Roman Catholic Popes

267 Popes · Saint Peter to Leo XIV

# ↑	Pontifical Name ↕	Birth Name	Origin ↕	Start ↕	End	Duration	Notes
1	Saint Peter	Simon bar Jonah	Jewish / Galilean	c. 30	c. 64–68	~34 yrs	First Bishop of Rome; martyred under Nero
2	Saint Linus	Linus	Italian (Tuscan)	c. 68	c. 79	~11 yrs
3	Saint Anacletus (Cletus)	Anacletus	Greek / Roman	c. 79	c. 92	~13 yrs	Also known as Cletus
4	Saint Clement I	Clement	Roman	c. 92	c. 99	~7 yrs	Author of First Epistle of Clement
5	Saint Evaristus	Evaristus	Greek / Roman	c. 99	c. 107	~8 yrs
6	Saint Alexander I	Alexander	Roman	c. 107	c. 115	~8 yrs
7	Saint Sixtus I	Sixtus	Roman	c. 115	c. 125	~10 yrs
8	Saint Telesphorus	Telesphorus	Greek	c. 125	c. 136	~11 yrs	Martyred; only 2nd-century pope confirmed as martyr
9	Saint Hyginus	Hyginus	Greek	c. 136	c. 140	~4 yrs
10	Saint Pius I	Pius	Italian (Aquileia)	c. 140	c. 155	~15 yrs
11	Saint Anicetus	Anicetus	Syrian	c. 155	c. 166	~11 yrs
12	Saint Soter	Soter	Italian (Fondi)	c. 166	c. 175	~9 yrs
13	Saint Eleutherius	Eleutherius	Greek (Nicopolis)	c. 175	189	~14 yrs
14	Saint Victor I	Victor	African (Berber)	189	199	~10 yrs	First African pope; Latin-speaking
15	Saint Zephyrinus	Zephyrinus	Roman	199	217	~18 yrs
16	Saint Callixtus I	Callixtus	Roman	217	222	~5 yrs	Catacombs of Callixtus named after him
17	Saint Urban I	Urban	Roman	222	230	~8 yrs
18	Saint Pontian	Pontian	Roman	230	235	~5 yrs	First pope to abdicate
19	Saint Anterus	Anterus	Greek	235	236	~43 days
20	Saint Fabian	Fabian	Roman	236	250	~14 yrs	Martyred under Decius
21	Saint Cornelius	Cornelius	Roman	251	253	~2 yrs
22	Saint Lucius I	Lucius	Roman	253	254	~8 mos
23	Saint Stephen I	Stephen	Roman	254	257	~3 yrs
24	Saint Sixtus II	Sixtus	Greek	257	258	~1 yr	Martyred under Valerian
25	Saint Dionysius	Dionysius	Unknown	259	268	~9 yrs
26	Saint Felix I	Felix	Roman	269	274	~5 yrs
27	Saint Eutychian	Eutychian	Italian (Luni)	275	283	~8 yrs
28	Saint Caius	Caius	Dalmatian	283	296	~13 yrs
29	Saint Marcellinus	Marcellinus	Roman	296	304	~8 yrs
30	Saint Marcellus I	Marcellus	Roman	308	309	~1 yr
31	Saint Eusebius	Eusebius	Greek	309	309	~4 mos
32	Saint Miltiades	Miltiades	African	311	314	~3 yrs	Pontificate during Edict of Milan
33	Saint Sylvester I	Sylvester	Roman	314	335	~21 yrs	First Council of Nicaea (325)
34	Saint Mark	Mark	Roman	336	336	~9 mos
35	Saint Julius I	Julius	Roman	337	352	~15 yrs
36	Liberius	Liberius	Roman	352	366	~14 yrs
37	Saint Damasus I	Damasus	Spanish / Roman	366	384	~18 yrs	Commissioned Jerome's Vulgate Bible
38	Saint Siricius	Siricius	Roman	384	399	~15 yrs	First to use title "Pope"
39	Saint Anastasius I	Anastasius	Roman	399	401	~2 yrs
40	Saint Innocent I	Innocent	Italian (Albano)	401	417	~16 yrs
41	Saint Zosimus	Zosimus	Greek	417	418	~1 yr
42	Saint Boniface I	Boniface	Roman	418	422	~4 yrs
43	Saint Celestine I	Celestine	Italian (Campania)	422	432	~10 yrs	Council of Ephesus (431)
44	Saint Sixtus III	Sixtus	Roman	432	440	~8 yrs
45	Saint Leo I (the Great)	Leo	Italian (Tuscany)	440	461	~21 yrs	Doctor of the Church; Council of Chalcedon
46	Saint Hilarius	Hilarius	Sardinian	461	468	~7 yrs
47	Saint Simplicius	Simplicius	Italian (Tivoli)	468	483	~15 yrs
48	Saint Felix III	Felix	Roman	483	492	~9 yrs
49	Saint Gelasius I	Gelasius	African	492	496	~4 yrs	Doctrine of two powers (church/state)
50	Anastasius II	Anastasius	Roman	496	498	~2 yrs
51	Saint Symmachus	Symmachus	Sardinian	498	514	~16 yrs
52	Saint Hormisdas	Hormisdas	Italian (Frosinone)	514	523	~9 yrs
53	Saint John I	John	Italian (Tuscany)	523	526	~3 yrs	Martyred by Theodoric
54	Saint Felix IV	Felix	Italian (Samnium)	526	530	~4 yrs
55	Boniface II	Boniface	Roman (Germanic)	530	532	~2 yrs
56	John II	Mercurius	Roman	533	535	~2 yrs	First pope to change his name
57	Saint Agapetus I	Agapetus	Roman	535	536	~1 yr
58	Saint Silverius	Silverius	Italian (Frosinone)	536	537	~1 yr	Deposed and exiled; martyr
59	Vigilius	Vigilius	Roman	537	555	~18 yrs
60	Pelagius I	Pelagius	Roman	556	561	~5 yrs
61	John III	Catelinus	Roman	561	574	~13 yrs
62	Benedict I	Bonosus	Roman	575	579	~4 yrs
63	Pelagius II	Pelagius	Roman (Gothic)	579	590	~11 yrs
64	Saint Gregory I (the Great)	Gregory	Roman	590	604	~14 yrs	Doctor of the Church; Gregorian chant
65	Sabinianus	Sabinianus	Italian (Blera)	604	606	~2 yrs
66	Boniface III	Boniface	Roman (Greek)	607	607	~8 mos
67	Saint Boniface IV	Boniface	Italian (Valeria)	608	615	~7 yrs	Pantheon converted to church
68	Saint Deusdedit	Adeodatus	Roman	615	618	~3 yrs
69	Boniface V	Boniface	Italian (Naples)	619	625	~6 yrs
70	Honorius I	Honorius	Italian (Campania)	625	638	~13 yrs
71	Severinus	Severinus	Roman	640	640	~2 mos
72	John IV	John	Dalmatian	640	642	~2 yrs
73	Theodore I	Theodore	Greek (Jerusalem)	642	649	~7 yrs
74	Saint Martin I	Martin	Italian (Todi)	649	655	~6 yrs	Martyred; last pope-martyr
75	Saint Eugene I	Eugene	Roman	654	657	~3 yrs
76	Saint Vitalian	Vitalian	Italian (Segni)	657	672	~15 yrs
77	Adeodatus II	Adeodatus	Roman	672	676	~4 yrs
78	Donus	Donus	Roman	676	678	~2 yrs
79	Saint Agatho	Agatho	Greek (Sicily)	678	681	~3 yrs	Third Council of Constantinople
80	Saint Leo II	Leo	Sicilian	681	683	~2 yrs
81	Saint Benedict II	Benedict	Roman	684	685	~1 yr
82	John V	John	Syrian	685	686	~1 yr
83	Conon	Conon	Thracian / Sicilian	686	687	~1 yr
84	Saint Sergius I	Sergius	Syrian (Antioch)	687	701	~14 yrs	Added Agnus Dei to Mass
85	John VI	John	Greek	701	705	~4 yrs
86	John VII	John	Greek	705	707	~2 yrs
87	Sisinnius	Sisinnius	Syrian	708	708	~20 days
88	Constantine	Constantine	Syrian	708	715	~7 yrs	Last pope to visit Constantinople
89	Saint Gregory II	Gregory	Roman	715	731	~16 yrs
90	Saint Gregory III	Gregory	Syrian	731	741	~10 yrs	Last pope elected without imperial approval
91	Saint Zachary	Zachary	Greek (Calabria)	741	752	~11 yrs
92	Stephen II	Stephen	Roman	752	757	~5 yrs	Papal States established
93	Saint Paul I	Paul	Roman	757	768	~11 yrs
94	Stephen III	Stephen	Sicilian	768	772	~4 yrs
95	Adrian I	Adrian	Roman	772	795	~23 yrs
96	Saint Leo III	Leo	Roman	795	816	~21 yrs	Crowned Charlemagne (800)
97	Stephen IV	Stephen	Roman	816	817	~1 yr
98	Saint Paschal I	Paschal	Roman	817	824	~7 yrs
99	Eugene II	Eugene	Roman	824	827	~3 yrs
100	Valentine	Valentine	Roman	827	827	~40 days
101	Gregory IV	Gregory	Roman	827	844	~17 yrs
102	Sergius II	Sergius	Roman	844	847	~3 yrs
103	Saint Leo IV	Leo	Roman	847	855	~8 yrs	Built Leonine Wall
104	Benedict III	Benedict	Roman	855	858	~3 yrs
105	Saint Nicholas I (the Great)	Nicholas	Roman	858	867	~9 yrs	Asserted papal supremacy
106	Adrian II	Adrian	Roman	867	872	~5 yrs
107	John VIII	John	Roman	872	882	~10 yrs	First pope to be assassinated
108	Marinus I	Marinus	Italian (Gallese)	882	884	~2 yrs
109	Saint Adrian III	Adrian	Roman	884	885	~1 yr
110	Stephen V	Stephen	Roman	885	891	~6 yrs
111	Formosus	Formosus	Roman	891	896	~5 yrs	Subject of the Cadaver Synod
112	Boniface VI	Boniface	Roman	896	896	~16 days
113	Stephen VI	Stephen	Roman	896	897	~1 yr	Conducted Cadaver Synod; strangled
114	Romanus	Romanus	Italian (Gallese)	897	897	~4 mos
115	Theodore II	Theodore	Roman	897	897	~20 days
116	John IX	John	Italian (Tivoli)	898	900	~2 yrs
117	Benedict IV	Benedict	Roman	900	903	~3 yrs
118	Leo V	Leo	Italian (Ardea)	903	903	~2 mos
119	Sergius III	Sergius	Roman	904	911	~7 yrs
120	Anastasius III	Anastasius	Roman	911	913	~2 yrs
121	Lando	Lando	Italian (Sabina)	913	914	~6 mos
122	John X	John	Italian (Tossignano)	914	928	~14 yrs
123	Leo VI	Leo	Roman	928	928	~7 mos
124	Stephen VII	Stephen	Roman	928	931	~3 yrs
125	John XI	John	Roman	931	935	~4 yrs
126	Leo VII	Leo	Roman	936	939	~3 yrs
127	Stephen VIII	Stephen	Roman (German)	939	942	~3 yrs
128	Marinus II	Marinus	Roman	942	946	~4 yrs
129	Agapetus II	Agapetus	Roman	946	955	~9 yrs
130	John XII	Octavianus	Roman	955	964	~9 yrs	Crowned Otto I; youngest pope
131	Leo VIII	Leo	Roman	963	965	~2 yrs
132	Benedict V	Benedict	Roman	964	964	~1 mo
133	John XIII	John	Roman	965	972	~7 yrs
134	Benedict VI	Benedict	Roman	973	974	~1 yr
135	Benedict VII	Benedict	Roman	974	983	~9 yrs
136	John XIV	Pietro Canepanova	Italian (Pavia)	983	984	~1 yr
137	John XV	John	Roman	985	996	~11 yrs	First canonization by a pope
138	Gregory V	Bruno of Carinthia	German	996	999	~3 yrs	First German pope
139	Sylvester II	Gerbert of Aurillac	French	999	1003	~4 yrs	First French pope; introduced Arabic numerals to Europe
140	John XVII	Sicco	Roman	1003	1003	~6 mos
141	John XVIII	Fasanus	Roman	1003	1009	~6 yrs
142	Sergius IV	Pietro Boccadiporco	Roman	1009	1012	~3 yrs
143	Benedict VIII	Theophylact	Roman	1012	1024	~12 yrs
144	John XIX	Romanus	Roman	1024	1032	~8 yrs
145	Benedict IX	Theophylact of Tusculum	Roman	1032	1044	~12 yrs	First term; deposed
146	Sylvester III	Giovanni	Roman	1045	1045	~49 days	Rival claimant during Benedict IX's first abdication
147	Benedict IX	Theophylact of Tusculum	Roman	1045	1045	~2 mos	Second term; sold the papacy to Gregory VI
148	Gregory VI	Giovanni Graziano	Roman	1045	1046	~1 yr	Purchased papacy from Benedict IX; deposed at Council of Sutri
149	Clement II	Suidger of Morsleben	German (Saxony)	1046	1047	~1 yr
150	Benedict IX	Theophylact of Tusculum	Roman	1047	1048	~8 mos	Third term; returned after Clement II died
151	Damasus II	Poppo of Brixen	German (Bavaria)	1048	1048	~23 days
152	Saint Leo IX	Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg	German (Alsace)	1049	1054	~5 yrs	Great Schism of 1054
153	Victor II	Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg	German (Bavaria)	1055	1057	~2 yrs
154	Stephen IX	Frederick of Lorraine	French / German	1057	1058	~1 yr
155	Nicholas II	Gérard de Bourgogne	French (Burgundy)	1059	1061	~2 yrs	Established College of Cardinals for elections
156	Alexander II	Anselmo da Baggio	Italian (Milan)	1061	1073	~12 yrs
157	Saint Gregory VII	Hildebrand of Sovana	Italian (Tuscany)	1073	1085	~12 yrs	Investiture Controversy; Walk to Canossa
158	Blessed Victor III	Dauferio (Desiderius)	Italian (Benevento)	1086	1087	~1 yr
159	Blessed Urban II	Odo of Châtillon	French (Châtillon)	1088	1099	~11 yrs	Called First Crusade (1095)
160	Paschal II	Rainiero da Bieda	Italian	1099	1118	~19 yrs
161	Gelasius II	Giovanni Caetani	Italian (Gaeta)	1118	1119	~1 yr
162	Callixtus II	Guy of Burgundy	French (Burgundy)	1119	1124	~5 yrs	Concordat of Worms (1122)
163	Honorius II	Lamberto Scannabecchi	Italian (Bologna)	1124	1130	~6 yrs
164	Innocent II	Gregorio Papareschi	Roman	1130	1143	~13 yrs
165	Celestine II	Guido di Castello	Italian (Città di Castello)	1143	1144	~1 yr
166	Lucius II	Gherardo Caccianemici	Italian (Bologna)	1144	1145	~1 yr
167	Blessed Eugene III	Bernardo Pignatelli	Italian (Pisa)	1145	1153	~8 yrs	Second Crusade
168	Anastasius IV	Corrado della Suburra	Roman	1153	1154	~1 yr
169	Adrian IV	Nicholas Breakspear	English	1154	1159	~5 yrs	Only English pope
170	Alexander III	Rolando Bandinelli	Italian (Siena)	1159	1181	~22 yrs	Third Lateran Council
171	Lucius III	Ubaldo Allucingoli	Italian (Lucca)	1181	1185	~4 yrs
172	Urban III	Uberto Crivelli	Italian (Milan)	1185	1187	~2 yrs
173	Gregory VIII	Alberto de Morra	Italian (Benevento)	1187	1187	~2 mos
174	Clement III	Paolo Scolari	Roman	1187	1191	~4 yrs
175	Celestine III	Giacinto Bobone	Roman	1191	1198	~7 yrs
176	Innocent III	Lotario dei Conti di Segni	Italian (Anagni)	1198	1216	~18 yrs	Fourth Lateran Council; height of papal power
177	Honorius III	Cencio Savelli	Roman	1216	1227	~11 yrs	Approved Franciscans and Dominicans
178	Gregory IX	Ugolino di Conti	Italian (Anagni)	1227	1241	~14 yrs	Established Inquisition; canonized Francis of Assisi
179	Celestine IV	Goffredo Castiglioni	Italian (Milan)	1241	1241	~17 days
180	Innocent IV	Sinibaldo Fieschi	Italian (Genoa)	1243	1254	~11 yrs	First Council of Lyon
181	Alexander IV	Rinaldo di Jenne	Italian (Anagni)	1254	1261	~7 yrs
182	Urban IV	Jacques Pantaléon	French (Troyes)	1261	1264	~3 yrs	Feast of Corpus Christi established
183	Clement IV	Guy Foulques	French (Saint-Gilles)	1265	1268	~3 yrs
184	Blessed Gregory X	Teobaldo Visconti	Italian (Piacenza)	1271	1276	~5 yrs	Second Council of Lyon; established conclave rules
185	Blessed Innocent V	Pierre de Tarentaise	French (Savoy)	1276	1276	~5 mos
186	Adrian V	Ottobono Fieschi	Italian (Genoa)	1276	1276	~38 days
187	John XXI	Pedro Julião	Portuguese (Lisbon)	1276	1277	~8 mos	Only Portuguese pope
188	Nicholas III	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini	Roman	1277	1280	~3 yrs
189	Martin IV	Simon de Brion	French (Touraine)	1281	1285	~4 yrs
190	Honorius IV	Giacomo Savelli	Roman	1285	1287	~2 yrs
191	Nicholas IV	Girolamo Masci	Italian (Ascoli)	1288	1292	~4 yrs	First Franciscan pope
192	Saint Celestine V	Pietro Angelerio	Italian (Molise)	1294	1294	~5 mos	Resigned; Dante placed him in Hell
193	Boniface VIII	Benedetto Caetani	Italian (Anagni)	1294	1303	~9 yrs	Unam Sanctam; Jubilee Year 1300
194	Blessed Benedict XI	Niccolò Boccasini	Italian (Treviso)	1303	1304	~8 mos
195	Clement V	Bertrand de Got	French (Gascony)	1305	1314	~9 yrs	Moved papacy to Avignon; Council of Vienne
196	John XXII	Jacques Duèze	French (Cahors)	1316	1334	~18 yrs	Avignon papacy; beatific vision controversy
197	Benedict XII	Jacques Fournier	French (Saverdun)	1334	1342	~8 yrs	Built Palace of the Popes, Avignon
198	Clement VI	Pierre Roger	French (Corrèze)	1342	1352	~10 yrs	Black Death; Jubilee Year 1350
199	Innocent VI	Étienne Aubert	French (Pompadour)	1352	1362	~10 yrs
200	Blessed Urban V	Guillaume de Grimoard	French (Gévaudan)	1362	1370	~8 yrs
201	Gregory XI	Pierre Roger de Beaufort	French (Corrèze)	1370	1378	~8 yrs	Returned papacy to Rome; end of Avignon papacy
202	Urban VI	Bartolomeo Prignano	Italian (Naples)	1378	1389	~11 yrs	Western Schism began
203	Boniface IX	Pietro Tomacelli	Italian (Naples)	1389	1404	~15 yrs
204	Innocent VII	Cosimo Migliorati	Italian (Sulmona)	1404	1406	~2 yrs
205	Gregory XII	Angelo Correr	Italian (Venice)	1406	1415	~9 yrs	Resigned to end Western Schism; Council of Constance
206	Martin V	Oddone Colonna	Roman	1417	1431	~14 yrs	Ended Western Schism
207	Eugene IV	Gabriele Condulmer	Italian (Venice)	1431	1447	~16 yrs	Council of Florence
208	Nicholas V	Tommaso Parentucelli	Italian (Sarzana)	1447	1455	~8 yrs	Founded Vatican Library; fall of Constantinople 1453
209	Callixtus III	Alfonso de Borja	Spanish (Valencia)	1455	1458	~3 yrs	First Spanish pope; uncle of Rodrigo Borgia
210	Pius II	Enea Silvio Piccolomini	Italian (Siena)	1458	1464	~6 yrs	Humanist pope; called Crusade against Turks
211	Paul II	Pietro Barbo	Italian (Venice)	1464	1471	~7 yrs
212	Sixtus IV	Francesco della Rovere	Italian (Liguria)	1471	1484	~13 yrs	Built Sistine Chapel
213	Innocent VIII	Giovanni Battista Cibo	Italian (Genoa)	1484	1492	~8 yrs
214	Alexander VI	Rodrigo de Borja	Spanish (Valencia)	1492	1503	~11 yrs	Borgia pope; Columbus's voyages; Treaty of Tordesillas
215	Pius III	Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini	Italian (Siena)	1503	1503	~26 days
216	Julius II	Giuliano della Rovere	Italian (Liguria)	1503	1513	~10 yrs	Warrior pope; Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling
217	Leo X	Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici	Italian (Florence)	1513	1521	~8 yrs	Excommunicated Luther; Renaissance patron
218	Adrian VI	Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens	Dutch (Utrecht)	1522	1523	~1 yr	Last non-Italian pope before John Paul II
219	Clement VII	Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici	Italian (Florence)	1523	1534	~11 yrs	Sack of Rome (1527); refused Henry VIII's annulment
220	Paul III	Alessandro Farnese	Italian (Lazio)	1534	1549	~15 yrs	Council of Trent; approved Jesuits
221	Julius III	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte	Italian (Rome)	1550	1555	~5 yrs
222	Marcellus II	Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi	Italian (Montepulciano)	1555	1555	~22 days
223	Paul IV	Giovanni Pietro Carafa	Italian (Naples)	1555	1559	~4 yrs	Roman Inquisition; Index of Forbidden Books
224	Pius IV	Giovanni Angelo Medici	Italian (Milan)	1559	1565	~6 yrs	Concluded Council of Trent
225	Saint Pius V	Antonio Ghislieri	Italian (Bosco Marengo)	1566	1572	~6 yrs	Battle of Lepanto; Roman Catechism; Tridentine Mass
226	Gregory XIII	Ugo Boncompagni	Italian (Bologna)	1572	1585	~13 yrs	Gregorian calendar (1582)
227	Sixtus V	Felice Peretti di Montalto	Italian (Marche)	1585	1590	~5 yrs	Reorganized Curia; fixed College of Cardinals at 70
228	Urban VII	Giovanni Battista Castagna	Roman	1590	1590	~13 days	Shortest pontificate of any elected pope
229	Gregory XIV	Niccolò Sfondrati	Italian (Milan)	1590	1591	~10 mos
230	Innocent IX	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti	Italian (Bologna)	1591	1591	~2 mos
231	Clement VIII	Ippolito Aldobrandini	Italian (Florence)	1592	1605	~13 yrs	Edict of Nantes (1598)
232	Leo XI	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici	Italian (Florence)	1605	1605	~27 days
233	Paul V	Camillo Borghese	Roman	1605	1621	~16 yrs	Galileo affair began
234	Gregory XV	Alessandro Ludovisi	Italian (Bologna)	1621	1623	~2 yrs	Established Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
235	Urban VIII	Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini	Italian (Florence)	1623	1644	~21 yrs	Galileo trial; Thirty Years' War
236	Innocent X	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj	Roman	1644	1655	~11 yrs	Peace of Westphalia (1648)
237	Alexander VII	Fabio Chigi	Italian (Siena)	1655	1667	~12 yrs
238	Clement IX	Giulio Rospigliosi	Italian (Pistoia)	1667	1669	~2 yrs
239	Clement X	Emilio Altieri	Roman	1670	1676	~6 yrs
240	Blessed Innocent XI	Benedetto Odescalchi	Italian (Como)	1676	1689	~13 yrs	Relief of Vienna (1683)
241	Alexander VIII	Pietro Vito Ottoboni	Italian (Venice)	1689	1691	~2 yrs
242	Innocent XII	Antonio Pignatelli	Italian (Naples)	1691	1700	~9 yrs
243	Clement XI	Giovanni Francesco Albani	Italian (Urbino)	1700	1721	~21 yrs
244	Innocent XIII	Michelangelo dei Conti	Italian (Poli)	1721	1724	~3 yrs
245	Benedict XIII	Pietro Francesco Orsini	Italian (Gravina)	1724	1730	~6 yrs
246	Clement XII	Lorenzo Corsini	Italian (Florence)	1730	1740	~10 yrs
247	Benedict XIV	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini	Italian (Bologna)	1740	1758	~18 yrs	Enlightenment pope; scholar
248	Clement XIII	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico	Italian (Venice)	1758	1769	~11 yrs
249	Clement XIV	Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli	Italian (Rimini)	1769	1774	~5 yrs	Suppressed the Jesuits (1773)
250	Pius VI	Giovanni Angelo Braschi	Italian (Cesena)	1775	1799	~24 yrs	French Revolution; died prisoner of Napoleon
251	Pius VII	Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti	Italian (Cesena)	1800	1823	~23 yrs	Concordat with Napoleon; restored Jesuits
252	Leo XII	Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga	Italian (Fabriano)	1823	1829	~6 yrs
253	Pius VIII	Francesco Saverio Castiglioni	Italian (Cingoli)	1829	1830	~1 yr
254	Gregory XVI	Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari	Italian (Belluno)	1831	1846	~15 yrs	Opposed liberalism and nationalism
255	Blessed Pius IX	Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti	Italian (Senigallia)	1846	1878	~31 yrs	Longest pontificate; Immaculate Conception; First Vatican Council
256	Saint Leo XIII	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci	Italian (Carpineto Romano)	1878	1903	~25 yrs	Rerum Novarum; social teaching
257	Saint Pius X	Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto	Italian (Riese)	1903	1914	~11 yrs	Condemned modernism; lowered Communion age
258	Benedict XV	Giacomo della Chiesa	Italian (Genoa)	1914	1922	~8 yrs	WWI; Code of Canon Law (1917)
259	Pius XI	Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti	Italian (Desio)	1922	1939	~17 yrs	Lateran Treaty (1929); Mit brennender Sorge
260	Venerable Pius XII	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli	Roman	1939	1958	~19 yrs	WWII; defined Assumption of Mary (1950)
261	Saint John XXIII	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli	Italian (Bergamo)	1958	1963	~5 yrs	Called Second Vatican Council
262	Saint Paul VI	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini	Italian (Brescia)	1963	1978	~15 yrs	Concluded Vatican II; Humanae Vitae
263	Saint John Paul I	Albino Luciani	Italian (Belluno)	1978	1978	~33 days	Shortest pontificate of modern era
264	Saint John Paul II	Karol Józef Wojtyła	Polish (Wadowice)	1978	2005	~26 yrs	First non-Italian pope since 1523; fall of communism
265	Benedict XVI	Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger	German (Bavaria)	2005	2013	~8 yrs	Resigned — second pope to do so; first since 1415
266	Francis	Jorge Mario Bergoglio	Argentine (Buenos Aires)	2013	2025	~12 yrs	First Jesuit pope; first from Americas; first from Southern Hemisphere
267	Leo XIV	Robert Francis Prevost	American (Chicago)	2025	present	current	First American pope; elected May 8, 2025

Gold name = canonized saint or current popeBold gold = current Holy FatherData sourced from the List of Popes