List of All Popes

In Roman Catholicism, the pope is considered as the ultimate leader. It is estimated that there have been 266 popes from the time of Saint Peter to the present papacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

The Annuario Pontifico which is officially published annually by Vatican has the list of popes that can be considered to be more precise.

Here?s the Roman Catholic Church?s list of popes divided into historical eras in which the popes reigned.

Popes During the Era of Persecution:

Saint Peter, Prince of the Apostles (32-67)

Saint Linus (67-76)

Saint Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)

Saint Clement I (88-97)

Saint Evaristus (97-105)

Saint Alexander I (105-115)

Saint Sixtus I or Xystus I (115-125)

Saint Telesphorus (125-136)

Saint Hyginus (136-140)

Saint Pius I (140-155)

Saint Anicetus (155-166)

Saint Soter (166-175)

Saint Eleutherius (175-189)

Saint Victor I (189-199)

Saint Zephyrinus (199-217)

Saint Callistus I (217-22)

Saint Urban I (222-30)

Saint Pontain (230-35)

Saint Anterus (235-36)

Saint Fabian (236-50)

Saint Cornelius (251-53)

Saint Lucius I (253-54)

Saint Stephen I (254-257)

Saint Sixtus II (257-258)

Saint Dionysius (260-268)

Saint Felix I (269-274)

Saint Eutychian (275-283)

Saint Caius or Gaius (283-296)

Saint Marcellinus (296-304)

Saint Marcellus I (308-309)

Saint Eusebius (309 or 310)

Saint Miltiades (311-14)

Popes During the Era of Empires

Saint Sylvester I (314-35)

Saint Marcus (336)

Saint Julius I (337-52)

Liberius (352-66)

Saint Damasus I (366-83)

Saint Siricius (384-99)

Saint Anastasius I (399-401)

Saint Innocent I (401-17)

Saint Zosimus (417-18)

Saint Boniface I (418-22)

Saint Celestine I (422-32)

Saint Sixtus III (432-40)

Saint Leo I (the Great) (440-61)

Saint Hilarius (461-68)

Saint Simplicius (468-83)

Saint Felix III (II) (483-92)

Saint Gelasius I (492-96)

Anastasius II (496-98)

Saint Symmachus (498-514)

Saint Hormisdas (514-23)

Saint John I (523-26)

Saint Felix IV (III) (526-30)

Boniface II (530-32)

John II (533-35)

Saint Agapetus I or Agapitus I (535-36)

Saint Silverius (536-37)

Vigilius (537-55)

Pelagius I (556-61)

John III (561-74)

Benedict I (575-79)

Pelagius II (579-90)

Popes During the Early Part of the Middle Ages

Saint Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)

Sabinian (604-606)

Boniface III (607)

Saint Boniface IV (608-15)

Saint Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)

Boniface V (619-25)

Honorius I (625-38)

Severinus (640)

John IV (640-42)

Theodore I (642-49)

Saint Martin I (649-55)

Saint Eugene I (655-57)

Saint Vitalian (657-72)

Adeodatus (II) (672-76)

Donus (676-78)

Saint Agatho (678-81)

Saint Leo II (682-83)

Saint Benedict II (684-85)

John V (685-86)

Conon (686-87)

Saint Sergius I (687-701)

John VI (701-05)

John VII (705-07)

Sisinnius (708)

Constantine (708-15)

Saint Gregory II (715-31)

Saint Gregory III (731-41)

Saint Zachary (741-52)

Stephen II (752)

Stephen III (752-57)

Saint Paul I (757-67)

Stephen IV (767-72)

Adrian I (772-95)

Saint Leo III (795-816)

Stephen V (816-17)

Saint Paschal I (817-24)

Eugene II (824-27)

Valentine (827)

Gregory IV (827-44)

Sergius II (844-47)

Saint Leo IV (847-55)

Benedict III (855-58)

Saint Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)

Adrian II (867-72)

John VIII (872-82)

Marinus I (882-84)

Saint Adrian III (884-85)

Stephen VI (885-91)

Formosus (891-96)

Boniface VI (896)

Stephen VII (896-97)

Romanus (897)

Theodore II (897)

John IX (898-900)

Benedict IV (900-03)

Leo V (903)

Sergius III (904-11)

Anastasius III (911-13)

Lando (913-14)

John X (914-28)

Leo VI (928)

Stephen VIII (929-31)

John XI (931-35)

Leo VII (936-39)

Stephen IX (939-42)

Marinus II (942-46)

Agapetus II (946-55)

John XII (955-63)

Leo VIII (963-64)

Benedict V (964)

John XIII (965-72)

Benedict VI (973-74)

Benedict VII (974-83)

John XIV (983-84)

John XV (985-96)

Gregory V (996-99)

Sylvester II (999-1003)

John XVII (1003)

John XVIII (1003-09)

Sergius IV (1009-12)

Benedict VIII (1012-24)

John XIX (1024-32)

Benedict IX (1032-45)

Sylvester III (1045)

Benedict IX (1045)

Gregory VI (1045-46)

Clement II (1046-47)

Benedict IX (1047-48)

Damasus II (1048)

Saint Leo IX (1049-54)

Victor II (1055-57)

Stephen X (1057-58)

Nicholas II (1058-61)

Alexander II (1061-73)

Popes During the Era of Crusades and Councils

Saint Gregory VII (1073-85)

Blessed Victor III (1086-87)

Blessed Urban II (1088-99)

Paschal II (1099-1118)

Gelasius II (1118-19)

Callistus II (1119-24)

Honorius II (1124-30)

Innocent II (1130-43)

Celestine II (1143-44)

Lucius II (1144-45)

Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)

Anastasius IV (1153-54)

Adrian IV (1154-59)

Alexander III (1159-81)

Lucius III (1181-85)

Urban III (1185-87)

Gregory VIII (1187)

Clement III (1187-91)

Celestine III (1191-98)

Innocent III (1198-1216)

Honorius III (1216-27)

Gregory IX (1227-41)

Celestine IV (1241)

Innocent IV (1243-54)

Alexander IV (1254-61)

Urban IV (1261-64)

Clement IV (1265-68)

Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)

Blessed Innocent V (1276)

Adrian V (1276)

John XXI (1276-77)

Nicholas III (1277-80)

Martin IV (1281-85)

Honorius IV (1285-87)

Nicholas IV (1288-92)

Saint Celestine V (1294)

Popes During Great Schism and the Avignon Papacy

Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)

Clement V (1305-14)

John XXII (1316-34)

Benedict XII (1334-42)

Clement VI (1342-52)

Innocent VI (1352-62)

Blessed Urban V (1362-70)

Gregory XI (1370-78)

Urban VI (1378-89)

Innocent VII (1404-06)

Gregory XII (1406-15)

Popes of the Age of Renaissance and Age of Reformation

Martin V (1417-31)

Eugene IV (1431-47)

Nicholas V (1447-55)

Callistus III (1455-58)

Pius II (1458-64)

Paul II (1464-71)

Sixtus IV (1471-84)

Innocent VIII (1484-92)

Alexander VI (1492-1503)

Pius III (1503)

Julius II (1503-13)

Leo X (1513-21)

Adrian VI (1522-23)

Clement VII (1523-34)

Paul III (1534-49)

Julius III (1550-55)

Marcellus II (1555)

Paul IV (1555-59)

Pius IV (1559-65)

Popes During the Revolution

Saint Pius V (1566-72)

Gregory XIII (1572-85)

Sixtus V (1585-90)

Urban VII (1590)

Gregory XIV (1590-91)

Innocent IX (1591)

Clement VIII (1592-1605)

Leo XI (1605)

Paul V (1605-21)

Gregory XV (1621-23)

Urban VIII (1623-44)

Innocent X (1644-55)

Alexander VII (1655-67)

Clement IX (1667-69)

Clement X (1670-76)

Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)

Alexander VIII (1689-91)

Innocent XII (1691-1700)

Clement XI (1700-21)

Innocent XIII (1721-24)

Benedict XIII (1724-30)

Clement XII (1730-40)

Benedict XIV (1740-58)

Clement XIII (1758-69)

Clement XIV (1769-74)

Pius VI (1775-99)

Pius VII (1800-23)

Popes of the Modern Age

Leo XII (1823-29)

Pius VIII (1829-30)

Gregory XVI (1831-46)

Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)

Saint Pius X (1903-14)

Benedict XV (1914-22)

Pius XI (1922-39)

Pius XII (1939-58)

Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)

Paul VI (1963-78)

John Paul I (1978)

John Paul II (1978-2005)

Benedict XVI (2005?present)

The Vatican?s list of popes had also changed in the 20th century. Antipope Christopher was in the list for a long time. Pope-elect Stephen who died because of apoplexy after three days of being elected and before being ordained was also removed in 1961. Please click these links if you want to know more about list of all popes or list of religions in general.