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Please specify which of the 266 popes you are referring to.
There were 38 popes before Anastasius I.
There were 264 popes before Benedict XVI.
There were 264 popes before Pope Benedict XVI.
There were 264 popes before Benedict XVI.
There were 257 popes before Pius X.
Pope John Paul II was the 264th pope so there were 263 popes before him.
It has become known as the Popemobile.
The list is too large to publish here so click here for where you can find a list of all the popes and their birth names.
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yes there were many popes before Benedict but there can only be one pope at a time. before Pope Benedict the pope was Pope John Paul II.