I’m not a Roman Catholic. I don’t believe that Simon Peter was the first Pope, let alone the first Catholic Pope. Scripture is clear that each and every believer is a priest, and that we need only Christ to be our intermediary between God and man. This was one of the primary points of contention that led to the Protestant Reformation, which was intended to turn the Roman Catholic church back toward biblical orthodoxy. This information is simply for reference.
Who’s your favorite pontiff? Let me know if you find any errors.
| Peter | (32 – 67) |
| Linus | (67 – 76) |
| Anacletus [Cletus] | (76 – 88) |
| Clement I | (88 – 97) |
| Evaristus | (97 – 105 |
| Alexander I | (105 – 115) |
| Sixtus I [Xystus I] | (115 – 125) |
| Telesphorus | (125 – 136) |
| Hyginus | (136 – 140) |
| Pius I | (140 – 155) |
| Anicetus | (155 – 166) |
| Soter | (166 – 175) |
| Eleutherius | (175 – 189) |
| Victor I | (189 – 199) |
| Zephyrinus | (199 – 217) |
| Callistus I | (217 – 222) |
| Urban I | (222 – 230) |
| Pontain | (230 – 235) |
| Anterus | (235 – 236) |
| Fabian | (236 – 250) |
| Cornelius | (251 – 253) |
| Lucius I | (253 – 254) |
| Stephen I | (254 – 257) |
| Sixtus II | (257 – 258) |
| Dionysius | (260 – 268) |
| Felix I | (269 – 274) |
| Eutychian | (275 – 283) |
| Caius [Gaius] | (283 – 296) |
| Marcellinus | (296 – 304) |
| Marcellus I | (308 – 309) |
| Eusebius | (309 or 310) |
| Miltiades | (311 – 314) |
| Sylvester I | (314 – 335) |
| Marcus | (336) |
| Julius I | (337 – 352) |
| Liberius | (352 – 366) |
| Damasus I | (366 – 383) |
| Siricius | (384 – 399) |
| Anastasius I | (399 – 401) |
| Innocent I | (401 – 417) |
| Zosimus | (417 – 418) |
| Boniface I | (418 – 422) |
| Celestine I | (422 – 432) |
| Sixtus III | (432 – 440) |
| Leo I [Leo the Great] | (440 – 461) |
| Hilarius | (461 – 468) |
| Simplicius | (468 – 483) |
| Felix III (II) | (483 – 492) |
| Gelasius I | (492 – 496) |
| Anastasius II | (496 – 498) |
| Symmachus | (498 – 514) |
| Hormisdas | (514 – 523) |
| John I | (523 – 526) |
| Felix IV (III) | (526 – 530) |
| Boniface II | (530 – 532) |
| John II | (533 – 535) |
| Agapetus I [Agapitus I] | (535 – 536) |
| Silverius | (536 – 537) |
| Vigilius | (537 – 555) |
| Pelagius I | (556 – 561) |
| John III | (561 – 574) |
| Benedict I | (575 – 579) |
| Pelagius II | (579 – 590) |
| Gregory I [Gregory the Great] | (590 – 604) |
| Sabinian | (604 – 606) |
| Boniface III | (607) |
| Boniface IV | (608 – 615) |
| Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] | (615 – 618) |
| Boniface V | (619 – 625) |
| Honorius I | (625 – 638) |
| Severinus | (640) |
| John IV | (640 – 642) |
| Theodore I | (642 – 649) |
| Martin I | (649 – 655) |
| Eugene I | (655 – 657) |
| Vitalian | (657 – 672) |
| Adeodatus II | (672 – 676) |
| Donus | (676 – 678) |
| Agatho | (678 – 681) |
| Leo II | (682 – 683) |
| Benedict II | (684 – 685) |
| John V | (685 – 686) |
| Conon | (686 – 687) |
| Sergius I | (687 – 701) |
| John VI | (701 – 705) |
| John VII | (705 – 707) |
| Sisinnius | (708) |
| Constantine | (708 – 715) |
| Gregory II | (715 – 731) |
| Gregory III | (731 – 741) |
| Zachary | (741 – 752) |
| Stephen II | (752) |
| Stephen III | (752 – 757) |
| Paul I | (757 – 767) |
| Stephen IV | (767 – 772) |
| Adrian I | (772 – 795) |
| Leo III | (795 – 816) |
| Stephen V | (816 – 817) |
| Paschal I | (817 – 824) |
| Eugene II | (824 – 827) |
| Valentine | (827) |
| Gregory IV | (827 – 844) |
| Sergius II | (844 – 847) |
| Leo IV | (847 – 855) |
| Benedict III | (855 – 858) |
| Nicholas I [Nicholas the Great] | (858 – 867) |
| Adrian II | (867 – 872) |
| John VIII | (872 – 882) |
| Marinus I | (882 – 884) |
| Adrian III | (884 – 885) |
| Stephen VI | (885 – 891) |
| Formosus | (891 – 896) |
| Boniface VI | (896) |
| Stephen VII | (896 – 897) |
| Romanus | (897) |
| Theodore II | (897) |
| John IX | (898 – 900) |
| Benedict IV | (900 – 903) |
| Leo V | (903) |
| Sergius III | (904 – 911) |
| Anastasius III | (911 – 913) |
| Lando | (913 – 914) |
| John X | (914 – 928) |
| Leo VI | (928) |
| Stephen VIII | (929 – 931) |
| John XI | (931 – 935) |
| Leo VII | (936 – 939) |
| Stephen IX | (939 – 942) |
| Marinus II | (942 – 946) |
| Agapetus II | (946 – 955) |
| John XII | (955 – 963) |
| Leo VIII | (963 – 964) |
| Benedict V | (964) |
| John XIII | (965 – 972) |
| Benedict VI | (973 – 974) |
| Benedict VII | (974 – 983) |
| John XIV | (983 – 984) |
| John XV | (985 – 996) |
| Gregory V | (996 – 999) |
| Sylvester II | (999 – 1003) |
| John XVII | (1003) |
| John XVIII | (1003 – 1009) |
| Sergius IV | (1009 – 1012) |
| Benedict VIII | (1012 – 1024) |
| John XIX | (1024 – 1032) |
| Benedict IX | (1032 – 1045) |
| Sylvester III | (1045) |
| Benedict IX | (1045) |
| Gregory VI | (1045 – 1046) |
| Clement II | (1046 – 1047) |
| Benedict IX | (1047 – 1048) |
| Damasus II | (1048) |
| Leo IX | (1049 – 1054) |
| Victor II | (1055 – 1057) |
| Stephen X | (1057 – 1058) |
| Nicholas II | (1058 – 1061) |
| Alexander II | (1061 – 1073) |
| Gregory VII | (1073 – 1085) |
| Victor III | (1086 – 1087) |
| Urban II | (1088 – 1099) |
| Paschal II | (1099 – 1118) |
| Gelasius II | (1118 – 1119) |
| Callistus II | (1119 – 1124) |
| Honorius II | (1124 – 1130) |
| Innocent II | (1130 – 1143) |
| Celestine II | (1143 – 1144) |
| Lucius II | (1144 – 1145) |
| Eugene III | (1145 – 1153) |
| Anastasius IV | (1153 – 1154) |
| Adrian IV | (1154 – 1159) |
| Alexander III | (1159 – 1181) |
| Lucius III | (1181 – 1185) |
| Urban III | (1185 – 1187) |
| Gregory VIII | (1187) |
| Clement III | (1187 – 1191) |
| Celestine III | (1191 – 1198) |
| Innocent III | (1198 – 1216) |
| Honorius III | (1216 – 1227) |
| Gregory IX | (1227 – 1241) |
| Celestine IV | (1241) |
| Innocent IV | (1243 – 1254) |
| Alexander IV | (1254 – 1261) |
| Urban IV | (1261 – 1264) |
| Clement IV | (1265 – 1268) |
| Gregory X | (1271 – 1276) |
| Innocent V | (1276) |
| Adrian V | (1276) |
| John XXI | (1276 – 1277) |
| Nicholas III | (1277 – 1280) |
| Martin IV | (1281 – 1285) |
| Honorius IV | (1285 – 1287) |
| Nicholas IV | (1288 – 1292) |
| Celestine V | (1294) |
| Boniface VIII | (1294 – 1303) |
| Benedict XI | (1303 – 1304) |
| Clement V | (1305 – 1314) |
| John XXII | (1316 – 1334) |
| Benedict XII | (1334 – 1342) |
| Clement VI | (1342 – 1352) |
| Innocent VI | (1352 – 1362) |
| Urban V | (1362 – 1370) |
| Gregory XI | (1370 – 1378) |
| Urban VI | (1378 – 1389) |
| Boniface IX | (1389 – 1404) |
| Innocent VII | (1406 – 1406) |
| Gregory XII | (1406 – 1415) |
| Martin V | (1417 – 1431) |
| Eugene IV | (1431 – 1447) |
| Nicholas V | (1447 – 1455) |
| Callistus III | (1455 – 1458) |
| Pius II | (1458 – 1464) |
| Paul II | (1464 – 1471) |
| Sixtus IV | (1471 – 1484) |
| Innocent VIII | (1484 – 1492) |
| Alexander VI | (1492 – 1503) |
| Pius III | (1503) |
| Julius II | (1503 – 1513) |
| Leo X | (1513 – 1521) |
| Adrian VI | (1522 – 1523) |
| Clement VII | (1523 – 1534) |
| Paul III | (1534 – 1549) |
| Julius III | (1550 – 1555) |
| Marcellus II | (1555) |
| Paul IV | (1555 – 1559) |
| Pius IV | (1559 – 1565) |
| Pius V | (1566 – 1572) |
| Gregory XIII | (1572 – 1585) |
| Sixtus V | (1585 – 1590) |
| Urban VII | (1590) |
| Gregory XIV | (1590 – 1591) |
| Innocent IX | (1591) |
| Clement VIII | (1592 – 1605) |
| Leo XI | (1605) |
| Paul V | (1605 – 1621) |
| Gregory XV | (1621 – 1623) |
| Urban VIII | (1623 – 1644) |
| Innocent X | (1644 – 1655) |
| Alexander VII | (1655 – 1667) |
| Clement IX | (1667 – 1669) |
| Clement X | (1670 – 1676) |
| Innocent XI | (1676 – 1689) |
| Alexander VIII | (1689 – 1691) |
| Innocent XII | (1691 – 1700) |
| Clement XI | (1700 – 1721) |
| Innocent XIII | (1721 – 1724) |
| Benedict XIII | (1724 – 1730) |
| Clement XII | (1730 – 1740) |
| Benedict XIV | (1740 – 1758) |
| Clement XIII | (1758 – 1769) |
| Clement XIV | (1769 – 1774) |
| Pius VI | (1775 – 1799) |
| Pius VII | (1800 – 1823) |
| Leo XII | (1823 – 1829) |
| Pius VIII | (1829 – 1830) |
| Gregory XVI | (1831 – 1846) |
| Pius IX | (1846 – 1878) |
| Leo XIII | (1878 – 1903) |
| Pius X | (1903 – 1914) |
| Benedict XV | (1914 – 1922) |
| Pius XI | (1922 – 1939) |
| Pius XII | (1939 – 1958) |
| John XXIII | (1958 – 1963) |
| Paul VI | (1963 – 1978) |
| John Paul I | (1978) |
| John Paul II | (1978 – 2005) |
| Benedict XVI | (2005 – 2013) |
| Francis | (2013 – ) |
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