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.
- Francis (March 13, 2013 to present)
- Benedict XVI (April 19, 2005 to February 28, 2013)
- St. John Paul II (Oct 16, 1978 to April 2, 2005)
- Paul VI (June 21, 1963 – August 6, 1978)
- St.John XXIII (October 28, 1958 – June 3, 1963)
- Pius XII (March 2, 1939 – October 9, 1958)
- Pius XI (February 6, 1922 – February 10, 1939)
- Benedict XV (September 3, 1914 – January 22, 1922)
- St. Pius X (August 4, 1903 – August 20, 1914)
- Leo XIII (February 20, 1878 – July 20, 1903)
- Bl. Pius IX (June 16, 1846 – February 7, 1878)
- Gregory XVI (February 2, 1831 – June 1, 1846)
- Pius VIII (March 31, 1829 – November 30, 1830)
- Leo XII (September 28, 1823 – Febraury 10, 1829)
- Pius VII (March 14, 1800 – August 20, 1823)
- Pius VI (February 15, 1775 – August 29, 1799)
- Clement XIV (May 19, 1769 – September 22, 1774)
- Clement XIII (July 6, 1758 – February 2, 1769)
- Benedict XIV (August 17, 1740 – May 3, 1758)
- Clement XII (July 12, 1730 – February 6, 1740)
- Clement XI (November 23, 1700 – March 19, 1721)
- Innocent XI (September 21, 1676 – August 12, 1689)
- Alexander VII (April 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667)
- Clement VIII (January 30, 1592 – March 5, 1605)
- Sixtus V(April 24, 1585; crowned May 1, 1585; died August 27, 1590)
- Gregory XIII (May 13, 1572 – April 10, 1585)
- St. Pius V (January 7, 1566 – May 1, 1572)
- Paul III (October 13, 1534 – November 10, 1549)
- Leo X (March 9, 1513 – December 1, 1521)
- Alexander VI(August 11, 1492 to August 18, 1503)
- Sixtus IV (?, ? 1471 – August 12, 1484)
- Nicholas V (March 6, 1447- March 25, 1455)
- Eugene IV (March 4, 1431 – February 23, 1447)
- Benedict XII (December 20, 1334 – April 25, 1342)
- John XXII (September 5, 1316 – December 4, 1334)
- Clement V (June 5, 1305 – April 20, 1314)
- Boniface VIII (December 24, 1294 – October 11, 1303)
- Nicholas IV (February 22, 1288 – April 4, 1292)
- Nicholas III (November 25, 1277 to August 22, 1280)
- Gregory X (Sept. 1, 1271 – Jan. 10, 1276)
- Alexander IV (December 7?, 1254 – May 25, 1261)
- Innocent IV (June 25, 1243 – December 7, 1254)
- Gregory IX (March 19, 1227 – August 22, 1241)
- Honorious III (August 31, 1216 – March 18, 1227)
Chronological List of All the Popes
With links to the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia article for each up to Pope St. Pius X
- St. Peter
(32-67) - St. Linus
(67-76) - St. Anacletus
(Cletus) (76-88) - St. Clement I
(88-97) - St. Evaristus
(97-105) - St. Alexander I
(105-115) - St. Sixtus I
(115-125) Also called Xystus I - St. Telesphorus
(125-136) - St. Hyginus
(136-140) - St. Pius I
(140-155) - St. Anicetus
(155-166) - St. Soter
(166-175) - St. Eleutherius
(175-189) - St. Victor I
(189-199) - St. Zephyrinus
(199-217) - St. Callistus I
(217-22) Callistus and the following three
popes were
opposed by St.
Hippolytus,
antipope (217-236) - St. Urban I
(222-30) - St. Pontain
(230-35) - St. Anterus
(235-36) - St. Fabian
(236-50) - St. Cornelius
(251-53) Opposed by
Novatian,
antipope
(251) - St. Lucius I
(253-54) - St. Stephen I
(254-257) - St. Sixtus II
(257-258) - St. Dionysius
(260-268) - St. Felix I
(269-274) - St. Eutychian
(275-283) - St. Caius
(283-296) Also called Gaius - St. Marcellinus
(296-304) - St. Marcellus I
(308-309) - St. Eusebius
(309 or 310) - St. Miltiades
(311-14) - St. Sylvester I
(314-35) - St. Marcus
(336) - St. Julius I
(337-52) - Liberius
(352-66) Opposed by
Felix II,
antipope
(355-365) - St. Damasus I
(366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus,
antipope
(366-367) - St. Siricius
(384-99) - St. Anastasius
I (399-401) - St. Innocent I
(401-17) - St. Zosimus
(417-18) - St. Boniface I
(418-22) Opposed by Eulalius,
antipope
(418-419) - St. Celestine I
(422-32) - St. Sixtus III
(432-40) - St. Leo I (the
Great) (440-61) - St. Hilarius
(461-68) - St. Simplicius
(468-83) - St. Felix III
(II) (483-92) - St. Gelasius I
(492-96) - Anastasius II
(496-98) - St. Symmachus
(498-514) Opposed by Laurentius,
antipope
(498-501) - St. Hormisdas
(514-23) - St. John I
(523-26) - St. Felix IV
(III) (526-30) - Boniface II
(530-32) Opposed by
Dioscorus,
antipope
(530) - John II
(533-35) - St. Agapetus I
(535-36) Also called Agapitus I - St. Silverius
(536-37) - Vigilius
(537-55) - Pelagius I
(556-61) - John III
(561-74) - Benedict I
(575-79) - Pelagius II
(579-90) - St. Gregory I
(the Great) (590-604) - Sabinian
(604-606) - Boniface III
(607) - St. Boniface IV
(608-15) - St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus
I) (615-18) - Boniface V
(619-25) - Honorius I
(625-38) - Severinus
(640) - John IV
(640-42) - Theodore I
(642-49) - St. Martin I
(649-55) - St. Eugene I
(655-57) - St. Vitalian
(657-72) - Adeodatus (II)
(672-76) - Donus
(676-78) - St. Agatho
(678-81) - St. Leo II
(682-83) - St. Benedict II
(684-85) - John V
(685-86) - Conon
(686-87) - St. Sergius I
(687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal,
antipopes
(687) - John VI
(701-05) - John VII
(705-07) - Sisinnius
(708) - Constantine
(708-15) - St. Gregory II
(715-31) - St. Gregory III
(731-41) - St. Zachary
(741-52) - Stephen II
(752) Because he died before being
consecrated,
many authoritative lists omit him - Stephen III
(752-57) - St. Paul I
(757-67) - Stephen IV
(767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and
Philip (768),
antipopes (767) - Adrian I
(772-95) - St. Leo III
(795-816) - Stephen V
(816-17) - St. Paschal I
(817-24) - Eugene II
(824-27) - Valentine
(827) - Gregory IV
(827-44) - Sergius II
(844-47) Opposed by John,
antipope
(855) - St. Leo IV
(847-55) - Benedict III
(855-58) Opposed by
Anastasius,
antipope
(855) - St. Nicholas I
(the Great) (858-67) - Adrian II
(867-72) - John VIII
(872-82) - Marinus I
(882-84) - St. Adrian III
(884-85) - Stephen VI
(885-91) - Formosus
(891-96) - Boniface VI
(896) - Stephen VII
(896-97) - Romanus
(897) - Theodore II
(897) - John IX
(898-900) - Benedict IV
(900-03) - Leo V (903)
Opposed by Christopher,
antipope
(903-904) - Sergius III
(904-11) - Anastasius III
(911-13) - Lando
(913-14) - John X
(914-28) - Leo VI
(928) - Stephen VIII
(929-31) - John XI
(931-35) - Leo VII
(936-39) - Stephen IX
(939-42) - Marinus II
(942-46) - Agapetus II
(946-55) - John XII
(955-63) - Leo VIII
(963-64) - Benedict V
(964) - John XIII
(965-72) - Benedict VI
(973-74) - Benedict VII
(974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by
Boniface VII,
antipope
(974; 984-985) - John XIV
(983-84) - John XV
(985-96) - Gregory V
(996-99) Opposed by
John XVI,
antipope
(997-998) - Sylvester II
(999-1003) - John XVII
(1003) - John XVIII
(1003-09) - Sergius IV
(1009-12) - Benedict VIII
(1012-24) Opposed by
Gregory,
antipope
(1012) - John XIX
(1024-32) - Benedict IX
(1032-45) He appears on this list three separate
times, because he was twice
deposed and
restored - Sylvester III (1045)
Considered by some to be an
antipope - Benedict IX
(1045) - Gregory VI
(1045-46) - Clement II
(1046-47) - Benedict IX
(1047-48) - Damasus II
(1048) - St. Leo IX
(1049-54) - Victor II
(1055-57) - Stephen X
(1057-58) - Nicholas II
(1058-61) Opposed by
Benedict X,
antipope
(1058) - Alexander II
(1061-73) Opposed by
Honorius II,
antipope
(1061-1072) - St. Gregory VII
(1073-85) Gregory and the following three
popes were
opposed by
Guibert (“Clement III”),
antipope
(1080-1100) - Blessed Victor
III (1086-87) - Blessed Urban
II (1088-99) - Paschal II
(1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric
(1102) and Maginulf (“Sylvester IV”, 1105-1111),
antipopes
(1100) - Gelasius II
(1118-19) Opposed by
Burdin
(“Gregory VIII”),
antipope
(1118) - Callistus II
(1119-24) - Honorius II
(1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II,
antipope
(1124) - Innocent II
(1130-43) Opposed by
Anacletus II
(1130-1138) and
Gregory Conti (“Victor IV”) (1138),
antipopes
(1138) - Celestine II
(1143-44) - Lucius II
(1144-45) - Blessed Eugene
III (1145-53) - Anastasius IV
(1153-54) - Adrian IV
(1154-59) - 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 - Lucius III
(1181-85) - Urban III
(1185-87) - Gregory VIII
(1187) - Clement III
(1187-91) - Celestine III
(1191-98) - Innocent III
(1198-1216) - Honorius III
(1216-27) - Gregory IX
(1227-41) - Celestine IV
(1241) - Innocent IV
(1243-54) - Alexander IV
(1254-61) - Urban IV
(1261-64) - Clement IV
(1265-68) - Blessed Gregory
X (1271-76) - Blessed
Innocent V (1276) - Adrian V
(1276) - John XXI
(1276-77) - Nicholas III
(1277-80) - Martin IV
(1281-85) - Honorius IV
(1285-87) - Nicholas IV
(1288-92) - St. Celestine V
(1294) - Boniface VIII
(1294-1303) - Blessed
Benedict XI (1303-04) - Clement V
(1305-14) - John XXII
(1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V,
antipope
(1328-1330) - Benedict XII
(1334-42) - Clement VI
(1342-52) - Innocent VI
(1352-62) - Blessed Urban V
(1362-70) - Gregory XI
(1370-78) - Urban VI
(1378-89) Opposed by
Robert of
Geneva (“Clement VII”),
antipope
(1378-1394) - 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 - Innocent VII
(1404-06) Opposed by
Pedro de Luna
(“Benedict XIII”) (1394-1417) and
Baldassare
Cossa (“John XXIII”) (1400-1415),
antipopes - 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 - Martin V
(1417-31) - Eugene IV
(1431-47) Opposed by
Amadeus of
Savoy (“Felix V”),
antipope
(1439-1449) - Nicholas V
(1447-55) - Callistus III
(1455-58) - Pius II
(1458-64) - Paul II
(1464-71) - Sixtus IV
(1471-84) - Innocent VIII
(1484-92) - Alexander VI
(1492-1503) - Pius III
(1503) - Julius II
(1503-13) - Leo X
(1513-21) - Adrian VI
(1522-23) - Clement VII
(1523-34) - Paul III
(1534-49) - Julius III
(1550-55) - Marcellus II
(1555) - Paul IV
(1555-59) - Pius IV
(1559-65) - St. Pius V
(1566-72) - Gregory XIII
(1572-85) - Sixtus V
(1585-90) - Urban VII
(1590) - Gregory XIV
(1590-91) - Innocent IX
(1591) - Clement VIII
(1592-1605) - Leo XI
(1605) - Paul V
(1605-21) - Gregory XV
(1621-23) - Urban VIII
(1623-44) - Innocent X
(1644-55) - Alexander VII
(1655-67) - Clement IX
(1667-69) - Clement X
(1670-76) - Blessed
Innocent XI (1676-89) - Alexander VIII
(1689-91) - Innocent XII
(1691-1700) - Clement XI
(1700-21) - Innocent XIII
(1721-24) - Benedict XIII
(1724-30) - Clement XII
(1730-40) - Benedict XIV
(1740-58) - Clement XIII
(1758-69) - Clement XIV
(1769-74) - Pius VI
(1775-99) - Pius VII
(1800-23) - Leo XII
(1823-29) - Pius VIII
(1829-30) - Gregory XVI
(1831-46) - Blessed Pius IX
(1846-78) - Leo XIII
(1878-1903) - St. Pius X
(1903-14) - Benedict XV (1914-22)
Biographies of Benedict XV and his successors
will be added at a later date - Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013 to present)