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Popes of the Catholic Church

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The data give first the name of the Pope, for later pontiffs their family names, birthplace or country of origin, date of accession to the papacy, and date of the end of the reign, which is generally the date of death. Double dates include times of election and coronation (installation).

1. ST. PETER: (Simon Bar-Jona): Bethsaida in Galilee; d. 64 or 67

2. ST. LINUS: Tuscany; 67-76

3. ST. ANACLETUS (CLETUS): Rome; 76-88

4. ST. CLEMENT: Rome; 88-97

5. ST. EVARISTUS: Greece; 97-105

6. ST. ALEXANDER I: Rome; 105-15

7. ST. SIXTUS I: Rome; 115-25

8. ST. TELESPHORUS: Greece; 125-36

9. ST. HYGINUS: Greece; 136-40

10. ST. PIUS I: Aquileia; 140-55

11. ST. ANICETUS: Syria; 155-66

12. ST. SOTER: Campania; 166-75

13. ST. ELEUTHERIUS: Nicopolis in Epirus; 175-89

14. ST. VICTOR I: Africa; 189-99

15. ST. ZEPHYRINUS: Rome; 199-217

16. ST. CALLISTUS I: Rome; 217-22

17. ST. URBAN I: Rome; 222-30

18. ST. PONTIAN: Rome; July 21, 230, to Sept. 28, 235

19. ST. ANTERUS: Greece; Nov. 21, 235, to Jan. 3, 236

20. ST. FABIAN: Rome; Jan. 10, 236, to Jan. 20, 250

21. ST. CORNELIUS: Rome; Mar. 251 to June 253

22. ST. LUCIUS I: Rome; June 25, 253, to Mar. 5, 254

23. ST. STEPHEN I: Rome; May 12, 254, to Aug. 2, 257

24. ST. SIXTUS II: Greece; Aug. 30, 257, to Aug. 6, 258

25. ST. DIONYSIUS: July 22, 259, to Dec. 26, 268

26. ST. FELIX I: Rome; Jan. 5, 269, to Dec. 30, 274

27. ST. EUTYCHIAN: Luni; Jan. 4, 275, to Dec. 7, 283

28. ST. CAIUS: Dalmatia; Dec. 17, 283, to Apr. 22, 296

29. ST. MARCELLINUS: Rome; June 30, 296, to Oct. 25, 304

30. ST. MARCELLUS I: Rome; May 27, 308, or June 26, 308, to Jan. 16, 309

31. ST. EUSEBIUS: Greece; Apr. 18, 309 or 310, to Aug. 17, 309 or 310

32. ST. MELCHIADES (MILTIADES): Africa; July 2, 311, to Jan. 11, 314

33. ST. SYLVESTER I: Rome; Jan. 31, 314, to Dec. 31, 335

34. ST. MARK: Rome; Jan. 18, 336, to Oct. 7, 336

35. ST. JULIUS I: Rome; Feb. 6, 337, to Apr. 12, 352

36. LIBERIUS: Rome; May 17, 352, to Sept. 24, 366

37. ST. DAMASUS I: Spain; Oct. 1, 366, to Dec. 11, 384

38. ST. SIRICIUS: Rome; Dec. 15, or 22 or 29, 384, to Nov. 26, 399

39. ST. ANASTASIUS I: Rome; Nov. 27, 399, to Dec. 19, 401

40. ST. INNOCENT I: Albano; Dec. 22, 401, to Mar. 12, 417

41. ST. ZOZIMUS: Greece; Mar. 18, 417, to Dec. 26, 418

42. ST. BONIFACE I: Rome; Dec. 28 or 29, 418, to Sept. 4, 422

43. ST. CELESTINE I: Campania; Sept. 10, 422, to July 27, 432

44. ST. SIXTUS III: Rome; July 31, 432, to Aug. 19, 440

45. ST. LEO I (the Great): Tuscany; Sept. 29, 440, to Nov. 10, 461

46. ST. HILARY: Sardinia; Nov. 19, 461, to Feb. 29, 468

47. ST. SIMPLICIUS: Tivoli; Mar. 3, 468, to Mar. 10, 483

48. ST. FELIX III (II): Rome; Mar. 13, 483, to Mar. 1, 492

He should be called Felix II, and his successors numbered accordingly.

49. ST. GELASIUS I: Africa; Mar. I, 492, to Nov. 21, 496

50. ANASTASIUS II: Rome; Nov. 24, 496, to Nov. 19, 498

51. ST. SYMMACHUS: Sardinia; Nov. 22, 498, to July 19, 514

52. ST. HORMISDAS: Frosinone; July 20, 514, to Aug. 6, 523

53. ST. JOHN I, MARTYR: Tuscany; Aug. 13, 523, to May 18, 526

54. ST. FELIX IV (III): Samnium; July 12, 526, to Sept. 22, 530

55. BONIFACE II: Rome; Sept. 22, 530, to Oct. 17, 532

56. JOHN II: Rome; Jan. 2, 533, to May 8, 535

John II was the first pope to change his name; he was originally called Mercury, the name of a pagan deity.

57. ST. AGAPITUS I: Rome; May 13, 535, to Apr. 22, 536

58. ST. SILVERIUS, MARTYR: Campania; June 1 or 8, 536, to Nov. 11, 537 (d. Dec. 2, 537)

59. VIGILIUS: Rome; Mar. 29, 537, to June 7, 555

60. PELAGIUS I: Rome; Apr. 16, 556, to Mar. 4, 561

61. JOHN III: Rome; July 17, 561, to July 13, 574

62. BENEDICT I: Rome; June 2, 575, to July 30, 579

63. PELAGIUS II: Rome; Nov. 26, 579, to Feb. 7, 590

64. ST. GREGORY I (the Great): Rome; Sept. 3, 590, to Mar. 12, 604

65. SABINIAN: Blera in Tuscany; Sept. 13, 604, to Feb. 22, 606

66. BONIFACE III: Rome; Feb. 19, 607, to Nov. 12, 607

67. ST. BONIFACE IV: Abruzzi; Aug. 25, 608, to May 8, 615

68. ST. DEUSDEDIT (ADEODATUS I): Rome; Oct. 19, 615, to Nov. 8, 618

69. BONIFACE V: Naples; Dec. 23, 619, to Oct. 25, 625

70. HONORIUS I: Campania; Oct. 27, 625, to Oct. 12, 638

71. SEVERINUS: Rome; May 28, 640, to Aug. 2, 640

72. JOHN IV: Dalmatia; Dec. 24, 640, to Oct. 12, 642

73. THEODORE I: Greece; Nov. 24, 642, to May 14, 649

74. ST. MARTIN I, MARTYR: Todi; July, 649, to Sept. 16, 655 (in exile from June 17, 653)

His successor, St. Eugene I, was ordained during St. Martin I's exile and, apparently, with the latter's approval.

75. ST. EUGENE I: Rome; Aug. 10, 654, to June 2, 657

76. ST. VITALIAN: Segni; July 30, 657, to Jan. 27, 672

77. ADEODATUS II: Rome; Apr. 11, 672, to June 17, 676

78. DONUS (or DOMNUS): Rome; Nov. 2, 676, to Apr. 11, 678

79. ST. AGATHO: Sicily; June 27, 678, to Jan. 10, 681

80. ST. LEO II: Sicily; Aug. 17, 682, to July 3, 683

81. ST. BENEDICT II: Rome; June 26, 684, to May 8, 685

82. JOHN V: Syria; July 23, 685, to Aug. 2, 686

83. CONON: birthplace unknown; Oct. 21, 686, to Sept. 21, 687

84. ST. SERGIUS I: Syria; Dec. 15, 687, to Sept. 8, 701

85. JOHN VI: Greece; Oct. 30, 701, to Jan. 11, 705

86. JOHN VII: Greece; Mar. 1, 705, to Oct. 18, 707

87. SISINNIUS: Syria; Jan. 15, 708, to Feb. 4, 708

88. CONSTANTINE: Syria; Mar. 25, 708, to Apr. 9, 715

89. ST. GREGORY II: Rome; May 19, 715, to Feb. 11, 731

90. ST. GREGORY III: Syria; Mar. 18, 731, to Nov. 741

91. ST. ZACHARY: Greece; Dec. 10, 741, to Mar. 22, 752

92. STEPHEN II (III): Rome; Mar. 26, 752, to Apr. 26, 757

After the death of St. Zachary, a Roman priest named Stephen was elected but died (four days later) before his consecration as Bishop of Rome, which, according to the canon law of that day, would have marked the beginning of his pontificate. Immediately another man was elected to succeed Zachary as Stephen II. Both Stephens are considered to have been popes.

93. ST. PAUL I: Rome; Apr. (May 29), 757, to June 28, 767

94. STEPHEN III (IV): Sicily; Aug. 1 (7), 768, to Jan. 24, 772

95. ADRIAN I: Rome; Feb. 1 (9), 772, to Dec. 25, 795

96. ST. LEO III: Rome; Dec. 26 (27), 795, to June 12, 816

97. STEPHEN IV (V): Rome; June 22, 816, to Jan. 24, 817

98. ST. PASCHAL I: Rome; Jan. 25, 817, to Feb. 11, 824

99. EUGENE II: Rome; Feb. (May) 824 to Aug. 827

100. VALENTINE: Rome; Aug. 827 to Sept. 827

101. GREGORY IV: Rome; Oct. 827 to Jan. 844

102. SERGIUS II: Rome; Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847

103. ST. LEO IV: Rome; Jan. (Apr. 10) 847 to July 17, 855

104. BENEDICT III: Rome; July (Sept. 29) 855 to Apr. 17, 858

105. ST. NICHOLAS I (the Great): Rome; Apr. 24, 858, to Nov. 13, 867

106. ADRIAN II: Rome; Dec. 14, 867, to Dec. 14, 872

107. JOHN VIII: Rome; Dec. 14, 872, to Dec. 16, 882

108. MARINUS I: Gallese; Dec. 16, 882, to May 15, 884

109. ST. ADRIAN III: Rome; May 17, 884, to Sept. 885 (cult confirmed June 2, 1891)

110. STEPHEN V (VI): Rome; Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891

111. FORMOSUS: Porto; Oct. 6, 891, to Apr. 4, 896

112. BONIFACE VI: Rome; Apr. 896 to Apr. 896

113. STEPHEN VI (VII): Rome; May 896 to Aug. 897

114. ROMANUS: Gallese; Aug. 897 to Nov. 897

115. THEODORE II: Rome; Dec. 897 to Dec. 897

116. JOHN IX: Tivoli; Jan. 898 to Jan. 900

117. BENEDICT IV: Rome; Jan. (Feb.) 900 to July 903

118. LEO V: Ardea; July 903 to Sept. 903

119. SERGIUS III: Rome; Jan. 29, 904, to Apr. 14, 911

120. ANASTASIUS III: Rome; Apr. 911 to June 913

121. LANDO: Sabina; July 913 to Feb. 914

122. JOHN X: Tossignano (Imola); Mar. 914 to May 928

123. LEO VI: Rome; May 928 to Dec. 928

124. STEPHEN VII (VIII): Rome; Dec. 928 to Feb. 931

125. JOHN XI: Rome; Feb. (Mar.) 931 to Dec. 935

126. LEO VII: Rome; Jan. 3, 936, to July 13, 939

127. STEPHEN VIII (IX): Rome; July 14, 939, to Oct. 942

128. MARINUS II: Rome; Oct. 30, 942, to May 946

129. AGAPITUS II: Rome; May 10, 946, to Dec. 955

130. JOHN XII (Octavius): Tusculum; Dec. 16, 955, to May 14, 964

131. LEO VIII: Rome; Dec. 4 (6), 963, to Mar. 1, 965

132. BENEDICT V: Rome; May 22, 964, to July 4, 966

John XII was deposed Dec. 4, 963, by a Roman council; if the deposition was valid, Leo was the legitimate Pope and Benedict was an antipope.

133. JOHN XIII: Rome; Oct. 1, 965, to Sept. 6, 972

134. BENEDICT VI: Rome; Jan. 19, 973, to June 974

135. BENEDICT VII: Rome; Oct. 974 to July 10, 983

136. JOHN XIV (Peter): Pavia; Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984

137. JOHN XV: Rome; Aug. 985 to Mar. 996

138. GREGORY V (Bruno of Carinthia): Saxony; May 3, 996, to Feb. 18, 999

139. SYLVESTER II (Gerbert): Auvergne; Apr. 2, 999, to May 12, 1003

140. JOHN XVII (Siccone): Rome; June 1003 to Dec. 1003

141. JOHN XVIII (Phasianus): Rome; Jan. 1004 to July 1009

142. SERGIUS IV (Peter): Rome; July 31, 1009, to May 12, 1012

The custom of changing one’s name on election to the Papacy traditionally dates from the time of Sergius IV. After his time this became a regular practice, with few exceptions; e.g., Adrian VI and Marcellus II.

143. BENEDICT VIII (Theophylactus): Tusculum; May 18, 1012, to Apr. 9, 1024

144. JOHN XIX (Romanus): Tusculum; Apr. (May) 1024 to 1032

145. BENEDICT IX (Theophylactus): Tusculum; 1032 to 1044

146. SYLVESTER III (John): Rome; Jan. 20, 1045, to Feb. 10, 1045

Sylvester III was an antipope if the forcible removal of Benedict IX in 1044 was not legitimate.

147. BENEDICT IX (second time): Apr. 10, 1045, to May 1, 1045

148. GREGORY VI (John Gratian): Rome; May 5, 1045, to Dec. 20, 1046

149. CLEMENT II (Suitger, Lord of Morsleben and Hornburg): Saxony; Dec. 24 (25), 1046, to Oct. 9, 1047

If the triple removal of Benedict IX in 1044, 1046, and 1047 were invalid, Gregory VI and Clement II were antipopes.

150. BENEDICT IX (third time): Nov. 8, 1047, to July 17, 1047 (d. c. 1055)

151. DAMASUS II (Poppo): Bavaria; July 17, 1048, to Aug. 9, 1048

152. ST. LEO IX (Bruno): Alsace; Feb. 12, 1049, to Apr. 19, 1054

153. VICTOR II (Gebhard): Swabia; Apr. 16, 1055, to July 28, 1057

154. STEPHEN IX (X) (Frederick): Lorraine; Aug. 3, 1057, Mar. 29, 1058

155. NICHOLAS II (Gerard): Burgundy; Jan. 24, 1059, to July 27, 1061

156. ALEXANDER II (Anselmo da Baggio): Milan; Oct. 1, 1061, to Apr. 21, 1073

157. ST. GREGORY VII (Hildebrand): Tuscany; Apr. 22 (June 30), 1073, to May 25, 1085

158. BLESSED VICTOR III (Dauferius, Desiderius): Benevento; May 24, 1086, to Sept. 16, 1087 (cult confirmed July 23, 1887)

159. BLESSED URBAN II (Otto di Lagery): France; Mar. 12, 1088, to July 29, 1099 (cult confirmed July 14, 1881)

160. PASCHAL II (Raniero): Ravenna; Aug. 13 (14), 1099, 1 Jan. 21, 1118

161. GELASIUS II (Giovanni Caetani): Gaeta; Jan. 24 (Mar. 10), 1118, to Jan. 28, 1119

162. CALLISTUS 11(Guido of Burgundy): Burgundy; Feb. 2 (9), 1119, to Dec. 13, 1124

163. HONORIUS 11 (Lamberto): Fiagnano (Imola); Dec. 15 (21), 1124, to Feb. 13, 1130

164. INNOCENT II (Gregorio Papareschi): Rome; Feb. 14 (23), 1130, to Sept. 24, 1143

165. CELESTINE II (Guido): Cittià di Castello; Sept. 26 (Oct. 3), 1143, to Mar. 8, 1144

166. LUCIUS 11 (Gerardo Caccianemici): Bologna; Mar. 12, 1144, to Feb. 15, 1145

167. BLESSED EUGENE III (Bernardo Paganelli di Montemagno): Pisa; Feb. 15 (18), 1145, to July 8, 1153 (cult confirmed Oct. 3, 1872)

168. ANASTASIUS IV (Corrado): Rome; July 12, 1153, to Dec. 3, 1154

169. ADRIAN IV (Nicholas Breakspear): England; Dec. 4 (5), 1154, to Sept. 1, 1159

170. ALEXANDER III (Rolando Bandinelli): Siena; Sept. 7 (20), 1159, to Aug. 30, 1181

171. LUCIUS III (Ubaldo Allucingoli): Lucca; Sept. 1 (6), 1181, to Sept. 25, 1185

172. URBAN III (Uberto Crivelli): Milan; Nov. 25 (Dec. 1), 1185, to Oct. 20, 1187

173. GREGORY VIII (Alberto de Morra): Benevento; Oct. 21 (25), 1187, to Dec. 17, 1187

174. CLEMENT III (Paolo Scolari): Rome; Dec. 19 (20), 1187, to Mar. 1191

175. CELESTINE III (Giacinto Bobone): Rome; Mar. 30 (Apr. 14), 1191, to Jan. 8, 1198

176. INNOCENT III (Lotario dei Conti di Segni): Anagni; Jan. 8 (Feb. 22), 1198, to July 16, 1216

177. HONORIUS III (Cencio Savelli): Rome; July 18 (24), 1216, to Mar. 18, 1227

178. GREGORY IX (Ugolino, Count of Segni): Anagni; Mar. 19 (21), 1227, to Aug. 22, 1241

179. CELESTINE IV (Goffredo Castiglioni): Milan; Oct. 25 (28), 1241, to Nov. 10, 1241

180. INNOCENT IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi): Genoa; June 25 (28), 1243, to Dec. 7, 1254

181. ALEXANDER IV (Rinaldo, Count of Segni): Anagni; Dec.12 (20), 1254, to May 25, 1261

182. URBAN IV (Jacques Pantaléon): Troyes; Aug. 29 (Sept. 4), 1261, to Oct. 2, 1264

183. CLEMENT IV (Guy Foulques or Guido le Gros): France; Feb. 5 (15), 1265, to Nov. 29, 1268

184. BLESSED GREGORY X (Teobaldo Visconti): Piacenza; Sept. 1, 1271 (Mar. 27, 1272), to Jan. 10, 1276 (cult firmed Sept. 12, 1713)

185. BLESSED INNOCENT V (Peter of Tarentaise): Savoy;  Jan. 21 (Feb. 22), 1276, to June 22, 1276 (cult confirmed Mar. 13, 1898)

186. ADRIAN V (Ottobono Fieschi): Genoa; July 11, 1276, to Aug. 18, 1276

187. JOHN XXI (Petrus Juliani or Petrus Hispanus): Portugal; Sept. 8 (20), 1276, to May 20, 1277

There never was a pope with the title of John XX. This title was dropped to rectify an error in the tenth century when an alleged John XV was mistakenly listed among the popes.

188. NICHOLAS III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini): Rome; Nov. 25 (Dec. 26), 1277, to Aug. 22, 1280

189. MARTIN IV (Simon de Brie): France; Feb. 22 (Mar 23), 1281, to Mar. 28, 1285

The names of Marinus I (882-84) and Marinus II (942-46) were mistaken for Martin; because of these two popes and the earlier St. Martin I (649-55) this pope was called Martin IV.

190. HONORIUS IV (Giacomo Savelli): Rome; Apr. 2 (May 20), 1285, to Apr. 3, 1287

191. NICHOLAS IV (Girolamo Masci): Ascoli; Feb. 22, 1288, to Apr. 4, 1292

192. ST. CELESTINE V (Pietro del Murrone): Isernia; July 5 (Aug. 29), 1294, to Dec. 13, 1294

193. BONIFACE VIII (Benedetto Caetani): Anagni; Dec. 24, 1294 (Jan. 23, 1295), to Oct. 11, 1303

194. BLESSED BENEDICT XI (Niccolo Boccasini): Treviso; Oct. 22 (27), 1303, to July 7, 1304 (cult confirmed 24, 1736)

195. CLEMENT V (Bertrand de Got): France; June 5 (Nov. 14), 1305, to Apr. 20, 1314 (first of the Avignon popes)

196. JOHN XXII (Jacques d'Euse): Cahors; Aug. 7 (Sept. 5), 1316, to Dec. 4, 1334

197. BENEDICT XII (Jacques Fournier): France; Dec. 20, 1334 (Jan. 8, 1335), to Apr. 25, 1342

198. CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger): France; May 7 (19), 1342, to Dec. 6, 1352

199. INNOCENT VI (Etienne Aubert): France; Dec. 18 (30), 1352, to Sept. 12, 1362

200. BLESSED URBAN V (Guillaume de Grimoard): France Sept. 28 (Nov. 6), 1362, to Dec. 19, 1370 (cult confirmed Mar. 10, 1870)

201. GREGORY XI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort): France; Dec. 30, 1370 (Jan. 5, 1371), to Mar. 26, 1378 (last of the Avignon popes)

202. URBAN VI (Bartolomeo Prignano): Naples; Apr. 8 (18), 1378, to Oct. 15, 1389

203. BONIFACE IX (Pietro Tomacelli): Naples; Nov. 2 (9), 1389, to Oct. 1, 1404

204. INNOCENT VII (Cosma Migliorati): Sulmona; Oct. 17 (Nov. 11), 1404, to Nov. 6, 1406

205. GREGORY XII (Angelo Correr): Venice; Nov. 30 (Dec. 19), 1406, to July 4, 1415, when he voluntarily resigned from the Western Schism to permit the election of his successor; he died Oct. 18, 1417.

206. MARTIN V (Oddone Colonna): Rome; Nov. 11 (21), 1417, to Feb. 20, 1431

207. EUGENE IV (Gabriele Condulmer): Venice; Mar. 3 (11), 1431, to Feb. 23, 1447

208. NICHOLAS V (Tommaso Parentucelli): Sarzana; Mar. 6 (19), 1447, to Mar. 24, 1455

209. CALLISTUS III (Alfonso Borgia): Jativa (Valencia); Apr. 8 (20), 1455, to Aug. 6, 1458

210. PIUS II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini): Siena; Aug. 19 (Sept. 3), 1458, to Aug. 15, 1464

211. PAUL II (Pietro Barbo): Venice; Aug. 30 (Sept. 16), 1464, to July 26, 1471

212. SIXTUS IV (Francesco della Rovere): Savona; Aug. 9 (25), 1471, to Aug. 12, 1484

213. INNOCENT VIII (Giovanni Battista Cibo): Genoa; Aug. 29 (Sept. 12), 1484, to July 25, 1492

214. ALEXANDER VI (Rodrigo Borgia): Jativa (Valencia); Aug. 11 (26), 1492, to Aug. 18, 1503

215. PIUS III (Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini): Siena; Sept. 22 (Oct. 18), 1503, to Oct. 18, 1503

216. JULIUS II (Giuliano della Rovere): Savona; Oct. 31 (Nov. 26), 1503, to Feb. 21, 1513

217. LEO X (Giovanni de' Medici): Florence; Mar. 9 (19), 1513, to Dec. 1, 1521

218. ADRIAN VI (Adrian Florensz): Utrecht; Jan. 9 (Aug. 31), 1522, to Sept. 14, 1523

219. CLEMENT VII (Giulio de' Medici): Florence; Nov. 19 (26), 1523, to Sept. 25, 1534

220. PAUL III (Alessandro Farnese): Rome; Oct. 13 (Nov. 3), 1534, to Nov. 10, 1549

221. JULIUS III (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte): Rome; Feb. 7 (22), 1550, to Mar. 23, 1555

222. MARCELLUS II (Marcello Cervini): Montepulciano; Apr. 9 (10), 1555, to May 1, 1555

223. PAUL IV (Gian Pietro Carafa): Naples; May 23 (26), 1555, to Aug. 18, 1559

224. PIUS IV (Giovan Angelo de' Medici): Milan; Dec. 25, 1559 (Jan. 6, 1560), to Dec. 9, 1565

225. ST. PIUS V (Antonio-Michele Ghislieri): Bosco (Alexandria); Jan. 7 (17), 1566, to May 1, 1572 (beatified April 27, 1672)

226. GREGORY XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni): Bologna; May 13 (25), 1572, to Apr. 10, 1585

227. SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti): Grottammare (Ripatransone); Apr. 24 (May 1), 1585, to Aug. 27, 1590

228. URBAN VII (Giovanni Battista Castagna): Rome; Sept. 15, 1590, to Sept. 27, 1590

229. GREGORY XIV (Niccolo Sfondrati): Cremona; Dec. 5 (8), 1590, to Oct. 16, 1591

230. INNOCENT IX (Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti): Bologna; Oct. 29 (Nov. 3), 1591, to Dec. 30, 1591

231. CLEMENT VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini): Florence; Jan. 30 (Feb. 9), 1592, to Mar. 3, 1605

232. LEO XI (Alessandro de' Medici): Florence; Apr. 1 (10), 1605, to Apr. 27, 1605

233. PAUL V (Camillo Borghese): Rome; May 16 (29), 1605, to Jan. 28, 1621

234. GREGORY XV (Alessandro Ludovisi): Bologna; Feb 9 (14), 1621, to July 8, 1623

235. URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini): Florence; Aug. 6 (Sept. 29), 1623, to July 29, 1644

236. INNOCENT X (Giovanni Battista Pamfili): Rome; Sept.15 (Oct. 4), 1644, to Jan. 7, 1655

237. ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi): Siena; Apr. 7 (18), 1655, to May 22, 1667

238. CLEMENT IX (Giulio Rospigliosi): Pistoia; June 20 (26), 1667, to Dec. 9, 1669

239. CLEMENT X (Emilio Altieri): Rome; Apr. 29 (May 11), 1670, to July 22, 1676

240. BLESSED INNOCENT XI (Benedetto Odescalchi): Como; Sept. 21 (Oct. 4), 1676, to Aug. 12, 1689

241. ALEXANDER VIII (Pietro Ottoboni): Venice; Oct. 6 (16), 1689, to Feb. 1, 1691

242. INNOCENT XII (Antonio Pignatelli): Spinazzola; July 12 (15), 1691, to Sept. 27, 1700

243. CLEMENT XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani): Urbino; Nov. 23, 30 (Dec. 8), 1700, to Mar. 19, 1721

244. INNOCENT XIII (Michelangelo dei Conti): Rome; May 8, (18), 1721, to Mar. 7, 1724

245. BENEDICT XIII (Pietro Francesco-Vincenzo Maria-Orsini): Gravina (Bari); May 29 (June 4), 1724, to Feb. 21, 1730

246. CLEMENT XII (Lorenzo Corsini): Florence; July 12 (16), 1730, to Feb. 6, 1740

247. BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini): Bologna; Aug. 17 (22), 1740, to May 3, 1758

248. CLEMENT XIII (Carlo Rezzonico): Venice; July 6 (16), 1758, to Feb. 2, 1769

249. CLEMENT XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio-Lorenzo-Ganganelli): Rimini; May 19, 28 (June 4), 1769, to Sept. 22, 1774

250. PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi): Cesena; Feb. 15 (22), 1775, to Aug. 29, 1799

251. PIUS VII (Barnaba-Gregorio-Chiaramonti): Cesena; Mar.14 (21), 1800, to Aug. 20, 1823

252. LEO XII (Annibale della Genga): Genga (Fabriano); Sept. 28 (Oct. 5), 1823, to Feb. 10, 1829

253. PIUS VIII (Francesco Saverio Castiglioni): Cingoli; Mar. 31 (Apr. 5), 1829, to Nov. 30, 1830

254. GREGORY XVI (Bartolomeo Alberto-Mauro-Cappellari): Belluno; Feb. 2 (6), 1831, to June 1, 1846

255. PIUS IX (Giovanni M. Mastai Ferretti): Senigallia; June 16 (21), 1846, to Feb. 7, 1878

256. LEO XIII (Gioacchino Pecci): Carpineto (Anagni); Feb. 20 (Mar. 3), 1878, to July 20, 1903

257. ST. PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto): Riese (Treviso); Aug. 4 (9), 1903, to Aug. 20, 1914 (beatified June 3, 1951)

258. BENEDICT XV (Giacomo della Chiesa): Genoa; Sept. 3 (6), 1914, to Jan. 22, 1922

259. PIUS XI (Achille Ratti): Desio (Milan); Feb. 6 (12), 1922, to Feb. 10, 1939

260. PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli): Rome; Mar. 2 (12), 1939, to Oct. 9, 1958

261. JOHN XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli): Sotto il Monte (Bergamo); Oct. 28 (Nov. 4), 1958, to June 3, 1963

262. PAUL VI (Giovanni Battista Montini): Concessio (Brescia); June 21 (30), 1963, to Aug. 6, 1978

263. JOHN PAUL I (Albino Luciani): Forno di Canale (now Canale d'Agordo); Aug. 26 (Sept. 3), 1978, to Sept. 28, 1978

264. JOHN PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla): Wadowice, Poland; Oct. 16 (22), 1978, to – Apr. 2, 2005

265. BENEDICT XVI (Joseph Ratzinger): Marktl am Inn, Germany; Apr. 19 (24), 2005 , to –


Modern Catholic Dictionary - John A. Hardon, S.J.
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