Alphabetical List of Catholic Popes

History and People of the Catholic Papacy

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The Pope is one of the most important religious figures in the world. He is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope has been a vastly influential figure in history. There have been many Popes over the years. In the sixth century, it became customary for the Pope to take a new name upon his election. Here are the names of every Pope in alphabetical order. 

A

Adrian I (#96) (772 - 795)
Adrian II (#107) (867 - 872)
Adrian III (St.) (#110) (884 - 885)
Adrian IV (#170) (1154 - 1159)
Adrian V (#187) (1276)
Adrian VI (#219) (1522 - 1523)
Agapetus I (Agapitus) (St.) (#57) (535 - 536)
Agapetus II (#130) (946 - 955)
Agatho (St.) (#79) (678 - 681)
Alexander I (St.) (#6) (105 - 115)
Alexander II (#157) (1061 - 1073)
Alexander III (#171) (1159 - 1181)
Alexander IV (#182) (1254 - 1261)
Alexander VI (#215) (1492 - 1503)
Alexander VII (#238) (1655 - 1667)
Alexander VIII (#242) (1689 - 1691)
Anacletus (St.) (#3) (Cletus) (76 - 88)
Anastasius I (St.) (#39) (399 - 401)
Anastasius II (#50) (496 - 498)
Anastasius III (#121) (911 - 913)
Anastasius IV (#169) (1153 - 1154)
Anicetus (St.) (#11) (155 - 166)
Anterus (St.) (#19) (235 - 236)

B

Benedict I (#62) (575 - 579)
Benedict II (St.) (#81) (684 - 685)
Benedict III (#105) (855 - 858)
Benedict IV (#118) (900 - 903)
Benedict V (#133) (964)
Benedict VI (#135) (973 - 974)
Benedict VII (#136) (974 - 983)
Benedict VIII (#144) (1012 - 1024)
Benedict IX (#146) (1032 - 1045)
Benedict IX (#148) (1045)
Benedict IX (#151) (1047 - 1048)
Benedict XI (Blessed) (#195) (1303 - 1304)
Benedict XII (#198) (1334 - 1342)
Benedict XIII (#246) (1724 - 1730)
Benedict XIV (#248) (1740 - 1758)
Benedict XV (#259) (1914 - 1922)
Benedict XVI (#266) (April 24, 2005 - )
Boniface I (St.) (#42) (418 - 422)
Boniface II (#55) (530 - 532)
Boniface III (#66) (607)
Boniface IV (St.) (#67) (608 - 615)
Boniface IX (#204) (1389 - 1404)
Boniface V (#69) (619 - 625)
Boniface VI (#113) (896)
Boniface VIII (#194) (1294 - 1303)

C

Callistus I (St.) (#16) (217 - 222)
Callistus II (#163) (1119 - 1124)
Callistus III (#210) (1455 - 1458)
Celestine I (St.) (#43) (422 - 432)
Celestine II (#166) (1143 - 1144)
Celestine III (#176) (1191 - 1198)
Celestine IV (#180) (1241)
Celestine V (St.) (#193) (1294)
Clement I (St.) (#4) (88 - 97)
Clement II (#150) (1046 - 1047)
Clement III (#175) (1187 - 1191)
Clement IV (#184) (1265 - 1268)
Clement V (#196) (1305 - 1314)
Clement VI (#199) (1342 - 1352)
Clement VII (#220) (1523 - 1534)
Clement VIII (#232) (1592 - 1605)
Clement IX (#239) (1667 - 1669)
Clement X (#240) (1670 - 1676)
Clement XI (#244) (1700 - 1721)
Clement XII (#247) (1730 - 1740)
Clement XIII (#249) (1758 - 1769)
Clement XIV (#250) (1769 - 1774)
Conon (#83) (686 - 687)
Constantine (#88) (708 - 715)
Cornelius (St.) (#21) (251 - 253)

D

Damasus I (St.) (#37) (366 - 383)
Damasus II (#152) (1048)
Deusdedit (St.) (#68) (Adeodatus I) (615 - 618)
Adeodatus (II) (#77) (672 - 676)
Dionysius (St.) (#25) (260 - 268)
Donus (#78) (676 - 678)

E

Eleutherius (St.) (#13) (175 - 189)
Eugene I (St.) (#75) (655 - 657)
Eugene II (#100) (824 - 827)
Eugene III (Blessed) (#168) (1145 - 1153)
Eugene IV (#208) (1431 - 1447)
Eusebius (St.) (#31) (309 or 310)
Eutychian (St.) (#27) (275 - 283)
Evaristus (St.) (#5) (97 - 105)

F

Fabian (St.) (#20) (236 - 250)
Felix I (St.) (#26) (269 - 274)
Felix III (II) (St.) (#48) (483 - 492)
Felix IV (III) (St.) (#54) (526 - 530)
Formosus (#112) (891 - 896)

G

Caius (Gaius) (St.) (#28) (283 - 296)
Gelasius I (St.) (#49) (492 - 496)
Gelasius II (#162) (1118 - 1119)
Gregory I (St.) (#64) (the Great) (590 - 604)
Gregory II (St.) (#89) (715 - 731)
Gregory III (St.) (#90) (731 - 741)
Gregory IV (#102) (827 - 844)
Gregory V (#139) (996 - 999)
Gregory VI (#149) (1045 - 1046)
Gregory VII (St.) (#158) (1073 - 1085)
Gregory VIII (#174) (1187)
Gregory IX (#179) (1227 - 1241)
Gregory X (Blessed) (#185) (1271 - 1276)
Gregory XI (#202) (1370 - 1378)
Gregory XII (#206) (1406 - 1415)
Gregory XIII (#227) (1572 - 1585)
Gregory XIV (#230) (1590 - 1591)
Gregory XV (#235) (1621 - 1623)
Gregory XVI (#255) (1831 - 1846)

H

St. Hilarius (#46) (461 - 468)
Honorius I (#70) (625 - 638)
Honorius II (#164) (1124 - 1130)
Honorius III (#178) (1216 - 1227)
Honorius IV (#191) (1285 - 1287)
Hormisdas (St.) (#52) (514 - 523)
Hyginus (St.) (#9) (136 - 140)
Innocent I (St.) (#40) (401 - 417)
Innocent II (#165) (1130 - 1143)
Innocent III (#177) (1198 - 1216)
Innocent IV (#181) (1243 - 1254)
Innocent IX (#231) (1591)
Innocent V (Blessed) (#186) (1276)
Innocent VI (#200) (1352 - 1362)
Innocent VII (#205) (1404 - 1406)
Innocent VIII (#214) (1484 - 1492)
Innocent X (#237) (1644 - 1655)
Innocent XI (Blessed) (#241) (1676 - 1689)
Innocent XII (#243) (1691 - 1700)
Innocent XIII (#245) (1721 - 1724)

J

John I (St.) (#53) (523 - 526)
John II (#56) (533 - 535)
John III (#61) (561 - 574)
John IV (#72) (640 - 642)
John V (#82) (685 - 686)
John VI (#85) (701 - 705)
John VII (#86) (705 - 707)
John VIII (#108) (872 - 882)
John IX (#117) (898 - 900)
John X (#123) (914 - 928)
John XI (#126) (931 - 935)
John XII (#131) (955 - 963)
John XIII (#134) (965 - 972)
John XIV (#137) (983 - 984)
John XV (#138) (985 - 996)
John XVII (#141) (1003)
John XVIII (#142) (1003 - 1009)
John XIX (#145) (1024 - 1032)
John XXI (#188) (1276 - 1277)
John XXII (#197) (1316 - 1334)
John XXIII (Blessed) (#262) (1958 - 1963)
John Paul I (#264) (1978)
John Paul II (#265) (1978 - April 2, 2005)
Julius I (St.) (#35) (337 - 352)
Julius II (#217) (1503 - 1513)
Julius III (#222) (1550 - 1555)

L

Lando (#122) (913 - 914)
Leo I (St.) (#45) (the Great) (440 - 461)
Leo II (St.) (#80) (682 - 683)
Leo III (St.) (#97) (795 - 816)
Leo IV (St.) (#104) (847 - 855)
Leo V (#119) (903 - 904)
Leo VI (#124) (928)
Leo VII (#127) (936 - 939)
Leo VIII (#132) (963 - 964)
Leo IX (St.) (#153) (1049 - 1054)
Leo X (#218) (1513 - 1521)
Leo XI (#233) (1605)
Leo XII (#253) (1823 - 1829)
Leo XIII (#257) (1878 - 1903)
Liberius (#36) (352 - 366)
Linus (St.) (#2) (67 - 76)
Lucius I (St.) (#22) (253 - 254)
Lucius II (#167) (1144 - 1145)
Lucius III (#172) (1181 - 1185)

M

Marcellinus (St.) (#29) (296 - 304)
Marcellus I (St.) (#30) (308 - 309)
Marcellus II (#223) (1555)
Marinus I (#109) (882 - 884)
Marinus II (#129) (942 - 946)
Marcus (St.) (#34) (336)
Martin I (St.) (#74) (649 - 655)
Martin IV (#190) (1281 - 1285)
Martin V (#207) (1417 - 1431)
Miltiades (St.) (#32) (311 - 314)

N

Nicholas I (St.) (#106) (the Great) (858 - 867)
Nicholas II (#156) (1058 - 1061)
Nicholas III (#189) (1277 - 1280)
Nicholas IV (#192) (1288 - 1292)
Nicholas V (#209) (1447 - 1455)

P

Paschal I (St.) (#99) (817 - 824)
Paschal II (#161) (1099 - 1118)
Paul I (St.) (#94) (757 - 767)
Paul II (#212) (1464 - 1471)
Paul III (#221) (1534 - 1549)
Paul IV (#224) (1555 - 1559)
Paul V (#234) (1605 - 1621)
Paul VI (#263) (1963 - 1978)
Pelagius I (#60) (556 - 561)
Pelagius II (#63) (579 - 590)
Peter (St.) (#1) (32 - 67)
Pius I (St.) (#10) (140 - 155)
Pius II (#211) (1458 - 1464)
Pius III (#216) (1503)
Pius IV (#225) (1559 - 1565)
Pius V (St.) (#226) (1566 - 1572)
Pius VI (#251) (1775 - 1799)
Pius VII (#252) (1800 - 1823)
Pius VIII (#254) (1829 - 1830)
Pius IX (Blessed) (#256) (1846 - 1878)
Pius X (St.) (#258) (1903 - 1914)
Pius XI (#260) (1922 - 1939)
Pius XII (#261) (1939 - 1958)
Pontain (St.) (#18) (230 - 235)​

R​

Romanus (#115) (897)

S

Sabinian (#65) (604 - 606)
St. Sergius I (#84) (687 - 701)
Sergius II (#103) (844 - 847)
Sergius III (#120) (904 - 911)
Sergius IV (#143) (1009 - 1012)
Severinus (#71) (640)
Silverius (St.) (#58) (536 - 537)
Simplicius (St.) (#47) (468 - 483)
Siricius (St.) (#38) (384 - 399)
Sisinnius (#87) (708)
Sixtus I (Xystus) (St.) (#7) (115 - 125)
Sixtus II (St.) (#24) (257 - 258)
Sixtus III (St.) (#44) (432 - 440)
Sixtus IV (#213) (1471 - 1484)
Sixtus V (#228) (1585 - 1590)
Soter (St.) (#12) (166 - 175)
Stephen I (St.) (#23) (254 - 257)
Stephen II (#92) (752)
Stephen III (II) (#93) (752 - 757)
Stephen IV (III) (#95) (767 - 772)
Stephen V (IV) (#98) (816 - 817)
Stephen VI (V) (#111) (885 - 891)
Stephen VII (VI) (#114) (896 - 897)
Stephen VIII (VII) (#125) (928 - 931)
Stephen IX (VIII) (#128) (939 - 942)
Stephen X (IX) (#155) (1057 - 1058)
Sylvester I (St.) (#33) (314 - 335)
Sylvester II (#140) (999 - 1003)
Sylvester III (#147) (1045)
Symmachus (St.) (#51) (498 - 514)

T

Telesphorus (St.) (#8) (125 - 136)
Theodore I (#73) (642 - 649)
Theodore II (#116) (897)

U

Urban I (St.) (#17) (222 - 230)
Urban II (Blessed) (#160) (1088 - 1099)
Urban III (#173) (1185 - 1187)
Urban IV (#183) (1261 - 1264)
Urban V (Blessed) (#201) (1362 - 1370)
Urban VI (#203) (1378 - 1389)
Urban VII (#229) (1590)
Urban VIII (#236) (1623 - 1644)

V

Valentine (#101) (827)
Victor I (St.) (#14) (189 - 199)
Victor II (#154) (1055 - 1057)
Victor III (Blessed) (#159) (1086 - 1087)
Vigilius (#59) (537 - 555)
Vitalian (St.) (#76) (657 - 672)

Z

Zachary (St.) (#91) (741 - 752)
Zephyrinus (St.) (#15) (199 - 217)
Zosimus (St.) (#41) (417 - 418)

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