In August 2013 the pope is Pope Francis and his predecessor was Pope Benedict XVI who retired in February of 2013.
Pope John Paul II was the predecessor of Pope Benedict XVI.
The pope previous to the current Pope Francis was Pope Benedict XVI who retired in 2013.
Pope Leo XIII was the predecessor of Pope Pius X.
If you refer to Pope Benedict XVI, his immediate predecessor was Pope John Paul II. He also had 264 other predecessors dating back to St. Peter.
Pope Pius III was the predecessor of Pope Julius II.
Pope Clement XIII was pope in 1767 and his predecessor was Benedict XIV.
Pope Benedict XVI, his predecessor was John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II was the pope immediately before Benedict XVI.
Pope John Paul I took the names of his two predecessors - John XXIII and Paul VI. John Paul II took the name of his predecessor - John Paul I.
Pope Pelagius II was the predecessor of Pope Gregory I, the Great.
A:Pope Paul's brother, Pope Stephen II, was his immediate predecessor,
John Paul II