The pope previous to the current Pope Francis was Pope Benedict XVI who retired in 2013.
Pope John Paul II was the immediate predecessor of Benedict XVI.
predecessor of
Pope Pius XI chose his own name, as all popes do. It was an indication that he had much admiration for his predecessor, St. Pope Pius X, and planned to carry on with his policies.
Popes do not elect popes. Popes are elected by the cardinal electors.
Trajan was Hadrian's predecessor
There is no whole number without a predecessor. According to Peano's axioms, the number natural 0 has no predecessor.
The predecessor of -2 is -3.
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
There have been 17 popes from France, the second behind Italian popes.
the popes had more power over the kings
predecessor
Successor is the number that comes just after a particular number is called its successor.Ex: Successor of 823 is 824 , Successor of 3424 is 3425Predecessor is the number that comes just before a particular number is called its predecessor.Ex: 999 is the predecessor of 1000, 2367 is the predecessor of 2368Some more Example on Successor areSuccessor of 589 is 5903724 is 37255099 is 51007009 is 70104836 is 48376149 is 6150Some more examples on predecessor are495 is predecessor of 496999 is predecessor of 10007054 is predecessor of 70556825 is predecessor of 68263209 is predecessor of 32109998 is predecessor of 9999