Daryl Lees © 2009
This page was last updated: 28/04/2009
Here is a list of all the popes since the first pontiff, Saint Peter the Apostle, who following the death of Jesus Christ founded the religion of Christianity, which has succeeded to the present-day pontiff Pope Benedict XVI.
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| First
Pope; St
Peter [32 - 67AD] |
| St
Linus [67 - 76]
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| St
Anecletus (Cletus) [76 - 88]
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| St
Clement I [88 - 97]
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| St
Evaristus [97 - 105AD]
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| St
Alexander I [105 - 115]
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| St
Sixtus I [115 - 125]
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| St
Telesphorus [125 - 136]
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| St
Hyginus [136 - 140]
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| St
Pius I [140 - 155]
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| St
Anicetus [155 - 166]
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| St
Soter [166 - 175]
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| St
Eleutherius [175 - 189]
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| St
Victor I [189 - 199]
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| St
Zephyrinus [199 - 217]
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| St
Callistus I [217 - 222]
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| St
Urban I [222 - 230]
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| St
Pontain [230 - 235]
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| St
Anterus [235 - 236]
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| St
Fabian [236 - 250]
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| St
Cornelius [251 - 253]
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| St
Lucius [253 - 254]
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| St
Stephen I [254 - 257]
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| St
Sixtus II [257 - 258]
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| St
Dionysius [260 - 268]
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| St
Felix I [269 - 274]
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| St
Eutychian [275 - 283]
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| St
Caius [283 - 296]
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| St
Marcellinus [296 - 304]
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| St
Marcellus I [308 - 309]
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| St
Eusebius [309 - 310]
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| St
Miltiades [311 - 314]
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| St
Sylvester I [314 - 335]
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| St
Marcus [336]
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| St
Julius I [337 - 352]
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| Liberius
[352 - 366]
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| St
Damasus I [366 - 383]
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| St
Siricius [384 - 399]
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| St
Anastasius I [399 - 401]
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| St
Innocent I [401 - 417]
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| St
Zosimus [417 - 418]
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| St
Boniface [418 - 422]
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| St
Celestine [422 - 432]
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| St
Sixtus III [432 - 440]
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| St
Leo I [440 - 461]
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| St
Hilarius [461 - 468]
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| St
Simplicius [468 - 483]
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| St
Felix III (II) [483 - 492]
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| St
Gelasius I [492 - 496]
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| Anastasius
II [496 - 498]
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| St
Symmachus [498 - 515]
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| St
Hormisdas [515 - 523]
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| St
John I [523 - 526]
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| St
Felix IV (III) [526 - 530]
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| Boniface
II [530 - 532]
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| John
II [533 - 535]
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| St
Agapetus I [535 - 536]
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| St
Silverius [536 - 537]
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| Vigilius
[537 - 555]
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| Pelagius
I [556 - 561]
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| John
III [561 - 574]
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| Benedict
I [575 - 579]
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| Pelagius
II [579 - 590]
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| St
Gregory I [590 - 604]
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| Sabinian
[604 - 609]
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| Boniface
III [607]
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| Boniface
IV [608 - 614]
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| St
Deusdedit [615 618]
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| Boniface
V [619 - 625]
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| Honorius
I [625 - 638]
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| Severinus
[640]
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| John
IV [640 - 642]
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| Theodore
I [642 - 649]
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| St
Martin I [649 - 655]
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| St
Eugene I [655 - 657]
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| St
Vitalian [657 - 672]
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| Adeodatus
(II) [672 - 676]
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| Donus
[676 - 678]
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| St
Agatho [678 - 681]
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| St
Leo II [682 - 683]
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| St
Benedict II [684 - 685]
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| John
V [685 - 686]
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| Conon
[686 - 687]
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| St
Sergius [687 - 701]
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| John
VI [701 - 706]
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| John
VII [706 - 707]
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| Sisinnius
[708]
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| Constantine
[708 - 715]
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| St
Gregory II [715 - 731]
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| St
Gregory III [731 - 741]
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| St
Zachary [741 - 752]
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| Stephen
II [752] (Died before being consecrated)
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| Stephen
III [752 - 757]
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| St
Paul I [757 - 767]
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| Stephen
IV [767 - 772]
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| Adrian
I [772 - 795]
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| St
Leo III [795 - 816]
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| Stephen
V [816 - 817]
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| St
Paschal I [817 - 824]
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| Eugene
II [824 - 827]
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| Valentine
[827]
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| Gregory
IV [827 - 844]
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| Sergius
II [844 - 847]
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| St
Leo IV [847 - 855]
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| Benedict
III [855 - 858]
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| St
Nicholas I [858 - 867]
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| Adrian
II [867 - 872]
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| John
VIII [872 - 882]
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| Marinus
I [882 - 884]
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| St
Adrian III [884 - 885]
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| Stephen
VI [885 - 891]
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| Formosus
[891 - 896]
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| Boniface
VI [896]
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| Stephen
VII [896 - 897]
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| Romanus
[897]
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| Theodore
II [897]
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| John
IX [898 - 900]
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| Benedict
IV [900 - 903]
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| Leo
V [903]
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| Sergius
III [904 - 911]
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| Anastasius
III [911 - 913]
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| Lando
[913 - 914]
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| John
X [914 - 928]
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| Leo
VI [928]
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| Stephen
VIII [929 - 931]
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| John
XI [931 - 935]
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| Leo
VII [936 - 939]
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| Stephen
IX [939 - 942]
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| Marinus
II [942 - 946]
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| Agapetus
II [946 - 955]
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| John
XII [955 - 963]
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| Leo
VIII [963 - 964]
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| Benedict
V [964]
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| John
XIII [965 - 972]
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| Benedict
VI [973 - 974]
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| Benedict
VII [974 - 983]
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| John
XIV [983 - 984]
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| John
XV [984 - 996]
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| Gregory
V [996 - 999]
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| Sylvester
II [999 - 1003AD]
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| John
XVII [1003]
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| John
XVIII [1003 - 1009]
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| Sergius
IV [1009 - 1012]
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| Benedict
VIII [1012 - 1024]
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| John
XIX [1024 - 1032]
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| Benedict
IX [1032 - 1045] (appears three times)
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| Sylvester
III [1045] (considered to be an anti-pope)
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| Benedict
IX [1045]
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| Gregory
VI [1045 - 1046]
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| Clement
II [1046 - 1047]
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| Benedict
IX [1047 - 1048]
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| Damasus
II [1048]
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| St
Leo IX [1049 - 1054]
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| Victor
II [1054 - 1057]
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| Stephen
X [1057 - 1058]
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| Nicholas
II [1058 - 1061]
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| Alexander
II [1061 - 1073]
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| St
Gregory VII [1073 - 1085]
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| Blessed
Victor III [1085 - 1087]
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| Blessed
Urban II [1087 - 1099]
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| Paschal
II [1099 - 1118]
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| Gelasius
II [1118 - 1119]
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| Callistus
II [1119 - 1124]
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| Honorius
II [1124 - 1130]
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| Innocent
II [1130 - 1143]
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| Celestine
II [1143 - 1144]
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| Lucius
II [1144 - 1145]
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| Blessed
Eugene III [1145 - 1153]
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| Anastasius
IV [1153 - 1154]
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| Adrian
IV [1154 - 1159]
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| Alexander
III [1159 - 1181]
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| Lucius
III [1181 - 1185]
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| Urban
III [1185 - 1187]
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| Gregory
VIII [1187]
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| Clement
III [1187 - 1191]
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| Celestine
III [1191 - 1198]
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| Innocent
III [1198 - 1216]
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| Honorius
III [1216 - 1227]
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| Gregory
IX [1227 - 1241]
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| Celestine
IV [1241]
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| Innocent
IV [1243 - 1254]
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| Alexander
IV [1254 - 1261]
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| Urban
IV [1261 - 1264]
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| Clement
IV [1265 - 1268]
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| Blessed
Gregory X [1271 - 1276]
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| Blessed
Innocent V [1276]
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| Adrian
V [1276]
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| John
XXI [1276 - 1277]
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| Nicholas
III [1277 - 1280]
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| Martin
IV [1281 - 1285]
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| Honorius
IV [1285 - 1287]
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| Nicholas
IV [1287 - 1292]
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| St
Celestine V [1294]
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| Boniface
VIII [ 1294 - 1303]
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| Blessed
Benedict XI [1303 - 1304]
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| Clement
V [1304 - 1313]
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| John
XXII [1313 - 1334]
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| Benedict
XII [1334 - 1342]
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| Clement
VI [1342 - 1352]
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| Innocent
VI [1352 - 1362]
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| Blessed
Urban V [1362 - 1370]
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| Gregory
XI [1370 - 1378]
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| Urban
VI [1378 - 1389]
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| Boniface
IX [1389 - 1404]
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| Innocent
VII [1404 - 1406]
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| Gregory
XII [1406 - 1415]
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| Martin
V [1417 - 1431]
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| Eugene
IV [1431 - 1447]
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| Nicholas
V [1447 - 1455]
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| Callistus
III [1455 - 1458]
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| Pius
II [1458 - 1464]
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| Paul
II [1464 - 1471]
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| Sixtus
IV [1471 - 1484]
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| Innocent
VIII [1484 - 1492]
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| Alexander
VI [1492 - 1503]
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| Pius
III [1503]
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| Julius
II [1503 - 1513]
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| Leo
X [1513 - 1521]
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| Adrian
VI [1522 - 1523]
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| Clement
II [1523 - 1534]
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| Paul
III [1534 - 1549]
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| Julius
III [1550 - 1555]
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| Marcellus
II [1555 - 1559]
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| Paul
IV [1559 - 1565]
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| St
Pius V [1566 - 1572]
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| Gregory
XIII [1572 - 1585]
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| Sixtus
V [1585 - 1590]
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| Urban
VII [1590]
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| Gregory
XIV [1590 - 1591]
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| Innocent
IX [1591]
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| Clement
VIII [1592 - 1605]
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| Leo
XI [1605]
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| Paul
V [1605 - 1621]
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| Gregory
XV [1621 - 1623]
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| Urban
VIII [1623 - 1644]
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| Innocent
X [1644 - 1655]
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| Alexander
VII [1655 - 1667]
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| Clement
IX [1667 - 1669]
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| Clement
X [1669 - 1676]
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| Blessed
Innocent XI [1676 - 1689]
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| Alexander
VIII [1689 - 1691]
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| Innocent
XII [1691 - 1700]
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| Clement
XI [1700 - 1721]
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| Innocent
XIII [1721 - 1724]
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| Benedict
XIII [1724 - 1730]
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| Clement
XII [1730 - 1740]
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| Benedict
XIV [1740 - 1758]
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| Clement
XIII [1758 - 1769]
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| Clement
XIV [1769 - 1774]
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| Pius
VI [1775 - 1799]
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| Pius
VII [1799 - 1823]
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| Leo
XII [1823 - 1829]
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| Pius
VIII [1829 - 1830]
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| Gregory
XVI [1830 - 1846]
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| Blessed
Pius IX [1846 - 1878]
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| Leo
XIII [1878 - 1903]
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| St
Pius X [1903 - 1914]
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| Benedict
XV [1914 - 1922] (Pontiff during World War One)
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| Pius
XI [1922 - 1939]
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| Pius
XII [1939 - 1958] (Pontiff during World War Two)
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| Blessed
John XXIII [1958 - 1963]
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| Paul
VI [1963 - 1978]
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| John
Paul I [1978] (shortest reign of a consecrated pope)
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| John
Paul II [1978 - 2005] (first Polish Pope)
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| Benedict
XVI [2005 - Present] (served in Hitler Youth)
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