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Popes of the Roman Catholic Church

 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
In the following list, the date of election, rather than of consecration, is given. Before St. Victor I (189), dates may err by one year. Antipopes-i.e., those men whose elections have been declared uncanonical-are indicated.
St. Peter, d. 64? or 67?
St. Linus, 67?-76?
St. Cletus, or Anacletus, 76?-88?
St. Clement I, 88?-97?
St. Evaristus, 97?-105?
St. Alexander I, 105?-115?
St. Sixtus I, 115?-125?
St. Telesphorus, 125?-136?
St. Hyginus, 136?-140?
St. Pius I, 140?-155?
St. Anicetus, 155?-166?
St. Soter, 166?-175?
St. Eleutherius, 175?-189?
St. Victor I, 189-99
St. Zephyrinus, 199-217
St. Calixtus I, 217-22
antipope: St. Hippolytus, 217-35
St. Urban I, 222-30
St. Pontian, 230-35
St. Anterus, 235-36
St. Fabian, 236-50
St. Cornelius, 251-53
antipope: Novatian, 251
St. Lucius I, 253-54
St. Stephen I, 254-57
St. Sixtus II, 257-58
St. Dionysius, 259-68
St. Felix I, 269-74
St. Eutychian, 275-83
St. Caius, 283-96
St. Marcellinus, 296-304
St. Marcellus I, c.308-309
St. Eusebius, 309-c.310
St. Miltiades, or Melchiades, 311-14
St. Sylvester I, 314-35
St. Marcus, 336
St. Julius I, 337-52
Liberius, 352-66
antipope: Felix, 355-65
St. Damasus I, 366-84
antipope: Ursinus, 366-67
St. Siricius, 384-99
St. Anastasius I, 399-401
St. Innocent I, 401-17
St. Zosimus, 417-18
St. Boniface I, 418-22
antipope: Eulalius, 418-19
St. Celestine I, 422-32
St. Sixtus III, 432-40
St. Leo I, 440-61
St. Hilary, 461-68
St. Simplicius, 468-83
St. Felix III (or II), 483-92
St. Gelasius I, 492-96
Anastasius II, 496-98
St. Symmachus, 498-514
antipope: Lawrence, 498-505
St. Hormisdas, 514-23
St. John I, 523-26
St. Felix IV (or III) 526-30
Boniface II, 530-32
pope or antipope: Dioscurus, 530
John II, 533-35
St. Agapetus I, 535-36
St. Silverius, 536-37
Vigilius, 537-55
Pelagius I, 556-61
John III, 561-74
Benedict I, 575-79
Pelagius II, 579-90
St. Gregory I, 590-604
Sabinian, 604-6
Boniface III, 607
St. Boniface IV, 608-15
St. Deusdedit, or Adeodatus I, 615-18
Boniface V, 619-25
Honorius I, 625-38
Severinus, 640
John IV, 640-42
Theodore I, 642-49
St. Martin I, 649-55
St. Eugene I, 654-57
St. Vitalian, 657-72
Adeodatus II, 672-76
Donus, 676-78
St. Agatho, 678-81
St. Leo II, 682-83
St. Benedict II, 684-85
John V, 685-86
Conon, 686-87
antipope: Theodore, 687
antipope: Paschal, 687
St. Sergius I, 687-701
John VI, 701-5
John VII, 705-7
Sisinnius, 708
Constantine, 708-15
St. Gregory II, 715-31
St. Gregory III, 731-41
St. Zacharias, 741-52
Stephen II, 752 (never consecrated)
Stephen II (or III), 752-57
St. Paul I, 757-67
antipope: Constantine, 767-69
antipope: Philip, 768
Stephen III (or IV), 768-72
Adrian I, 772-95
St. Leo III, 795-816
Stephen IV (or V), 816-17
St. Paschal I, 817-24
Eugene II, 824-27
Valentine, 827
Gregory IV, 827-44
antipope: John, 844
Sergius II, 844-47
St. Leo IV, 847-55
Benedict III, 855-58
antipope: Anastasius, 855
St. Nicholas I, 858-67
Adrian II, 867-72
John VIII, 872-82
Marinus I, 882-84
St. Adrian III, 884-85
Stephen V (or VI), 885-91
Formosus, 891-96
Boniface VI, 896
Stephen VI (or VII), 896-97
Romanus, 897
Theodore II, 897
John IX, 898-900
Benedict IV, 900-903
Leo V, 903
antipope: Christopher, 903-4
Sergius III, 904-11
Anastasius III, 911-13
Lando, 913-14
John X, 914-28
Leo VI, 928
Stephen VII (or VIII), 928-31
John XI, 931-35
Leo VII, 936-39
Stephen VIII (or IX), 939-42
Marinus II, 942-46
Agapetus II, 946-55
John XII, 955-64
Leo VII, 963-65, or Benedict V, 964-66 (one of these was an antipope)
John XIII, 965-72
Benedict VI, 973-74
antipope: Boniface VII, 974, 984-85
Benedict VII, 974-83
John XIV, 983-84
John XV, 985-96
Gregory V, 996-99
antipope: John XVI, 997-98
Sylvester II, 999-1003
John XVII, 1003
John XVIII, 1004-9
Sergius IV, 1009-12
Benedict VIII, 1012-24
antipope: Gregory, 1012
John XIX, 1024-32
Benedict IX, 1032-44
Sylvester III, 1045
Benedict IX, 1045
Gregory VI, 1045-46
Clement II, 1046-47
Benedict IX, 1047-48
Damasus II, 1048
St. Leo IX, 1049-54
Victor II, 1055-57
Stephen IX (or X), 1057-58
antipope: Benedict X, 1058-59
Nicholas II, 1058-61
Alexander II, 1061-73
antipope: Honorius II, 1061-72
St. Gregory VII, 1073-85
antipope: Clement III, 1080-1100 (see Guibert of Ravenna)
Victor III, 1086-87
Urban II, 1088-99
Paschal II, 1099-1118
antipope: Theodoric, 1100
antipope: Albert, 1102
antipope: Sylvester IV, 1105-11
Gelasius II, 1118-19
antipope: Gregory VIII, 1118-21
Calixtus II, 1119-24
Honorius II, 1124-30
antipope: Celestine II, 1124
Innocent II, 1130-43
antipope: Anacletus II, 1130-38
antipope: Victor IV, 1138
Celestine II, 1143-44
Lucius II, 1144-45
Eugene III, 1145-53
Anastasius IV, 1153-54
Adrian IV, 1154-59
Alexander III, 1159-81
antipope: Victor IV, 1159-64
antipope: Paschal III, 1164-68
antipope: Calixtus III, 1168-78
antipope: Innocent III, 1179-80
Lucius III, 1181-85
Urban III, 1185-87
Gregory VIII, 1187
Clement III, 1187-91
Celestine III, 1191-98
Innocent III, 1198-1216
Honorius III, 1216-27
Gregory IX, 1227-41
Celestine IV, 1241
Innocent IV, 1243-54
Alexander IV, 1254-61
Urban IV,1261-64
Clement IV, 1265-68
Gregory X, 1271-76
Innocent V, 1276
Adrian V, 1276
John XXI, 1276-77
Nicholas III, 1277-80
Martin IV, 1281-85
Honorius IV, 1285-87
Nicholas IV, 1288-92
St. Celestine V, 1294
Boniface VIII, 1294-1303
Benedict XI, 1303-4
Clement V, 1305-14
John XXII, 1316-34
antipope: Nicholas V, 1328-30 (see Rainalducci, Pietro)
Benedict XII, 1334-42
Clement VI, 1342-52
Innocent VI, 1352-62
Urban V, 1362-70
Gregory XI, 1370-78
The Great Schism, 1378-1417
Urban VI, 1378-89
Boniface IX, 1389-1404
Innocent VII, 1404-6
Gregory XII, 1406-15
antipope: Clement VII, 1378-94 (see Robert of Geneva)
antipope: Benedict XIII, 1394-1423 (see Luna, Pedro de)
antipope: Clement VII, 1423-29
antipope: Benedict XIV, 1425-30
antipope: Alexander V, 1409-10
antipope: John XXIII, 1410-15 (see Cossa, Baldassare)
Martin V, 1417-31
Eugene IV, 1431-47
antipope: Felix V, 1439-49 (see Amadeus VIII)
Nicholas V, 1447-55
Calixtus III, 1455-58
Pius II, 1458-64
Paul II, 1464-71
Sixtus IV, 1471-84
Innocent VIII, 1484-92
Alexander VI, 1492-1503
Pius III, 1503
Julius II, 1503-13
Leo X, 1513-21
Adrian VI, 1522-23
Clement VII, 1523-34
Paul III, 1534-49
Julius III, 1550-55
Marcellus II, 1555
Paul IV, 1555-59
Pius IV, 1559-65
St. Pius V, 1566-72
Gregory XIII, 1572-85
Sixtus V, 1585-90
Urban VII, 1590
Gregory XIV, 1590-91
Innocent IX, 1591
Clement VIII, 1592-1605
Leo XI, 1605
Paul V, 1605-21
Gregory XV, 1621-23
Urban VIII, 1623-44
Innocent X, 1644-55
Alexander VII, 1655-67
Clement IX, 1667-69
Clement X, 1670-76
Innocent XI, 1676-89
Alexander VIII, 1689-91
Innocent XII, 1691-1700
Clement XI, 1700-1721
Innocent XIII, 1721-24
Benedict XIII, 1724-30
Clement XII, 1730-40
Benedict XIV, 1740-58
Clement XIII, 1758-69
Clement XIV, 1769-74
Pius VI, 1775-99
Pius VII, 1800-1823
Leo XII, 1823-29
Pius VIII, 1829-30
Gregory XVI, 1831-46
Pius IX, 1846-78
Leo XIII, 1878-1903
St. Pius X, 1903-14
Benedict XV, 1914-22
Pius XI, 1922-39
Pius XII, 1939-58
John XXIII, 1958-63
Paul VI, 1963-78
John Paul I, 1978
John Paul II, 1978-2005
Benedict XVI, 2005-


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