There have been 266 popes since the year 32 AD. Which pope was the head of the Catholic Church and when?
A complete list of all popes of the last 2000 years in chronological order.
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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 (115-125) Also called Xystus I
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 (217-22)
17 St. Urban I (222-30)
18 St Pontain (230-35)
19. St. Anterus (235-36)
20 St Fabian (236-50)
21 St Cornelius (251-53)
22 St. Lucius I (253-54)
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 (283-296) also called Gaius
29 St Marcellinus (296-304)
30 St Marcellus I (308-309)
31st St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32 St Miltiades (311-14)
33 St Sylvester I (314-35)
34 St Marcus (336)
35 St. Julius I (337-52)
36 Liberius (352-66)
37 St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
38 St. Siricius (384-99)
39 St. Anastasius I (399-401)
40 St Innocent I (401-17)
41 St. Zosimus (417-18)
42 St Boniface I (418-22)
43 St Celestine I (422-32)
44 St. Sixtus III (432-40)
45 St Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
46 St Hilarius (461-68)
47 St Simplicius (468-83)
48 St Felix III (II) (483-92)
49 St. Gelasius I (492-96)
50 Anastasius II (496-98)
51 St. Symmachus (498-514)
52 St. Hormisdas (514-23)
53 St. John I (523-26)
54 St Felix IV (III) (526-30)
55 Bonifacius II (530-32)
56 John II (533-35)
57 St. Agapetus I (535-36) also called Agapitus I
58. St. Silverius (536-37)
59 Vigilius (537-55)
60 Pelagius I (556-61)
61 John III (561-74)
62 Benedict I (575-79)
63 Pelagius II (579-90)
64 St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
65 Sabinian (604-606)
66 Bonifacius III (607)
67 St Boniface IV (608-15)
68 St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
69 Bonifacius V (619-25)
70 Honorius I (625-38)
71 Severinus (640)
72 John IV (640-42)
73 Theodore I (642-49)
74 St Martin I (649-55)
75 St Eugenius I (655-57)
76 St. Vitalian (657-72)
77 Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
78 Donus (676-78)
79 St Agatho (678-81)
80 St Leo II (682-83)
81 St Benedict II (684-85)
82 John V (685-86)
83 Conon (686-87)
84 St. Sergius I (687-701)
85 John VI (701-05)
86 John VII (705-07)
87 Sisinnius (708)
88. Constantine (708-15)
89 St Gregory II (715-31)
90 St. Gregory III (731-41)
91 St. Zacharius (741-52)
92 Stephan II (752)
93 Stephen III (752-57)
94 St Paul I (757-67)
95 Stephen IV (767-72)
96 Adrian I (772-95)
97 St Leo III (795-816)
98 Stephen V (816-17)
99. St. Paschal I (817-24)
100 Eugene II (824-27)
101 Valentine (827)
102 Gregory IV (827-44)
103 Sergius II (844-47)
104 St Leo IV (847-55)
105 Benedict III (855-58)
106 St Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
107 Adrian II (867-72)
108 John VIII (872-82)
109 Marinus I (882-84)
110 St. Adrian III (884-85)
111 Stephen VI (885-91)
112 Formosus (891-96)
113 Bonifacius VI (896)
114 Stephen VII (896-97)
115 Romanus (897)
116 Theodore II (897)
117 John IX (898-900)
118 Benedict IV (900-03)
119 Leo V (903)
120 Sergius III (904-11)
121 Anastasius III (911-13)
122. lando (913-14)
123 John X (914-28)
124 Leo VI (928)
125 Stephen VIII (929-31)
126 John XI (931-35)
127 Leo VII (936-39)
128 Stephen IX (939-42)
129 Marinus II (942-46)
130 Agapetus II (946-55)
131 John XII (955-63)
132 Leo VIII (963-64)
133 Benedict V (964)
134 John XIII (965-72)
135 Benedict VI (973-74)
136 Benedict VII (974-83)
137 John XIV (983-84)
138 John XV (985-96)
139 Gregory V (996-99)
140 Sylvester II (999-1003)
141 John XVII (1003)
142 John XVIII (1003-09)
143 Sergius IV (1009-12)
144 Benedict VIII (1012-24)
145 John XIX (1024-32)
146 Benedict IX (1032-45)
147 Sylvester III (1045)
148 Benedict IX (1045)
149 Gregory VI (1045-46)
150 Clement II (1046-47)
151 Benedict IX (1047-48)
152 Damasus II (1048)
153 St. Leo IX (1049-54)
154 Victor II (1055-57)
155 Stephen X (1057-58)
156 Nicholas II (1058-61)
157 Alexander II (1061-73)
158 St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
159 Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
160 Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
161 Paschal II (1099-1118)
162 Gelasius II (1118-19)
163 Callistus II (1119-24)
164 Honorius II (1124-30)
165 Innocent II (1130-43)
166 Celestine II (1143-44)
167 Lucius II (1144-45)
168 Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
169 Anastasius IV (1153-54)
170 Adrian IV (1154-59)
171 Alexander III (1159-81)
172 Lucius III (1181-85)
173 Urban III (1185-87)
174 Gregory VIII (1187)
175 Clement III (1187-91)
176 Celestine III (1191-98)
177 Innocent III (1198-1216)
178 Honorius III (1216-27)
179 Gregory IX (1227-41)
180 Celestine IV (1241)
181 Innocent IV (1243-54)
182 Alexander IV (1254-61)
183 Urban IV (1261-64)
184 Clement IV (1265-68)
185 Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
186 Blessed Innocent V (1276)
187 Adrian V (1276)
188 John XXI (1276-77)
189 Nicholas III (1277-80)
190 Martin IV (1281-85)
191 Honorius IV (1285-87)
192 Nicholas IV (1288-92)
193 St. Celestine V (1294)
194 Bonifacius VIII (1294-1303)
195 Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
196 Clement V (1305-14)
197 John XXII (1316-34)
198 Benedict XII (1334-42)
199 Clement VI (1342-52)
200 Innocent VI (1352-62)
201 Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
202 Gregory XI (1370-78)
203 Urban VI (1378-89)
204 Bonifacius IX (1389-1404)
205 Innocent VII (1404-06)
206 Gregory XII (1406-15)
207 Martin V (1417-31)
208 Eugene IV (1431-47)
209 Nicholas V (1447-55)
210 Callistus III (1455-58)
211 Pius II (1458-64)
212 Paul II (1464-71)
213 Sixtus IV (1471-84)
214 Innocent VIII (1484-92)
215 Alexander VI (1492-1503)
216 Pius III (1503)
217 Julius II (1503-13)
218 Leo X (1513-21)
219 Adrian VI (1522-23)
220 Clement VII (1523-34)
221 Paul III (1534-49)
222 Julius III (1550-55)
223 Marcellus II (1555)
224 Paul IV (1555-59)
225 Pius IV (1559-65)
226 St. Pius V (1566-72)
227 Gregory XIII (1572-85)
228 Sixtus V (1585-90)
229 Urban VII (1590)
230 Gregory XIV (1590-91)
231 Innocent IX (1591)
232 Clement VIII (1592-1605)
233 Leo XI (1605)
234 Paul V (1605-21)
235 Gregorius XV (1621-23)
236 Urban VIII (1623-44)
237 Innocent X (1644-55)
238 Alexander VII (1655-67)
239 Clement IX (1667-69)
240 Clement X (1670-76)
241 Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
242 Alexander VIII (1689-91)
243 Innocent XII (1691-1700)
244 Clement XI (1700-21)
245 Innocent XIII (1721-24)
246 Benedict XIII (1724-30)
247 Clement XII (1730-40)
248 Benedict XIV (1740-58)
249 Clement XIII (1758-69)
250 Clement XIV (1769-74)
251 Pius VI (1775-99)
252 Pius VII (1800-23)
253 Leo XII (1823-29)
254 Pius VIII (1829-30)
255 Gregorius XVI (1831-46)
256 Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
257 Leo XIII (1878-1903)
258. St. Pius X (1903-14)
259 Benedict XV (1914-22)
260 Pius XI (1922-39)
261 Pius XII (1939-58)
Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
263 Paul VI (1963-78)
264 John Paul I (1978)
265 John Paul II (1978-2005)
266 Benedict XVI (2005-)
