Chronography of the Papal Succession
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The names, numbering and dates of the Popes, and names and
dates of antipopes, is from the Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm
13/3/2013, The 266th Pope was elected (born
17/12/1936), he took the name Francis I. This name broke a tradition, dating from Pope
Lando (913-914) that no Pope takes a name not already used by a
predecessor.
28/2/2013, Pope Benedict
XVI (265th
Pope) resigned, the first Pope to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the
first voluntary resignation since Celestine V in 1294.
24/4/2005, An
inauguration ceremony was held for Joseph Ratzinger, in which he took the name Pope Benedict
XVI, becoming the 256th Pope of the Catholic Church.
19/4/2005, Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI (265th Pope) on the
second day of the Papal Conclave.
8/4/2005, Funeral of Pope John Paul II at St Peters, Rome.
2/4/2005, Pope John Paul II (264th Pope), elected
16/10/1978, died aged 84.�� Four million
people travelled to The Vatican to mourn him.
16/10/1978. Karol Wojtyla, from Poland, Archbishop of Cracow, became the first
non-Italian Pope since 1542, as Pope John Paul II
(264th
Pope). See 2/4/2005.
28/9/1978. Pope John Paul
I (263rd
Pope) died, after just 33 days in office.
26/8/1978. After the
death of Pope
Paul VI (262nd Pope) on 6/8/1978, Cardinal
Albino Luciani was elected Pope John Paul I.
30/6/1963.
Coronation of Giovanni Batista Montini as Pope Paul VI (262nd Pope).
21/6/1963, Giovanni
Battista Montini was elected as Pope Paul VI.
3/6/1963, Pope John XXIII
(261st
Pope), Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli, died.
28/10/1958. Cardinal
Roncalli, aged 81, was elected Pope John XXIII (261st Pope),
succeeding Pope
Pius XII (260th Pope), who died on 9/10/1958.
2/3/1939, Pope Pius XII
(260th
Pope) took office.
10/2/1939. Death of Pope Pius XI
(259th
Pope). Pope Pius XII was crowned on 2/3/1939.
16/4/1927, Pope Benedict
XVI was boorn.
22/1/1922, Pope Benedict
XV (258th
Pope) died. Pope Pius XI (259th Pope) acceded
6/2/1922 (died 1939)
3/9/1914. Pope Benedict XV
(258th
Pope) was elected (died 1922).
20/8/1914. In Rome, Pope Pius X
(257th
Pope) died.
17/10/1912, Pope John Paul
I was born.
9/8/1903, Pope Pius X
(257th
Pope) was crowned before a crowd of 70,000 in Rome.
4/8/1903, Guiseppe Sarto
was elected as Pope; he took the name Pius X.
20/7/1903, Leo XIII
(Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci), (256th Pope) Pope since 1878, died
aged 93.
23/9/1897, Pope Paul VI
was born as Giovanni
Battista Montini in Concesio, near Brescia, Italy.
20/2/1878. Pope
Leo XIII (Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci) (256th Pope) was elected, after a third ballot,
following the death of Pope Pius IX (255th Pope) (see
7/2/1878). Pope
Leo XIII then began negotiating with the German government to end
the crackdown on the influence of the church in Germany, or Kulturkampf.
7/2/1878, Pope Pius IX (255th
Pope) died after a reign of over 31 years was
succeeded by Pope
Leo XIII (256th Pope) (Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci). See
20/2/1878.
16/6/1846, Pope Pius IX
(255th
Pope) was elected, beginning
the longest reign in the history of the Papacy.
1/6/1846, Pope Gregory
XVI (254th
Pope) died.
2/2/1831, Pope Gregory
XVI (254th
Pope) acceded.
1/12/1830, Pope Pius VIII
(253rd
Pope) died.
10/2/1829, Pope Leo XII
(252nd
Pope) died. Pope Pius VIII (253rd Pope) acceded.
28/9/1823, Pope Leo XII
(252nd
Pope) was elected Pope.
20/8/1823, Pope Pius VII
(251st
Pope) died.
1800, Pope Pius VII (251st Pope) acceded
(died 1823)
29/8/1799, Pope Pius VI
(born 1717) (250th
Pope) died.
15/2/1775, After a
long conclave, Pope
Pius VI (250th Pope) acceded. Formerly Cardinal
Gianangelo Braschi, died 1799.
22/9/1774, Pope Clement
XIV (249th
Pope) died.
19/5/1769, Pope Clement
XIV (249th
Pope), formerly Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli, acceded, died
1774.
2/2/1769, Pope Clement
XIII (248th Pope) died.
3/5/1758, Pope Benedict
XIV (247th
Pope) died. Pope Clement XIII (248th Pope), �acceded, formerly Cardinal Carlo della Torre Rezzonico(from
1737); he �died in 1769.
6/2/1740, Pope Clement
XII (246th
�Pope) died. Pope Benedict
XIV (247th
�Pope), �acceded, formerly Cardinal Prospero Lambertini,
died 1758.
12/7/1730, Pope Benedict
XIII (245th Pope) died. Pope Clement XII (246th
Pope) acceded, formerly Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini, died 1740,
1724, Pope Benedict XIII (245th Pope) acceded
(died 1730)
7/3/1724, Pope Innocent
XIII (244th Pope) died.
8/5/1721, Pope Innocent
XIII (244th Pope) acceded (died 1724).
19/3/1721, Pope Clement XI
died.
31/10/1705, Pope Clement
XIV was born.
1700, Pope Clement XI (243rd Pope) acceded,
formerly Cardinal
Gian Francesco Albani, died 1721.
27/9/1700, Pope Innocent
XII (242nd
Pope) died.
7/3/1693, Pope Clement
XIII was born.
12/7/1691, Pope Innocent
XII (242nd
Pope) acceded, formerly Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli, died 1700.
1691, Pope Alexander VIII (241st Pope) died.
1689, Pope Alexander VIII (241st Pope) acceded,
formerly Cardinal
Pietro Ottoboni, died 1691.
12/8/1689, Pope Innocent
XI (240th
Pope) died.
21/9/1676, Pope Innocent
XI (240th
Pope), acceded, formerly Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi (died 1689).
22/7/1676, Pope Clement X
(239th
Pope) died.
1670, Pope Clement X (239th Pope) acceded,
formerly Cardinal
Emilio Altieri, born 1590, died 1676.
1669, Pope Clement IX (238th Pope) died.
1667, Pope Alexander VII (237th Pope) died. Pope Clement IX
(238th
Pope) acceded, formerly Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi, died 1669.
1655, Pope Alexander VII (237th Pope) acceded,
formerly Cardinal
Fabio Chigi, died 1667.
7/1/1655, Pope Innocent X
(236th
Pope) died.
22/7/1649, Pope Clement XI
was born in Urbino, Italy.
15/9/1644, Pope Innocent X
(236th
Pope) acceded, formerly Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pamfili (died
1655).
1644, Pope Urban VIII (235th Pope) died.
1623, Pope Urban VIII (235th Pope) acceded,
formerly Cardinal
Maffeo Barberini (died 1644).
8/7/1623, Pope Gregory XV
(234th
Pope) died.
1621, Pope Gregory XV (234th
Pope) acceded (formerly Cardinal Alexander Ludovisi, died 1623).
28/1/1621, Pope Paul V
(233rd
Pope) died.
22/4/1610, Pope Alexander
VIII was born.
5/3/1605, Pope Clement
VIII (231st Pope) (born 1533) died. Cardinal
Alessandro de Medici elected as Pope Leo XI (232nd Pope) (April
1605), but died that year. Pope Paul V (233rd Pope), formerly
Cardinal
Camillo Borghese, acceded (died 1621).
1592, Pope Clement VIII (231st Pope) acceded
(formerly Cardinal
Ippolito Aldobrandini) (died 1605).
30/12/1591, Pope Innocent
IX (230th
Pope) died.
29/10/1591, Pope Innocent
IX became the 230th Pope.
16/10/1591, Pope Gregory
XIV (229th
Pope) died.
5/12/1590, Pope Gregory
XIV (229th
Pope), formerly Cardinal Niccolo Sfomdrato, acceded (died
1591).
27/9/1590, Pope Urban VII
died.
1590, Pope Urban VII (228th Pope), formerly
Cardinal
Giambattista Castagna, acceded, but died 12 days later.
27/8/1590, Pope Sixtus V
(227th
Pope) died.
13/7/1590, Pope Clement X
was born in Rome.
1585, Pope Sixtus V (227th Pope), formerly
Cardinal Felice
Peretti, acceded.
10/4/1585, Pope Gregory XIII (226th
Pope) died.
1572, Pope Gregory
XIII acceded (226th Pope) . Formerly Cardinal Ugo Buoncompagni (born 1502), he died in 1585.
1/5/1572, Pope Pius V
(225th
Pope) (born 1504) died.
8/1/1566, Pope Pius V
(225th
Pope) acceded. Formerly Cardinal Michaele Ghisleri (1504 � 1572)
9/12/1565, Pope Pius IV (224th
Pope) died (born 1499).
25/12/1559, Pope Pius IV (born 31/3/1499), (224th
Pope) acceded ((formerly Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, died 1565).
9/8/1559, Pope Paul IV
(223rd
Pope) died,
aged 83. In Rome his statue was torn down, the prisoners of the Inquisition
freed, and Inquisition records destroyed.
1555, Pope Paul IV (223rd Pope) acceded
(formerly Cardinal
Giovanni Pietro Caraffa).
30/4/1555, Pope
Marcellus II (formerly Cardinal Marcello Cervino) (222nd
Pope) died, aged 54. He was succeeded by Pope Paul IV. Paul
ordered that the Jewish quarter in Rome be walled, creating the Ghetto of Rome.
Palestrina
was appointed a member of the Pontifical Choir by Paul IV without examination
creating resentment amongst the other choir members.
10/4/1555, Pope
Marcellus II was elected Pope.
23/3/1555, Pope Julius III
(221st
Pope) died (born 1487), aged 67. He was succeeded by Pope Marcellus II,
17/9/1550, Pope
Paul V was born.
2/1550, Julius III
(221st
Pope) acceded (born 1487). Prevoiously Cardinal Giovanni del Monte, he
died in 1555.
10/11/1549, Pope Paul III (220th
Pope) died.
11/2/1535, Pope Gregory XIV was born.
25/9/1534, Pope Clement
VII (219th
Pope) died after eating poisonous mushrooms (born 1475). Pope Paul III
(220th
Pope), formerly Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549) acceded.
9/1/1554, Pope Gregory XV
was born.
19/11/1523, Pope Clement
VII (219th
Pope) (died 1534) succeeded Pope Adrian VI .
14/9/1523, Pope Adrian VI,
Adrian Dedel, Dutch,
(218th
Pope) died, aged 64. The last non-Italian Pope until John Paul II
(acceded 1978), he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor, Venice and England
against France. This split the forces of Christendom, resulting in the loss of Rhodes to the Ottoman
Turks.
9/1/1522, Pope Adrian VI
(218th
Pope) acceded (died 1523).
1/12/1521, Pope Leo X
(217th
Pope) died.
11/3/1513, Pope Leo X
(217th
Pope) acceded.
21/2/1513, Pope Julius II
(216th
Pope) died.
31/10/1503, Pope Julius II (216th
Pope) succeeded Pope Pius III.
18/10/1503, Pope�
Pius III died.
22/9/1503, Pope Pius III (215th
Pope) (Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini)
succeeded Pope Alexander
VI.�
However he died on 18/10/1503.
18/8/1503. Death of Pope Alexander VI (214th Pope), or Rodrigo Borgia, aged 74.
7/1/1502, Pope Gregory XIII was born.
6/5/1501, Pope Marcellus II was born.
10/8/1492. Pope Innocent
VIII (213rd Pope) was succeeded by Rodrigo de Borgia. He took the name Pope Alexander VI. Rodrigo
Borgia had bribed enough cardinals to ensure his election as Pope. See
18/8/1503.
24/7/1492, Pope Innocent
VIII (213rd Pope) died.
29/8/1484, Pope Innocent
VIII (213rd Pope) acceded (died 1492)/
12/8/1484, Pope Sixtus V
(212nd Pope)
died, and was succeeded
by Pope
Innocent VIII.
1471, Pope Sixtus IV (212nd Pope) acceded (died 1485)
25/7/1471, Pope Paul II
(211st Pope)
died, aged 54. He was
succeeded by Pope
Sixtus IV.
1464, Pope Paul II
(211st Pope)
acceded (died 1471)
14/8/1464, Pope Pius II (210th Pope) died.
1458, Pope Pius II
(Aeneas
Sylvius Piccolomini) (210th Pope) acceded (died 1464)
6/8/1458, Pope Calistus
III (209th
Pope) died.
8/4/1455, Pope
Callistus III (born 1378) (209th Pope) acceded (died 1458).
24/3/1455, Pope Nicholas V (208th
Pope) died.
1448, Pope Nicholas V (208th Pope) acceeded.
23/2/1447, Pope Eugene IV
(207th
Pope) died.
3/4/1431, Pope Eugene IV
(207th
Pope) acceded (died 23/2/1447). Opposed by antipope Felix V (Amadeus of Savoy)
20/2/1431, Pope Martin V
(206th
Pope) died (acceded 1417).
22/12/1419, Pope John XXIII,
Baldassare
Cossa, antipope, died.
1417, Pope Benedict XIII, Pedro de Luna, antipope,
acceded 1394, was deposed by the
Council of Constance. However he maintained his position as �Pope�
until his death. In Rome, Martin V (died 1431) was elected as true
Pope (206th
Pope); end of the Great
Schism.
18/10/1417, Pope Gregory
XII (205th
Pope) was killed (acceded 1406).
1415, Pope John XXIII, Baldassare Cossa, antipope,
acceded 1400, deposed.
4/5/1410, anti-Pope Alexander V died at
Bologna, possibly poisoned. He was succeeded by the Neapolitan Cardinal
Baldassare Cossa, elected Pope on 17/5/.1410 at Bologna, who ruled until 1415
as anti-Pope John
XXIII.
1409, Pope Alexander V, Pietro
Philarghi, antipope, acceded (ruled to 1410).
1378-1417 The Great Schism of the Papacy, with rival
Popes in Avignon and Rome.
30/11/1406, Pope Gregory
XII (205th
Pope) acceded.
6/11/1406, Pope Innocent
VII (204th
Pope) died.
17/10/1404, Pope Innocent
VII (204th
Pope) acceded (died 1406).
1/10/1404, Pope Boniface
IX died.
1400, Pope John XXIII, antipope, Baldassare Cossa, acceded. Ruled
until 1415.
1394, Pope Benedict XIII, antipope, Pedro de Luna, acceded. Ruled
till 1417.
1389, Pope Boniface IX (203rd Pope) elected
at Rome (died 1404)
16/9/1394, Pope Clement
VII, antipope, died.
20/91377, Pope Clement VII,
antipope,
Robert of
Geneva, acceded. Ruled until 1394.
27/3/1378, Pope Gregory XI
died.
27/3/1378, Pope Urban VI
(202nd
Pope) acceded. Ruled until 1389.
1305-1377 The Avignon Period of the Papacy
30/12/1370, Pope Gregory XI
(201st
Pope) acceded (died 1378)
1362, Pope Urban V (200th Pope) acceded
(died 1370).
12/9/1362, Pope Innocent
VI died.
18/12/1352, Pope Innocent
VI (199th
Pope) acceded (died 1362)
6/12/1352, Pope Clement VI (198th Pope) died.
7/5/1342, Pope
Clement VI (198th Pope) acceded (died 1352).
1334, Pope Benedict XII (197th
Pope) acceded (died 1342).
4/12/1334, Pope John XXII
died at Avignon, aged 85,
after an 18-year Papacy. He was succeeded by Jacques Fournier, who became Pope Benedict XII.
He reigned until 1342.
1328, Pope Nicholas, antipope, acceded. Ruled until 1330.
1316, Pope John XXII (196th Pope) acceded
(died 1334).
5/6/1305, Bertrand de Got,
Archbishop of Bordeaux, was elected Pope Clement V (French, 195th Pope) acceded (died
20/4/1314).
1303, Pope Benedict IX, (194th Pope), acceded.
Ruled until 1304.
11/11/1303, Pope Boniface VIII died.
19/5/1296, Death of ex-Pope Celestine V, who abdicated as Pope on
13/12/1294 and thereafter lived, under house arrest but in luxury, at a castle
near Ferentino.
23/12/1294. Boniface VIII (193rd
Pope, died 1303) was made Pope in succession to Celestine V, 192nd
Pope, who abdicated after
5 months on 13/12/1294.
5/7/1294, Pope Celestine V, 192nd Pope acceded.
22/2/1289, Pope Nicholas IV, 191st Pope, took
office. Ruled until 1292.
3/4/1287, Pope Honorius
IV (190th
Pope) died.
2/4/1285, Pope Honorius
IV (190th
Pope) acceded (died 1287).
28/3/1285, Pope Martin IV
died.
22/21281, Pope Martin IV
(189th
Pope) acceded (died 1285)
1277, Pope Nicholas III (188th Pope) acceded
(died 1280).
20/5/1277, Pope John XXI
died.
1276, No less than four Popes ruled this year; Gregory X (184th Pope),
Innocent V (185th Pope),
Hadrian V (186th Pope),
and John XXI.
(187th Pope).
8/9/1276, Accession
of Pope John
XX1.
22/6/1276, Pope Innocent V
(185th
Pope) died.
10/1/1276, Pope Gregory X
(184th
Pope) died.
1/9/1271, Pope Gregory X
(184th
Pope) acceded.
29/11/1268, Pope Clement IV
(183rd
Pope) died; the Papacy lay
vacant for three years, until 1271.
5/2/1265, Pope Clement IV
(183rd
Pope) acceded (died 1268)
29/8/1261, Pope Urban IV
(died 1264) succeeded Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope, the last man to do so without being a cardinal first
25/5/1261. Death of Pope Alexander
IV (181st
Pope). Rinaldo Conti was elected Pope Alexander IV at Naples,
after the death of Pope Innocent IV, (180th Pope) on 12/12/1254.
1254, Pope Alexander
IV (181st
Pope) acceded (died 1261).
7/12/1254, Pope Innocent IV �(180th Pope) died.
25/6/1243, Pope Innocent IV (180th Pope) acceded
(died 1254). He started the tradition of red hats for Cardinals.
22/8/1241, Pope Gregory IX
(178th
Pope) died. Pope Celestine IV (179th Pope) acceded,
died after 17 days in office.
1227, Pope Gregory IX (178th Pope) acceded
(died 1241)
18/3/1227, Pope Honorius
III (177th
Pope) died.
18/7/1216, Pope Honorius
III (177th
Pope) acceded (died 1227)
16/7/1216, Pope Innocent
III (176th
Pope) died.
8/1/1198. (1) Pope Celestine
III (175th
Pope) died.
(2) On his election as Pope, aged 37, Innocent III
(176th
Pope, died 1216) called for a new Crusade.
1191, Pope Celestine III (175th Pope) acceded (died 1198)
1187, Pope Clement III (174th
Pope) acceded, ruled until 1191.
17/12/1187, Pope Gregory
VIII (173rd Pope) died.
1187, Pope Clement
III (174th
Pope) acceded (died 1191).
21/10/1187, Pope Gregory VIII (173rd
Pope) acceded (died 1187).
1185, Pope Urban III
(172nd
Pope) acceded (died 1187).
25/11/1185, Pope Lucius III (171st
Pope) died.
1/9/1181, Pope Lucius III (171st Pope) acceded
(died 1185).
1178, Pope Innocent III,
antipope,
acceded; ruled until 1180.
1168, Pope Callistus III,
antipope,
accdeded; ruled until 1177.
1165, Pope Pascal III,
antipope,
acceded; ruled until 1168.
1159, Pope Victor IV,
antipope,
Octavius,
acceded; ruled until 1164.
1159, Pope Alexander
III (170th
Pope) acceded (died 1181).
1/9/1159. Death of
Pope Adrian IV, (169th
Pope) elected Pope on 4/12/1154.
4/12/1154. Election of Pope Adrian IV,� (169th Pope). Adrian IV was Nicholas Breakespear,
the only ever English Pope. This
followed the death of Pope Anastasius IV (168th Pope) on
3/12/1154, who was Pope from 9/7/1153. He was a sritct disciplinarian, which
led to attmepts to defame his acharacter: he had to appear before Pope Eugene III
to clear his character. Adrian IV settled a dispute with Emperor
Frederick I over the See of Magdeburg, and he granted the Lordship
of Ireland to King Henry II of England.
1153, Pope Anastasius
IV (168th
Pope) acceded.
8/7/1153, Pope Eugene III (167th Pope) died.
15/2/1145, Pope Eugene III (167th Pope) acceded
(died 8/7/1153)
12/3/1144, Pope Lucius II (166th Pope) acceded
(died 1145)
1143, Pope Celestine
II (165th
Pope) acceded (died 1144)
24/9/1143, Pope Innocent II (164th Pope) died.
1138, Pope Victor IV,
antipope,
Gregory
Conti, acceded; ruled until 1138.
1130, Pope Anacletus II,
antipope,
acceded, ruled until 1138.
1130, Pope Innocent
II (164th
Pope) acceded.
14/2/1130, Pope Honorius II (163rd Pope) died.
1124, Pope Celestine II,
antipope,
acceded, ruled until 1124.
15/12/1124, Pope Honorius II, (163rd
Pope), acceded.
1119, Pope Callistus
II, (162nd
Pope) acceded, ruled until 1124.
29/1/1119, End of reign of Pope Gelasius II (161st Pope)
1118, Pope Gregory VIII,
antipope,
acceded; ruled until 1118.
24/1/1118, Pope Gelasius II (161st Pope) acceded.
1105, Pope Sylvester IV,
antipope,
Maginulf, acceded, ruled until 1111.
1102, Pope Aleric,
antipope,
acceded, ruled until 1102.
9/1100, Pope Theodoric,
antipope,
acceded, ruled until 1100.
1099, Pope Paschal II acceded (160th Pope) (died
1118).
29/7/1099, Pope Urban II (159th Pope) died in
Rome.
12/3/1088, Odo
was elected Pope; he took the name Urban II (159th Pope) (died 1099).
16/9/1087, Pope
Victor III died.
1086, Pope Victor III acceded (158th
Pope) (died 1087).
25/5/1085. Pope Gregory VII (157th Pope) died in
exile.His supporters elected Desiderius, Abbott of Monte Casino, as Pope Victor III,
(158th
Pope) refusing to accept the papacy of Clement III, antipope, Guibert, as being a puppet of King Henry IV
of Germany. Clement III was antipope until 1100. When Victor III
(158th
Pope) died the cardinals elected Urban II (159th Pope) (1086-99)
as Pope, a candidate favoured by Gregory VII himself.
25/6/1080, Clement III, antipope,
acceded. He was antipope
until 9/1100.
22/4/1073, Hildebrand
was elected Pope
Gregory VII (157th Pope). His election was unusual, being
accomplished by Roman clergy and common people, rather than by Cardinals.
21/4/1073, Death of Pope Alexander
II.
1061, Pope Honorius II, antipope, acceded; ruled until 1072.
1061, Pope Alexander II (156th Pope) acceded
(died 1073)
1058, Pope Benedict X, antipope,
acceded (died 1059). Parma Cathedral begun.
1058, Nicholas II, (155th Pope), acceded,
ruled until 1061.
29/3/1058, Pope Stephen X
(154th
Pope) died.
1057, Pope Stephen X (154th Pope) acceded
(died 1058)
1055, Pope Victor II (Bavarian, 153rd Pope) acceded
(died 1057)
19/4/1054, Pope Leo IX
(152nd
Pope) died.
1049, Pope Leo IX (152nd Pope) acceded.
9/8/1048, Pope Damasus II
died.
17/7/1048, Pope
Damasus II (151st Pope) acceded.
1047, Pope Benedict IX (150th
Pope) regained the
Papacy, and was Pope for a third
time (died 1048).
9/10/1047, Pope
Clement II died.
25/12/1046, Pope Gregory VI (148th Pope) deposed. The Synod of Rome elected Pope Clement II
(Saxon, 149th
Pope) (died 1047).
1045, Pope Gregory VI (148th
Pope, deposed 1046) acceded, having bought the Papacy from the deposed Pope Benedict IX (147th Pope).
1045, Pope Benedict IX (147th
Pope) regained the
Papacy..
1045, Pope Sylvester III (146th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 1045, succeded by Pope Benedict IX (147th
Pope), who regained the
Papacy.
1032, Pope Benedict IX acceded
(145th
Pope, deposed 1045)
1024, Pope John XIX acceded (144th
Pope, died 1032)
1012, Pope Gregory, antipope, acceded, ruled until 1012.
1012, Pope Benedict VIII acceded (143rd
Pope, died 1024)
1009, Pope Sergius IV acceded (142nd Pope, died
1012)
1003, Pope John XVIII acceded (141st Pope, died
1009)
1003, Pope John XVII acceded (140th Pope, died 1003)
12/5/1003. Sylvester II,
(Gerbert of Aurillac) the first French Pope (139th
Pope), died. Elected in 999 with the backing of Otto III, he encouraged the Holy
Roman Emperor�s ambition to re-create the Roman
Empire of the west.
2/4/999, Gerbert of Aurillac, mathematician, philosopher and inventor, became Pope Sylvester II, (139th
Pope) the first French Pope (died 1003)
4/2/999, Pope Gregory V (138th
Pope) died.
997, Pope John XVI, antipope, acceded, ruled until 998.
996, Pope Gregory V (Saxon) acceded (138th Pope, died 999)
985, Pope John XV acceded (137th Pope, died 996)
983, Pope John XIV acceded (136th Pope, died 984)
974, Pope Boniface VII, antipope, acceded. He ruled until 974, and again from 984 to 985.
974, Pope Benedict
VII acceded (135th Pope, died 983)
973, Pope Benedict
VI acceded (134th Pope, died 974).
6/9/972, Pope John XIII died.
965, Pope John XIII acceded (133rd Pope, died 972)
964, Pope Benedict
V acceded (132nd Pope, died 964)
963, Pope Leo VIII, 131st
Pope, acceded; died 964.
955, Pope John XII acceded (130th Pope, died 963)
946, Pope Agapetus
II acceded (129th Pope, died 955)
942, Pope Marinus
II acceded (128th Pope, died 946)
939, Pope Stephen
IX acceded (127th Pope, died 942)
936, Pope Leo VII acceded (126th Pope, died 939)
931, Pope John XI acceded (125th Pope, died 936)
929, Pope Stephen
VIII acceded (124th Pope, died 931)
928, Pope Leo VI acceded (123rd Pope, died 928)
914, Pope John X acceded (122nd Pope, died 928)
913, Pope Lando acceded (121st Pope, died 914). Thereafter, no Pope assumed a name not already used by a predecessor.
911, Pope Anastasius III acceded (120th Pope, died 913)
14/4/911, Pope Sergius III (119th
Pope) died.
904, Pope Sergius III acceded (119th Pope, died 911).
903, Pope Leo V acceded (118th Pope), later in 903, deposed.
Pope Christopher, antipope, acceded (died 904).
900, Pope Benedict
IV acceded (117th Pope, died 903)
898,Pope John IX acceded (116th Pope, died 900).
897, Pope Theodore
II acceded (115th Pope, died 897).
897, Pope Romanus acceded (114th Pope, died 897)
896, Pope Stephen
VI (VII) acceded (113th Pope, died 897)
896, Pope Boniface
VI acceded (112th Pope), died 896.
891, Pope Formosus
I acceded (111th Pope, died 896)
14/9/891, Pope Stephen V died.
885, Pope Stephen V
(VI) acceded (110th Pope), ruled until
891.
884, Pope Adrian
III acceded (109th Pope, died 885)
882, Pope Marinus I acceded (108th Pope, died 5/884)
872, Pope John VIII acceded (107th Pope, died 882)
867, Pope Adrian II, aged 75, acceded (106th Pope, died 872)
13/11/867, Pope Nicholas I (105th
Pope) died.
858, Pope Nicholas
I, 105th Pope, acceded.
7/4/858, Pope Benedict III died.
855, Pope Anastasius, antipope, ruled until 855.
855, Pope Benedict III acceded (104th Pope, died 858)
847, Pope Leo IV acceded (103rd Pope, died 855)
844, Pope John, antipope.
844, Pope Sergius acceded (102nd Pope, died 847)
827, Pope Valentine (100th
Pope) ruled for just 40 days. He was succeeded
by Pope Gregory IV (101st
Pope, died 844).
824, Pope Eugene II acceded, 99th Pope, ruled until 827.
817, Pope Paschal I acceded, 98th Pope, ruled until 824.
816, Pope Stephen
IV (V) acceded, 97th Pope, ruled until 817.
795, Pope Leo III acceded (96th Pope, died 816).
25/12/795. Death of Pope Adrian I, 95th
Pope, from 772 to 795.
772, Pope Adrian I (95th
Pope), acceded.
768, Pope Philip, antipope, acceded, ruled until 768.
767, Pope Constantine II, antipope, acceded, ruled until 767.
767, Pope Stephen III
(IV) acceded (94th Pope, died 772).
28/6/767, Pope Paul I (93rd
Pope) died.
29/5/757, Pope Paul I (93rd
Pope) acceded. He succeeded Pope Stephen II (III).
26/4/757, This
second Pope Stephen
II (Stephen III) (92nd Pope) died 26/4/757.
26/3/752, Pope Stephen II (III) (92nd
Pope) was elected, succeeding the Pope Stephen II who died that month before taking office.
3/752, Pope Stephen
II (-th Pope) was elected to succeed Pope Zachary (91st Pope), However he died of� a stroke 4 days after election, before he
could be installed as Pope. �Therefore he is omitted from modern
numbered lists of Popes.
14/3/752, Pope Zachary (91st Pope, 741-52) died in Rome.
5/12/741, Pope Zachary (91st Pope) acceded. He succeeded Pope Gregory III (90th
Pope).
731, Pope Gregory III (90th
Pope)
acceded. He ruled until 741.
11/2/731, Pope Gregory II (89th
Pope) died.
715, Pope Gregory acceded (89th Pope, died 731).
9/4/715, Pope Constantine I died/
25/3/708, Pope Constantine I, (88th
Pope), was consecrated, succeeding Sisinnius.
708, Pope Sisinnius (87th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 708.
705, Pope John VII (86th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 707.
701, Pope John VI (85th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 705.
8/9/701, Pope
Sergius I died.
687, Antipopes Theodore and Paschal.
687, Pope Sergius I (84th
Pope, died 701)
686, Pope Conon (83rd
Pope, died 687).
685, Pope John V (82nd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 686.
684, Pope Benedict
II (81st Pope, died 685).
682, Pope Leo II (80th
Pope, died 683).
678, Pope Agatho (79th
Pope), acceded. He ruled until 681.
676, Pope Donus (78th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 678.
16/6/676, Pope Adeodatus II (77th
Pope) died, succeeded by Pope Donus (died 678)
11/4/672, Pope Adeodatus II (77th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 676.
672, Pope Vitalian (76th
Pope) died, succeeded by Pope Adeodatus II (died 676).
657, Pope Vitalian (76th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 672.
655, Pope Eugene I (75th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 657.
16/9/655, Pope Martin I (74th
Pope) died.
649, Pope Martin I (74th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 655.
642, Pope Theodore
I (73rd Pope) acceded. He ruled until 649.
640, Pope John IV (72nd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 642.
640, Pope Severinus (71st
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 640.
638, Pope Honorius
I (70th Pope) died.
625, Pope Honorius (70th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 638.
625, Pope Boniface
V (69th
Pope) �died, succeeded by Pope Honorius I (died 638).
619, Pope Boniface
V (69th Pope) acceeded, died 625.
615, Pope Adeodatus I (St Deusedit), 68th Pope, acceded. He ruled until 618.
608, Pope Boniface
IV (67th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 615.
607, Pope Boniface
III (66th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 607.
604, Pope Sabinian (65th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 606.
12/3/604, Gregory the Great (64th
Pope), died in Rome. Aged 64, he had been Pope
for 14 years. He was the son of a Senator, and wealthy, but at the age of 33
sold off his property and gave the money to the poor. He founded several� monasteries, and entered one himself. Pope
Gregory had appointed Bishop Augustine of Hippo to begin the work of introducing
Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons.
3/9/590, Gregory the Great (64th
Pope), died 604, was appointed Pope. He
succeeded Pope Pelagius
II.
7/2/590, Pope Pelagius II (63rd
Pope) fell victim to the plague that devastated
Rome. After a 11-year reign he was succeeded by Gregory I, age 50, as the 64th Pope (died 604).
579, Pope Pelagius
II (63rd Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 590.
579, Pope Benedict
I (62nd Pope) died, succeeded by Pope Pelagius II (63rd Pope).
575, Pope Benedict
I (62nd Pope) succeeded Pope John III (61st
Pope)
574, Pope John III (61st
Pope) died.
2/3/561, Pope Pelagius I (60th Pope) died. He was succeeded by Pope John III (61st Pope, died 574).
556, Pope Pelagius
I (60th Pope) succeeded Pope Vigilius (59th
Pope, died 555).
537, Pope Silverius (58th
Pope) died, succeeded by Pope Vigilius (59th
Pope, died 555)
536, Pope Agapetus
I (57th Pope) died, succeeded by Pope Silverius (58th
Pope, died 537)
535, Pope John II (56th
Pope) died, succeeed by Pope Agapetus I (57th
Pope, died 536).
533, Pope John II (56th
Pope) succeeded Pope Boniface II, (55th Pope) who died in 532.
532, Pope Boniface
II (55th Pope) died, succeded
by Pope John II (56th
Pope).
530, Pope Felix IV
(III) (54th Pope) died, succeeded
by Pope Boniface II (55th
Pope) died 532)
526, Pope John I died,(53rd
Pope) succeeded by Pope Felix IV (54th Pope, died 530)
523, Pope Hormisdas (52nd
Pope) died, succeeded by Pope John I (53rd
Pope, died 526)
514, Pope Hormisdas (52nd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 523.
498, Pope Laurentius, antipope, acceded. He ruled until 501.
498, Pope Symmachus (51st
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 514.
496, Pope
Anastasius II (50th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 498.
496, Pope Gelasisus
I (49th Pope) died.
492, Pope Gelasius
I (49th Pope) acceded.
13/3/483, Pope Felix III (II) (48th
Pope), acceded. He ruled until 492.
10/3/483, Pope Simplicius (47th Pope) died
28/2/468, �Saint� Hilary, 46th Pope, died.
10/11/461, Pope
Leo I (the Great) (45th Pope, Pope since 440) died.
440, Pope Sixtus III (44th
Pope) died. Pope Leo I succeeded.
422, Pope Celestine I (43rd
Pope) acceded (died 432)
418, Pope Eulalius, antipope, acceded. He ruled until 419.
418, Pope Boniface I (42nd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 422.
417, Pope Zosimus (41st Pope) acceded. He ruled until 418.
12/3/417, Pope
Innocent I (40th Pope, Pope since 401) died.
401, Pope Innocent I (40th
Pope), acceded. He ruled until 417.
399, Pope Anastasius (39th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 401.
26/11/399, Pope
Siricius (38th Pope) died at Rome.
17/12/384,� Pope Siricius (38th Pope) succeeded Damasus I.
366, Pope Ursicinus, antipope, acceded. He ruled until 367.
366, Pope Damasus I (37th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 384.
24/9/366, Death of Pope Liberius
352, Pope Liberius (35th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 366.
352, Pope Julius I (35th
Pope) died.
337, Pope Julius I (35th
Pope) acceded.
336, Pope Marcus (34th
Pope) acceded. He ruoed until 336.
314, Pope,Sylvester I (33rd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 336.
311, Pope Miltiades (32nd
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 314.
309/310, Pope Eusebius (31st
Pope) acceded.
308, Pope Marcellus I (30th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 309.
30/6/296, Pope
Marcellinus (29th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 304.
283, Pope Caius (28th
Pope) acceded. He ryuled until 296.
275, Pope Eutychian (27th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 283.
269, Pope Felix (26th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 274.
260, Pope Dionysius (25th
Pope) acceded. He ruled until 268.
6/8/258, Pope Sixtus II
(24th Pope) �martyred.
257, Pope Sixtus (24th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 258.
254, Pope Stephen I (23rd Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 257.
253, Pope Lucius I (22nd Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 254.
251, Pope Novatian, antipope, acceded. He ruled until
251.
251, Pope Cornelius (21st Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 253.
236, Pope Fabian (20th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 250.
235, Pope Anterus (19th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 236.
230, Pope Pontain (18th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 28/2/235, when he was exiled by the Emnpoeror Maximinus to
Sardinia, and as a consequence of this was forced tor resign the Papacy..
230, Pope Urban I died (17th Pope, Pope from
222).
222, Pope Urban I (17th Pope) acceded.
217, Pope Hippolyte, antipope, acceded. He ruled until
236.
217, Pope Callistus I (16th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 222.
199, Pope Zephyrinus (15th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 217.
199, Pope Victor (14th Pope, Pope from
189) died.
189, Pope Victor I (14th Pope), acceded.
175, Pope Eleutherius (13th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 189.
166, Pope Soter (12th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 175.
155, Pope Anicetus (11th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 166.
140, Pope Pius I (10th Pope) acceded.
He ruled until 155.
136, Pope Hyginus (9th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 140.
125, Pope Telesphorus (8th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 136.
115, Pope Sixtus I (Xystus I) (7th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 125.
105, Pope Alexander I (6th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 115.
97, Pope Evaristus (5th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 105.
97, Pope Clement I (4th Pope, Pope, 88 �
97) died.
88, Pope Clement (4th Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 97.
76, Pope Anacletus (Cletus) (3rd Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 88.
67, Pope Linus (2nd Pope) acceded. He
ruled until 76.
The Apostle Peter is, by Church tradition, reckoned
as the first
�Pope� of the Catholic Church, over the period 33 - 67 (from the
death of Jesus). However he would not have seen himself as having this title vested in
him.