Biographies: Selected Popes

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Selected Popes

Pope Benedict XVI

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Biographies by Category

• Linus, Saint, pope (A.D. 67?-A.D. 76?)
• Cletus or Anacletus, Saint, pope (A.D. 76?-A.D. 88?)
• Clement I, Saint, pope (A.D. 88?-A.D. 97?)
• Calixtus I, Callixtus I or Callistus I, Saint, pope (217-222)
• Fabian, Saint, pope (236-50)
• Cornelius, Saint, pope (251-253);
• Sylvester I, Saint, pope (314-35)
• Julius I, Saint, pope (337-52)
• Liberius, pope (352-66)
• Damasus I, Saint, pope (366-84)
• Innocent I, Saint, pope (401-17)
• Celestine I, Saint, pope (422-32)
• Leo I, Saint, pope (440-61)
• Gelasius I, Saint, pope (492-96);
• Silverius, Saint, pope (536-37)
• Vigilius, pope (537-55)
• Gregory I, Saint, pope (590-604)
• Honorius I, pope (625-38)
• Martin I, Saint, pope (649-55?)
• Gregory II, Saint, pope (715-31)
• Zacharias or Zachary, Saint, pope (741-52)
• Stephen II, pope (752-57)
• Adrian I, pope (772-95)
• Leo III, Saint, pope (795-816)
• Leo IV, Saint, pope (847-55)
• Nicholas I, Saint, pope (858-67),
• John VIII, pope (872-82)
• Formosus, pope (891-96)
• John XII, pope (955-64)
• Sylvester II, pope (999-1003)
• Leo IX, Saint, pope (1049-54)
• Nicholas II, pope (1058-61)
• Gregory VII, Saint, pope (1073-85)
• Urban II, pope (1088-99)
• Paschal II, pope (1099-1118)
• Calixtus II, pope (1119-24)
• Honorius II, pope (1124-30)
• Innocent II, pope (1130-43)
• Eugene III, pope (1145-53)
• Adrian IV, pope (1154-59)
• Alexander III, pope (1159-81)
• Lucius III, pope (1181-85)
• Innocent III, pope (1198-1216)
• Honorius III, pope (1216-27)
• Gregory IX, pope (1227-41)
• Innocent IV, pope (1243-54)
• Urban IV, pope (1261-64)
• Clement IV, pope (1265-68)
• Gregory X, pope (1271-76)
• John XXI, pope (1276-77)
• Innocent V, pope (1276)
• Nicholas III, pope (1277-80)
• Martin IV, pope (1281-85)
• Celestine V, Saint, pope (elected July 5, resigned Dec. 13, 1294)
• Boniface VIII, pope (1294-1303)
• Benedict XI, pope (1303-4)
• Clement V, pope (1305-14)
• John XXII, pope (1316-34)
• Clement VI, pope (1342-52)
• Innocent VI, pope (1352-62)
• Urban V, pope (1362-70)
• Gregory XI, pope (1370-78)
• Urban VI, pope (1378-89)
• Boniface IX, pope (1389-1404)
• Gregory XII, pope (1406-15)
• Martin V, pope (1417-31)
• Eugene IV, pope (1431-47)
• Nicholas V, pope (1447-55),
• Calixtus III, pope (1455-58)
• Pius II, pope (1458-64)
• Paul II, pope (1464-71)
• Sixtus IV, pope (1471-84)
• Innocent VIII, pope (1484-92)
• Alexander VI, pope (1492-1503)
• Julius II, pope (1503-13)
• Leo X, pope (1513-21)
• Adrian VI, pope (1522-23)
• Clement VII, pope (1523-34),
• Paul III, pope (1534-49)
• Paul IV, pope (1555-59)
• Pius IV, pope (1559-65)
• Pius V, Saint, pope (1566-72)
• Gregory XIII, pope (1572-85)
• Sixtus V, pope (1585-90)
• Clement VIII, pope (1592-1605)
• Paul V, pope (1605-21)
• Urban VIII, pope (1623-44)
• Innocent XI, pope (1676-89)
• Innocent XII, pope (1691-1700)
• Clement XI, pope (1700-1721)
• Benedict XIV, pope (1740-58)
• Clement XIV, pope (1769-74)
• Pius VI, pope (1775-99)
• Pius VII, pope (1800-1823)
• Gregory XVI, pope (1831-46)
• Pius IX, pope (1846-78)
• Leo XIII, pope (1878-1903)
• Pius X, Saint, pope (1903-14)
• Benedict XV, pope (1914-22)
• Pius XI, pope (1922-39)
• Pius XII, pope (1939-58)
• John XXIII, pope (1958-63)
• Paul VI, pope (1963-78)
• John Paul I, pope (1978)
• John Paul II, pope (1978-2005)
• Benedict XVI, pope (2005-)