Pope Directory

Directory of Index pages of the Popes for whom documents are available on this site.

These index pages include a listing of each Pope’s Encyclicals, Apostolic Letters, and other documents. An English translation of the Latin titles is also provided.

Chronological List of All the Popes

With links to the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia article for each up to Pope St. Pius X

  1. St. Peter
    (32-67)
  2. St. Linus
    (67-76)
  3. St. Anacletus
    (Cletus)
    (76-88)
  4. St. Clement I
    (88-97)
  5. St. Evaristus
    (97-105)
  6. St. Alexander I
    (105-115)
  7. St. Sixtus I
    (115-125) Also called Xystus I
  8. St. Telesphorus
    (125-136)
  9. St. Hyginus
    (136-140)
  10. St. Pius I
    (140-155)
  11. St. Anicetus
    (155-166)
  12. St. Soter
    (166-175)
  13. St. Eleutherius
    (175-189)
  14. St. Victor I
    (189-199)
  15. St. Zephyrinus
    (199-217)
  16. St. Callistus I
    (217-22) Callistus and the following three
    popes were
    opposed by St.
    Hippolytus
    ,
    antipope
    (217-236)
  17. St. Urban I
    (222-30)
  18. St. Pontain
    (230-35)
  19. St. Anterus
    (235-36)
  20. St. Fabian
    (236-50)
  21. St. Cornelius
    (251-53) Opposed by
    Novatian,
    antipope
    (251)
  22. St. Lucius I
    (253-54)
  23. St. Stephen I
    (254-257)
  24. St. Sixtus II
    (257-258)
  25. St. Dionysius
    (260-268)
  26. St. Felix I
    (269-274)
  27. St. Eutychian
    (275-283)
  28. St. Caius
    (283-296) Also called Gaius
  29. St. Marcellinus
    (296-304)
  30. St. Marcellus I
    (308-309)
  31. St. Eusebius
    (309 or 310)
  32. St. Miltiades
    (311-14)
  33. St. Sylvester I
    (314-35)
  34. St. Marcus
    (336)
  35. St. Julius I
    (337-52)
  36. Liberius
    (352-66) Opposed by
    Felix II,
    antipope
    (355-365)
  37. St. Damasus I
    (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus,
    antipope
    (366-367)
  38. St. Siricius
    (384-99)
  39. St. Anastasius
    I
    (399-401)
  40. St. Innocent I
    (401-17)
  41. St. Zosimus
    (417-18)
  42. St. Boniface I
    (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius,
    antipope
    (418-419)
  43. St. Celestine I
    (422-32)
  44. St. Sixtus III
    (432-40)
  45. St. Leo I (the
    Great)
    (440-61)
  46. St. Hilarius
    (461-68)
  47. St. Simplicius
    (468-83)
  48. St. Felix III
    (II)
    (483-92)
  49. St. Gelasius I
    (492-96)
  50. Anastasius II
    (496-98)
  51. St. Symmachus
    (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius,
    antipope
    (498-501)
  52. St. Hormisdas
    (514-23)
  53. St. John I
    (523-26)
  54. St. Felix IV
    (III)
    (526-30)
  55. Boniface II
    (530-32) Opposed by
    Dioscorus,
    antipope
    (530)
  56. John II
    (533-35)
  57. St. Agapetus I
    (535-36) Also called Agapitus I
  58. St. Silverius
    (536-37)
  59. Vigilius
    (537-55)
  60. Pelagius I
    (556-61)
  61. John III
    (561-74)
  62. Benedict I
    (575-79)
  63. Pelagius II
    (579-90)
  64. St. Gregory I
    (the Great)
    (590-604)
  65. Sabinian
    (604-606)
  66. Boniface III
    (607)
  67. St. Boniface IV
    (608-15)
  68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus
    I)
    (615-18)
  69. Boniface V
    (619-25)
  70. Honorius I
    (625-38)
  71. Severinus
    (640)
  72. John IV
    (640-42)
  73. Theodore I
    (642-49)
  74. St. Martin I
    (649-55)
  75. St. Eugene I
    (655-57)
  76. St. Vitalian
    (657-72)
  77. Adeodatus (II)
    (672-76)
  78. Donus
    (676-78)
  79. St. Agatho
    (678-81)
  80. St. Leo II
    (682-83)
  81. St. Benedict II
    (684-85)
  82. John V
    (685-86)
  83. Conon
    (686-87)
  84. St. Sergius I
    (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal,
    antipopes
    (687)
  85. John VI
    (701-05)
  86. John VII
    (705-07)
  87. Sisinnius
    (708)
  88. Constantine
    (708-15)
  89. St. Gregory II
    (715-31)
  90. St. Gregory III
    (731-41)
  91. St. Zachary
    (741-52)
  92. Stephen II
    (752) Because he died before being
    consecrated,
    many authoritative lists omit him
  93. Stephen III
    (752-57)
  94. St. Paul I
    (757-67)
  95. Stephen IV
    (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and
    Philip (768),
    antipopes
    (767)
  96. Adrian I
    (772-95)
  97. St. Leo III
    (795-816)
  98. Stephen V
    (816-17)
  99. St. Paschal I
    (817-24)
  100. Eugene II
    (824-27)
  101. Valentine
    (827)
  102. Gregory IV
    (827-44)
  103. Sergius II
    (844-47) Opposed by John,
    antipope
    (855)
  104. St. Leo IV
    (847-55)
  105. Benedict III
    (855-58) Opposed by
    Anastasius,
    antipope
    (855)
  106. St. Nicholas I
    (the Great)
    (858-67)
  107. Adrian II
    (867-72)
  108. John VIII
    (872-82)
  109. Marinus I
    (882-84)
  110. St. Adrian III
    (884-85)
  111. Stephen VI
    (885-91)
  112. Formosus
    (891-96)
  113. Boniface VI
    (896)
  114. Stephen VII
    (896-97)
  115. Romanus
    (897)
  116. Theodore II
    (897)
  117. John IX
    (898-900)
  118. Benedict IV
    (900-03)
  119. Leo V (903)
    Opposed by Christopher,
    antipope
    (903-904)
  120. Sergius III
    (904-11)
  121. Anastasius III
    (911-13)
  122. Lando
    (913-14)
  123. John X
    (914-28)
  124. Leo VI
    (928)
  125. Stephen VIII
    (929-31)
  126. John XI
    (931-35)
  127. Leo VII
    (936-39)
  128. Stephen IX
    (939-42)
  129. Marinus II
    (942-46)
  130. Agapetus II
    (946-55)
  131. John XII
    (955-63)
  132. Leo VIII
    (963-64)
  133. Benedict V
    (964)
  134. John XIII
    (965-72)
  135. Benedict VI
    (973-74)
  136. Benedict VII
    (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by
    Boniface VII,
    antipope
    (974; 984-985)
  137. John XIV
    (983-84)
  138. John XV
    (985-96)
  139. Gregory V
    (996-99) Opposed by
    John XVI,
    antipope
    (997-998)
  140. Sylvester II
    (999-1003)
  141. John XVII
    (1003)
  142. John XVIII
    (1003-09)
  143. Sergius IV
    (1009-12)
  144. Benedict VIII
    (1012-24) Opposed by
    Gregory,
    antipope
    (1012)
  145. John XIX
    (1024-32)
  146. Benedict IX
    (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate
    times, because he was twice
    deposed and
    restored
  147. Sylvester III (1045)
    Considered by some to be an
    antipope
  148. Benedict IX
    (1045)
  149. Gregory VI
    (1045-46)
  150. Clement II
    (1046-47)
  151. Benedict IX
    (1047-48)
  152. Damasus II
    (1048)
  153. St. Leo IX
    (1049-54)
  154. Victor II
    (1055-57)
  155. Stephen X
    (1057-58)
  156. Nicholas II
    (1058-61) Opposed by
    Benedict X,
    antipope
    (1058)
  157. Alexander II
    (1061-73) Opposed by
    Honorius II,
    antipope
    (1061-1072)
  158. St. Gregory VII
    (1073-85) Gregory and the following three
    popes were
    opposed by
    Guibert (“Clement III”)
    ,
    antipope
    (1080-1100)
  159. Blessed Victor
    III
    (1086-87)
  160. Blessed Urban
    II
    (1088-99)
  161. Paschal II
    (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric
    (1102) and Maginulf (“Sylvester IV”, 1105-1111),
    antipopes
    (1100)
  162. Gelasius II
    (1118-19) Opposed by
    Burdin
    (“Gregory VIII”)
    ,
    antipope
    (1118)
  163. Callistus II
    (1119-24)
  164. Honorius II
    (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II,
    antipope
    (1124)
  165. Innocent II
    (1130-43) Opposed by
    Anacletus II
    (1130-1138) and
    Gregory Conti (“Victor IV”)
    (1138),
    antipopes
    (1138)
  166. Celestine II
    (1143-44)
  167. Lucius II
    (1144-45)
  168. Blessed Eugene
    III
    (1145-53)
  169. Anastasius IV
    (1153-54)
  170. Adrian IV
    (1154-59)
  171. Alexander III
    (1159-81) Opposed by
    Octavius
    (“Victor IV”)
    (1159-1164),
    Pascal III
    (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180),
    antipopes
  172. Lucius III
    (1181-85)
  173. Urban III
    (1185-87)
  174. Gregory VIII
    (1187)
  175. Clement III
    (1187-91)
  176. Celestine III
    (1191-98)
  177. Innocent III
    (1198-1216)
  178. Honorius III
    (1216-27)
  179. Gregory IX
    (1227-41)
  180. Celestine IV
    (1241)
  181. Innocent IV
    (1243-54)
  182. Alexander IV
    (1254-61)
  183. Urban IV
    (1261-64)
  184. Clement IV
    (1265-68)
  185. Blessed Gregory
    X
    (1271-76)
  186. Blessed
    Innocent V
    (1276)
  187. Adrian V
    (1276)
  188. John XXI
    (1276-77)
  189. Nicholas III
    (1277-80)
  190. Martin IV
    (1281-85)
  191. Honorius IV
    (1285-87)
  192. Nicholas IV
    (1288-92)
  193. St. Celestine V
    (1294)
  194. Boniface VIII
    (1294-1303)
  195. Blessed
    Benedict XI
    (1303-04)
  196. Clement V
    (1305-14)
  197. John XXII
    (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V,
    antipope
    (1328-1330)
  198. Benedict XII
    (1334-42)
  199. Clement VI
    (1342-52)
  200. Innocent VI
    (1352-62)
  201. Blessed Urban V
    (1362-70)
  202. Gregory XI
    (1370-78)
  203. Urban VI
    (1378-89) Opposed by
    Robert of
    Geneva (“Clement VII”)
    ,
    antipope
    (1378-1394)
  204. Boniface IX
    (1389-1404) Opposed by
    Robert of
    Geneva (“Clement VII”)
    (1378-1394),
    Pedro de Luna
    (“Benedict XIII”)
    (1394-1417) and
    Baldassare
    Cossa (“John XXIII”)
    (1400-1415),
    antipopes
  205. Innocent VII
    (1404-06) Opposed by
    Pedro de Luna
    (“Benedict XIII”)
    (1394-1417) and
    Baldassare
    Cossa (“John XXIII”)
    (1400-1415),
    antipopes
  206. Gregory XII
    (1406-15) Opposed by
    Pedro de Luna
    (“Benedict XIII”)
    (1394-1417),
    Baldassare
    Cossa (“John XXIII”)
    (1400-1415), and
    Pietro
    Philarghi (“Alexander V”)
    (1409-1410),
    antipopes
  207. Martin V
    (1417-31)
  208. Eugene IV
    (1431-47) Opposed by
    Amadeus of
    Savoy (“Felix V”)
    ,
    antipope
    (1439-1449)
  209. Nicholas V
    (1447-55)
  210. Callistus III
    (1455-58)
  211. Pius II
    (1458-64)
  212. Paul II
    (1464-71)
  213. Sixtus IV
    (1471-84)
  214. Innocent VIII
    (1484-92)
  215. Alexander VI
    (1492-1503)
  216. Pius III
    (1503)
  217. Julius II
    (1503-13)
  218. Leo X
    (1513-21)
  219. Adrian VI
    (1522-23)
  220. Clement VII
    (1523-34)
  221. Paul III
    (1534-49)
  222. Julius III
    (1550-55)
  223. Marcellus II
    (1555)
  224. Paul IV
    (1555-59)
  225. Pius IV
    (1559-65)
  226. St. Pius V
    (1566-72)
  227. Gregory XIII
    (1572-85)
  228. Sixtus V
    (1585-90)
  229. Urban VII
    (1590)
  230. Gregory XIV
    (1590-91)
  231. Innocent IX
    (1591)
  232. Clement VIII
    (1592-1605)
  233. Leo XI
    (1605)
  234. Paul V
    (1605-21)
  235. Gregory XV
    (1621-23)
  236. Urban VIII
    (1623-44)
  237. Innocent X
    (1644-55)
  238. Alexander VII
    (1655-67)
  239. Clement IX
    (1667-69)
  240. Clement X
    (1670-76)
  241. Blessed
    Innocent XI
    (1676-89)
  242. Alexander VIII
    (1689-91)
  243. Innocent XII
    (1691-1700)
  244. Clement XI
    (1700-21)
  245. Innocent XIII
    (1721-24)
  246. Benedict XIII
    (1724-30)
  247. Clement XII
    (1730-40)
  248. Benedict XIV
    (1740-58)
  249. Clement XIII
    (1758-69)
  250. Clement XIV
    (1769-74)
  251. Pius VI
    (1775-99)
  252. Pius VII
    (1800-23)
  253. Leo XII
    (1823-29)
  254. Pius VIII
    (1829-30)
  255. Gregory XVI
    (1831-46)
  256. Blessed Pius IX
    (1846-78)
  257. Leo XIII
    (1878-1903)
  258. St. Pius X
    (1903-14)
  259. Benedict XV (1914-22)
    Biographies of Benedict XV and his successors
    will be added at a later date
  260. Pius XI (1922-39)
  261. Pius XII (1939-58)
  262. St. John XXIII (1958-63)
  263. Paul VI (1963-78)
  264. John Paul I (1978)
  265. St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
  266. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
  267. Francis (2013 to present)