How long will Peter the Roman be Pope?

Answer 1

Catholic Answer:
Peter was appointed as leader of the Church when Our Lord said:

And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. (Matthew Chapt. 16

And, yes, Peter did reside, at least for a time, in Rome and died there under orders from Roman Emperor Nero. Francis A. Sullivan SJ in his book From Apostles to Bishops states unequivocally that Peter was in Rome and died there. His statement is based on both scripture as well as the writings of early Church fathers.

Peter would have assumed leadership about the year AD33 and he died sometime between AD64 and AD67.

Catholic tradition says that Peter was executed in Rome in 64, or perhaps 67 CE. Francis A. Sullivan SJ (From Apostles to Bishops) says that Peter was evidently not in Rome when Paul wrote his Letter to the Romans, which is generally dated to around 62 CE. On this evidence, Peter could have led the Roman church for between 2 and 5 years.

However the author of 1 Clement, writing from Rome only a few decades later, seems unaware that Peter had ever been to Rome although he wrote in general terms about Peter's suffering and death: "There was Peter who by reason of unrighteous jealousy endured not one not one but many labours, and thus having borne his testimony went to his appointed place of glory." On the most objective evidence we have, Peter probably never led the church of Rome.

Answer 2

Catholic tradition says that Peter was executed in Rome in 64, or perhaps 67 CE. Francis A. Sullivan SJ (From Apostles to Bishops) says that Peter was evidently not in Rome when Paul wrote his Letter to the Romans, which is generally dated to around 62 CE. On this evidence, Peter could have led the Roman church for between 2 and 5 years.

However the author of 1 Clement, writing from Rome only a few decades later, seems unaware that Peter had ever been to Rome although he wrote in general terms about Peter's suffering and death: "There was Peter who by reason of unrighteous jealousy endured not one not one but many labours, and thus having borne his testimony went to his appointed place of glory." On the most objective evidence we have, Peter probably never led the church of Rome.

Answer 3

Peter reigned from about 33 AD until about 65 AD. The date of his death is not precisely known,

Answer 4

He was pope from about the year 33 until about the year 65.

Answer 5

Peter served as pope from the year 33 until 64/67. The precise date/year of his death is not known.

Answer 6

Since we do not know the precise year Peter was killed, he was pope for 34 to 37 years, the longest reign of any pope.

Answer 7

Since Peter the Roman isn't the pope, except in the wild imaginations of a few people, the question is moot.