I don't believe a pope made that prediction but, rather, St. Malachy who predicted that there will be one more pope after Pope Benedict XVI and he will go by the name of Peter the Roman. What happens after that he does not predict but some say it will signal the end of time.
The majority of lists of popes show Pope Francis as pope number 266.
Blessed Pope Pius IX (the 9th) was number 256 in the list of Popes! He was Pope from 1846-1878, and now has the title "Blessed".
There are a number of popes named Alexander. Please be specific.
Pope Francis is the 266th pope. If you count Pope Stephen who died before taking office, 267th.
Pope Leo I was number 45.
Popes do not elect popes. Popes are elected by the cardinal electors.
There have been a number of popes who were not cardinals. Pope Urban VI, pope from 1378 to 1389, was the last Pope to be elected from outside the College of Cardinals.
Depending upon how you number the previous popes, he would be pope number 266 or 267. Some lists count Pope Stephen II as a pope but he was a priest at the time of his election and had to be ordained as a bishop before he could be a pope. He died about 2 days after election and was never a bishop. Most sources count Francis as number 266.
There have been a number of popes named Boniface. However, the Boniface known as the 'Apostle of Germany' was never a pope.
two-hundred and sixty-five. That's a lot of popes!
Pope John Paul II was the 264th pope so there were 263 popes before him.
Before the election of Pope Francis I there were only two popes from Spain,Pope Alexander VI and Pope Callixtus III. Pope Francis is the first pope from Latin America