From Saint Peter to Pope Leo XIV

Note: For the earliest centuries, some dates are approximate because ancient historical records are incomplete. The Vatican itself gives alternative dates for several early pontificates. Also, the Vatican’s numbering includes some historically complicated periods, such as the multiple pontificates of Benedict IX. (Vatican)

⛪ 1–50: First Century to the End of the 5th Century

No.	Pope	Pontificate
1	Saint Peter	c. 30/33–64/67
2	Saint Linus	68–79
3	Saint Anacletus (Cletus)	80–92
4	Saint Clement I	92–99
5	Saint Evaristus	99–108
6	Saint Alexander I	108/109–116/119
7	Saint Sixtus I	117/119–126/128
8	Saint Telesphorus	127/128–137/138
9	Saint Hyginus	138–142/149
10	Saint Pius I	142/146–157/161
11	Saint Anicetus	150/157–153/168
12	Saint Soter	162/168–170/177
13	Saint Eleutherius	171/177–185/193
14	Saint Victor I	186/189–197/201
15	Saint Zephyrinus	198–217/218
16	Saint Callistus I	218–222
17	Saint Urban I	222–230
18	Saint Pontian	230–235
19	Saint Anterus	235–236
20	Saint Fabian	236–250
21	Saint Cornelius	251–253
22	Saint Lucius I	253–254
23	Saint Stephen I	254–257
24	Saint Sixtus II	257–258
25	Saint Dionysius	259–268
26	Saint Felix I	269–274
27	Saint Eutychian	275–283
28	Saint Caius	283–296
29	Saint Marcellinus	296–304
30	Saint Marcellus I	306–309
31	Saint Eusebius	309
32	Saint Miltiades (Melchiades)	311–314
33	Saint Sylvester I	314–335
34	Saint Mark	336
35	Saint Julius I	337–352
36	Liberius	352–366
37	Saint Damasus I	366–384
38	Saint Siricius	384–399
39	Saint Anastasius I	399–401
40	Saint Innocent I	401–417
41	Saint Zosimus	417–418
42	Saint Boniface I	418–422
43	Saint Celestine I	422–432
44	Saint Sixtus III	432–440
45	Saint Leo I (Leo the Great)	440–461
46	Saint Hilary	461–468
47	Saint Simplicius	468–483
48	Felix III	483–492
49	Saint Gelasius I	492–496
50	Anastasius II	496–498

The Vatican’s official chronological register lists these first 50 pontiffs and provides the ancient dates, including the alternative dates associated with several early popes. (Vatican)

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51–100: Sixth to Ninth Centuries

No.	Pope	Pontificate
51	Symmachus	498–514
52	Hormisdas	514–523
53	John I	523–526
54	Felix IV	526–530
55	Boniface II	530–532
56	John II	533–535
57	Agapetus I	535–536
58	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	Gregory I (Gregory the Great)	590–604
65	Sabinian	604–606
66	Boniface III	607
67	Boniface IV	608–615
68	Adeodatus I (Deusdedit)	615–618
69	Boniface V	619–625
70	Honorius I	625–638
71	Severinus	640
72	John IV	640–642
73	Theodore I	642–649
74	Martin I	649–655
75	Eugene I	654–657
76	Vitalian	657–672
77	Adeodatus II	672–676
78	Donus	676–678
79	Agatho	678–681
80	Leo II	682–683
81	Benedict II	684–685
82	John V	685–686
83	Conon	686–687
84	Sergius I	687–701
85	John VI	701–705
86	John VII	705–707
87	Sisinnius	708
88	Constantine	708–715
89	Gregory II	715–731
90	Gregory III	731–741
91	Zachary	741–752
92	Stephen II	752–757
93	Paul I	757–767
94	Stephen III	768–772
95	Adrian I	772–795
96	Leo III	795–816
97	Stephen IV	816–817
98	Paschal I	817–824
99	Eugene II	824–827
100	Valentine	827

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101–150: Ninth to Eleventh Centuries

No.	Pope	Pontificate
101	Gregory IV	827–844
102	Sergius II	844–847
103	Leo IV	847–855
104	Benedict III	855–858
105	Nicholas I	858–867
106	Adrian II	867–872
107	John VIII	872–882
108	Marinus I	882–884
109	Adrian III	884–885
110	Stephen V	885–891
111	Formosus	891–896
112	Boniface VI	896
113	Stephen VI	896–897
114	Romanus	897
115	Theodore II	897
116	John IX	897/898–900
117	Benedict IV	900–903
118	Leo V	903
119	Sergius III	904–911
120	Anastasius III	911–913
121	Lando	913–914
122	John X	914–928
123	Leo VI	928–929
124	Stephen VII	929–931
125	John XI	931–936
126	Leo VII	936–939
127	Stephen VIII	939–942
128	Marinus II	942–946
129	Agapetus II	946–955
130	John XII	955–964
131	Leo VIII	963–965
132	Benedict V	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
141	John XVIII	1003–1009
142	Sergius IV	1009–1012
143	Benedict VIII	1012–1024
144	John XIX	1024–1032
145	Benedict IX	1032–1044
146	Sylvester III	1045
147	Benedict IX	1045
148	Gregory VI	1045–1046
149	Clement II	1046–1047
150	Benedict IX	1047–1048

Benedict IX appears three times in the Vatican’s numerical sequence because he occupied the papal office during three separate periods. Thus, the list has 267 numbered pontificates/papal entries, but fewer individual persons. (Vatican)

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151–200: Eleventh to Fourteenth Centuries

No.	Pope	Pontificate
151	Damasus II	1048
152	Leo IX	1049–1054
153	Victor II	1055–1057
154	Stephen IX	1057–1058
155	Nicholas II	1058–1061
156	Alexander II	1061–1073
157	Gregory VII	1073–1085
158	Victor III	1086–1087
159	Urban II	1088–1099
160	Paschal II	1099–1118
161	Gelasius II	1118–1119
162	Callixtus II	1119–1124
163	Honorius II	1124–1130
164	Innocent II	1130–1143
165	Celestine II	1143–1144
166	Lucius II	1144–1145
167	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
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
180	Innocent IV	1243–1254
181	Alexander IV	1254–1261
182	Urban IV	1261–1264
183	Clement IV	1265–1268
184	Gregory X	1271–1276
185	Innocent V	1276
186	Adrian V	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	Celestine V	1294
193	Boniface VIII	1294–1303
194	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	Urban V	1362–1370

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201–250: Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

No.	Pope	Pontificate
201	Gregory XI	1370–1378
202	Urban VI	1378–1389
203	Boniface IX	1389–1404
204	Innocent VII	1404–1406
205	Gregory XII	1406–1415
206	Martin V	1417–1431
207	Eugene IV	1431–1447
208	Nicholas V	1447–1455
209	Callixtus III	1455–1458
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
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
223	Paul IV	1555–1559
224	Pius IV	1559–1565
225	Pius V	1566–1572
226	Gregory XIII	1572–1585
227	Sixtus V	1585–1590
228	Urban VII	1590
229	Gregory XIV	1590–1591
230	Innocent IX	1591
231	Clement VIII	1592–1605
232	Leo XI	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	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

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251–267: Nineteenth to Twenty-First Centuries

No.	Pope	Pontificate
251	Pius VII	1800–1823
252	Leo XII	1823–1829
253	Pius VIII	1829–1830
254	Gregory XVI	1831–1846
255	Pius IX	1846–1878
256	Leo XIII	1878–1903
257	Pius X	1903–1914
258	Benedict XV	1914–1922
259	Pius XI	1922–1939
260	Pius XII	1939–1958
261	John XXIII	1958–1963
262	Paul VI	1963–1978
263	John Paul I	1978
264	John Paul II	1978–2005
265	Benedict XVI	2005–2013
266	Francis	2013–2025
267	Leo XIV	2025–present

The Vatican confirms that Leo XIV is the 267th Pope, elected on 8 May 2025, with the secular name Robert Francis Prevost. He is the first pope from the United States and the first Augustinian pope. (Vatican)

👑 The Last 10 Popes at a Glance

1. Pius XII — 1939–1958
2. John XXIII — 1958–1963
3. Paul VI — 1963–1978
4. John Paul I — 1978
5. John Paul II — 1978–2005
6. Benedict XVI — 2005–2013
7. Francis — 2013–2025
8. Leo XIV — 2025–present

Strictly speaking, that is the last eight rather than ten; the preceding two are Pius XI (1922–1939) and Pius XII (1939–1958). The Vatican’s official register confirms the sequence. (Vatican)