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 Apostolic Succession of St. Peter

Most of the biographies below have been taken from the New Advent web site. Pope Benedict XVI is the 265 Pope or Vicar of Christ of the Roman Catholic Church and the 265 successor to St. Peter.


For more detail, check out Wikipedia.

 
Successor # Name

Reigned From

Reigned To
Pope (Papa)      
1. St. Peter 32 67
2. St. Linus 67 76
3. St. Anacletus (Cletus) 76 88
4. St. Clement I 88 97
5. St. Evaristus 97 105
6. St. Alexander I 105 115
7. St. Sixtus I — also called Xystus I 115 125
8. St. Telesphorus 125 136
9. St. Hyginus 136 140
10. St. Pius I 140 155
11. St. Anicetus 155 166
12. St. Soter 166 175
13. St. Eleutherius 175 189
14. St. Victor I 189 199
15. St. Zephyrinus 199 217
16. St. Callistus I 217 222
17. St. Urban I 222 230
18. St. Pontain 230 235
19. St. Anterus 235 236
20. St. Fabian 236 250
21. St. Cornelius 251 253
22. St. Lucius I 253 254
23. St. Stephen I 254 257
24. St. Sixtus II 257 258
25. St. Dionysius 260 268
26. St. Felix I 269 274
27. St. Eutychian 275 283
28. St. Caius — also called Gaius 283 296
29. St. Marcellinus 296 304
30. St. Marcellus I 308 309
31. St. Eusebius 309 310
32. St. Miltiades 311 314
33. St. Sylvester I 314 335
34. St. Marcus 336 336
35. St. Julius I 337 352
36. Liberius 352 366
37. St. Damasus I 366 383
38. St. Siricius 384 399
39. St. Anastasius I 399 401
40. St. Innocent I 401 417
41. St. Zosimus 417 418
42. St. Boniface I 418 422
43. St. Celestine I 422 432
44. St. Sixtus III 432 440
45. St. Leo I (the Great) 440 461
46. St. Hilarius 461 468
47. St. Simplicius 468 483
48. St. Felix III (II) 483 492
49. St. Gelasius I 492 496
50. Anastasius II 496 498
51. St. Symmachus 498 514
52. St. Hormisdas 514 523
53. St. John I 523 526
54. St. Felix IV (III) 526 530
55. Boniface II 530 532
56. John II 533 535
57. St. Agapetus I — also called Agapitus I 535 536
58. St. Silverius 536 537
59. Vigilius 537 555
60. Pelagius I 556 561
61. John III 561 574
62. Benedict I 575 579
63. Pelagius II 579 590
64. St. Gregory I (the Great) 590 604
65. Sabinian 604 606
66. Boniface III 607 607
67. St. Boniface IV 608 615
68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) 615 618
69. Boniface V 619 625
70. Honorius I 625 638
71. Severinus 640 640
72. John IV 640 642
73. Theodore I 642 649
74. St. Martin I 649 655
75. St. Eugene I 655 657
76. St. Vitalian 657 672
77. Adeodatus (II) 672 676
78. Donus 676 678
79. St. Agatho 678 681
80. St. Leo II 682 683
81. St. Benedict II 684 685
82. John V 685 686
83. Conon 686 687
84. St. Sergius I 687 701
85. John VI 701 705
86. John VII 705 707
87. Sisinnius 708 708
88. Constantine 708 715
89. St. Gregory II 715 31
90. St. Gregory III 731 741
91. St. Zachary 741 752
  Stephen II — Because he died before being consecrated, some lists (including the Vatican's official list) omit him. 752 752
92. Stephen III 752 757
93. St. Paul I 757 767
94. Stephen IV 767 772
95. Adrian I 772 795
96. St. Leo III 795 816
97. Stephen V 816 817
98. St. Paschal I 817 824
99. Eugene II 824 827
100. Valentine 827 827
101. Gregory IV 827 844
102. Sergius II 844 847
103. St. Leo IV 847 855
104. Benedict III 855 858
105. St. Nicholas I (the Great) 858 867
106. Adrian II 867 872
107. John VIII 872 882
108. Marinus I 882 884
109. St. Adrian III 884 885
110. Stephen (V) VI 885 891
111. Formosus 891 896
112. Boniface VI 896 896
113. Stephen VII 896 897
114. Romanus 897 897
115. Theodore II 897 897
116. John IX 898 900
117. Benedict IV 900 903
118. Leo V 903 903
119. Sergius III 904 911
120. Anastasius III 911 913
121. Lando 913 914
122. John X 914 928
123. Leo VI 928 928
124. Stephen VIII 929 931
125. John XI 931 935
126. Leo VII 936 939
127. Stephen IX 939 942
128. Marinus II 942 46
129. Agapetus II 946 955
130. John XII 955 963
131. Leo VIII 963 964
132. Benedict V 964 964
133. John XIII 965 972
134. Benedict VI 973 974
135. Benedict VII 974 983
136. John XIV 983 984
137. John XV 985 996
138. Gregory V 996 999
139. Sylvester II 999 1003
140. John XVII 1003 1003
141. John XVIII 1003 1009
142. Sergius IV 1009 1012
143. Benedict VIII 1012 1024
144. John XIX 1024 1032
145. Benedict IX 1032 1045
146. Sylvester III (1045) -- Considered by some to be an antipope 1045 1045
147. Benedict IX 1045 1045
148. Gregory VI 1045 1046
149. Clement II 1046 1047
150. Benedict IX 1047 1048
151. Damasus II 1048 1048
152. St. Leo IX 1049 1054
153. Victor II 1055 1057
154. Stephen X 1057 1058
155. Nicholas II 1058 1061
156. Alexander II 1061 1073
157. St. Gregory VII 1073 1085
158. Blessed Victor III 1086 1087
159. Blessed Urban II 1088 1099
160. Paschal II 1099 1118
161. Gelasius II 1118 1119
162. Callistus II 1119 1124
163. Honorius II 1124 1130
164. Innocent II 1130 1143
165. Celestine II 1143 1144
166. Lucius II 1144 1145
167. Blessed Eugene III 1145 1153
168. Anastasius IV 1153 1154
169. Adrian IV 1154 1159
170. Alexander III 1159 1181
171. Lucius III 1181 1185
172. Urban III 1185 1187
173. Gregory VIII 1187 1187
174. Clement III 1187 1191
175. Celestine III 1191 1198
176. Innocent III 1198 1216
177. Honorius III 1216 1227
178. Gregory IX 1227 1241
179. Celestine IV 1241 1241
180. Innocent IV 1243 1254
181. Alexander IV 1254 1261
182. Urban IV 1261 1264
183. Clement IV 1265 1268
184. Blessed Gregory X 1271 1276
185. Blessed Innocent V 1276 1276
186. Adrian V 1276 1276
187. John XXI 1276 1277
188. Nicholas III 1277 1280
189. Martin IV 1281 1285
190. Honorius IV 1285 1287
191. Nicholas IV 1288 1292
192. St. Celestine V 1294 1294
193. Boniface VIII 1294 1303
194. Blessed Benedict XI 1303 1304
195. Clement V 1305 1314
196. John XXII 1316 1334
197. Benedict XII 1334 1342
198. Clement VI 1342 1352
199. Innocent VI 1352 1362
200. Blessed Urban V 1362 1370
201. Gregory XI 1370 1378
202. Urban VI 1378 1389
203. Boniface IX 1389 1404
204. Innocent VII 1406 1406
205. Gregory XII 1406 1415
206. Martin V 1417 1431
207. Eugene IV 1431 1447
208. Nicholas V 1447 1455
209. Callistus III 1445 1458
210. Pius II 1458 1464
211. Paul II 1464 1471
212. Sixtus IV 1471 1484
213. Innocent VIII 1484 1492
214. Alexander VI 1492 1503
215. Pius III 1503 1503
216. Julius II 1503 1513
217. Leo X 1513 1521
218. Adrian VI 1522 1523
219. Clement VII 1523 1534
220. Paul III 1534 1549
221. Julius III 1550 1555
222. Marcellus II 1555 1555
223. Paul IV 1555 1559
224. Pius IV 1559 1565
225. St. Pius V 1566 1572
226. Gregory XIII 1572 1585
227. Sixtus V 1585 1590
228. Urban VII 1590 1590
229. Gregory XIV 1590 1591
230. Innocent IX 1591 1591
231. Clement VIII 1592 1605
232. Leo XI 1605 1605
233. Paul V 1605 1621
234. Gregory XV 1621 1623
235. Urban VIII 1623 1644
236. Innocent X 1644 1655
237. Alexander VII 1655 1667
238. Clement IX 1667 1669
239. Clement X 1670 1676
240. Blessed Innocent XI 1676 1689
241. Alexander VIII 1689 1691
242. Innocent XII 1691 1700
243. Clement XI 1700 1721
244. Innocent XIII 1721 1724
245. Benedict XIII 1724 1730
246. Clement XII 1730 1740
247. Benedict XIV 1740 1758
248. Clement XIII 1758 1769
249. Clement XIV 1769 1774
250. Pius VI 1775 1799
251. Pius VII 1800 1823
252. Leo XII 1823 1829
253. Pius VIII 1829 1830
254. Gregory XVI   1831 1846
255. Ven. Pius IX   1846 1878
256. Leo XIII (Vatican version) 1878 1903
257. St. Pius X (Vatican version) 1903 1914
258. Benedict XV (Vatican version) 1914 1922
259. Pius XI (Vatican version) 1922 1939
260. Pius XII (Vatican version) 1939 1958
261. John XXIII (Vatican version) 1958 1963
262. Paul VI (Vatican version) 1963 1978
263. John Paul I (Vatican version) 1978 1978
264. John Paul II (Vatican version) 1978 2005
265. Benedict XVI (Vatican version) 2005 2013
266. Francis (Vatican version) 2013 2025
267. Leo XIV (Vatican version) 2025 Today
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