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List of Popes
and Ecumenical Councils

Pope

Pontificate

Ecumenical Councils

1.
St. Peter 32-67

2.
St. Linus 67-76

3.
St. Anacletus
(a.k.a. Cletus)		 76-88

4.
St. Clement I 88-97

5.
St. Evaristus 97-105

6.
St. Alexander I 105-115

7.
St. Sixtus I
(a.k.a. Xystus I)		 115-125

8.
St. Telesphorus 125-136

9.
St. Hyginus 136-140

10.
St. Pius I 140-155

11.
St. Anicetus 155-166

12.
St. Soter 166-175

13.
St. Eleutherius 175-189

14.
St. Victor I 189-199

15.
St. Zephyrinus 199-217

16.
St. Callistus I 217-222

17.
St. Urban I 222-230

18.
St. Pontain 230-235

19.
St. Anterus 235-236

20.
St. Fabian 236-250

21.
St. Cornelius 251-253

22.
St. Lucius I 253-254

23.
St. Stephen I 254-257

24.
St. Sixtus II 257-258

25.
St. Dionysius 260-268

26.
St. Felix I 269-274

27.
St. Eutychian 275-283

28.
St. Caius
(a.k.a. Gaius) 		283-296

29.
St. Marcellinus 296-304

30.
St. Marcellus I 308-309

31.
St. Eusebius 309-311

32.
St. Miltiades 311-314

33.
St. Sylvester I 314-335

Nicaea I (325)

34.
St. Marcus 336

35.
St. Julius I 337-352

36.
Liberius 352-366

37.
St. Damasus I 366-383

Constantinople I (381)

38.
St. Siricius 384-399

39.
St. Anastasius I 399-401

40.
St. Innocent I 401-417

41.
St. Zosimus 417-418

42.
St. Boniface I 418-422

43.
St. Celestine I 422-432

Ephesus (431)

44.
St. Sixtus III 432-440

45.
St. Leo I
(a.k.a. Leo the Great)		 440-461

Chalcedon (451)

46.
St. Hilarius 461-468

47.
St. Simplicius 468-483

48.
St. Felix III
(a.k.a. Felix II)		 483-492

49.
St. Gelasius I 492-496

50.
Anastasius II 496-498

51.
St. Symmachus 498-514

52.
St. Hormisdas 514-523

53.
St. John I 523-526

54.
St. Felix IV
(a.k.a. Felix III) 		526-530

55.
Boniface II 530-532

56.
John II 533-535

57.
St. Agapetus I
(a.k.a. Agapitus I)		 535-536

58.
St. Silverius 536-537

59.
Vigilius 537-555

Constantinople II (553)

60.
Pelagius I 556-561

61.
John III 561-574

62.
Benedict I 575-579

63.
Pelagius II 579-590

64.
St. Gregory I
(a.k.a. Gregory the Great)		 590-604

65.
Sabinian 604-606

66.
Boniface III 607

67.
St. Boniface IV 608-615

68.
St. Deusdedit
(a.k.a. Adeodatus I)		 615-618

69.
Boniface V 619-625

70.
Honorius I 625-638

71.
Severinus 640

72.
John IV 640-642

73.
Theodore I 642-649

74.
St. Martin I 649-655

75.
St. Eugene I 655-657

76.
St. Vitalian 657-672

77.
Adeodatus
(a.k.a. Adeodatus II) 		672-676

78.
Donus 676-678

79.
St. Agatho 678-681

Constantinople III (680-681)

80.
St. Leo II 682-683

81.
St. Benedict II 684-685

82.
John V 685-686

83.
Conon 686-687

84.
St. Sergius I 687-701

85.
John VI 701-705

86.
John VII 705-707

87.
Sisinnius 708

88.
Constantine 708-715

89.
St. Gregory II 715-731

90.
St. Gregory III 731-741

91.
St. Zachary 741-752

(91x).
Stephen II
(elected, never consecrated) 1 		752

92.
Stephen III 752-757

93.
St. Paul I 757-767

94.
Stephen IV 767-772

95.
Adrian I 772-795

Nicaea II (787)

96.
St. Leo III 795-816

97.
Stephen V 816-817

98.
St. Paschal I 817-824

99.
Eugene II 824-827

100.
Valentine 827

101.
Gregory IV 827-844

102.
Sergius II 844-847

103.
St. Leo IV 847-855

104.
Benedict III 855-858

105.
St. Nicholas I
(a.k.a. Nicholas the Great)		 858-867

106.
Adrian II 867-872

Constantinople IV (869-870)

107.
John VIII 872-882

108.
Marinus I 882-884

109.
St. Adrian III 884-885

110.
Stephen VI 885-891

111.
Formosus 891-896

112.
Boniface VI 896

113.
Stephen VII 896-897

114.
Romanus 897

115.
Theodore II 897

116.
John IX 898-900

117.
Benedict IV 900-903

118.
Leo V 903

119.
Sergius III 904-911

120.
Anastasius III 911-913
121.
Lando 913-914

122.
John X 914-928

123.
Leo VI 928

124.
Stephen VIII 929-931

125.
John XI 931-935

126.
Leo VII 936-939

127.
Stephen IX 939-942

128.
Marinus II 942-946

129.
Agapetus II 946-955

130.
John XII 955-963

131.
Leo VIII 963-964

132.
Benedict V 964

133.
John XIII 965-972

134.
Benedict VI 973-974

135.
Benedict VII 974-983

136.
John XIV 983-984

137.
John XV 985-996

138.
Gregory V 996-999

139.
Sylvester II 999-1003

140.
John XVII 1003

141.
John XVIII 1003-1009

142.
Sergius IV 1009-1012

143.
Benedict VIII 1012-1024

144.
John XIX 1024-1032

145.
Benedict IX 1032-1045

146.
Sylvester III 1045

147.
Benedict IX 1045

148.
Gregory VI 1045-1046

149.
Clement II 1046-1047

150.
Benedict IX 1047-1048

151.
Damasus II 1048

152.
St. Leo IX 1049-1054

153.
Victor II 1055-1057

154.
Stephen X 1057-1058

155.
Nicholas II 1058-1061

156.
Alexander II 1061-1073

157.
St. Gregory VII 1073-1085

158.
Blessed Victor III 1086-1087

159.
Blessed Urban II 1088-1099

160.
Paschal II 1099-1118

161.
Gelasius II 1118-1119

162.
Callistus II 1119-1124

Lateran I (1123)

163.
Honorius II 1124-1130

164.
Innocent II 1130-1143

Lateran II (1139)

165.
Celestine II 1143-1144

166.
Lucius II 1144-1145

167.
Blessed Eugene III 1145-1153

168.
Anastasius IV 1153-1154

169.
Adrian IV 1154-1159

170.
Alexander III 1159-1181

Lateran III (1179)

171.
Lucius III 1181-1185

172.
Urban III 1185-1187

173.
Gregory VIII 1187

174.
Clement III 1187-1191

175.
Celestine III 1191-1198

176.
Innocent III 1198-1216

Lateran IV (1215)

177.
Honorius III 1216-1227

178.
Gregory IX 1227-1241

179.
Celestine IV 1241

180.
Innocent IV 1243-1254

Lyons I (1245)

181.
Alexander IV 1254-1261

182.
Urban IV 1261-1264

183.
Clement IV 1265-1268

184.
Blessed Gregory X 1271-1276

Lyons II (1274)

185.
Blessed Innocent V 1276

186.
Adrian V 1276

187.
John XXI 1276-1277

188.
Nicholas III 1277-1280

189.
Martin IV 1281-1285

190.
Honorius IV 1285-1287

191.
Nicholas IV 1288-1292

192.
St. Celestine V 1294

193.
Boniface VIII 1294-1303

194.
Blessed Benedict XI 1303-04

195.
Clement V 1305-1314

Vienne (1311-1312)

196.
John XXII 1316-1334

197.
Benedict XII 1334-1342

198.
Clement VI 1342-1352

199.
Innocent VI 1352-1362

200.
Blessed Urban V 1362-1370

201.
Gregory XI 1370-1378

202.
Urban VI 1378-1389

203.
Boniface IX 1389-1404

204.
Innocent VII 1406-1406

205.
Gregory XII 1406-1415

Constance (1414-1418)

206.
Martin V 1417-1431

207.
Eugene IV 1431-1447

Florence (1431-1445)

208.
Nicholas V 1447-1455

209.
Callistus III 1455-1458

210.
Pius II 1458-1464

211.
Paul II 1464-1471

212.
Sixtus IV 1471-1484

213.
Innocent VIII 1484-1492

214.
Alexander VI 1492-1503

215.
Pius III 1503

216.
Julius II 1503-1513

Lateran V (1512-1517)

217.
Leo X 1513-1521

218.
Adrian VI 1522-1523

219.
Clement VII 1523-1534

220.
Paul III 1534-1549

Trent (1545-1563)

221.
Julius III 1550-1555

222.
Marcellus II 1555

223.
Paul IV 1555-1559

224.
Pius IV 1559-1565

225.
St. Pius V 1566-1572

226.
Gregory XIII 1572-1585

227.
Sixtus V 1585-1590

228.
Urban VII 1590

229.
Gregory XIV 1590-1591

230.
Innocent IX 1591

231.
Clement VIII 1592-1605

232.
Leo XI 1605

233.
Paul V 1605-1621

234.
Gregory XV 1621-1623

235.
Urban VIII 1623-1644

236.
Innocent X 1644-1655

237.
Alexander VII 1655-1667

238.
Clement IX 1667-1669
239.
Clement X 1670-1676

240.
Blessed Innocent XI 1676-1689

241.
Alexander VIII 1689-1691

242.
Innocent XII 1691-1700

243.
Clement XI 1700-1721

244.
Innocent XIII 1721-1724

245.
Benedict XIII 1724-1730

246.
Clement XII 1730-1740

247.
Benedict XIV 1740-1758

248.
Clement XIII 1758-1769

249.
Clement XIV 1769-1774

250.
Pius VI 1775-1799

251.
Pius VII 1800-1823

252.
Leo XII 1823-1829

253.
Pius VIII 1829-1830

254.
Gregory XVI 1831-1846

255.
Blessed Pius IX 1846-1878

Vatican I (1869-1870)

256.
Leo XIII 1878-1903

257.
St. Pius X 1903-1914

258.
Benedict XV 1914-1922

259.
Pius XI 1922-1939

260.
Pius XII 1939-1958

261.
St. John XXIII 2
 1958-1963

Vatican II (1962-1965)

262.
St. Paul VI 2
 1963-1978

263.
John Paul I 1978
264.
St. John Paul II 2
 1978-2005

265.
Benedict XVI 2005-2013
266.
Francis
 2013-2025
267.
Leo XIV 2025-

1 Because Stephen II was elected but never consecrated (he died 3 days after his election), he is usually not counted in official lists of Popes. The Vatican's official list does not include him.


2 The procedure for canonization was radically revised after Vatican II, severely weakening the role of the "Promoter of the Faith" (promotor fidei) whose job it was to challenge a candidate's canonization, to try to poke holes in any evidence for that person's canonization in order to ensure that only worthy candidates were venerated and emulated (the promotor fidei role is popularly known as "the Devil's Advocate" -- advocatus diaboli). The results of this are that between 1588 and 1978, a period of 390 years, there were 330 canonizations, but under John Paul II's 27-year reign alone, there were 483.

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