Pope Benedict XVI was pope from 2005 and retired in 2013. (7 years, 315 days)
Benedict XV served as pope for 7 years and 141 days.
Pope Benedict XVI was born on April 16, 1927.
Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th pope.
The Vatican has been the traditional home of the pope for many hundreds of years.
There have been 15 popes named Benedict. Pope Benedict X does not count as he was an antipope.
There have been 15 popes named Benedict. Benedict X does not count as he was an antipope.
Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th pope.
There have been 15 popes named Benedict. There was no pope named Benedict X. That name was chosen by an anti-pope who was not a true pope. Pope Benedict XI should have taken the name Benedict X but, due to some confusion, he did not. At the time of Benedict's election, however, this status was not recognized, thus the man the Roman Catholic Church officially considers the tenth true Pope Benedict took the official number XI rather than X. This has advanced the numbering of all subsequent Popes Benedict by one. Popes Benedict XI-XVI are, from an official point of view, the tenth through fifteenth popes by that name.
There were 264 popes before Benedict XVI.
There has only been one pope by that name - Pope Benedict XVI.
The vile, evil Pope Benedict IX was deposed and excommunicated by Pope Damasus II who was elected to succeed Benedict IX.
There has only been one pope by that name - Pope Benedict XVI.