List of All 266 Popes in Order
List of Popes
Here is a list of Popes in table format, showing the Papal Name, Birth Name, Reign (Start–End), and Nationality for key historical and recent Popes. This list highlights selected notable Popes, including the earliest, the most influential, and all modern Popes.
📜 List of Popes (Selected)
| Papal Name | Birth Name | Reign | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter | Simon | c. 30 – c. 64 AD | Judean (Galilean) |
| St. Linus | Linus | c. 64 – c. 76 | Roman |
| St. Clement I | Clement | c. 88 – c. 97 | Roman |
| … | … | … | … |
| St. Leo I (the Great) | Leo | 440 – 461 | Roman |
| Gregory I (the Great) | Gregory | 590 – 604 | Roman |
| Leo III | Leo | 795 – 816 | Roman |
| Urban II | Odo of Châtillon | 1088 – 1099 | French |
| Innocent III | Lotario de’ Conti di Segni | 1198 – 1216 | Italian |
| Boniface VIII | Benedetto Caetani | 1294 – 1303 | Italian |
| Urban VI | Bartolomeo Prignano | 1378 – 1389 | Italian |
| Martin V | Oddone Colonna | 1417 – 1431 | Italian |
| Leo X | Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici | 1513 – 1521 | Italian |
| Pius IX | Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti | 1846 – 1878 | Italian |
| Leo XIII | Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci | 1878 – 1903 | Italian |
| Pius X | Giuseppe Sarto | 1903 – 1914 | Italian |
| Benedict XV | Giacomo della Chiesa | 1914 – 1922 | Italian |
| Pius XI | Achille Ratti | 1922 – 1939 | Italian |
| Pius XII | Eugenio Pacelli | 1939 – 1958 | Italian |
| John XXIII | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | 1958 – 1963 | Italian |
| Paul VI | Giovanni Battista Montini | 1963 – 1978 | Italian |
| John Paul I | Albino Luciani | 1978 | Italian |
| John Paul II | Karol Józef Wojtyła | 1978 – 2005 | Polish |
| Benedict XVI | Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | 2005 – 2013 (retired) | German |
| Francis (current) | Jorge Mario Bergoglio | 2013 – present | Argentine |