Who is one of the popes?

Answer 1

The Holy Father, as of winter 2013 is Pope Benedict XVI, he was elevated to the papacy after John Paul II, who reigned for over 25 years. The first Pope was St. Peter who was appointed the first head of church by Our Blessed Lord, Himself, in St. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 16, verses 17-19. This was based on the second half of chapter 22 in Isaiah when the King's prime minister is replaced by God. The office of Vicar both in the Old Testament and the New Testament is symbolized by the "Key".

Here is the complete list of all popes:

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) Also called Xystus I

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. Pontain (230-35)

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)

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) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)

37.St. Damasus I (366-83) 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)

50.Anastasius II (496-98)

51.St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)

52.St. Hormisdas (514-23)

53.St. John I (523-26)

54.St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)

55.Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)

56.John II (533-35)

57.St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I

58.St. Silverius (536-37)

59.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)

92.Stephen II (752) Because he died before being consecrated, many authoritative lists omit him

93.Stephen III (752-57)

94.St. Paul I (757-67)

95.Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)

96.Adrian I (772-95)

97.St. Leo III (795-816)

98.Stephen V (816-17)

99.St. Paschal I (817-24)

100.Eugene II (824-27)

101.Valentine (827)

102.Gregory IV (827-44)

103.Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)

104.St. Leo IV (847-55)

105.Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)

106.St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)

107.Adrian II (867-72)

108.John VIII (872-82)

109.Marinus I (882-84)

110.St. Adrian III (884-85)

111.Stephen VI (885-91)

112.Formosus (891-96)

113.Boniface VI (896)

114.Stephen VII (896-97)

115.Romanus (897)

116.Theodore II (897)

117.John IX (898-900)

118.Benedict IV (900-03)

119.Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)

120.Sergius III (904-11)

121.Anastasius III (911-13)

122.Lando (913-14)

123.John X (914-28)

124.Leo VI (928)

125.Stephen VIII (929-31)

126.John XI (931-35)

127.Leo VII (936-39)

128.Stephen IX (939-42)

129.Marinus II (942-46)

130.Agapetus II (946-55)

131.John XII (955-63)

132.Leo VIII (963-64)

133.Benedict V (964)

134.John XIII (965-72)

135.Benedict VI (973-74)

136.Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)

137.John XIV (983-84)

138.John XV (985-96)

139.Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)

140.Sylvester II (999-1003)

141.John XVII (1003)

142.John XVIII (1003-09)

143.Sergius IV (1009-12)

144.Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)

145.John XIX (1024-32)

146.Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored

147.Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope

148.Benedict IX (1045)

149.Gregory VI (1045-46)

150.Clement II (1046-47)

151.Benedict IX (1047-48)

152.Damasus II (1048)

153.St. Leo IX (1049-54)

154.Victor II (1055-57)

155.Stephen X (1057-58)

156.Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)

157.Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)

158.St. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)

159.Blessed Victor III (1086-87)

160.Blessed Urban II (1088-99)

161.Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)

162.Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)

163.Callistus II (1119-24)

164.Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)

165.Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)

166.Celestine II (1143-44)

167.Lucius II (1144-45)

168.Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)

169.Anastasius IV (1153-54)

170.Adrian IV (1154-59)

171.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

172.Lucius III (1181-85)

173.Urban III (1185-87)

174.Gregory VIII (1187)

175.Clement III (1187-91)

176.Celestine III (1191-98)

177.Innocent III (1198-1216)

178.Honorius III (1216-27)

179.Gregory IX (1227-41)

180.Celestine IV (1241)

181.Innocent IV (1243-54)

182.Alexander IV (1254-61)

183.Urban IV (1261-64)

184.Clement IV (1265-68)

185.Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)

186.Blessed Innocent V (1276)

187.Adrian V (1276)

188.John XXI (1276-77)

189.Nicholas III (1277-80)

190.Martin IV (1281-85)

191.Honorius IV (1285-87)

192.Nicholas IV (1288-92)

193.St. Celestine V (1294)

194.Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

195.Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)

196.Clement V (1305-14)

197.John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)

198.Benedict XII (1334-42)

199.Clement VI (1342-52)

200.Innocent VI (1352-62)

201.Blessed Urban V (1362-70)

202.Gregory XI (1370-78)

203.Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)

204.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

205.Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes

206.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

207.Martin V (1417-31)

208.Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)

209.Nicholas V (1447-55)

210.Callistus III (1455-58)

211.Pius II (1458-64)

212.Paul II (1464-71)

213.Sixtus IV (1471-84)

214.Innocent VIII (1484-92)

215.Alexander VI (1492-1503)

216.Pius III (1503)

217.Julius II (1503-13)

218.Leo X (1513-21)

219.Adrian VI (1522-23)

220.Clement VII (1523-34)

221.Paul III (1534-49)

222.Julius III (1550-55)

223.Marcellus II (1555)

224.Paul IV (1555-59)

225.Pius IV (1559-65)

226.St. Pius V (1566-72)

227.Gregory XIII (1572-85)

228.Sixtus V (1585-90)

229.Urban VII (1590)

230.Gregory XIV (1590-91)

231.Innocent IX (1591)

232.Clement VIII (1592-1605)

233.Leo XI (1605)

234.Paul V (1605-21)

235.Gregory XV (1621-23)

236.Urban VIII (1623-44)

237.Innocent X (1644-55)

238.Alexander VII (1655-67)

239.Clement IX (1667-69)

240.Clement X (1670-76)

241.Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)

242.Alexander VIII (1689-91)

243.Innocent XII (1691-1700)

244.Clement XI (1700-21)

245.Innocent XIII (1721-24)

246.Benedict XIII (1724-30)

247.Clement XII (1730-40)

248.Benedict XIV (1740-58)

249.Clement XIII (1758-69)

250.Clement XIV (1769-74)

251.Pius VI (1775-99)

252.Pius VII (1800-23)

253.Leo XII (1823-29)

254.Pius VIII (1829-30)

255.Gregory XVI (1831-46)

256.Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)

257.Leo XIII (1878-1903)

258.St. Pius X (1903-14)

259.Benedict XV (1914-22)

260.Pius XI (1922-39)

261.Pius XII (1939-58)

262.Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)

263.Paul VI (1963-78)

264.John Paul I (1978)

265.John Paul II (1978-2005)

266.Benedict XVI (2005-)

Answer 2

I believe you are referring to the 'Black Popes' which is a nickname given to the elected leader of the Jesuit Order. The Jesuits are directly under the control of the pope and have been in the forefront of education and fighting heresy in the Church. Some have felt that the Jesuits in the past had wielded too much power and, eventually, were reigned in by the pope. The leader of the Jesuits is not really a pope, that is just a name now given in good humor to the leader of the Jesuits.

Answer 3

A Jesuit pope would be a member of the Jesuit Order of priests who is elected as pope. Pope Francis is the first such pope.

The new media sometimes refers to the Superior General of the Jesuits as the 'Black Pope' because of his power and the color of his clothing.

Answer 4

Pope Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected as pope. However, some, primarily the media, call the Jesuit Superior General 'the Black Pope.' This is in reference to the color of the vestment worn by Jesuits and of the power they tend to yield.

Answer 5

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, thus the worldwide leader of the Catholic church.

Answer 6

The first Jesuit to be elected to the papacy was Pope Francis in 2013.

Answer 7

There has only been 1 Jesuit priest:

• Jorge Mario Bergoglio - Pope Francis