The Popes: St. Peter-Present (Chron./Summ.)

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1st Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
1. St. Peter	c. 33	c. 64-67
2. St. Linus	c. 67	c. 76
3. St. Anacletus (Cletus)	c. 76	c. 88
4. St. Clement I	c. 88	c. 97
5. St. Evaristus	c. 97	c. 105
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2nd Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
6. St. Alexander I	c. 105	c. 115
7. St. Sixtus (Xystus) I	c. 115	c. 125
8. St. Telesphorus	c. 125	c. 136
9. St. Hyginus	c. 136	c. 140
10. St. Pius I	c. 140	c. 155
11. St. Anicetus	c. 155	c. 166
12. St. Soter	c. 166	c. 175
13. St. Eleutherius (Eleutherus)	c. 175	c. 189
14. St. Victor I	c. 189	c. 199
15. St. Zephyrinus	c. 199	217
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3rd Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
16. St. Callistus (Calixtus) I	217	222
17. St. Urban I	222	230
18. St. Pontian	July 21, 230	September 28, 235
19. St. Anterus	November 21, 235	January 3, 236
20. St. Fabian	January 10, 236	January 20, 250
21. St. Cornelius	March 251	June 253
22. St. Lucius I	June 25, 253	March 5, 254
23. St. Stephen I	May 12, 254	August 2, 257
24. St. Sixtus (Xystus) II	August 30, 257	August 6, 258
25. St. Dionysius	July 22, 259/260	December 26, 268
26. St. Felix I	January 3/5, 269	December 30, 274
27. St. Eutychian	January 4, 275	December 7, 283
28. St. Caius (Gaius)	December 17, 283	April 22, 296
29. St. Marcellinus	June 30, 296	October 25, 304
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4th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
30. St. Marcellus I	c. 308	c 309
31. St. Eusebius	c. 310	c 310
32. St. Miltiades (Melchiades)	July 2, 311	January 10, 314
33. St. Silvester (Sylvester) I	January 31, 314	December 31, 335
34. St. Mark (Marcus)	January 18, 336	October 7, 336
35. St. Julius I	February 6, 337	April 12, 352
36. Liberius	May 17, 352	September 24, 366
37. St. Damasus I	October 1, 366	December 11, 384
38. St. Siricius	December 384	November 26, 399
39. St. Anastasius I	November 27, 399	December 19, 401
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5th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
40. St. Innocent I	December 21/22, 401	March 12, 417
41. St. Zosimus	March 18, 417	December 26, 418
42. St. Boniface I	December 28/29, 418	September 4, 422
43. St. Celestine I	September 10, 422	July 27, 432
44. St. Sixtus (Xystus) III	July 31, 432	August 19, 440
45. St. Leo I (the Great)	Late 440	November 10, 461
46. St. Hilarus (Hilarius, Hilary)	November 19, 461	February 29, 468
47. St. Simplicius	March 3, 468	March 10, 483
48. St. Felix II (III)	March 13, 483	March 1, 492
49. St. Gelasius I	March 1, 492	November 21, 496
50. Anastasius II	November 24, 496	November 19, 498
51. St. Symmachus	November 22, 498	July 19, 514
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6th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
52. St. Hormisdas	July 20, 514	August 6, 523
53. St. John I	August 13, 523	May 18, 526
54. St. Felix III (IV)	July 12, 526	September 22, 530
55. Boniface II	September 22, 530	October 17, 532
56. John II	January 2, 533	May 8, 535
57. St. Agapitus (Agapetus) I	May 13, 535	April 22, 536
58. St. Silverius	June 8, 536	November 11, 537
59. Vigilius	March 29, 537	June 7, 555
60. Pelagius I	April 16, 556	March 3, 561
61. John III	July 17, 561	July 13, 574
62. Benedict I	June 2, 575	July 30, 579
63. Pelagius II	November 26, 579	February 7, 590
64. St. Gregory I (the Great)	September 3, 590	March 12, 604
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7th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
65. Sabinian (Sabinianus)	September 13, 604	February 22, 606
66. Boniface III	February 19, 607	November 12, 607
67. St. Boniface IV	September 15, 608	May 8, 615
68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I)	October 19, 615	November 8, 618
69. Boniface V	December 23, 619	October 25, 625
70. Honorius I	October 27, 625	October 12, 638
71. Severinus	May 28, 640	August 2, 640
72. John IV	December 24, 640	October 12, 642
73. Theodore I	November 24, 642	May 14, 649
74. St. Martin I	July 649	June 17, 653
75. St. Eugenius (Eugene) I	August 10, 654	June 2, 657
76. St. Vitalian	July 30, 657	January 27, 672
77. Adeodatus (II)	April 11, 672	June 17, 676
78. Donus (Domnus)	November 2, 676	April 11, 678
79. St. Agatho	June 27, 678	January 10, 681
80. St. Leo II	August, 682	June/July, 683
81. St. Benedict II	June 26, 684	May 8, 685
82. John V	July 23, 685	August 2, 686
83. Conon	October 21, 686	September 21, 687
84. St. Sergius I	December 15, 687	September 8/9, 701
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8th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
85. John VI	October 30, 701	January 11, 705
86. John VII	March 1, 705	October 18, 707
87. Sisinnius	January 15, 708	February 4, 708
88. Constantine	March 25, 708	April 9, 715
89. St. Gregory II	May 19, 715	February 11, 731
90. St. Gregory III	March 18, 731	November 28, 741
91. St. Zachary (Zacharias)	December, 741	March 15, 752
92. Stephen II	March 22/23, 752	March 25/26, 752
93. Stephen III (II)	March 26, 752	April 26, 757
94. St. Paul I	May 29, 757	June 28, 767
95. Stephen IV (III)	August 7, 768	January 24, 772
96. Adrian (Hadrian) I	February 1, 772	December 25, 795
97. St. Leo III	December 26, 795	June 12, 816
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9th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
98. Stephen V (IV)	June 22, 816	January 24, 817
99. St. Pascal (Paschal) I	January 24/25, 817	February 11, 824
100. Eugenius (Eugene) II	824	August 827
101. Valentine	August 827	September 827
102. Gregory IV	late 827	January 844
103. Sergius II	January 844	January 27, 847
104. St. Leo IV	April 10, 847	July 17, 855
105. Benedict III	September 29, 855	April 17, 858
106. St. Nicholas I	April 24, 858	November 13, 867
107. Adrian (Hadrian) II	December 14, 867	Nov./Dec. 872
108. John VIII	December 14, 872	December 16, 882
109. Marinus I (Martin II, Martinus II)	December 16, 882	May 15, 884
110. St. Adrian (Hadrian) III	May 17, 884	September 885
111. Stephen VI (V)	September 885	September 14, 891
112. Formosus	October 6, 891	April 4, 896
113. Boniface VI	April 896	April 896
114. Stephen VII (VI)	May 896	August 897
115. Romanus	August 897	November 897
116. Theodore II	November/December 897	November/December 897
117. John IX	January 898	January 900
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10th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
118. Benedict IV	May/June 900	July/August 903
119. Leo V	August 903	September 903
120. Sergius III	January 29, 904	April 14, 911
121. Anastasius III	c. June 911	c. August 913
122. Lando (Landus)	c. August 913	c. March 914
123. John X	March/April 914	May 928
124. Leo VI	May 928	December 928
125. Stephen VIII (VII)	December 928	February 931
126. John XI	February/March, 931	December 935 /January 936
127. Leo VII	January 3, 936	July 13, 939
128. Stephen IX (VIII)	July 14, 939	October 942
129. Marinus II (Martin III, Martinus III)	October 30, 942	May 946
130. Agapitus (Agapetus) II	May 10, 946	December 955
131. John XII	December 16, 955	May 14, 964
132. Leo VIII	December 4/6, 963	March 1, 965
133. Benedict V	May 22, 964	June 23 964
134. John XIII	October 1, 965	September 6, 972
135. Benedict VI	January 19, 973	c. July 974
136. Benedict VII	October 974	July 10, 983
137. John XIV	December 983	August 20, 984
138. John XV	August 985	March 996
139. Gregory V	May 3, 996	February 18, 999
140. Silvester (Sylvester) II	April 2, 999	May 12, 1003
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11th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
141. John XVII	May 16, 1003	November 6, 1003
142. John XVIII	December 25, 1003	June/July 1009
143. Sergius IV	July 31, 1009	May 12, 1012
144. Benedict VIII	May 17, 1012	April 9, 1024
145. John XIX	April 19, 1024	October 20, 1032
146. Benedict IX	October 21, 1032	September 1044
147. Silvester (Sylvester) III	January 20, 1045	March 10, 1045
148. Benedict IX (2nd reign)	March 10, 1045	May 1, 1045
149. Gregory VI	May 1, 1045	December 20, 1046
150. Clement II	December 24/25, 1046	October 9, 1047
151. Benedict IX (3rd reign)	November 8, 1047	July 16, 1048
152. Damasus II	July 17, 1048	August 9, 1048
153. St. Leo IX	February 12, 1049	April 19, 1054
154. Victor II	April 13, 1055	July 28, 1057
155. Stephen X (IX)	August 2/3, 1057	March 29, 1058
156. Nicholas II	December 6, 1058	July, 1061
157. Alexander II	September 30/October 1, 1061	April 21, 1073
158. St. Gregory VII	April 22/June 30, 1073	May 25, 1085
159. Bl. Victor III	May 24, 1086	September 16, 1087
160. Bl. Urban II	March 12, 1088	July 29, 1099
161. Pascal (Paschal) II	August 13, 1099	January 21, 1118
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12th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
162. Gelasius II	January 24, 1118	January 28, 1119
163. Callistus II	February 2, 1119	December 14, 1124
164. Honorius II	December 21, 1124	February 13, 1130
165. Innocent II	February 14/23, 1130	September 24, 1143
166. Celestine II	September 26, 1143	March 8, 1144
167. Lucius II	March 12, 1144	February 15, 1145
168. Bl. Eugenius (Eugene) III	February 15, 1145	July 8, 1153
169. Anastasius IV	July 8, 1153	December 3, 1154
170. Adrian (Hadrian) IV	December 4, 1154	September 1, 1159
171. Alexander III	September 7, 1159	August 30, 1181
172. Lucius III	September 1, 1181	November 25, 1185
173. Urban III	November 25, 1185	October 19/20, 1187
174. Gregory VIII	October 21, 1187	December 17, 1187
175. Clement III	December 19, 1187	March/April 1191
176. Celestine III	March/April 1191	January 8, 1198
177. Innocent III	January 8, 1198	July 16, 1216
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13th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
178. Honorius III	July 18, 1216	March 18, 1227
179. Gregory IX	March 19, 1227	August 22, 1241
180. Celestine IV	October 25, 1241	November 10, 1241
181. Innocent IV	June 25, 1243	December 7, 1254
182. Alexander IV	December 12, 1254	May 25, 1261
183. Urban IV	August 29, 1261	October 2, 1264
184. Clement IV	February 5, 1265	November 29, 1268
185. Bl. Gregory X	September 1, 1271	January 10, 1276
186. Bl. Innocent V	January 21, 1276	June 22, 1276
187. Adrian (Hadrian) V	July 11, 1276	August 18, 1276
188. John XXI (XX)	September 8, 1276	May 20, 1277
189. Nicholas III	November 25, 1277	August 22, 1280
190. Martin IV	February 22, 1281	March 28, 1285
191. Honorius IV	April 2, 1285	April 3, 1287
192. Nicholas IV	February 22, 1288	April 4, 1292
193. St. Celestine V	July 5, 1294	December 13, 1294
194. Boniface VIII	December 24, 1294	October 11, 1303
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14th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
195. Bl. Benedict XI	October 22, 1303	July 7, 1304
196. Clement V	June 5, 1305	April 20, 1314
197. John XXII (XXI)	August 7, 1316	December 4, 1334
198. Benedict XII	December 20, 1334	April 25, 1342
199. Clement VI	May 7, 1342	December 6, 1352
200. Innocent VI	December 18, 1352	September 12, 1362
201. Bl. Urban V	September 28, 1362	December 19, 1370
202. Gregory XI	December 30, 1370	March 27, 1378
203. Urban VI	April 8, 1378	October 15, 1389
204. Boniface IX	November 2, 1389	October 1, 1404
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15th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
205. Innocent VII	October 17, 1404	November 6, 1406
206. Gregory XII	November 30, 1406	July 4, 1415
207. Martin V	November 11, 1417	February 20, 1431
208. Eugenius (Eugene) IV	March 3, 1431	February 23, 1447
209. Nicholas V	March 6, 1447	March 24, 1455
210. Callistus III	April 8, 1455	August 6, 1458
211. Pius II	August 19, 1458	August 15, 1464
212. Paul II	August 30, 1464	July 26, 1471
213. Sixtus (Xystus) IV	August 9, 1471	August 12, 1484
214. Innocent VIII	August 29, 1484	July 25, 1492
215. Alexander VI	August 11, 1492	August 18, 1503
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16th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
216. Pius III	September 22, 1503	October 18, 1503
217. Julius II	November 1, 1503	February 21, 1513
218. Leo X	March 11, 1513	December 1, 1521
219. Adrian (Hadrian) VI	January 9, 1522	September 14, 1523
220. Clement VII	November 19, 1523	September 25, 1534
221. Paul III	October 13, 1534	November 10, 1549
222. Julius III	February 8, 1550	March 23, 1555
223. Marcellus II	April 9, 1555	May 1, 1555
224. Paul IV	May 23, 1555	August 18, 1559
225. Pius IV	December 25, 1559	December 9, 1565
226. St. Pius V	January 7, 1566	May 1, 1572
227. Gregory XIII	May 14, 1572	April 10, 1585
228. Sixtus (Xystus) V	April 24, 1585	August 27, 1590
229. Urban VII	September 15, 1590	September 27, 1590
230. Gregory XIV	December 5, 1590	October 16, 1591
231. Innocent IX	October 29, 1591	December 30, 1591
232. Clement VIII	January 30, 1592	March 5, 1605
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17th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
233. Leo XI	April 1, 1605	April 27, 1605
234. Paul V	May 16, 1605	January 28, 1621
235. Gregory XV	February 9, 1621	July 8, 1623
236. Urban VIII	August 6, 1623	July 29, 1644
237. Innocent X	September 15, 1644	January 1, 1655
238. Alexander VII	April 7, 1655	May 22, 1667
239. Clement IX	June 20, 1667	December 9, 1669
240. Clement X	April 29, 1670	July 22, 1676
241. Bl. Innocent XI	September 21, 1676	August 12, 1689
242. Alexander VIII	October 6, 1689	February 1, 1691
243. Innocent XII	July 12, 1691	September 27, 1700
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18th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
244. Clement XI	November 23, 1700	March 19, 1721
245. Innocent XIII	May 8, 1721	March 7, 1724
246. Benedict XIII	May 29, 1724	February 21, 1730
247. Clement XII	July 12, 1730	February 6, 1740
248. Benedict XIV	August 17, 1740	May 3, 1758
249. Clement XIII	July 6, 1758	February 2, 1769
250. Clement XIV	May 19, 1769	September 22, 1774
251. Pius VI	February 15, 1775	August 29, 1799
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19th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
252. Pius VII	March 14, 1800	July 20, 1823
253. Leo XII	September 28, 1823	February 10, 1829
254. Pius VIII	March 31, 1829	November 30, 1830
255. Gregory XVI	February 2, 1831	June 1, 1846
256. Bl. Pius IX	June 16, 1846	February 7, 1878
257. Leo XIII	February 20, 1878	July 20, 1903
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20th Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
258. St. Pius X	August 4, 1903	August 20, 1914
259. Benedict XV	September 3, 1914	January 22, 1922
260. Pius XI	February 6, 1922	February 10, 1939
261. Pius XII	March 2, 1939	October 9, 1958
262. Bl. John XXIII	October 28, 1958	June 3, 1963
263. Paul VI	June 21, 1963	August 6, 1978
264. John Paul I	August 26, 1978	September 28, 1978
265. John Paul II	October 16, 1978	April 2, 2005
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21st Century
Supreme Pontiff	Beginning of Reign	End of Reign
266. Benedict XVI	April 19, 2005	Presently Reigning
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