Bishops of Rome and the Popes

According to tradition the first Bishop of Rome was the apostle Saint Peter. By the time of Leo the Great 400 years later the Bishops of Rome were the most powerful figures in western Christianity.

It was Leo who began officially using the title pope (Latin papa "father"), though it was originally used by many other bishops besides him. In the 11th century Gregory VII decreed that the title should belong only to the Bishops of Rome. It is worth noting that not all of the popes have lived in Rome; for 70 years in the 14th century they resided in Avignon in France.

Note: an antipope was a rival who was set up in opposition to the canonical pope. The antipopes are unnumbered in the chronological list.

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NameYearsOther Names
Adeodatus I615-618
Adeodatus II672-676
Adrian I772-795
Adrian II867-872
Adrian III884-885
Adrian IV1154-1159
Adrian V1276
Adrian VI1522-1523
Agapetus I535-536
Agapetus II946-955
Agatho678-681
Albert1102
Alexander1409-1410
Alexander I107-115
Alexander II1061-1073
Alexander III1159-1181
Alexander IV1254-1261
Alexander VI1492-1503
Alexander VII1655-1667
Alexander VIII1689-1691
Anacletus79-92
Anacletus1130-1138
Anastasius855
Anastasius I399-401
Anastasius II496-498
Anastasius III911-913
Anastasius IV1153-1154
Anicetus154-167
Anterus235-236
Benedict1058-1059
Benedict1394-1423
Benedict I575-579
Benedict II684-685
Benedict III855-858
Benedict IV900-903
Benedict IX1032-1045
Benedict IX1045-1046
Benedict IX1047-1048
Benedict V964
Benedict VI973-974
Benedict VII974-983
Benedict VIII1012-1024
Benedict XI1303-1304
Benedict XII1334-1342
Benedict XIII1724-1730
Benedict XIV1740-1758
Benedict XV1914-1922
Benedict XVI2005-2013(Ratzinger)
Boniface974
Boniface984-985
Boniface I418-422
Boniface II530-532
Boniface III607
Boniface IV608-615
Boniface IX1389-1404
Boniface V619-625
Boniface VI896
Boniface VIII1294-1303
Caius283-296
Callixtus1168-1178
Callixtus I217-222
Callixtus II1119-1124
Callixtus III1455-1458
Celestine1124
Celestine I422-432
Celestine II1143-1144
Celestine III1191-1198
Celestine IV1241
Celestine V1294
Christopher903-904
Clement1378-1394
Clement1423-1429
Clement I92-99
Clement II1046-1047
Clement III1080
Clement III1084-1100
Clement III1187-1191
Clement IV1265-1268
Clement IX1667-1669
Clement V1305-1314
Clement VI1342-1352
Clement VII1523-1534
Clement VIII1592-1605
Clement X1670-1676
Clement XI1700-1721
Clement XII1730-1740
Clement XIII1758-1769
Clement XIV1769-1774
Conon686-687
Constantine708-715
Constantine II767-768
Cornelius251-253
Damasus I366-384
Damasus II1048
Dionysius259-268
Dioscorus530
Donus676-678
Eleuterus174-189
Eugene I655-657
Eugene II824-827
Eugene III1145-1153
Eugene IV1431-1447
Eulalius418-419
Eusebius309-310
Eutychian275-283
Evaristus99-107
Fabian236-250
Felix1440-1449
Felix I269-274
Felix II355-365
Felix III483-492
Felix IV526-530
Formosus891-896
Francis2013-
Gelasius I492-496
Gelasius II1118-1119
Gregory1012
Gregory1118-1121
Gregory II715-731
Gregory III731-741
Gregory IV827-844
Gregory IX1227-1241
Gregory I the Great590-604
Gregory V996-999
Gregory VI1045-1046
Gregory VII1073-1085
Gregory VIII1187
Gregory X1271-1276
Gregory XI1370-1378
Gregory XII1406-1415
Gregory XIII1572-1585
Gregory XIV1590-1591
Gregory XV1621-1623
Gregory XVI1831-1846
Hilarius461-468
Hippolytus of Rome217-235
Honorius1061-1072
Honorius I625-638
Honorius II1124-1130
Honorius III1216-1227
Honorius IV1285-1287
Hormisdas514-523
Hyginus137-140
Innocent1179-1180
Innocent I401-417
Innocent II1130-1143
Innocent III1198-1216
Innocent IV1243-1254
Innocent IX1591
Innocent V1276
Innocent VI1352-1362
Innocent VII1404-1406
Innocent VIII1484-1492
Innocent X1644-1655
Innocent XI1676-1689
Innocent XII1691-1700
Innocent XIII1721-1724
John997-998
John1410-1415
John I523-526
John II533-535
John III561-574
John IV640-642
John IX898-900
John Paul I1978
John Paul II1978-2005(Wojtyła)
John V685-686
John VI701-705
John VII705-707
John VIII872-882
John X914-928
John XI931-935
John XII955-964
John XIII965-972
John XIV983-984
John XIX1024-1032
John XV985-996
John XVII1003
John XVIII1003-1009
John XXI1276-1277
John XXII1316-1334
John XXIII1958-1963(Roncalli)
Julius I337-352
Julius II1503-1513
Julius III1550-1555
Lando913-914
Laurentius498-506
Leo II682-683
Leo III795-816
Leo IV847-855
Leo IX1049-1054
Leo I the Great440-461
Leo V903
Leo VI928
Leo VII936-939
Leo VIII964-965
Leo X1513-1521
Leo XI1605
Leo XII1823-1829
Leo XIII1878-1903
Liberius352-366
Linus67-76
Lucius I253-254
Lucius II1144-1145
Lucius III1181-1185
Marcellinus296-304
Marcellus I308-309
Marcellus II1555
Marinus I882-884
Marinus II942-946
Mark336
Martin I649-653
Martin IV1281-1285
Martin V1417-1431
Miltiades311-314
Nicholas I the Great858-867
Nicholas1328-1330
Nicholas II1058-1061
Nicholas III1277-1280
Nicholas IV1288-1292
Nicholas V1447-1455
Novatian251-258
Paschal687
Paschal1164-1168
Paschal I817-824
Paschal II1099-1118
Paul I757-767
Paul II1464-1471
Paul III1534-1549
Paul IV1555-1559
Paul V1605-1621
Paul VI1963-1978
Pelagius I556-561
Pelagius II579-590
Peterc. 30-67
Philip768
Pius I140-154
Pius II1458-1464
Pius III1503
Pius IV1559-1565
Pius IX1846-1878
Pius V1566-1572
Pius VI1775-1799
Pius VII1800-1823
Pius VIII1829-1830
Pius X1903-1914
Pius XI1922-1939
Pius XII1939-1958
Pontian230-235
Romanus897
Sabinian604-606
Sergius I687-701
Sergius II844-847
Sergius III904-911
Sergius IV1009-1012
Severinus640
Silverius536-537
Simplicius468-483
Siricius384-399
Sisinnius708
Sixtus I115-124
Sixtus II257-258
Sixtus III432-440
Sixtus IV1471-1484
Sixtus V1585-1590
Soter166-174
Stephen I254-257
Stephen II752-757
Stephen III767-772
Stephen IV816-817
Stephen IX1057-1058
Stephen V885-891
Stephen VI896-897
Stephen VII929-931
Stephen VIII939-942
Sylvester1105-1111
Sylvester I314-335
Sylvester II999-1003
Sylvester III1045
Symmachus498-514
Telesphorus125-137
Theodore687
Theodore I642-649
Theodore II897
Theodoric1100-1101
Urban I222-230
Urban II1088-1099
Urban III1185-1187
Urban IV1261-1264
Urban V1362-1370
Urban VI1378-1389
Urban VII1590
Urban VIII1623-1644
Ursinus366-367
Valentine827
Victor1138
Victor1159-1164
Victor I189-199
Victor II1055-1057
Victor III1086-1087
Vigilius537-555
Vitalian657-672
Zachary741-752
Zephyrinus199-217
Zosimus417-418