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. Hippolytus, antipope (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 Novatian, antipope (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 II, antipope (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 Dioscorus, antipope (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 Anastasius, antipope (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 VII, antipope (974; 984-985)
136: John XIV (983-84)
137: John XV (985-96)
138: Gregory V (996-99)
Opposed by John XVI, antipope (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 Gregory, antipope (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 X, antipope (1058)
156: Alexander II (1061-73)
Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (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
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