Leo XIV is the new Pope, list of all the Popes throughout history

With the election of Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost), it’s a good time to look back at the complete list of all the popes in history. Along with their nationality, the period during which they served as pope, and how many years they held the position.

Number	English name	Pontificate	Years and days of Pontificate	Personal name	Modern-day country of birth	Age at start of papacy	Age at end of papacy
1	St. Peter	30 – 64/67	34 to 37 years	Simon Peter, Simeon Kephas, Simon The Rock	Israel	n.a	n.a
2	St. Linus	64/67(?) – 76/79(?)	12 years	Linus	Italy	n.a	n.a
3	St. Anacletus (Cletus)	76/79(?) – 88	12 years or 9 years	Anacletus	Greece	n.a	n.a
4	St. Clement I	88/92 – 97		Clement	Italy	n.a	n.a
5	St. Evaristus (Aristus)	97/99 – 105/107	8 years	Aristus	West Bank	n.a	n.a
6	St. Alexander I	105/107 – 115/116	10 years or 9 years	Alexander	Italy	n.a	n.a
7	St. Sixtus I	115/116 – 125	20 years or 19 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
8	St. Telesphorus	125 – 136/138	11 years or 13 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
9	St. Hyginus	136/138 – 140/142	4 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
10	St. Pius I	140/142 – 155	15 years or 13 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
11	St. Anicetus	155 – 166	11 years	n.a	Syria	n.a	n.a
12	St. Soter	c.166 – 174/175	8 years or 9 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
13	St. Eleuterus	174/175 – 189	15 years or 14 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
14	St. Victor I	189 – 198/199	9 years or 10 years	n.a	Africa	n.a	n.a
15	St. Zephyrinus (Zephyrin)	199 – 217	18 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
16	St. Callixtus I	c.217 – 222/223	5 years or 6 years	n.a	Spain	n.a	n.a
17	St. Urban I	222/223 – 230	8 years or 7 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
18	St. Pontian	21 July 230 – 28 September 235	5 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
19	St. Anterus	21 November 235 – 3 January 236	44 days	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
20	St. Fabian	10 January 236 – 20 January 250	14 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
21	St. Cornelius	6/11 March 251 – June 253	2 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
22	St. Lucius I	25 June 253 – 5 March 254	256 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
23	St. Stephen I	12 May 254 – 2 August 257	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
24	St. Sixtus II	30/31 August 257 – 6 August 258	340 or 341 days	&nsp;	Greece	n.a	n.a
25	St. Dionysius	22 July 259 – 26 December 268	9 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
26	St. Felix I	5 January 269 – 30 December 274	5 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
27	St. Eutychian	4 January 275 – 7 December 283	8 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
28	St. Caius	17 December 283 – 22 April 296	12 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
29	St. Marcellinus	30 June 296 – 1 April 304	7 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
30	St. Marcellus I	308 – 309	1 year	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
31	St. Eusebius	c.309 – c.310	1 year	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
32	St. Miltiades (Melchiades)	2 July 311 – 10 January 314	2 years	n.a	Africa	n.a	n.a
33	St. Sylvester I	31 January 314 – 31 December 335	21 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
34	St. Mark	18 January 336 – 7 October 336	263 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
35	St. Julius I	6 February 337 – 12 April 352	15 years	&nbs;	Italy	n.a	n.a
36	Liberius	17 May 352 – 24 September 366	14 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
37	St. Damasus I	1 October 366 – 11 December 384	18 years	n.a	Portugal	n.a	n.a
38	St. Siricius	11 December 384 – 26 November 399	14 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
39	St. Anastasius I	27 November 399 – 19 December 401	2 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
40	St. Innocent I	22 December 401 – 12 March 417	15 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
41	St. Zosimus	18 March 417 – 26 December 418	1 year	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
42	St. Boniface I	28/29 December 418 – 4 September 422	3 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
43	St. Celestine I	10 September 422 – 27 July 432	9 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
44	St. Sixtus III	31 July 432 – March/August 440	8 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
45	St. Leo I (Leo the Great)	29 September 440 – 10 November 461	21 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
46	St. Hilarius	19 November 461 – 29 February 468	6 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
47	St. Simplicius	3 March 468 – 10 March 483	15 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
48	St. Felix III (Felix II)	13 March 483 – 1 March 492	8 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
49	St. Gelasius I	1 March 492 – 21 November 496	4 years	n.a	Africa	n.a	n.a
50	Anastasius II	24 November 496 – 19 November 498	1 year	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
51	St. Symmachus	22 November 498 – 19 July 514	15 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
52	St. Hormisdas	20 July 514 – 19 July 523	8 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
53	St. John I	13 August 523 – 18 May 526	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
54	St. Felix IV (Felix III)	13 July 526 – 22 September 530	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
55	Boniface II	22 September 530 – 17 October 532	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
56	John II	2 January 533 – 8 May 535	2 years	Mercurius	Italy	n.a	n.a
57	St. Agapetus I (Agapitus)	13 May 535 – 22 April 536	346 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
58	St. Silverius	1 June 536 – 11 November 537	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
59	Vigilius	29 March 537 – 7 June 555	18 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
60	Pelagius I	16 April 556 – 4 March 561	5 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
61	John III	17 July 561 – 13 July 574	12 years	Catelinus	Italy	n.a	n.a
62	Benedict I	2 June 575 – 30 July 579	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
63	Pelagius II	26 November 579 – 7 February 590	10 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
64	St. Gregory I, O.S.B. (Gregory the Great)	3 September 590 – 12 March 604	13 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
65	Sabinian	13 September 604 – 22 February 606	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
66	Boniface III	19 February 607 – 12 November 607	267 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
67	St. Boniface IV, O.S.B.	25 August 608 – 8 May 615	6 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
68	Adeodatus I (Deusdedit)	19 October 615 – 8 November 618	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
69	Boniface V	23 December 619 – 25 October 625	5 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
70	Honorius I	27 October 625 – 12 October 638	12 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
71	Severinus	October 638 – 2 August 640	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
72	John IV	24 December 640 – 12 October 642	1 year	n.a	Croatia	n.a	n.a
73	Theodore I	24 November 642 – 14 May 649	6 years	n.a	West Bank	n.a	n.a
74	St. Martin I	July 649 – 16 September 655	6 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
75	St. Eugene I	10 August 654 – 2 June 657	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
76	St. Vitalian	30 July 657 – 27 January 672	14 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
77	Adeodatus II, O.S.B.	11 April 672 – 17 June 676	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
78	Donus	2 November 676 – 11 April 678	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
79	St. Agatho	27 June 678 – 10 January 681	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
80	St. Leo II	December 681 – 3 July 683	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
81	St. Benedict II	26 June 684 – 8 May 685	317 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
82	John V	12 July 685 – 2 August 686	1 year	n.a	Syria	n.a	n.a
83	Conon	21 October 686 – 22 September 687	335 days	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
84	St. Sergius I	15 December 687 – 8 September 701	13 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
85	John VI	30 October 701 – 11 January 705	3 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
86	John VII	1 March 705 – 18 October 707	2 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
87	Sisinnius	15 January 708 – 4 February 708	21 days	n.a	Syria	n.a	n.a
88	Constantine	25 March 708 – 9 April 715	7 years	n.a	Syria	n.a	n.a
89	St. Gregory II	19 May 715 – 11 February 731	15 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
90	Gregory III	18 March 731 – 28 November 741	10 years	n.a	Syria	n.a	n.a
91	St. Zachary	3 December 741 – 14/22 March 752	10 years	n.a	Greece	n.a	n.a
92	Pope-elect Stephen	23 March 752 – 25 March 752	Never took office as Pope	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
93	Stephen II (Stephen III)	26 March 752 – 26 April 757	5 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
94	St. Paul I	29 May 757 – 28 June 767	10 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
95	Stephen III (Stephen IV)	1/7 August 767 – 24 January 772	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
96	Adrian I	1 February 772 – 26 December 795	23 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
97	St. Leo III	26 December 795 – 12 June 816	20 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
98	Stephen IV (Stephen V)	12 June 816 – 24 January 817	226 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
99	St. Paschal I	25 January 817 – 11 February 824	7 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
100	Eugene II	8 May 824 – August 827 (3 years)	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
101	Valentine	August 827 – September 827	c. 30 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
102	Gregory IV	827 – January 844	17 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
103	Sergius II	January 844 – 7 January 847 (3 years)	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
104	St. Leo IV, O.S.B.	January 847 – 17 July 855	8 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
105	Benedict III	855 – 7 April 858	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
106	St. Nicholas I (Nicholas the Great)	24 April 858 – 13 November 867	9 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
107	Adrian II	14 December 867 – 14 December 872	5 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
108	John VIII	14 December 872 – 16 December 882	10 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
109	Marinus I	16 December 882 – 15 May 884	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
110	St. Adrian III	17 May 884 – c.September 885	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
111	Stephen V (Stephen VI)	885 – 14 September 891	6 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
112	Formosus	19 September 891 – 4 April 896	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
113	Boniface VI	4 April 896 – 19 April 896	15 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
114	Stephen VI (Stephen VII)	22 May 896 – August 897	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
115	Romanus	August 897 – November 897 (<1 Year)	c. 122 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
116	Theodore II	December 897	less than a year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
117	John IX, O.S.B.	January 898 – January 900	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
118	Benedict IV	900 – 903	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
119	Leo V	July 903 – September 903	c. 92 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
120	Sergius III	29 January 904 – 14 April 911	7 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
121	Anastasius III	April 911 – June 913	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
122	Lando	July/August 913 – February/March 914	c. 200 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
123	John X	March 914 – May 928	14 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
124	Leo VI	May 928 – December 928	c. 245 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
125	Stephen VII (Stephen VIII)	December 928 – February 931	2 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
126	John XI	February/March 931 – December 935 (4 years)	4 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
127	Leo VII, O.S.B.	3 January 936 – 13 July 939	3 years	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
128	Stephen VIII (Stephen IX)	14 July 939 – October 942 (3 years)	3 years	n.a	Germany	n.a	n.a
129	Marinus II	30 October 942 – May 946	3 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
130	Agapetus II	10 May 946 – December 955	9 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
131	John XII	16 December 955 – 14 May 964	8 years	Octavian	Italy	n.a	n.a
132	Benedict V	22 May 964 – 23 June 964	30 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
133	Leo VIII	July 964 – 1 March 965	c. 242 days	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
134	John XIII	1 October 965 – 6 September 972	6 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
135	Benedict VI	19 January 973 – June 974	1 year	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
136	Benedict VII	October 974 – 10 July 983	8 years	n.a	Italy	n.a	n.a
137	John XIV	December 983 – 20 August 984	c. 262 days	Pietro Campanora	Italy	n.a	n.a
138	John XV	August 985 – March 996	10 years		Italy	n.a	n.a
139	Gregory V	3 May 996 – 18 February 999	2 years	Bruno of Carinthia	Germany	n.a	n.a
140	Sylvester II	2 April 999 – 12 May 1003	4 years	Gerbert d’Aurillac	France	n.a	n.a
141	John XVII	June 1003 – December 1003	c. 214 days	Siccone	Italy	n.a	n.a
142	John XVIII	25 December 1003 – July 1009	5 years	Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus	Italy	n.a	n.a
143	Sergius IV	31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012	2 years	Pietro Boccapecora	Italy	n.a	n.a
144	Benedict VIII	18 May 1012 – 9 April 1024	11 years	Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum	Italy	n.a	n.a
145	John XIX	April/May 1024 – 20 October 1032	8 years	Romanus, Conti di Tusculum	Italy	n.a	n.a
146	Benedict IX	1032 – 1044	12 years	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Italy	n.a	n.a
147	Sylvester III	1045	c. 1 year	John, Bishop of Sabina	Italy	n.a	n.a
148	Benedict IX	1045 – 1046	c. 1 year	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Italy	n.a	n.a
149	Gregory VI	April/May 1045 – 20 December 1046	1 year	Johannes Gratianus	Italy	n.a	n.a
150	Clement II	24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047	289 days	Suidger	Italy	n.a	n.a
151	Benedict IX	November 1047 – 1048	1 year	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Italy	n.a	n.a
152	Damasus II	17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048	23 days	Poppo	Germany	n.a	n.a
153	St. Leo IX	12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054	5 years	Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg	France	n.a	n.a
154	Victor II	13 April 1055 – 28 July 1057	2 years	Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg	Germany	n.a	n.a
155	Stephen IX (Stephen X), O.S.B.	2 August 1057 – 29 March 1058	241 days	Frederic de Lorraine	France	n.a	n.a
156	Nicholas II	6 December 1058 – 27 July 1061	2 years	Gerard de Bourgogne	France	n.a	n.a
157	Alexander II	30 September 1061 – 21 April 1073	11 years	Anselmo da Baggio	Italy	n.a	n.a
158	St. Gregory VII, O.S.B.	22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085	12 years	Hildebrand	Italy	n.a	n.a
159	Bd. Victor III, O.S.B.	24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087	1 year	Desiderio; Desiderius; Dauferius	Italy	n.a	n.a
160	Bd. Urban II, O.S.B.	12 March 1088 – 29 July 1099	1 year	Odo of Lagery	France	n.a	n.a
161	Paschal II, O.S.B.	13 August 1099 – 21 January 1118	11 years	Raniero	Italy	n.a	n.a
162	Gelasius II, O.S.B.	24 January 1118 – 28 January 1119	1 year	Giovanni Coniulo	Italy	n.a	n.a
163	Callixtus II	2 February 1119 – 13 December 1124	5 years	Guido, Comte de Bourgogne	France	n.a	n.a
164	Honorius II, Can.Reg.	15 December 1124 – 13 February 1130	5 years	Lamberto Scannabecchi	Italy	n.a	n.a
165	Innocent II, Can.Reg.	14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143	13 years	Gregorio Papareschi	Italy	n.a	n.a
166	Celestine II	26 September 1143 – 8 March 1144	164 days	Guido	Italy	n.a	n.a
167	Lucius II, Can.Reg.	12 March 1144 – 15 February 1145	340 days	Gerardo Caccianemici dal Orso	Italy	n.a	n.a
168	Bd. Eugene III, O.Cist.	15 February 1145 – 8 July 1153	8 years	Bernardo da Pisa	Italy	n.a	n.a
169	Anastasius IV	8 July 1153 – 3 December 1154	1 year	Corrado Demetri della Suburra	Italy	n.a	n.a
170	Adrian IV, O.S.A.	4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159	4 years	Nicholas Breakspear	United Kingdom	n.a	n.a
171	Alexander III	7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181	21 years	Rolando	Italy	n.a	n.a
172	Lucius III	1 September 1181 – 25 November 1185	4 years	Ubaldo	Italy	n.a	n.a
173	Urban III	25 November 1185 – 19 October 1187	1 year	Uberto Crivelli	Italy	n.a	n.a
174	Gregory VIII, Can.Reg.	21 October 1187 – 17 December 1187	57 days	Alberto di Morra	Italy	n.a	n.a
175	Clement III	19 December 1187 – 20 March 1191	3 years	Paolo Scolari	Italy	n.a	n.a
176	Celestine III	21 March 1191 – 8 January 1198	6 years	Giacinto Bobone	Italy	n.a	n.a
177	Innocent III	8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216	18 years	Lothario dei Conti di Segni	Italy	n.a	n.a
178	Honorius III	18 July 1216 – 18 March 1227	10 years	Cencio	Italy	n.a	n.a
179	Gregory IX	19 March 1227 – 22 August 1241	14 years	Ugolino dei Conti di Segni	Italy	n.a	n.a
180	Celestine IV	25 October 1241 – 10 November 1241	17 days	Goffredo Castiglioni	Italy	n.a	n.a
181	Innocent IV	25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254	11 years	Sinibaldo Fieschi	Italy	n.a	n.a
182	Alexander IV	12 December 1254 – 25 May 1261	6 years	Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenne	Italy	n.a	n.a
183	Urban IV	29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264	3 years	Jacques Pantaleon	France	n.a	n.a
184	Clement IV	5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268	3 years	Gui Faucoi	France	n.a	n.a
185		29 November 1268 – 1 September 1271	Interregnum		n.a	n.a	n.a
186	Bd. Gregory X	1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276 (4 years)	4 years	Tebaldo Visconti	Italy	n.a	n.a
187	Bd. Innocent V, O.P.	21 January 1276 – 22 June 1276	151 days	Pierre de Tarentaise	Italy	n.a	n.a
188	Adrian V	11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276	38 days	Ottobuono Fieschi	Italy	n.a	n.a
189	John XXI	8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277	263 days	Pedro Hispano	Portugal	n.a	n.a
190	Nicholas III	25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280	2 years	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini	Italy	n.a	n.a
191	Martin IV	22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285	4 years	Simon de Brion	France	n.a	n.a
192	Honorius IV	2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287	2 years	Giacomo Savelli	Italy	n.a	n.a
193	Nicholas IV, O.F.M.	22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292	4 years	Girolamo Masci	Italy	n.a	n.a
194	interregnum	4 April 1292 – 5 July 1294	2 years		n.a	n.a	n.a
195	St. Celestine V, O.S.B.	5 July 1294 – 13 December 1294	223 days	Pietro da Morrone	Italy	n.a	n.a
196	Boniface VIII	24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303	8 years	Benedetto Caetani	Italy	n.a	n.a
197	Bd. Benedict XI, O.P.	22 October 1303 – 7 July 1304	259 days	Niccolo Boccasini	Italy	n.a	n.a
198	Clement V	5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314	8 years and 319 days	Bertrand de Got	France	n.a	n.a
199	interregnum	20 April 1314 – 7 August 1316	2 years		n.a	n.a	n.a
200	John XXII	7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334	18 years ans 119 days	Jacques d’Euse; Jacques Duese	France	n.a	n.a
201	Benedict XII, O.Cist.	20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342	7 years and 126 days	Jacques Fournier	France	n.a	n.a
202	Clement VI, O.S.B.	7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352	10 years and 213 days	Pierre Roger	France	n.a	n.a
203	Innocent VI	18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362	9 years and 268 days	Etienne Aubert	France	n.a	n.a
204	Bd. Urban V, O.S.B.	28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370	8 years and 82 days	Guillaume (de) Grimoard	France	n.a	n.a
205	Urban VI	8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389	11 years and 190 days	Bartolomeo Prignano	Italy	n.a	n.a
206	Boniface IX	2 November 1389 – 1 October 1404	14 years and 334 days	Pietro Tomacelli	Italy	n.a	n.a
207	Innocent VII	17 October 1404 – 6 November 1406	2 years and 20 days	Cosimo Gentile Migliorati	Italy	65	67
208		30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415	8 years and 216 days	Angelo Correr	Italy	60	69
209		4 July 1415 – 11 November 1417	Interregnum		n.a
210	Martin V	11 November 1417 -20 February 1431	13 years and 101 days	Oddone Colonna	Italy	48	62
211	Eugene IV, O.S.A.	3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447	15 years and 357 days	Gabriele Condulmer	Italy	47	63
212	Nicholas V	6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455	8 years and 18 days	Tommaso Parentucelli	Italy	49	57
213	Callixtus III	8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458	3 years and 362 days	Alfonso de Borgia	Spain	76	79
214	Pius II	19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464	5 years and 362 days	Enea Silvio Piccolomini	Italy	52	58
215	Paul II	30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471	6 years and 330 days	Pietro Barbo	Italy	47	54
216	Sixtus IV, O.F.M.	9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484	13 years and 3 days	Francesco della Rovere	Italy	57	70
217	Innocent VIII	29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492	7 years and 331 days	Giovanni Battista Cybo	Italy	51	59
218	Alexander VI	11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503	11 years and 7 days	Rodrigo de Lanzol-Borgia	Spain	61	72
219	Pius III	22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503	26 days	Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini	Italy	64	64
220	Julius II	31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513	9 years and 113 days	Giuliano della Rovere	Italy	59	59
221	Leo X	9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521	8 years and 267 days	Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici	Italy	37	45
222	Adrian VI Papa HADRIANUS Sextus	9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523	1 year and 248 days	Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens	Netherlands	62	64
223	Clement VII	26 November 1523 – 25 September 1534	10 years ans 303 days	Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici	Italy	45	56
224	Paul III	13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549	15 years and 28 days	Alessandro Farnese	Italy	66	81
225	Julius III	7 February 1550 – 29 March 1555	5 years and 50 days	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte	Italy	62	67
226	Marcellus II	9 April 1555 – 30 April or 1 May 1555	21 or 22 days	Marcello Cervini	Italy	53	53
227	Paul IV, C.R.	23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559	4 years and 87 days	Giovanni Pietro Carafa	Italy	78	83
228	Pius IV	26 December 1559 – 9 December 1565	5 years and 248 days	Giovanni Angelo Medici	Italy	60	66
229	St. Pius V, O.P.	7 January 1566 – 1 May 1572	6 years and 115 days	Michele Ghislieri	Italy	61	68
230	Gregory XIII	13 May 1572 – 10 April 1585	12 years and 332 days	Ugo Boncompagni	Italy	70	83
231	Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.	24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590	5 years and 125 days	Felice Peretti	Italy	63	68
232	Urban VII	15 September 1590 – 27 September 1590	12 days	Giovanni Battista Castagna	Italy	69	69
233	Gregory XIV	5 December 1590 – 15/16 October 1591	314 or 315 days	Niccolo Sfondrati	Italy	55	56
234	Innocent IX	29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591	62 days	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti	Italy	72	72
235	Clement VIII	30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605	13 years and 32 days	Ippolito Aldobrandini	Italy	55	69
236	Leo XI	1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605	26 days	Alessandro Ottaviano de Medici	Italy	69	69
237	Paul V	16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621	15 years and 257 days	Camillo Borghese	Italy	52	68
238	Gregory XV	9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623	2 years and 149 days	Alessandro Ludovisi	Italy	67	69
239	Urban VIII	6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644	20 years and 358 days	Maffeo Barberini	Italy	55	76
240	Innocent X	15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655	10 years and 114 days	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj	Italy	70	80
241	Alexander VII	7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667	12 years and 45 days	Fabio Chigi	Italy	56	68
242	Clement IX	20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669	2 years and 172 days	Giulio Rospigliosi	Italy	67	69
243	Clement X	29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676	6 years and 84 days	Emilio Altieri	Italy	79	86
244	Bd. Innocent XI	21 September 1676 – 11/12 August 1689	12 years and 324 or 325 days	Benedetto Odescalchi	Italy	65	78
245	Alexander VIII	6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691	1 year and 118 days	Pietro Vito Ottoboni	Italy	79	80
246	Innocent XII	12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700	9 years and 77 days	Antonio Pignatelli	Italy	76	85
247	Clement XI	23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721	20 years and 116 days	Giovanni Francesco Albani	Italy	51	71
248	Innocent XIII	8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724	2 years and 302 days	Michelangelo de Conti	Italy	65	68
249	Benedict XIII, O.P.	29 May 1724 – 21 February 1730	5 years and 268 days	Pierfrancesco Orsini	Italy	75	81
250	Clement XII	12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740	9 years and 209 days	Lorenzo Corsini	Italy	78	87
251	Benedict XIV	17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758	17 years and 259 days	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini	Italy	65	83
252	Clement XIII	6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769	10 years and 211 days	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico	Italy	65	75
253	Clement XIV, O.F.M.	19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774	5 years and 126 days	Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli	Italy	63	68
254	Pius VI	15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799	24 years and 195 days	Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi	Italy	57	81
255	Pius VII, O.S.B.	14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823	23 years and 159 days	Barnaba Chiaramonti	Italy	57	81
256	Leo XII	28 September 1823 – 10 February 1829	5 years and 135 days	Count Annibale Sermattei della Genga	Italy	63	68
257	Pius VIII	31 March 1829 – 1 December 1830	1 year and 245 days	Francesco Saverio Castiglioni	Italy	67	69
258	Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.	2 February 1831 – 1 June 1846	15 years and 119 days	Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari	Italy	65	80
259	Bd. Pius IX, O.F.S.	16 June 1846 – 7 February 1878	31 years and 150 days	Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti	Italy	54	85
260	Leo XIII, O.F.S.	20 February 1878 – 20 July 1903	25 years and 150 days	Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci	Italy	67	93
261	St. Pius X	4 August 1903 – 20 August 1914	11 years and 16 days	Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto	Italy	68	79
262	Benedict XV	3 September 1914 – 22 January 1922	7 years and 141 days	Giacomo Della Chiesa	Italy	59	67
263	Pius XI	6 February 1922 – 10 February 1939	17 years and 4 days	Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti	Italy	64	81
264	Ven. Pius XII	2 March 1939 – 9 October 1958	19 years and 221 days	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli	Italy	63	82
265	Bd. John XXIII	28 October 1958 – 3 June 1963	4 years and 218 days	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli	Italy	76	81
266	Servant of God Paul VI	21 June 1963 – 6 August 1978	15 years and 46 days	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini	Italy	65	80
267	Servant of God John Paul I	26 August 1978 – 28 September 1978	33 days	Albino Luciani	Italy	65	65
268	Ven. John Paul II (John Paul the Great)	16 October 1978 – 2 April 2005	26 years and 168 days	Karol Jozef Wojtyla	Poland	58	84
269	Benedict XVI	19 April 2005 – 28 February 2013	7 years and 315 days	Joseph Alois Ratzinger	Germany	78	85
270	Francis I	13th March 2013	21 april 2025	Jorge Mario Bergoglio	Argentina	76	88
271	Leo XIV	8 May 2025		Robert Francis Prevost	United States	69

did the pope die?

Yes, Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. He died at 7:35 AM local time in his residence at Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. The cause of death was a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest. Following his death, a papal conclave was convened, and on May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, served as the head of the Catholic Church from 2013 until his death in 2025. He was known for his emphasis on humility, social justice, and outreach to marginalized communities. His passing marked the end of a significant era in the Church’s history.

who will be the next pope?

As of May 8, 2025, the new pope is Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. He was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025.

did pope francis die?

how long was pope francis pope?

Pope Francis served as pope for 12 years, from March 13, 2013 until his death on April 21, 2025.
He was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first Jesuit pope, as well as the first pope from the Americas (born in Argentina). His papacy was marked by a focus on humility, social justice, climate action, and outreach to the marginalized.

when did pope francis die?

Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 AM CEST, in his residence at the Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. He was 88 years old at the time of his death. The cause was a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest.
His death was officially announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, during a Vatican broadcast later that morning.

how many cardinals vote for pope?

In a papal conclave, the number of cardinal electors—those eligible to vote for the next pope—is typically limited to 120, as set by Pope Paul VI and reaffirmed by Pope John Paul II. Key Points: Only cardinals under the age of 80 on the day the papacy becomes vacant are allowed to vote. Although the limit is 120, the actual number may vary slightly depending on how many eligible cardinals there are at the time. In the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, there were 133 cardinal electors (the pope can choose to exceed the 120 limit).

who was the pope before pope francis?

The pope before Pope Francis was Pope Benedict XVI.

how many popes have there been?

As of 2025, there have been 267 popes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. The current pope, Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost), elected in May 2025, is the 267th pope.The first pope was Saint Peter, considered the founding leader of the Church, serving in the 1st century AD.

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