Bishops of Rome and the Popes
According to tradition the first Bishop of Rome was the apostle Saint Peter. By the time of Leo the Great 400 years later the Bishops of Rome were the most powerful figures in western Christianity.
It was Leo who began officially using the title pope (Latin papa "father"), though it was originally used by many other bishops besides him. In the 11th century Gregory VII decreed that the title should belong only to the Bishops of Rome. It is worth noting that not all of the popes have lived in Rome; for 70 years in the 14th century they resided in Avignon in France.
Note: an antipope was a rival who was set up in opposition to the canonical pope. The antipopes are unnumbered in the chronological list.
| # | Name | Years | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter | c. 30-67 | (Petrus) |  |
| 2. | Linus | 67-76 | | |
| 3. | Anacletus | 79-92 | (Anencletus, Cletus) | |
| 4. | Clement I | 92-99 | (Clemens) | |
| 5. | Evaristus | 99-107 | (Aristus) | |
| 6. | Alexander I | 107-115 | | |
| 7. | Sixtus I | 115-124 | (Xystus) | |
| 8. | Telesphorus | 125-137 | | |
| 9. | Hyginus | 137-140 | | |
| 10. | Pius I | 140-154 | | |
| 11. | Anicetus | 154-167 | | |
| 12. | Soter | 166-174 | (Soterius, Soterus) | |
| 13. | Eleuterus | 174-189 | (Eleutherius, Eleutherus) | |
| 14. | Victor I | 189-199 | | |
| 15. | Zephyrinus | 199-217 | | |
| 16. | Callixtus I | 217-222 | (Calixtus, Callistus) | |
| Hippolytus of Rome | 217-235 | | ||
| 17. | Urban I | 222-230 | (Urbanus) | |
| 18. | Pontian | 230-235 | (Pontianus) | |
| 19. | Anterus | 235-236 | | |
| 20. | Fabian | 236-250 | (Fabianus) | |
| 21. | Cornelius | 251-253 | | |
| Novatian | 251-258 | (Novatianus) | | |
| 22. | Lucius I | 253-254 | | |
| 23. | Stephen I | 254-257 | (Stephanus) | |
| 24. | Sixtus II | 257-258 | (Xystus) | |
| 25. | Dionysius | 259-268 | | |
| 26. | Felix I | 269-274 | | |
| 27. | Eutychian | 275-283 | (Eutychianus) | |
| 28. | Caius | 283-296 | (Gaius) | |
| 29. | Marcellinus | 296-304 | | |
| 30. | Marcellus I | 308-309 | | |
| 31. | Eusebius | 309-310 | | |
| 32. | Miltiades | 311-314 | (Melchiades) | |
| 33. | Sylvester I | 314-335 | (Silvester) | |
| 34. | Mark | 336 | (Marcus) | |
| 35. | Julius I | 337-352 | (Iulius) | |
| 36. | Liberius | 352-366 | | |
| Felix II | 355-365 | | ||
| Ursinus | 366-367 | (Ursicinus) | | |
| 37. | Damasus I | 366-384 | | |
| 38. | Siricius | 384-399 | | |
| 39. | Anastasius I | 399-401 | | |
| 40. | Innocent I | 401-417 | (Innocentius) | |
| 41. | Zosimus | 417-418 | | |
| Eulalius | 418-419 | | ||
| 42. | Boniface I | 418-422 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 43. | Celestine I | 422-432 | (Caelestinus) | |
| 44. | Sixtus III | 432-440 | | |
| 45. | Leo I the Great | 440-461 | | |
| 46. | Hilarius | 461-468 | (Hilary) | |
| 47. | Simplicius | 468-483 | | |
| 48. | Felix III | 483-492 | | |
| 49. | Gelasius I | 492-496 | | |
| 50. | Anastasius II | 496-498 | | |
| Laurentius | 498-506 | (Lawrence) | | |
| 51. | Symmachus | 498-514 | | |
| 52. | Hormisdas | 514-523 | | |
| 53. | John I | 523-526 | (Ioannes) | |
| 54. | Felix IV | 526-530 | | |
| Dioscorus | 530 | | ||
| 55. | Boniface II | 530-532 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 56. | John II | 533-535 | (Ioannes) | |
| 57. | Agapetus I | 535-536 | (Agapitus) | |
| 58. | Silverius | 536-537 | (Sylverius) | |
| 59. | Vigilius | 537-555 | | |
| 60. | Pelagius I | 556-561 | | |
| 61. | John III | 561-574 | (Ioannes) | |
| 62. | Benedict I | 575-579 | (Benedictus) | |
| 63. | Pelagius II | 579-590 | | |
| 64. | Gregory I the Great | 590-604 | (Gregorius) | |
| 65. | Sabinian | 604-606 | (Sabinianus) | |
| 66. | Boniface III | 607 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 67. | Boniface IV | 608-615 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 68. | Adeodatus I | 615-618 | (Deodatus, Deusdedit) | |
| 69. | Boniface V | 619-625 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 70. | Honorius I | 625-638 | | |
| 71. | Severinus | 640 | | |
| 72. | John IV | 640-642 | (Ioannes) | |
| 73. | Theodore I | 642-649 | (Theodorus) | |
| 74. | Martin I | 649-653 | (Martinus) | |
| 75. | Eugene I | 655-657 | (Eugenius) | |
| 76. | Vitalian | 657-672 | (Vitalianus) | |
| 77. | Adeodatus II | 672-676 | (Deusdedit) | |
| 78. | Donus | 676-678 | (Domnus) | |
| 79. | Agatho | 678-681 | (Agathon) | |
| 80. | Leo II | 682-683 | | |
| 81. | Benedict II | 684-685 | (Benedictus) | |
| 82. | John V | 685-686 | (Ioannes) | |
| 83. | Conon | 686-687 | | |
| Paschal | 687 | (Paschalis) | | |
| Theodore | 687 | (Theodorus) | | |
| 84. | Sergius I | 687-701 | | |
| 85. | John VI | 701-705 | (Ioannes) | |
| 86. | John VII | 705-707 | (Ioannes) | |
| 87. | Sisinnius | 708 | | |
| 88. | Constantine | 708-715 | (Constantinus) | |
| 89. | Gregory II | 715-731 | (Gregorius) | |
| 90. | Gregory III | 731-741 | (Gregorius) | |
| 91. | Zachary | 741-752 | (Zacharias) | |
| 92. | Stephen II | 752-757 | (Stephanus) | |
| 93. | Paul I | 757-767 | (Paulus) | |
| Constantine II | 767-768 | (Constantinus) | | |
| 94. | Stephen III | 767-772 | (Stephanus) | |
| Philip | 768 | (Philippus) | | |
| 95. | Adrian I | 772-795 | (Hadrianus) | |
| 96. | Leo III | 795-816 | | |
| 97. | Stephen IV | 816-817 | (Stephanus) | |
| 98. | Paschal I | 817-824 | (Paschalis) | |
| 99. | Eugene II | 824-827 | (Eugenius) | |
| 100. | Valentine | 827 | (Valentinus) | |
| 101. | Gregory IV | 827-844 | (Gregorius) | |
| 102. | Sergius II | 844-847 | | |
| 103. | Leo IV | 847-855 | | |
| Anastasius | 855 | | ||
| 104. | Benedict III | 855-858 | (Benedictus) | |
| 105. | Nicholas I the Great | 858-867 | (Nicolaus) | |
| 106. | Adrian II | 867-872 | (Hadrianus) | |
| 107. | John VIII | 872-882 | (Ioannes) | |
| 108. | Marinus I | 882-884 | | |
| 109. | Adrian III | 884-885 | (Hadrianus) | |
| 110. | Stephen V | 885-891 | (Stephanus) | |
| 111. | Formosus | 891-896 | | |
| 112. | Boniface VI | 896 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 113. | Stephen VI | 896-897 | (Stephanus) | |
| 114. | Romanus | 897 | | |
| 115. | Theodore II | 897 | (Theodorus) | |
| 116. | John IX | 898-900 | (Ioannes) | |
| 117. | Benedict IV | 900-903 | (Benedictus) | |
| 118. | Leo V | 903 | | |
| Christopher | 903-904 | (Cristophorus) | | |
| 119. | Sergius III | 904-911 | | |
| 120. | Anastasius III | 911-913 | | |
| 121. | Lando | 913-914 | | |
| 122. | John X | 914-928 | (Ioannes) | |
| 123. | Leo VI | 928 | | |
| 124. | Stephen VII | 929-931 | (Stephanus) | |
| 125. | John XI | 931-935 | (Ioannes) | |
| 126. | Leo VII | 936-939 | | |
| 127. | Stephen VIII | 939-942 | (Stephanus) | |
| 128. | Marinus II | 942-946 | | |
| 129. | Agapetus II | 946-955 | | |
| 130. | John XII | 955-964 | (Ioannes) | |
| 131. | Benedict V | 964 | (Benedictus) | |
| 132. | Leo VIII | 964-965 | | |
| 133. | John XIII | 965-972 | (Ioannes) | |
| 134. | Benedict VI | 973-974 | (Benedictus) | |
| Boniface | 974 | (Bonifacius) | | |
| 135. | Benedict VII | 974-983 | (Benedictus) | |
| 136. | John XIV | 983-984 | (Ioannes) | |
| Boniface | 984-985 | (Bonifacius) | | |
| 137. | John XV | 985-996 | (Ioannes) | |
| 138. | Gregory V | 996-999 | (Gregorius) | |
| John | 997-998 | (Ioannes) | | |
| 139. | Sylvester II | 999-1003 | (Gerbert, Silvester) | |
| 140. | John XVII | 1003 | (Ioannes) | |
| 141. | John XVIII | 1003-1009 | (Ioannes) | |
| 142. | Sergius IV | 1009-1012 | | |
| Gregory | 1012 | (Gregorius) | | |
| 143. | Benedict VIII | 1012-1024 | (Benedictus) | |
| 144. | John XIX | 1024-1032 | (Ioannes) | |
| 145. | Benedict IX | 1032-1045 | (Benedictus) | |
| 146. | Sylvester III | 1045 | (Silvester) | |
| 147. | Benedict IX | 1045-1046 | (Benedictus) | |
| 148. | Gregory VI | 1045-1046 | (Gregorius) | |
| 149. | Clement II | 1046-1047 | (Clemens) | |
| 150. | Benedict IX | 1047-1048 | (Benedictus) | |
| 151. | Damasus II | 1048 | | |
| 152. | Leo IX | 1049-1054 | | |
| 153. | Victor II | 1055-1057 | | |
| 154. | Stephen IX | 1057-1058 | (Stephanus) | |
| Benedict | 1058-1059 | (Benedictus) | | |
| 155. | Nicholas II | 1058-1061 | (Nicolaus) | |
| Honorius | 1061-1072 | | ||
| 156. | Alexander II | 1061-1073 | | |
| 157. | Gregory VII | 1073-1085 | (Gregorius) | |
| Clement III | 1080 | (Clemens) | | |
| Clement III | 1084-1100 | (Clemens) | | |
| 158. | Victor III | 1086-1087 | | |
| 159. | Urban II | 1088-1099 | (Urbanus) | |
| 160. | Paschal II | 1099-1118 | (Paschalis) | |
| Theodoric | 1100-1101 | | ||
| Albert | 1102 | (Adalbert) | | |
| Sylvester | 1105-1111 | (Silvester) | | |
| 161. | Gelasius II | 1118-1119 | | |
| Gregory | 1118-1121 | (Gregorius) | | |
| 162. | Callixtus II | 1119-1124 | (Calixtus, Callistus) | |
| Celestine | 1124 | (Caelestinus) | | |
| 163. | Honorius II | 1124-1130 | | |
| Anacletus | 1130-1138 | | ||
| 164. | Innocent II | 1130-1143 | (Innocentius) | |
| Victor | 1138 | | ||
| 165. | Celestine II | 1143-1144 | (Caelestinus) | |
| 166. | Lucius II | 1144-1145 | | |
| 167. | Eugene III | 1145-1153 | (Eugenius) | |
| 168. | Anastasius IV | 1153-1154 | | |
| 169. | Adrian IV | 1154-1159 | (Hadrianus) | |
| Victor | 1159-1164 | | ||
| 170. | Alexander III | 1159-1181 | | |
| Paschal | 1164-1168 | (Paschalis) | | |
| Callixtus | 1168-1178 | (Calixtus, Callistus) | | |
| Innocent | 1179-1180 | (Innocentius) | | |
| 171. | Lucius III | 1181-1185 | | |
| 172. | Urban III | 1185-1187 | (Urbanus) | |
| 173. | Gregory VIII | 1187 | (Gregorius) | |
| 174. | Clement III | 1187-1191 | (Clemens) | |
| 175. | Celestine III | 1191-1198 | (Caelestinus) | |
| 176. | Innocent III | 1198-1216 | (Innocentius) | |
| 177. | Honorius III | 1216-1227 | | |
| 178. | Gregory IX | 1227-1241 | (Gregorius) | |
| 179. | Celestine IV | 1241 | (Caelestinus) | |
| 180. | Innocent IV | 1243-1254 | (Innocentius) | |
| 181. | Alexander IV | 1254-1261 | | |
| 182. | Urban IV | 1261-1264 | (Urbanus) | |
| 183. | Clement IV | 1265-1268 | (Clemens) | |
| 184. | Gregory X | 1271-1276 | (Gregorius) | |
| 185. | Adrian V | 1276 | (Hadrianus) | |
| 186. | Innocent V | 1276 | (Innocentius) | |
| 187. | John XXI | 1276-1277 | (Ioannes) | |
| 188. | Nicholas III | 1277-1280 | (Nicolaus) | |
| 189. | Martin IV | 1281-1285 | (Martinus) | |
| 190. | Honorius IV | 1285-1287 | | |
| 191. | Nicholas IV | 1288-1292 | (Nicolaus) | |
| 192. | Celestine V | 1294 | (Caelestinus) | |
| 193. | Boniface VIII | 1294-1303 | (Bonifacius) | |
| 194. | Benedict XI | 1303-1304 | (Benedictus) | |
| 195. | Clement V | 1305-1314 | (Clemens) | |
| 196. | John XXII | 1316-1334 | (Ioannes) | |
| Nicholas | 1328-1330 | (Nicolaus) | | |
| 197. | Benedict XII | 1334-1342 | (Benedictus) | |
| 198. | Clement VI | 1342-1352 | (Clemens) | |
| 199. | Innocent VI | 1352-1362 | (Innocentius) | |
| 200. | Urban V | 1362-1370 | (Urbanus) | |
| 201. | Gregory XI | 1370-1378 | (Gregorius) | |
| 202. | Urban VI | 1378-1389 | (Urbanus) | |
| Clement | 1378-1394 | (Clemens) | | |
| 203. | Boniface IX | 1389-1404 | (Bonifacius) | |
| Benedict | 1394-1423 | (Benedictus) | | |
| 204. | Innocent VII | 1404-1406 | (Innocentius) | |
| 205. | Gregory XII | 1406-1415 | (Gregorius) | |
| Alexander | 1409-1410 | | ||
| John | 1410-1415 | (Ioannes) | | |
| 206. | Martin V | 1417-1431 | (Martinus) | |
| Clement | 1423-1429 | (Clemens) | | |
| 207. | Eugene IV | 1431-1447 | (Eugenius) | |
| Felix | 1440-1449 | | ||
| 208. | Nicholas V | 1447-1455 | (Nicolaus) | |
| 209. | Callixtus III | 1455-1458 | (Calixtus, Callistus) | |
| 210. | Pius II | 1458-1464 | | |
| 211. | Paul II | 1464-1471 | (Paulus) | |
| 212. | Sixtus IV | 1471-1484 | | |
| 213. | Innocent VIII | 1484-1492 | (Innocentius) | |
| 214. | Alexander VI | 1492-1503 | | |
| 215. | Pius III | 1503 | | |
| 216. | Julius II | 1503-1513 | (Iulius) | |
| 217. | Leo X | 1513-1521 | | |
| 218. | Adrian VI | 1522-1523 | (Hadrianus) | |
| 219. | Clement VII | 1523-1534 | (Clemens) | |
| 220. | Paul III | 1534-1549 | (Paulus) | |
| 221. | Julius III | 1550-1555 | (Iulius) | |
| 222. | Marcellus II | 1555 | | |
| 223. | Paul IV | 1555-1559 | (Paulus) | |
| 224. | Pius IV | 1559-1565 | | |
| 225. | Pius V | 1566-1572 | | |
| 226. | Gregory XIII | 1572-1585 | (Gregorius) | |
| 227. | Sixtus V | 1585-1590 | | |
| 228. | Urban VII | 1590 | (Urbanus) | |
| 229. | Gregory XIV | 1590-1591 | (Gregorius) | |
| 230. | Innocent IX | 1591 | (Innocentius) | |
| 231. | Clement VIII | 1592-1605 | (Clemens) | |
| 232. | Leo XI | 1605 | | |
| 233. | Paul V | 1605-1621 | (Paulus) | |
| 234. | Gregory XV | 1621-1623 | (Gregorius) | |
| 235. | Urban VIII | 1623-1644 | (Urbanus) | |
| 236. | Innocent X | 1644-1655 | (Innocentius) | |
| 237. | Alexander VII | 1655-1667 | | |
| 238. | Clement IX | 1667-1669 | (Clemens) | |
| 239. | Clement X | 1670-1676 | (Clemens) | |
| 240. | Innocent XI | 1676-1689 | (Innocentius) | |
| 241. | Alexander VIII | 1689-1691 | | |
| 242. | Innocent XII | 1691-1700 | (Innocentius) | |
| 243. | Clement XI | 1700-1721 | (Clemens) | |
| 244. | Innocent XIII | 1721-1724 | (Innocentius) | |
| 245. | Benedict XIII | 1724-1730 | (Benedictus) | |
| 246. | Clement XII | 1730-1740 | (Clemens) | |
| 247. | Benedict XIV | 1740-1758 | (Benedictus) | |
| 248. | Clement XIII | 1758-1769 | (Clemens) | |
| 249. | Clement XIV | 1769-1774 | (Clemens) | |
| 250. | Pius VI | 1775-1799 | | |
| 251. | Pius VII | 1800-1823 | | |
| 252. | Leo XII | 1823-1829 | | |
| 253. | Pius VIII | 1829-1830 | | |
| 254. | Gregory XVI | 1831-1846 | (Gregorius) | |
| 255. | Pius IX | 1846-1878 | | |
| 256. | Leo XIII | 1878-1903 | | |
| 257. | Pius X | 1903-1914 | | |
| 258. | Benedict XV | 1914-1922 | (Benedictus) | |
| 259. | Pius XI | 1922-1939 | | |
| 260. | Pius XII | 1939-1958 | | |
| 261. | John XXIII | 1958-1963 | (Angelo, Ioannes, Giuseppe) | |
| 262. | Paul VI | 1963-1978 | (Paulus) | |
| 263. | John Paul I | 1978 | (Ioannes, Paulus) | |
| 264. | John Paul II | 1978-2005 | (Ioannes, Ivan, Jan, Karol, Józef, Paulus, Pavao, Paweł) | |
| 265. | Benedict XVI | 2005-2013 | (Benedictus, Joseph, Aloisius) | |
| 266. | Francis | 2013- | (Franciscus) | |