Bishops and Popes of Rome

The year is when the person became bishop of Rome, later called pope. Antipopes are in italics. Peter is traditionally claimed to be the first bishop of Rome, supposedly having arrived in Rome circa A.D. 42, and martyred there circa A.D. 67.

Bishops of Rome

Linus 67
Anacletus (I), or Cletus 76
Clement I 88
Evaristus 97
Alexander I 105
Sixtus I 115
Telephorus 125
Hyginus 136
Pius I 140
Anicetus 155
Soter 166
Eleutherius 175
Victor I 189
Zephyrinus 199
Callistus I 217
Hippolytus 217
Urban I 222
Pontian 230
Anterus 235
Fabian 236
Cornelius 251
Novatian 251
Lucius I 253
Stephen I 254
Sixtus II 257
Dionysius 259
Felix I 269
Eutychian 275
Caius 283
Marcellinus 296
Marcellus I 308
Eusebius 309
Melchiades 311
Sylvester I 314
Marcus 336
Julius I 337
Liberius 352
Felix II 355
Damasus I 366
Ursinius 366
Siricius 384
Anastasius I 399
Innocent I 401
Zosimus 417
Boniface I 418
Eulalius 418
Celestine I 422
Sixtus III 432

Popes of Rome

Leo I 440, the first to use the term, pope, consistently
Hilary 461
Simplicius 468
Felix III (II) 483
Gelasius I 492
Anastasius II 496
Symmachus 498
Lawrence 498
Hormisdas 514
John I the Martyr 523
Felix IV (III) 526
Boniface II 530
Dioscorus 530
John II 533
Agapitus I 535
Silverius the Martyr 536
Vigilius 537
Pelagius I 556
John III 561
Benedict I 575
Pelagius II 579
Gregory I 590
Sabinian 604
Boniface III 607
Boniface IV 608
Deusdedit, or Adeodatus I 615
Boniface V 619
Honorius I 625
Severinus 640
John IV 640
Theodore (I) 642
Martin I the Martyr 649
Eugene I 654
Vitalian 657
Adeodatus II 672
Donus 676
Agatho 678
Leo II 682
Benedict II 684
John V 685
Conon 686
Theodore (II) 687
Paschal (I) 687
Sergius I 687
John VI 701
John VII 705
Sisinnius 708
Constantine (I) 708
Gregory II 715
Gregory III 731
Zachary 741
Stephen II 752
Paul I 757
Constantine (II) 767
Philip 768
Stephen III 768
Adrian I 772
Leo III 795
Stephen IV 816
Paschal I (II) 817
Eugene II 824
Valentine 827
Gregory IV 827
John (VIII) 844
Sergius II 844
Leo IV 847
Benedict III 855
Anastasius (III) 855
Nicholas I 858
Adrian II 867
John VIII (IX) 872
Marinus I 882
Adrian III 884
Stephen V 885
Formosus 891
Boniface VI 896
Stephen VI 896
Romanus 897
Theodore II (III) 897
John IX (X) 898
Benedict IV 900
Leo V 903
Christopher 903
Sergius III 904
Anastasius III (IV) 911
Landus 913
John X (XI) 914
Leo VI 928
Stephen VII 928
John XI (XII) 931
Leo VII 936
Stephen VIII 939
Marinus II 942
Agapitus II 946
John XII (XIII) 955
Leo VIII 936
Benedict V 964
John XIII (XIV) 965
Benedict VI 973
Boniface VII 974
Benedict VII 974
John XIV (XV) 983
John XV (XVI) 985
Gregory V 996
John XVI (XVII) 997
Sylvester II 999
John XVII (XVIII) 1003
John XVIII (XIX) 1004
Sergius IV 1009
Benedict VIII 1012
Gregory (VI) 1012
John XIX (XX) 1024
Benedict IX 1032
Sylvester III 1045
Benedict IX 1045
Damasus II 1048
Leo IX 1049
Victor II 1055
Stephen IX 1057
Benedict X 1058
Nicholas II 1059
Alexander II 1061
Honorius II 1061
Gregory VII 1073
Clement III 1080
Victor III 1086
Urban II 1088
Paschal II (III) 1099
Theodoric 1100
Albert 1102
Sylvester IV 1105
Gelasius II 1118
Gregory VIII 1118
Callistus II 1119
Honorius II (III) 1124
Celestine II 1124
Innocent II 1130
Anacletus II 1130
Victor IV 1138
Celestine II (III) 1143
Lucius II 1144
Eugene III 1145
Anastasius IV (V) 1153
Adrian IV 1154
Alexander III 1159
Victor IV (V) 1159
Paschal III (IV) 1164
Callistus III 1168
Innocent III 1179
Lucius III 1181
Urban III 1185
Clement III (IV) 1187
Gregory VIII (IX) 1187
Celestine III (IV) 1191
Innocent III (IV) 1198
Honorius III (IV) 1216
Gregory IX (X) 1227
Celestine IV (V) 1241
Innocent IV (V) 1243
Alexander IV 1254
Urban IV (V) 1261
Clement IV (V) 1265
Gregory X (XI) 1271
Innocent V (VI) 1276
Adrian V 1276
John XXI (XXII) 1276
Nicholas III 1277
Martin IV 1281
Honorius IV (V) 1285
Nicholas IV 1288
Celestine V (VI) 1294
Boniface VIII 1294
Benedict XI 1303
Clement V (VI) 1305
John XXII (XXIII) 1316
Nicholas V 1328
Benedict XII 1334
Clement VI (VII) 1342
Innocent VI (VII) 1352
Urban V (VI) 1362
Gregory XI (XII) 1370
Urban VI (VII) 1378
Clement VII (VIII) 1378
Boniface IX 1389
Benedict XIII 1394
Innocent VII (VIII) 1404
Gregory XII (XIII) 1406
Alexander V 1409
John XXII (XXIV) 1410
Martin V 1417
Eugene IV 1431
Felix V (IV) 1439
Nicholas V (VI) 1447
Callistus III (IV) 1455
Pius II 1458
Paul II 1464
Sixtus IV 1471
Innocent VIII (IX) 1484
Alexander VI 1492
Pius III 1503
Julius II 1503
Leo X 1513
Adrian VI 1522
Clement VII (IX) 1523
Paul III 1534
Julius III 1550
Marcellus II 1555
Paul IV 1555
Pius IV 1559
Pius V 1566
Gregory XIII (XIV) 1572
Sixtus V 1585
Urban VII (VIII) 1590
Gregory XIV (XV) 1590
Innocent IX 1591
Clement VIII (X) 1592
Leo XI 1605
Paul V 1605
Gregory XV (XVI) 1621
Urban VIII (IX) 1623
Innocent X 1644
Alexander VII 1655
Clement IX (XI) 1667
Clement X (XII) 1670
Innocent XI 1676
Alexander VIII 1689
Innocent XII 1691
Clement XI (XIII) 1700
Innocent XIII 1721
Benedict XIII (XIV) 1724
Clement XII (XIV) 1730
Benedict XIV (XV) 1740
Clement XIII (XV) 1758
Clement XIV (XVI) 1769
Pius VI 1775
Pius VII 1800
Leo XII 1823
Pius VIII 1829
Gregory XVI (XVII) 1831
Pius IX 1846
Leo XIII 1878
Pius X 1903
Benedict XV (XVI) 1914
Pius XI 1922
Pius XII 1939
John XXIII (XXV) 1958
Paul VI 1963
John Paul I 1978
John Paul II 1978
Benedict XVI (XVII) 2005
Francis 2013

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