (1447-55)

209: Callistus III (1455-58)

210: Pius II (1458-64)

211: Paul II (1464-71)

212: Sixtus IV (1471-84)

213: Innocent VIII (1484-92)

214: Alexander VI (1492-1503)


1500AD-Present


215: Pius III (1503)

216: Julius II (1503-13)

217: Leo X (1513-21)

218: Adrian VI (1522-23)

219: Clement VII (1523-34)

220: Paul III (1534-49)

221: Julius III (1550-55)

222: Marcellus II (1555)

223: Paul IV (1555-59)

224: Pius IV (1559-65)

225: St. Pius V (1566-72)

226: Gregory XIII (1572-85)

227: Sixtus V (1585-90)

228: Urban VII (1590)

229: Gregory XIV (1590-91)

230: Innocent IX (1591)

231: Clement VIII (1592-1605)

232: Leo XI (1605)

233: Paul V (1605-21)

234: Gregory XV (1621-23)

235: Urban VIII (1623-44)

236: Innocent X (1644-55)

237: Alexander VII (1655-67)

238: Clement IX (1667-69)

239: Clement X (1670-76)

240: Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)

241: Alexander VIII (1689-91)

242: Innocent XII (1691-1700)

243: Clement XI (1700-21)

244: Innocent XIII (1721-24)

245: Benedict XIII (1724-30)

246: Clement XII (1730-40)

247: Benedict XIV (1740-58)

248: Clement XIII (1758-69)

249: Clement XIV (1769-74)

250: Pius VI (1775-99)

251: Pius VII (1800-23)

252: Leo XII (1823-29)

253: Pius VIII (1829-30)

254: Gregory XVI (1831-46)

255: Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)

256: Leo XIII (1878-1903)

257: St. Pius X (1903-14)

258: Benedict XV (1914-22) 

259: Pius XI (1922-39)

260: Pius XII (1939-58)

261: St. John XXIII (1958-63)

262: St. Paul VI (1963-78)

263: John Paul I (1978)

264: St. John Paul II (1978-2005)

265: Benedict XVI (2005-2013 d.2022)

resigned 2013

266: Francis (2013—Present)


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