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The Roman Catholic Church has been led by many people over the
last
two millenia. Some of their names are familiar to us, many of them have
been cannonized as saints. One may have been a woman.
The average tenure in office has been less than eight years. The list
of
popes is as follows:
1. ST. PETER (32-67) 35 years
- Apostle of Jesus Christ. Died as aa martyr in Rome
2. ST. LINUS (67-76) 9 years
3. ST. ANACLETUS (CLETUS) (76-88) 12 years
4. ST. CLEMENT I (88-97) 9 years - Wrote on the importance of the
Bishop of Rome. Died a martyr
5. ST. EVARISTUS (97-105) 8 years
6. ST. ALEXANDER I (105-115)10 yars
7. ST. SIXTUS I (115-125) 10 years
8. ST. TELESPHORUS (125-136) 11 years
9. ST. HYGINUS (136-140) 14 years
10. ST. PIUS I (140-155) 15 years
11. ST. ANICETUS (155-166) 11 years
12. ST. SOTER (166-175) 9 years
13. ST. ELEUTHERIUS (175-189) 14 years
14. ST. VICTOR I (189-199) 10 years
15. ST. ZEPHYRINUS (199-217) 10 years
16. ST. CALLISTUS I (217-22) 5 years
17. ST. URBAN I (222-30) 8 years
18. ST. PONTAIN (230-35) 5 years
19. ST. ANTERUS (235-36) 1 year
20. ST. FABIAN (236-50) 14 years
21. ST. CORNELIUS (251-53) 2 years
22. ST. LUCIUS I (253-54) 1 year
23. ST. STEPHEN I (254-257) 3 years
24. ST. SIXTUS II (257-258) 1 year
25. ST. DIONYSIUS (260-268) 8 years
26. ST. FELIX I (269-274) 5 years
27. ST. EUTYCHIAN (275-283) 8 years
28. ST. CAIUS (283-296) 13 years
29. ST. MARCELLINUS (296-304) 8 years
30. ST. MARCELLUS I (308-309) 1 year
31. ST. EUSEBIUS unclear-309 or 310 less
than one year
32. ST. MILTIADES (311-14) approx 3 years
33. ST. SYLVESTER I (314-35) 21 years
34. ST. MARCUS (336) less than 1 year
35. ST. JULIUS I (337-52) 15 years
36. LIBERIUS (352-66) 14 years
37. ST. DAMASUS I (366-83) 17 years
38. ST. SIRICIUS (384-99) 15 years
39. ST. ANASTASIUS I (399-401) 2 years
40. ST. INNOCENT I (401-17) 16 years
41. ST. ZOSIMUS (417-18) 1 year
42. ST. BONIFACE I (418-22) 4 years
43. ST. CELESTINE I (422-32) 10 years
44. ST. SIXTUS III (432-40) 8 years
45. ST. LEO I THE GREAT (440-61) 21 years
46. ST. HILARIUS (461-68) 7 years
47. ST. SIMPLICIUS (468-83) 15 years
48. ST. FELIX III (II) (483-92) 9 years
49. ST. GELASIUS I (492-96) 4 years
50. ANASTASIUS II (496-98) 2 years
51. ST. SYMMACHUS (498-514) 16 years
52. ST. HORMISDAS (514-23) 9 years
53. ST. JOHN I (523-26) 3 years
54. ST. FELIX IV (III) (526-30) 4 years
55. BONIFACE II (530-32) 2 years
56. JOHN II (533-35) 2 years
57. ST. AGAPETUS I (535-36) 1 year
58. ST. SILVERIUS (536-37) 1 year
59. VIGILIUS (537-55) 18 years
60. PELAGIUS I (556-61) 6 years
61. JOHN III (561-74) 7 years
62. BENEDICT I (575-79) 4 years
63. PELAGIUS II (579-90) 11 years
64. ST. GREGORY I THE GREAT (590-604) 14 years
65. SABINIAN (604-606) 2 years
66. BONIFACE III (607) less than 1 year
67. ST. BONIFACE IV (608-15) 7 years
68. ST. DEUSDEDIT (ADEODATUS I) (615-18) 3 years
69. BONIFACE V (619-25) 6 years
70. HONORIUS I (625-38) 13 years
71. SEVERINUS (640) less than 1 year
72. JOHN IV (640-42) 2 years
73. THEODORE I (642-49) 7 years
74. ST. MARTIN I (649-55) 6 years
75. ST. EUGENE I (655-57) 2 years
76. ST. VITALIAN (657-72) 15 years
77. ADEODATUS (II) (672-76) 14 years
78. DONUS (676-78) 2 years
79. ST. AGATHO (678-81) 3 years
80. ST. LEO II (682-83) 1year
81. ST. BENEDICT II (684-85) 1 year
82. JOHN V (685-86) 1 year
83. CONON (686-87) 1 year
84. ST. SERGIUS I (687-701) 14 years
85. JOHN VI (701-05) 4 years
86. JOHN VII (705-07) 2 years
87. SISINNIUS (708) less than 1 year
88. CONSTANTINE (708-15) 7 years
89. ST. GREGORY II (715-31) 16 years
90. ST. GREGORY III (731-41) 10 years
91. ST. ZACHARY (741-52) 11 years
92. STEPHEN II (752) 1month
93. STEPHEN III (752-57) 5 years
94. ST. PAUL I (757-67) 10 years
95. STEPHEN IV (767-72)5 years
96. ADRIAN I (772-95) 23 years
97. ST. LEO III (795-816) 21 years
98. STEPHEN V (816-17) 1 year
99. ST. PASCHAL I (817-24) 7 years
100. EUGENE II (824-27) 3 years
101. VALENTINE (827) less than 1 year
102. GREGORY IV (827-44) 17 years
103. SERGIUS II (844-47) 3 years
104. ST. LEO IV (847-53) 8 yars
105. JOAN
as JOHN ANGLICUS
(853-55) 2 years
106. BENEDICT III (855-58) 3 years
107. ST. NICHOLAS I THE GREAT (858-67) 9 years
108. ADRIAN II (867-72) 5 years
109. JOHN VIII (872-82) 10 years
110. MARINUS I (882-84) 2 years
111. ST. ADRIAN III (884-85) 1 year
112. STEPHEN VI (885-91) 6 years
113. FORMOSUS (891-96) 5 years
114. BONIFACE VI (APRIL 896) 1 month
115. STEPHEN VII (896-97) 1 year
116. ROMANUS (897) less than 1 year
117. THEODORE II (897) less than 1 year
118. JOHN IX (898-900) 2 years
119. BENEDICT IV (900-03) 3 years
120. LEO V (903) less than 1 year
121. SERGIUS III (904-11) 7 years
122. ANASTASIUS III (911-13) 2 years
123. LANDO (913-14) 1 year
124. JOHN X (914-28) 14 years
125. LEO VI (MAY-DECEMBER 928)less than 1 year
126. STEPHEN VIII (929-31) 2 years
127. JOHN XI (931-35) 4 years
128. LEO VII (936-39) 3 years
129. STEPHEN IX (939-42) 3 years
130. MARINUS II (942-46) 4 years
131. AGAPETUS II (946-55) 9 years
132. JOHN XII (955-63) 8 years
133. LEO VIII (963-64) 1 year
134. BENEDICT V (MAY-JUNE 964) less than 1 year
135. JOHN XIII (965-72) 13 years
136. BENEDICT VI (973-74) 1 year
137. BENEDICT VII (974-83) 9 years
138. JOHN XIV (983-84) 1 year
139. JOHN XV (985-96) 11 years
140. GREGORY V (996-99) 3 years
141. SYLVESTER II (999-1003) 4 years
142. JOHN XVII (JUNE-DECEMBER 1003) less than 1 year
143. JOHN XVIII (1003-09) 6 years
144. SERGIUS IV (1009-12) 3 years
145. BENEDICT VIII (1012-24) 12 years
146. JOHN XIX (1024-32) 8 years
147. BENEDICT IX (1032-45) 13 years
148. SYLVESTER III (JANUARY-MARCH 1045) less than 1 year
149. BENEDICT IX (APRIL-MAY 1045) less than 1 year
150. GREGORY VI (1045-46) 1 year
151. CLEMENT II (1046-47) 1 year
152. BENEDICT IX (1047-48) 1 year
153. DAMASUS II (JULY-AUGUST 1048) less than 1 year
154. ST. LEO IX (1049-54) 5 years
155. VICTOR II (1055-57) 2 years
156. STEPHEN X (1057-58) 1 year
157. NICHOLAS II (1058-61) 3 years
158. ALEXANDER II (1061-73) 12 years
159. ST. GREGORY VII (1073-85) 12 years
160. BL. VICTOR III (1086-87) 1 year
161. BL. URBAN II (1088-99) 1 year
162. PASCHAL II (1099-1118) 19 years
163. GELASIUS II (1118-19) 1 year
164. CALLISTUS II (1119-24) 5 years
165. HONORIUS II (1124-30) 6 years
166. INNOCENT II (1130-43) 13 years
167. CELESTINE II (1143-44) 1 year
168. LUCIUS II (1144-45)1 year
169. BL. EUGENE III (1145-53) 12 years
170. ANASTASIUS IV (1153-54) 1 year
171. ADRIAN IV (1154-59) 5 years
172. ALEXANDER III (1159-81) 22 years
173. LUCIUS III (1181-85) 4 years
174. URBAN III (1185-87) 2 years
175. GREGORY VIII (1187) less than one year
176. CLEMENT III (1187-91) 4 years
177. CELESTINE III (1191-98) 7 years
178. INNOCENT III (1198-1216) 18 years
179. HONORIUS III (1216-27) 11 years
180. GREGORY IX (1227-41) 14 years
181. CELESTINE IV (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1241)less than 1 year
182. INNOCENT IV (1243-54) 11 years
183. ALEXANDER IV (1254-61) 7 years
184. URBAN IV (1261-64) 3 years
185. CLEMENT IV (1265-68) 3 years
186. BL. GREGORY X (1271-76) 5 years
187. BL. INNOCENT V (JANUARY-JUNE 1276) less than 1 year
188. ADRIAN V (JULY-AUGUST 1276) less than 1 year
189. JOHN XXI (1276-77) 1 year
190. NICHOLAS III (1277-80) 3 years
191. MARTIN IV (1281-85) 4 years
192. HONORIUS IV (1285-87) 2 years
193. NICHOLAS IV (1288-92) 4 years
194. ST. CELESTINE V (JULY-DECEMBER 1294) less than 1 year
195. BONIFACE VIII (1294-1303) 9 years
196. BL. BENEDICT XI (1303-04) 1 year
197 .CLEMENT V (1305-14) 9 years - This
Frenchman
established the Papacy in Avignon, France where he was made Pope.
198. JOHN XXII (1316-34) 18 years - In Avignon
199. BENEDICT XII (1334-42) 8 years - In Avignon
200. CLEMENT VI (1342-52) 10 years - In Avignon
201. INNOCENT VI (1352-62) 10 years - In Avignon
202. BL. URBAN V (1362-70) 8 years - In Avignon
203. GREGORY XI (1370-78) 8 years - Returned Papacy to Rome in
1377
204. URBAN VI (1378-89) 11 years
205. BONIFACE IX (1389-1404) 15 years
206. INNOCENT VII (1405-06) 1 year
207. GREGORY XII (1406-15) 9 years
208. MARTIN V (1417-31) 14 years
209. EUGENE IV (1431-47) 16 years
210. NICHOLAS V (1447-55) 8 years
211. CALLISTUS III (1445-58) 13 years
212. PIUS II (1458-64) 6 years
213. PAUL II (1464-71) 7 years
214. SIXTUS IV (1471-84) 13 years
215. INNOCENT VIII (1484-92) 12 years
216. ALEXANDER VI (1492-1503) 11 years
217. PIUS III (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1503) less than 1 year
218. JULIUS II (1503-13) 10 years
219. LEO X (1513-21) 8 years
220. ADRIAN VI (1522-23) 1 year
221. CLEMENT VII (1523-34) 11 years
222. PAUL III (1534-49) 15 years
223. JULIUS III (1550-55) 5 years
224. MARCELLUS II (APRIL 1555) less than 1 year
225. PAUL IV (1555-59) 4 years
226. PIUS IV (1559-65) 6 years
227. ST. PIUS V (1566-72) 6 years
228. GREGORY XIII (1572-85) 13 years
229. SIXTUS V (1585-90) 5 years
230. URBAN VII (SEPTEMBER 1590) less than 1 year
231. GREGORY XIV (1590-91) 1 year
232. INNOCENT IX (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1591) less than 1 year
233. CLEMENT VIII (1592-1605) 13 years
234. LEO XI (APRIL 1605) less than 1 year
235. PAUL V (1605-21) 16 years
236. GREGORY XV (1621-23) 2 years
237. URBAN VIII (1623-44) 21 years
238. INNOCENT X (1644-55) 11 years
239. ALEXANDER VII (1655-67) 12 years
240. CLEMENT IX (1667-69) 2 years
241. CLEMENT X (1670-76) 6 years
242. BL. INNOCENT XI (1676-89) 13 years
243. ALEXANDER VIII (1689-91) 2 years
244. INNOCENT XII (1691-1700) 9 years
245. CLEMENT XI (1700-21) 21 yearrs
246. INNOCENT XIII (1721-24) 3 years
247. BENEDICT XIII (1724-30) 6 years
248. CLEMENT XII (1730-40) 10 years
249. BENEDICT XIV (1740-58) 18 years
250. CLEMENT XIII (1758-69) 11 years
251. CLEMENT XIV (1769-74) 5 years
252. PIUS VI (1775-99) 24 years
253. PIUS VII (1800-23) 23 years
254. LEO XII (1823-29) 6 years
255. PIUS VIII (1829-30) 1 year
256. GREGORY XVI (1831-46) 15 years
257. VEN. PIUS IX (1846-78) 32 years
258. LEO XIII (1878-1903) 25 years
259. ST. PIUS X (1903-14) 11 years
260. BENEDICT XV (1914-22) 8 years
261. PIUS XI (1922-39) 17 years
262. PIUS XII (1939-58) 19 years
263. JOHN XXIII (1958-63) 5 years
264. PAUL VI (1963-78) 15 years
265. JOHN PAUL I (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1978) less than 1 year
266. JOHN PAUL II (1978-2005) 26
years
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