There have been 266 popes since the year 32 AD. Which pope was the head of the Catholic Church and when?<\/p>\n
A complete list of all popes of the last 2000 years in chronological order.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0 1. St. Peter (32-67)
\u00a0\u00a0 2. St. Linus (67-76)
\u00a0\u00a0 3. St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
\u00a0\u00a0 4. St. Clement I (88-97)
\u00a0\u00a0 5 St Evaristus (97-105)
\u00a0\u00a0 6 St. Alexander I (105-115)
\u00a0\u00a0 7 St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I
\u00a0\u00a0 8 St. Telesphorus (125-136)
\u00a0\u00a0 9 St Hyginus (136-140)
\u00a0 10 St. Pius I (140-155)
\u00a0 11 St Anicetus (155-166)
\u00a0 12 St. Soter (166-175)
\u00a0 13 St Eleutherius (175-189)
\u00a0 14 St Victor I (189-199)
\u00a0 15 St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
\u00a0 16 St Callistus I (217-22)
\u00a0 17 St. Urban I (222-30)
\u00a0 18 St Pontain (230-35)
\u00a0 19. St. Anterus (235-36)
\u00a0 20 St Fabian (236-50)
\u00a0 21 St Cornelius (251-53)
\u00a0 22 St. Lucius I (253-54)
\u00a0 23 St. Stephen I (254-257)
\u00a0 24 St. Sixtus II (257-258)
\u00a0 25 St. Dionysius (260-268)
\u00a0 26 St Felix I (269-274)
\u00a0 27 St. Eutychian (275-283)
\u00a0 28 St. Caius (283-296) also called Gaius
\u00a0 29 St Marcellinus (296-304)
\u00a0 30 St Marcellus I (308-309)
\u00a0 31st St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
\u00a0 32 St Miltiades (311-14)
\u00a0 33 St Sylvester I (314-35)
\u00a0 34 St Marcus (336)
\u00a0 35 St. Julius I (337-52)
\u00a0 36 Liberius (352-66)
\u00a0 37 St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
\u00a0 38 St. Siricius (384-99)
\u00a0 39 St. Anastasius I (399-401)
\u00a0 40 St Innocent I (401-17)
\u00a0 41 St. Zosimus (417-18)
\u00a0 42 St Boniface I (418-22)
\u00a0 43 St Celestine I (422-32)
\u00a0 44 St. Sixtus III (432-40)
\u00a0 45 St Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
\u00a0 46 St Hilarius (461-68)
\u00a0 47 St Simplicius (468-83)
\u00a0 48 St Felix III (II) (483-92)
\u00a0 49 St. Gelasius I (492-96)
\u00a0 50 Anastasius II (496-98)
\u00a0 51 St. Symmachus (498-514)
\u00a0 52 St. Hormisdas (514-23)
\u00a0 53 St. John I (523-26)
\u00a0 54 St Felix IV (III) (526-30)
\u00a0 55 Bonifacius II (530-32)
\u00a0 56 John II (533-35)
\u00a0 57 St. Agapetus I (535-36) also called Agapitus I
\u00a0 58. St. Silverius (536-37)
\u00a0 59 Vigilius (537-55)
\u00a0 60 Pelagius I (556-61)
\u00a0 61 John III (561-74)
\u00a0 62 Benedict I (575-79)
\u00a0 63 Pelagius II (579-90)
\u00a0 64 St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
\u00a0 65 Sabinian (604-606)
\u00a0 66 Bonifacius III (607)
\u00a0 67 St Boniface IV (608-15)
\u00a0 68 St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
\u00a0 69 Bonifacius V (619-25)
\u00a0 70 Honorius I (625-38)
\u00a0 71 Severinus (640)
\u00a0 72 John IV (640-42)
\u00a0 73 Theodore I (642-49)
\u00a0 74 St Martin I (649-55)
\u00a0 75 St Eugenius I (655-57)
\u00a0 76 St. Vitalian (657-72)
\u00a0 77 Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
\u00a0 78 Donus (676-78)
\u00a0 79 St Agatho (678-81)
\u00a0 80 St Leo II (682-83)
\u00a0 81 St Benedict II (684-85)
\u00a0 82 John V (685-86)
\u00a0 83 Conon (686-87)
\u00a0 84 St. Sergius I (687-701)
\u00a0 85 John VI (701-05)
\u00a0 86 John VII (705-07)
\u00a0 87 Sisinnius (708)
\u00a0 88. Constantine (708-15)
\u00a0 89 St Gregory II (715-31)
\u00a0 90 St. Gregory III (731-41)
\u00a0 91 St. Zacharius (741-52)
\u00a0 92 Stephan II (752)
\u00a0 93 Stephen III (752-57)
\u00a0 94 St Paul I (757-67)
\u00a0 95 Stephen IV (767-72)
\u00a0 96 Adrian I (772-95)
\u00a0 97 St Leo III (795-816)
\u00a0 98 Stephen V (816-17)
\u00a0 99. St. Paschal I (817-24)
\u00a0100 Eugene II (824-27)
\u00a0101 Valentine (827)
\u00a0102 Gregory IV (827-44)
\u00a0103 Sergius II (844-47)
\u00a0104 St Leo IV (847-55)
\u00a0105 Benedict III (855-58)
\u00a0106 St Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
\u00a0107 Adrian II (867-72)
\u00a0108 John VIII (872-82)
\u00a0109 Marinus I (882-84)
\u00a0110 St. Adrian III (884-85)
\u00a0111 Stephen VI (885-91)
\u00a0112 Formosus (891-96)
\u00a0113 Bonifacius VI (896)
\u00a0114 Stephen VII (896-97)
\u00a0115 Romanus (897)
\u00a0116 Theodore II (897)
\u00a0117 John IX (898-900)
\u00a0118 Benedict IV (900-03)
\u00a0119 Leo V (903)
\u00a0120 Sergius III (904-11)
\u00a0121 Anastasius III (911-13)
\u00a0122. lando (913-14)
\u00a0123 John X (914-28)
\u00a0124 Leo VI (928)
\u00a0125 Stephen VIII (929-31)
\u00a0126 John XI (931-35)
\u00a0127 Leo VII (936-39)
\u00a0128 Stephen IX (939-42)
\u00a0129 Marinus II (942-46)
\u00a0130 Agapetus II (946-55)
\u00a0131 John XII (955-63)
\u00a0132 Leo VIII (963-64)
\u00a0133 Benedict V (964)
\u00a0134 John XIII (965-72)
\u00a0135 Benedict VI (973-74)
\u00a0136 Benedict VII (974-83)
\u00a0137 John XIV (983-84)
\u00a0138 John XV (985-96)
\u00a0139 Gregory V (996-99)
\u00a0140 Sylvester II (999-1003)
\u00a0141 John XVII (1003)
\u00a0142 John XVIII (1003-09)
\u00a0143 Sergius IV (1009-12)
\u00a0144 Benedict VIII (1012-24)
\u00a0145 John XIX (1024-32)
\u00a0146 Benedict IX (1032-45)
\u00a0147 Sylvester III (1045)
\u00a0148 Benedict IX (1045)
\u00a0149 Gregory VI (1045-46)
\u00a0150 Clement II (1046-47)
\u00a0151 Benedict IX (1047-48)
\u00a0152 Damasus II (1048)
\u00a0153 St. Leo IX (1049-54)
\u00a0154 Victor II (1055-57)
\u00a0155 Stephen X (1057-58)
\u00a0156 Nicholas II (1058-61)
\u00a0157 Alexander II (1061-73)
\u00a0158 St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
\u00a0159 Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
\u00a0160 Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
\u00a0161 Paschal II (1099-1118)
\u00a0162 Gelasius II (1118-19)
\u00a0163 Callistus II (1119-24)
\u00a0164 Honorius II (1124-30)
\u00a0165 Innocent II (1130-43)
\u00a0166 Celestine II (1143-44)
\u00a0167 Lucius II (1144-45)
\u00a0168 Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
\u00a0169 Anastasius IV (1153-54)
\u00a0170 Adrian IV (1154-59)
\u00a0171 Alexander III (1159-81)
\u00a0172 Lucius III (1181-85)
\u00a0173 Urban III (1185-87)
\u00a0174 Gregory VIII (1187)
\u00a0175 Clement III (1187-91)
\u00a0176 Celestine III (1191-98)
\u00a0177 Innocent III (1198-1216)
\u00a0178 Honorius III (1216-27)
\u00a0179 Gregory IX (1227-41)
\u00a0180 Celestine IV (1241)
\u00a0181 Innocent IV (1243-54)
\u00a0182 Alexander IV (1254-61)
\u00a0183 Urban IV (1261-64)
\u00a0184 Clement IV (1265-68)
\u00a0185 Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
\u00a0186 Blessed Innocent V (1276)
\u00a0187 Adrian V (1276)
\u00a0188 John XXI (1276-77)
\u00a0189 Nicholas III (1277-80)
\u00a0190 Martin IV (1281-85)
\u00a0191 Honorius IV (1285-87)
\u00a0192 Nicholas IV (1288-92)
\u00a0193 St. Celestine V (1294)
\u00a0194 Bonifacius VIII (1294-1303)
\u00a0195 Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
\u00a0196 Clement V (1305-14)
\u00a0197 John XXII (1316-34)
\u00a0198 Benedict XII (1334-42)
\u00a0199 Clement VI (1342-52)
\u00a0200 Innocent VI (1352-62)
\u00a0201 Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
\u00a0202 Gregory XI (1370-78)
\u00a0203 Urban VI (1378-89)
\u00a0204 Bonifacius IX (1389-1404)
\u00a0205 Innocent VII (1404-06)
\u00a0206 Gregory XII (1406-15)
\u00a0207 Martin V (1417-31)
\u00a0208 Eugene IV (1431-47)
\u00a0209 Nicholas V (1447-55)
\u00a0210 Callistus III (1455-58)
\u00a0211 Pius II (1458-64)
\u00a0212 Paul II (1464-71)
\u00a0213 Sixtus IV (1471-84)
\u00a0214 Innocent VIII (1484-92)
\u00a0215 Alexander VI (1492-1503)
\u00a0216 Pius III (1503)
\u00a0217 Julius II (1503-13)
\u00a0218 Leo X (1513-21)
\u00a0219 Adrian VI (1522-23)
\u00a0220 Clement VII (1523-34)
\u00a0221 Paul III (1534-49)
\u00a0222 Julius III (1550-55)
\u00a0223 Marcellus II (1555)
\u00a0224 Paul IV (1555-59)
\u00a0225 Pius IV (1559-65)
\u00a0226 St. Pius V (1566-72)
\u00a0227 Gregory XIII (1572-85)
\u00a0228 Sixtus V (1585-90)
\u00a0229 Urban VII (1590)
\u00a0230 Gregory XIV (1590-91)
\u00a0231 Innocent IX (1591)
\u00a0232 Clement VIII (1592-1605)
\u00a0233 Leo XI (1605)
\u00a0234 Paul V (1605-21)
\u00a0235 Gregorius XV (1621-23)
\u00a0236 Urban VIII (1623-44)
\u00a0237 Innocent X (1644-55)
\u00a0238 Alexander VII (1655-67)
\u00a0239 Clement IX (1667-69)
\u00a0240 Clement X (1670-76)
\u00a0241 Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
\u00a0242 Alexander VIII (1689-91)
\u00a0243 Innocent XII (1691-1700)
\u00a0244 Clement XI (1700-21)
\u00a0245 Innocent XIII (1721-24)
\u00a0246 Benedict XIII (1724-30)
\u00a0247 Clement XII (1730-40)
\u00a0248 Benedict XIV (1740-58)
\u00a0249 Clement XIII (1758-69)
\u00a0250 Clement XIV (1769-74)
\u00a0251 Pius VI (1775-99)
\u00a0252 Pius VII (1800-23)
\u00a0253 Leo XII (1823-29)
\u00a0254 Pius VIII (1829-30)
\u00a0255 Gregorius XVI (1831-46)
\u00a0256 Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
\u00a0257 Leo XIII (1878-1903)
\u00a0258. St. Pius X (1903-14)
\u00a0259 Benedict XV (1914-22)
\u00a0260 Pius XI (1922-39)
\u00a0261 Pius XII (1939-58)
\u00a0Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
\u00a0263 Paul VI (1963-78)
\u00a0264 John Paul I (1978)
\u00a0265 John Paul II (1978-2005)
\u00a0266 Benedict XVI (2005-) <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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