The Pope: List of Popes, Facts, and Resources

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What Does Pope Mean?

The title pope, once used with far greater latitude, is at present employed solely to denote the Bishop of Rome, who, in virtue of his position as successor of St. Peter, is the chief pastor of the whole Church, the Vicar of Christ upon earth.

What is the Role of The Pope?

Besides the bishopric of the Roman Diocese, certain other dignities are held by the pope as well as the supreme and universal pastorate: he is Archbishop of the Roman Province, Primate of Italy and the adjacent islands, and sole Patriarch of the Western Church. The Church’s doctrine as to the pope was authoritatively declared in the Vatican Council in the Constitution “Pastor Aeternus”. The four chapters of that Constitution deal respectively with the office of Supreme Head conferred on St. Peter, the perpetuity of this office in the person of the Roman pontiff, the pope’s jurisdiction over the faithful, and his supreme authority to define in all questions of faith and morals.

What Does The Pope Wear?

The pope’s uniform during his normal day-to-day activities includes his skullcap is called a zuchetto, a white mozetta (a short, hooded cape), a gold pectoral cross and red papal shoes. When the pope attends a religious ceremony but is not the celebrant, he wears a red mozetta and a red-and-gold embroidered fascia, or stole, with fringes.

Where Does The Pope Live?

The pope lives in Vatican City in Rome. There is a building in the Vatican called the ‘Papal Palace’ which is full of offices and other rooms. Within the building are a few rooms called the Papal Apartment that are for the use of the pope.

List of Popes

Below is a list of all the popes from 32 to current day Pope Benedict XVI. It will answer questions such as; who was the first pope, who was the second pope, and who is the current Pope.

1. St. Peter (Was Pope From 32-67)
2. St. Linus (Was Pope From 67-76)
3. St. Anacletus (Was Pope From 76-88)
4. St. Clement I (Was Pope From 88-97)
5. St. Evaristus (Was Pope From 97-105)
6. St. Alexander I (Was Pope From 105-115)
7. St. Sixtus I (Was Pope From 115-125)
8. St. Telesphorus (Was Pope From 125-136)
9. St. Hyginus (Was Pope From 136-140)
10. St. Pius I (Was Pope From 140-155)
11. St. Anicetus (Was Pope From 155-166)
12. St. Soter (Was Pope From 166-175)
13. St. Eleutherius (Was Pope From 175-189)
14. St. Victor I (Was Pope From 189-199)
15. St. Zephyrinus (Was Pope From 199-217)
16. St. Callistus I (Was Pope From 217-22)
17. St. Urban I (Was Pope From 222-30)
18. St. Pontain (Was Pope From 230-35)
19. St. Anterus (Was Pope From 235-36)
20. St. Fabian (Was Pope From 236-50)
21. St. Cornelius (Was Pope From 251-53)
22. St. Lucius I (Was Pope From 253-54)
23. St. Stephen I (Was Pope From 254-257)
24. St. Sixtus II (Was Pope From 257-258)
25. St. Dionysius (Was Pope From 260-268)
26. St. Felix I (Was Pope From 269-274)
27. St. Eutychian (Was Pope From 275-283)
28. St. Caius (Was Pope From 283-296)
29. St. Marcellinus (Was Pope From 296-304)
30. St. Marcellus I (Was Pope From 308-309)
31. St. Eusebius (Was Pope From 309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (Was Pope From 311-14)
33. St. Sylvester I (Was Pope From 314-35)
34. St. Marcus (Was Pope From 336)
35. St. Julius I (Was Pope From 337-52)
36. Liberius (Was Pope From 352-66)
37. St. Damasus I (Was Pope From 366-83)
38. St. Siricius (Was Pope From 384-99)
39. St. Anastasius I (Was Pope From 399-401)
40. St. Innocent I (Was Pope From 401-17)
41. St. Zosimus (Was Pope From 417-18)
42. St. Boniface I (Was Pope From 418-22)
43. St. Celestine I (Was Pope From 422-32)
44. St. Sixtus III (Was Pope From 432-40)
45. St. Leo I (Was Pope From 440-61)
46. St. Hilarius (Was Pope From 461-68)
47. St. Simplicius (Was Pope From 468-83)
48. St. Felix III (Was Pope From 483-92)
49. St. Gelasius I (Was Pope From 492-96)
50. Anastasius II (Was Pope From 496-98)
51. St. Symmachus (Was Pope From 498-514)
52. St. Hormisdas (Was Pope From 514-23)
53. St. John I (Was Pope From 523-26)
54. St. Felix IV (Was Pope From 526-30)
55. Boniface II (Was Pope From 530-32)
56. John II (Was Pope From 533-35)
57. St. Agapetus I (Was Pope From 535-36)
58. St. Silverius (Was Pope From 536-37)
59. Vigilius (Was Pope From 537-55)
60. Pelagius I (Was Pope From 556-61)
61. John III (Was Pope From 561-74)
62. Benedict I (Was Pope From 575-79)
63. Pelagius II (Was Pope From 579-90)
64. St. Gregory I (Was Pope From 590-604)
65. Sabinian (Was Pope From 604-606)
66. Boniface III (Was Pope From 607)
67. St. Boniface IV (Was Pope From 608-15)
68. St. Deusdedit (Was Pope From 615-18)
69. Boniface V (Was Pope From 619-25)
70. Honorius I (Was Pope From 625-38)
71. Severinus (Was Pope From 640)
72. John IV (Was Pope From 640-42)
73. Theodore I (Was Pope From 642-49)
74. St. Martin I (Was Pope From 649-55)
75. St. Eugene I (Was Pope From 655-57)
76. St. Vitalian (Was Pope From 657-72)
77. Adeodatus (Was Pope From 672-76)
78. Donus (Was Pope From 676-78)
79. St. Agatho (Was Pope From 678-81)
80. St. Leo II (Was Pope From 682-83)
81. St. Benedict II (Was Pope From 684-85)
82. John V (Was Pope From 685-86)
83. Conon (Was Pope From 686-87)
84. St. Sergius I (Was Pope From 687-701)
85. John VI (Was Pope From 701-05)
86. John VII (Was Pope From 705-07)
87. Sisinnius (Was Pope From 708)
88. Constantine (Was Pope From 708-15)
89. St. Gregory II (Was Pope From 715-31)
90. St. Gregory III (Was Pope From 731-41)
91. St. Zachary (Was Pope From 741-52)
92. Stephen II (Was Pope From 752)
93. Stephen III (Was Pope From 752-57)
94. St. Paul I (Was Pope From 757-67)
95. Stephen IV (Was Pope From 767-72)
96. Adrian I (Was Pope From 772-95)
97. St. Leo III (Was Pope From 795-816)
98. Stephen V (Was Pope From 816-17)
99. St. Paschal I (Was Pope From 817-24)
100. Eugene II (Was Pope From 824-27)
101. Valentine (Was Pope From 827)
102. Gregory IV (Was Pope From 827-44)
103. Sergius II (Was Pope From 844-47)
104. St. Leo IV (Was Pope From 847-55)
105. Benedict III (Was Pope From 855-58)
106. St. Nicholas I (Was Pope From 858-67)
107. Adrian II (Was Pope From 867-72)
108. John VIII (Was Pope From 872-82)
109. Marinus I (Was Pope From 882-84)
110. St. Adrian III (Was Pope From 884-85)
111. Stephen VI (Was Pope From 885-91)
112. Formosus (Was Pope From 891-96)
113. Boniface VI (Was Pope From 896)
114. Stephen VII (Was Pope From 896-97)
115. Romanus (Was Pope From 897)
116. Theodore II (Was Pope From 897)
117. John IX (Was Pope From 898-900)
118. Benedict IV (Was Pope From 900-03)
119. Leo V (Was Pope From 903)
120. Sergius III (Was Pope From 904-11)
121. Anastasius III (Was Pope From 911-13)
122. Lando (Was Pope From 913-14)
123. John X (Was Pope From 914-28)
124. Leo VI (Was Pope From 928)
125. Stephen VIII (Was Pope From 929-31)
126. John XI (Was Pope From 931-35)
127. Leo VII (Was Pope From 936-39)
128. Stephen IX (Was Pope From 939-42)
129. Marinus II (Was Pope From 942-46)
130. Agapetus II (Was Pope From 946-55)
131. John XII (Was Pope From 955-63)
132. Leo VIII (Was Pope From 963-64)
133. Benedict V (Was Pope From 964)
134. John XIII (Was Pope From 965-72)
135. Benedict VI (Was Pope From 973-74)
136. Benedict VII (Was Pope From 974-83)
137. John XIV (Was Pope From 983-84)
138. John XV (Was Pope From 985-96)
139. Gregory V (Was Pope From 996-99)
140. Sylvester II (Was Pope From 999-1003)
141. John XVII (Was Pope From 1003)
142. John XVIII (Was Pope From 1003-09)
143. Sergius IV (Was Pope From 1009-12)
144. Benedict VIII (Was Pope From 1012-24)
145. John XIX (Was Pope From 1024-32)
146. Benedict IX (Was Pope From 1032-45)
147. Sylvester III (Was Pope From 1045)
148. Benedict IX (Was Pope From 1045)
149. Gregory VI (Was Pope From 1045-46)
150. Clement II (Was Pope From 1046-47)
151. Benedict IX (Was Pope From 1047-48)
152. Damasus II (Was Pope From 1048)
153. St. Leo IX (Was Pope From 1049-54)
154. Victor II (Was Pope From 1055-57)
155. Stephen X (Was Pope From 1057-58)
156. Nicholas II (Was Pope From 1058-61)
157. Alexander II (Was Pope From 1061-73)
158. St. Gregory VII (Was Pope From 1073-85)
159. Blessed Victor III (Was Pope From 1086-87)
160. Blessed Urban II (Was Pope From 1088-99)
161. Paschal II (Was Pope From 1099-1118)
162. Gelasius II (Was Pope From 1118-19)
163. Callistus II (Was Pope From 1119-24)
164. Honorius II (Was Pope From 1124-30)
165. Innocent II (Was Pope From 1130-43)
166. Celestine II (Was Pope From 1143-44)
167. Lucius II (Was Pope From 1144-45)
168. Blessed Eugene III (Was Pope From 1145-53)
169. Anastasius IV (Was Pope From 1153-54)
170. Adrian IV (Was Pope From 1154-59)
171. Alexander III (Was Pope From 1159-81)
172. Lucius III (Was Pope From 1181-85)
173. Urban III (Was Pope From 1185-87)
174. Gregory VIII (Was Pope From 1187)
175. Clement III (Was Pope From 1187-91)
176. Celestine III (Was Pope From 1191-98)
177. Innocent III (Was Pope From 1198-1216)
178. Honorius III (Was Pope From 1216-27)
179. Gregory IX (Was Pope From 1227-41)
180. Celestine IV (Was Pope From 1241)
181. Innocent IV (Was Pope From 1243-54)
182. Alexander IV (Was Pope From 1254-61)
183. Urban IV (Was Pope From 1261-64)
184. Clement IV (Was Pope From 1265-68)
185. Blessed Gregory X (Was Pope From 1271-76)
186. Blessed Innocent V (Was Pope From 1276)
187. Adrian V (Was Pope From 1276)
188. John XXI (Was Pope From 1276-77)
189. Nicholas III (Was Pope From 1277-80)
190. Martin IV (Was Pope From 1281-85)
191. Honorius IV (Was Pope From 1285-87)
192. Nicholas IV (Was Pope From 1288-92)
193. St. Celestine V (Was Pope From 1294)
194. Boniface VIII (Was Pope From 1294-1303)
195. Blessed Benedict XI (Was Pope From 1303-04)
196. Clement V (Was Pope From 1305-14)
197. John XXII (Was Pope From 1316-34)
198. Benedict XII (Was Pope From 1334-42)
199. Clement VI (Was Pope From 1342-52)
200. Innocent VI (Was Pope From 1352-62)
201. Blessed Urban V (Was Pope From 1362-70)
202. Gregory XI (Was Pope From 1370-78)
203. Urban VI (Was Pope From 1378-89)
204. Boniface IX (Was Pope From 1389-1404)
205. Innocent VII (Was Pope From 1404-06)
206. Gregory XII (Was Pope From 1406-15)
207. Martin V (Was Pope From 1417-31)
208. Eugene IV (Was Pope From 1431-47)
209. Nicholas V (Was Pope From 1447-55)
210. Callistus III (Was Pope From 1455-58)
211. Pius II (Was Pope From 1458-64)
212. Paul II (Was Pope From 1464-71)
213. Sixtus IV (Was Pope From 1471-84)
214. Innocent VIII (Was Pope From 1484-92)
215. Alexander VI (Was Pope From 1492-1503)
216. Pius III (Was Pope From 1503)
217. Julius II (Was Pope From 1503-13)
218. Leo X (Was Pope From 1513-21)
219. Adrian VI (Was Pope From 1522-23)
220. Clement VII (Was Pope From 1523-34)
221. Paul III (Was Pope From 1534-49)
222. Julius III (Was Pope From 1550-55)
223. Marcellus II (Was Pope From 1555)
224. Paul IV (Was Pope From 1555-59)
225. Pius IV (Was Pope From 1559-65)
226. St. Pius V (Was Pope From 1566-72)
227. Gregory XIII (Was Pope From 1572-85)
228. Sixtus V (Was Pope From 1585-90)
229. Urban VII (Was Pope From 1590)
230. Gregory XIV (Was Pope From 1590-91)
231. Innocent IX (Was Pope From 1591)
232. Clement VIII (Was Pope From 1592-1605)
233. Leo XI (Was Pope From 1605)
234. Paul V (Was Pope From 1605-21)
235. Gregory XV (Was Pope From 1621-23)
236. Urban VIII (Was Pope From 1623-44)
237. Innocent X (Was Pope From 1644-55)
238. Alexander VII (Was Pope From 1655-67)
239. Clement IX (Was Pope From 1667-69)
240. Clement X (Was Pope From 1670-76)
241. Blessed Innocent XI (Was Pope From 1676-89)
242. Alexander VIII (Was Pope From 1689-91)
243. Innocent XII (Was Pope From 1691-1700)
244. Clement XI (Was Pope From 1700-21)
245. Innocent XIII (Was Pope From 1721-24)
246. Benedict XIII (Was Pope From 1724-30)
247. Clement XII (Was Pope From 1730-40)
248. Benedict XIV (Was Pope From 1740-58)
249. Clement XIII (Was Pope From 1758-69)
250. Clement XIV (Was Pope From 1769-74)
251. Pius VI (Was Pope From 1775-99)
252. Pius VII (Was Pope From 1800-23)
253. Leo XII (Was Pope From 1823-29)
254. Pius VIII (Was Pope From 1829-30)
255. Gregory XVI (Was Pope From 1831-46)
256. Blessed Pius IX (Was Pope From 1846-78)
257. Leo XIII (Was Pope From 1878-1903)
258. St. Pius X (Was Pope From 1903-14)
259. Benedict XV (Was Pope From 1914-22)
260. Pius XI (Was Pope From 1922-39)
261. Pius XII (Was Pope From 1939-58)
262. Blessed John XXIII (Was Pope From 1958-63)
263. Paul VI (Was Pope From 1963-78)
264. John Paul I (Was Pope From 1978)
265. John Paul II (Was Pope From 1978-2005)
266. Benedict XVI (Was Pope From 2005—Present Day)

Resources about the Pope

Catholic Encyclopedia about the Pope
Teacher LESSON PLAN: Pope John Paul II’s Complicated Legacy
Teacher Lesson Plan about Pope John Paul II
Current Pope information and facts

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