How many popes have there been in Vatican City?

Answer 1

Vatican City as an independent city-state has only existed since 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty. Prior to that the Vatican was just a part of Rome. The following popes are those who have lived in the Vatican since the treaty:
Pope Pius XI (1922-39) Pope Pius XII (1939-58) Pope John XXIII (1958-63) Pope Paul VI (1963-78) Pope John Paul I (August-September 1978) Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)
Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
Pope Francis (2013-)

Answer 2

Actually, Vatican City has only existed as an independant city-state since 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty. Therefore, the following popes have resided in what today we call the Vatican:

Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XII

Pope John XXIII

Pope Paul VI

Pope John Paul I

Pope John Paul II

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis

Answer 3

No, initially the popes lived in or near Rome as the Vatican did not yet exist. There were also about seventy years when the popes resided in Avignon, France. Also, the actual Vatican City as we know it today, an independent city-state, did not come into reality until 1929 with the Lateran Treaty. Therefore, as of 2012, only 7 popes have lived in Vatican City. Prior to that, the Vatican was just part of Rome. Some popes lived there, some lived in other palaces or locations in the city of Rome.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic AnswerPope Francis, the reigning Pontiff, is the 266th Pope, of which, all of whom have lived in the Vatican, although, for the first three or four centuries, it was not exactly public, they have all lived in Rome, however.

Answer 5

The Vatican as an independent country and home of the pope has only existed since the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929. Before that the area that is today known as Vatican City was simply a neighborhood in Rome and part of Italy.

Answer 6

Initially the popes lived in or near Rome as the Vatican (as the headquarters of the Church) did not yet exist. There were also about seventy years when the popes resided in Avignon, France.

The Vatican City State as it is known today was established in 1929. Before that, most of the popes resided in the Vatican or Rome as a part of the Papal States of Italy. So, if we count only the popes who have resided in the Vatican as an independent city-state the following seven fit in that category:

Pius XI (1922-39)

Pius XII (1939-58)

John XXIII (1958-63)

Paul VI (1963-78)

John Paul I (1978)

John Paul II (1978-2005)

Benedict XVI (2005-)

The history of the Vatican is long, complicated and muddled. For more about the history of the Vatican, see the link below.

Answer 7

The Vatican has only existed as an independent entity since the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929. Since that time the following popes have resided there:
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XII
Pope John XXIII
Pope Paul VI
Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis

For over 1000 years popes lived in the Lateran Palace which is outside the Vatican City proper and for about 7 decades the popes resided in Avignon, France.

Answer 8

There have been a total of 266 popes (as of 2013) but not all lived in Rome.

Answer 9

There is only one pope in the Vatican at any given time. As of 2015, Pope Francis is that pope and Pope Benedict XVI is retired and has the title of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Answer 10

Vatican City was established as an independent country in 1929 and all popes have resided there since then. Prior to that, some popes resided in the Vatican or in other areas of Rome.