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Popes buried in St. Peter's

The List of popes begins with St. Peter and continues through the present day. The pope is the head of the Catholic Church.

Peter was called the Bishop of Rome. All others who became Bishop of Rome were also recognized as popes.

Chronological list of popes

The list sometimes says interregnum. This is Latin for "between reigns". It means there was no pope.

From 30 to 249

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
30 to 67	Peter Saint Peter	Petrus	Simon Peter שמעון בן יונה (Shimon ben Yona) Shimon Kipha CΙΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑC (Simeon Kephas - Simon the Rock)	Bethsaida, Galilea
post42/ante57 to 64/67(?)	Peter Saint Peter	Petrus		Bethsaida, Galilea
64/67(?) to 76/79(?)	Linus Saint Linus	Linus	Linus	Tuscia (Northern Latium)
76/79(?) to 88	Anacletus (Cletus) Saint Anacletus	Anacletus	Anacletus	Probably Greece
88/92 to 97/101	Clement I Saint Clement	Clemens Primus		Rome
97/99 to 105/107	Evaristus (Aristus) Saint Evaristus	Evaristus	Aristus
105/107 to 115/116	Alexander I Saint Alexander	Alexander Primus	Alexander
115/116 to 125	Sixtus I Saint Sixtus	Xystus Primus		Rome or Greece
125 to 136/138	Telesphorus Saint Telesphorus	Telesphorus		Greece
136/138 to 140/142	Hyginus Saint Hyginus	Hyginus		Greece
140/142 to 155	Pius I Saint Pius	Pius Primus		Aquileia, Friuli, Italy
155 to 166	Anicetus Saint Anicetus	Anicetus		Emesa, Syria
c.166 to 174/175	Soter Saint Soter	Soterius		Fondi, Latium, Italy
174/175 to 189	Eleuterus Saint Eleutherus	Eleutherius		Nicopoli, Epyrus
189 to 198/199	Victor I Saint Victor	Victor Primus		Northern Africa
199 to 217	Zephyrinus Saint Zephyrin	Zephyrinus		Rome
c.217 to 222/223	Callixtus I Saint Callixtus	Callistus Primus
222/223 to 230	Urban I Saint Urban	Urbanus Primus		Rome
21 July 230 to 28 September 235	Pontian Saint Pontian	Pontianus		Rome
235 to 3 January 236	Anterus Saint Anterus	Anterus		Greece
10 January 236 to 20 January 250	Fabian Saint Fabian	Fabianus		Rome

From 250 to 499

Ordinal number	Dates of reign	English name	Latin name	Place of birth
21	251 — 253	Cornelius Saint Cornelius	Cornelius
22	253 — 254	Lucius I Saint Lucius	Lucius Primus	Rome
23	254 — 257	Stephen I Saint Stephen	Stephanus Primus	Rome
24	257 — 258	Sixtus II Saint Sixtus II	Xystus Secundus	Greece
25	259 — 268	Dionysius Saint Dionysius	Dionysius	Greece
26	269 — 274	Felix I Saint Felix	Felix Primus	Rome
27	275 — 283	Eutychian Saint Eutychian	Eutychianus
28	283 — 296	Caius Saint Caius	Caius
29	296 — 304	Marcellinus Saint Marcellinus	Marcellinus
30	308 — 309	Marcellus I Saint Marcellus	Marcellus Primus
31	309 or 310	Eusebius Saint Eusebius	Eusebius
32	311 — 314	Miltiades Melchiades Saint Miltiades	Miltiades	Africa
33	314 — 335	Sylvester I Saint Sylvester	Silvester Primus
34	336 — 336	Mark Saint Mark	Marcus	Rome
35	337 — 352	Julius I Saint Julius	Iulius Primus	Rome
36	352 — 366	Liberius	Liberius
37	366 — 384	Damasus I Saint Damasus	Damasus Primus	Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
38	384 — 399	Siricius Saint Siricius	Siricius
39	399 — 401	Anastasius I Saint Anastasius	Anastasius Primus
40	401 — 417	Innocent I Saint Innocent	Innocentius Primus
41	417 — 418	Zosimus Saint Zosimus	Zosimus
42	418 — 422	Boniface I Saint Boniface	Bonifacius Primus
43	422 — 432	Celestine I Saint Celestine	Coelestinus Primus
44	432 — 440	Sixtus III Saint Sixtus	Xystus Tertius
45	440 — 461	Leo I Saint Leo Leo the Great	Leo Primus	Rome
46	461 — 468	Hilarius Saint Hilarius	Hilarius
47	468 — 483	Simplicius Saint Simplicius	Simplicius	Tivoli, Italy
48	483 — 492	Felix III Saint Felix	Felix Tertius	Rome
49	492 — 496	Gelasius I Saint Gelasius	Gelasius Primus	Africa
50	496 — 498	Anastasius II	Anastasius Secundus
51	498 — 514	Symmachus Saint Symmachus	Symmachus	Sardinia

From 500 to 749

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
20 July 514 to 19 July 523	Hormisdas Saint Hormisdas	Hormisdus		Frosinone, Southern Latium, Italy
13 August 523 to 18 May 526	John I Saint John	Ioannes Primus		Tuscany
13 July 526 to 22 September 530	Felix IV Saint Felix	Felix Quartus		Samnium
22 September 530 to 17 October 532	Boniface II	Bonifacius Secundus		Rome to Ostrogoth parents
2 January 533 to 8 May 535	John II	Ioannes Secundus	Mercurius	Rome
13 May 535 to 22 April 536	Agapetus I Agapitus Saint Agapetus	Agapetus Primus
1 June 536 to 11 November 537	Silverius Saint Silverius	Silverius
29 March 537 to 7 June 555	Vigilius	Vigilius		Rome
16 April 556 to 4 March 561	Pelagius I	Pelagius Primus		Rome
17 July 561 to 13 July 574	John III	Ioannes Tertius	Catelinus
2 June 575 to 30 July 579	Benedict I	Benedictus Primus
26 November 579 to 7 February 590	Pelagius II	Pelagius Secundus		Rome
3 September 590 to 12 March 604	Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint Gregory Gregory the Great	Gregorius Primus		Rome
13 September 604 to 22 February 606	Sabinian Saint Sabinian	Sabinianus		Blera
19 February 607 to 12 November 607	Boniface III	Bonifacius Tertius		Rome
25 August 608 to 8 May 615	Boniface IV, O.S.B. Saint Boniface	Bonifacius Quartus		Marsi
19 October 615 to 8 November 618	Adeodatus I	Adeodatus Primus		Rome
23 December 619 to 25 October 625	Boniface V	Bonifacius Quintus		Naples
27 October 625 to 12 October 638	Honorius I	Honorius Primus
October 638 to 2 August 640	Severinus	Severinus		Rome
24 December 640 to 12 October 642	John IV	Ioannes Quartus		Zadar, Dalmatia, now Croatia
24 November 642 to 14 May 649	Theodore I	Theodorus Primus		Palestine
July 649 to 16 September 655	Martin I Saint Martin	Martinus Primus
10 August 654 to 2 June 657	Eugene I Saint Eugene	Eugenius Primus		Rome
30 July 657 to 27 January 672	Vitalian Saint Vitalian	Vitalianus
11 April 672 to 17 June 676	Adeodatus II, O.S.B.	Adeodatus Secundus
2 November 676 to 11 April 678	Donus	Donus
27 June 678 to 10 January 681	Agatho Saint Agatho	Agatho		Sicily
December 681 to 3 July 683	Leo II Saint Leo	Leo Secundus		Sicily
683/26 June 684 to 8 May 685	Benedict II Saint Benedict	Benedictus Secundus
12 July 685 to 2 August 686	John V	Ioannes Quintus		Syria
21 October 686 to 22 September 687	Conon	Conon
15 December 687 to 8 September 701	Sergius I Saint Sergius	Sergius Primus		Sicily
30 October 701 to 11 January 705	John VI	Ioannes Sextus		Greece
1 March 705 to 18 October 707	John VII	Ioannes Septumus		Greece
15 January 708 to 4 February 708	Sisinnius	Sisinnius		Syria
25 March 708 to 9 April 715	Constantine	Constantinus		Syria
19 May 715 to 11 February 731	Gregory II Saint Gregory	Gregorius Secundus
18 March 731 to 28 November 741	Gregory III	Gregorius Tertius		Syria
3 December 741 to 14 March/22 March 752	Zachary Saint Zachary	Zacharias		Greece

From 750 to 999

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
23 March 752 to 25 March 752 Never took office as Pope.	(Pope-Elect Stephen)	Stephanus
26 March 752 to 26 April 757	Stephen II	Stephanus Secundus
29 May 757 to 28 June 767	Paul I Saint Paul	Paulus Primus
1 August 767 to 24 January 772	Stephen III	Stephanus Tertius
1 February 772 to 26 December 795	Adrian I	Hadrianus Primus		Rome
26 December 795 to 12 June 816	Leo III	Leo Tertius
12 June 816 to 24 January 817	Stephen IV	Stephanus Quartus
25 January 817 to 11 February 824	Paschal I Saint Paschal	Paschalis Primus		Rome
8 May 824 to August 827	Eugene II	Eugenius Secundus		Rome
August 827 to September 827	Valentine	Valentinus		Rome
827 to January 844	Gregory IV	Gregorius Quartus
January 844 to 7 January 847	Sergius II	Sergius Secundus		Rome
January 847 to 17 July 855	Leo IV, O.S.B. Saint Leo	Leo Quartus		Rome
855 to 7 April 858	Benedict III	Benedictus Tertius
24 April 858 to 13 November 867	Nicholas I Saint Nicholas Nicholas the Great	Nicolaus Primus
14 December 867 to 14 December 872	Adrian II	Hadrianus Secundus		Rome
14 December 872 to 16 December 882	John VIII	Ioannes Octavus		Rome
16 December 882 to 15 May 884	Marinus I	Marinus Primus
17 May 884 to c.September 885	Adrian III Saint Adrian	Hadrianus Tertius		Rome
885 to 14 September 891	Stephen V	Stephanus Quintus
19 September 891 to 4 April 896	Formosus	Formosus		Ostia
4 April 896 to 19 April 896	Boniface VI	Bonifacius Sextus		Rome
22 May 896 to August 897	Stephen VI	Stephanus Sextus
August 897 to November 897	Romanus	Romanus
December 897	Theodore II	Theodorus Secundus
January 898 to January 900	John IX, O.S.B.	Ioannes Nonus
900 to 903	Benedict IV	Benedictus Quartus		Rome
July 903 to September 903	Leo V	Leo Quintus		Ardea
29 January 904 to 14 April 911	Sergius III	Sergius Tertius		Rome
April 911 to June 913	Anastasius III	Anastasius Tertius		Rome
July/August 913 to February/March 914	Lando	Landus		Sabina, Italy
March 914 to May 928	John X	Ioannes Decimus
May 928 to December 928	Leo VI	Leo Sextus
December 928 to February 931	Stephen VII	Stephanus Septimus
February/March 931 to December 935	John XI	Ioannes Undecimus
3 January 936 to 13 July 939	Leo VII, O.S.B.	Leo Septimus
14 July 939 to October 942	Stephen VIII	Stephanus Octavus
30 October 942 to May 946	Marinus II	Marinus Secundus
10 May 946 to December 955	Agapetus II	Agapetus Secundus
16 December 955 to 14 May 964	John XII	Ioannes Duodecimus	Octavian
22 May 964 to 23 June 964	Benedict V	Benedictus Quintus
July 964 to 1 March 965	Leo VIII	Leo Octavus		Rome
1 October 965 to 6 September 972	John XIII	Ioannes Tertius Decimus
19 January 973 to June 974	Benedict VI	Benedictus Sextus
October 974 to 10 July 983	Benedict VII	Benedictus Septimus
December 983 to 20 August 984	John XIV	Ioannes Quartus Decimus	Pietro Campanora	Pavia
August 985 to March 996	John XV	Ioannes Quintus Decimus		Rome
3 May 996 to 18 February 999	Gregory V	Gregorius Quintus	Bruno of Carinthia
2 April 999 to 12 May 1003	Sylvester II	Silvester Secundus	Gerbert d'Aurillac	Auvergne region of France

From 1000 to 1249

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
June 1003 to December 1003	John XVII	Ioannes Septimus Decimus	Siccone	Rome
25 December 1003 to July 1009	John XVIII	Ioannes Duodevicesimus	Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus	Rome
31 July 1009 to 12 May 1012	Sergius IV	Sergius Quartus	Pietro Boccapecora	Rome
18 May 1012 to 9 April 1024	Benedict VIII	Benedictus Octavus	Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum	Rome
April/May 1024 to 20 October 1032	John XIX	Ioannes Undevicesimus	Romanus, Conti di Tusculum	Rome
1032 to 1044	Benedict IX	Benedictus Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Rome
1045	Sylvester III	Silvester Tertius	John, Bishop of Sabina	Rome
1045 to 1046	Benedict IX	Benedictus Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Rome
April/May 1045 to 20 December 1046	Gregory VI	Gregorius Sextus	Johannes Gratianus
24 December 1046 to 9 October 1047	Clement II	Clemens Secundus	Suidger	Saxony
November 1047 to 1048	Benedict IX	Benedictus Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum
17 July 1048 to 9 August 1048	Damasus II	Damasus Secundus	Poppo	Tirol
12 February 1049 to 19 April 1054	Leo IX Saint Leo	Leo Nonus	Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg	Alsace
13 April 1055 to 28 July 1057	Victor II	Victor Secundus	Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg	Germany
2 August 1057 to 29 March 1058	Stephen IX, O.S.B.	Stephanus Nonus	Frederic de Lorraine; Frederick of Lorraine
6 December 1058 to 27 July 1061	Nicholas II	Nicolaus Secundus	Gérard de Bourgogne; Gerard of Burgundy
30 September 1061 to 21 April 1073	Alexander II	Alexander Secundus	Anselmo da Baggio	Baggio, Milan, Italy
22 April 1073 to 25 May 1085	Gregory VII, O.S.B. Saint Gregory	Gregorius Septimus	Hildebrand	Soana, Tuscany, Italy
24 May 1086 to 16 September 1087	Victor III, O.S.B. Blessed Victor	Victor Tertius	Desiderio; Desiderius; Dauferius	Southern Italy
12 March 1088 to 29 July 1099	Urban II, O.S.B. Blessed Urban	Urbanus Secundus	Odo of Lagery	France
13 August 1099 to 21 January 1118	Paschal II, O.Cist.	Paschalis Secundus	Raniero	Romagna, Italy
24 January 1118 to 28 January 1119	Gelasius II, O.S.B.	Gelasius Secundus	Giovanni Coniulo	Gaeta, Latium, Italy
2 February 1119 to 13 December 1124	Callixtus II	Callistus Secundus	Guido, Comte de Bourgogne	France
15 December 1124 to 13 February 1130	Honorius II	Honorius Secundus	Lamberto Scannabecchi	Imola, Romagna, Italy
14 February 1130 to 24 September 1143	Innocent II	Innocentius Secundus	Gregorio Papareschi	Rome, Italy
26 September 1143 to 8 March 1144	Celestine II	Coelestinus Secundus	Guido	Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
12 March 1144 to 15 March 1145	Lucius II	Lucius Secundus	Gerardo Caccianemici dal Orso	Bologna, Italy
15 February 1145 to 8 July 1153	Eugene III, O.Cist. Blessed Eugene	Eugenius Tertius	Bernardo Pignatelli	Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
8 July 1153 to 3 December 1154	Anastasius IV	Anastasius Quartus	Corrado	Rome
4 December 1154 to 1 September 1159	Adrian IV, O.S.A.	Hadrianus Quartus	Nicholas Breakspear	England
7 September 1159 to 30 August 1181	Alexander III	Alexander Tertius	Rolando Bandinelli	Siena, Tuscany, Italy
1 September 1181 to 25 November 1185	Lucius III	Lucius Tertius	Ubaldo Allucingoli	Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
25 November 1185 to 19 October 1187	Urban III	Urbanus Tertius	Uberto Crivelli	Milan, Italy
21 October 1187 to 17 December 1187	Gregory VIII	Gregorius Octavus	Alberto di Morra	Benevento, Campania, Italy
19 December 1187 to 27 March 1191	Clement III	Clemens Tertius	Paulino Scolari	Rome
30 March 1191 to 8 January 1198	Celestine III	Coelestinus Tertius	Giacinto Bobone	Rome
8 January 1198 to 16 July 1216	Innocent III	Innocentius Tertius	Lothario dei Conti di Segni	Gavignano, Latium, Italy
18 July 1216 to 18 March 1227	Honorius III	Honorius Tertius	Cencio Savelli	Rome
19 March 1227 to 22 August 1241	Gregory IX	Gregorius Nonus	Ugolino dei Conti di Segni	Anagni, Latium, Italy
25 October 1241 to 10 November 1241	Celestine IV, O.S.B.	Coelestinus Quartus	Goffredo Castiglioni	Milan, Italy
25 June 1243 to 7 December 1254	Innocent IV	Innocentius Quartus	Sinibaldo Fieschi	Genoa, Italy

From 1254 to 1492

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
12 December 1254 to 25 May 1261	Alexander IV	Alexander Quartus	Rinaldo dei Conti di Segni; Rinaldo Conti	Anagni, Italy
29 August 1261 to 2 October 1264	Urban IV	Urbanus Quartus	Jacques Pantaléon	Troyes, France
5 February 1265 to 29 November 1268	Clement IV	Clemens Quartus	Gui Faucoi le Gros (angl: Guy Foulques the Fat)	Saint-Gilles, France
29 November 1268 to 1 September 1271		Sede vacante (interregnum)
1 September 1271 to 10 January 1276	Gregory X, O.Cist. Blessed Gregory	Gregorius Decimus	Tebaldo Visconti	Piacenza, Italy
21 January 1276 to 22 June 1276	Innocent V, O.P. Blessed Innocent	Innocentius Quintus	Pierre de Tarentaise	Savoy, France
11 July 1276 to 18 August 1276	Adrian V	Hadrianus Quintus	Ottobuono Fieschi	Genoa, Italy
8 September 1276 to 20 May 1277	John XXI	Ioannes Vicesimus Primus	Pedro Hispano	Lisbon, Portugal
25 November 1277 to 22 August 1280	Nicholas III, O.S.B.	Nicolaus Tertius	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini	Rome, Italy
22 February 1281 to 28 March 1285	Martin IV	MartinusQuartus	Simon de Brion; Simon de Brie	Touraine, France
2 April 1285 to 3 April 1287	Honorius IV	Honorius Quartus	Giacomo Savelli	Rome, Italy
22 February 1288 to 4 April 1292	Nicholas IV, O.F.M.	Nicolaus Quartus	Girolamo Masci	Ascoli, Italy
4 April 1292 to 5 July 1294		Sede vacante (interregnum)
5 July 1294 to 13 December 1294	Celestine V, O.S.B. Saint Celestine	Coelestinus Quintus	Pietro da Morrone	Moline, Italy
24 December 1294 to 11 October 1303	Boniface VIII	Bonifacius Octavus	Benedetto Caetani	Anagni, Italy
22 October 1303 to 7 July 1304	Benedict XI, O.P. Blessed Bendedict	Benedictus Undecimus	Niccolò Boccasini	Treviso, Italy
5 June 1305 to 20 April 1314	Clement V	Clemens Quintus	Bertrand de Got	Bordeaux, France
20 April 1314 to 7 August 1316		Sede vacante (interregnum)
7 August 1316 to 4 December 1334	John XXII	Ioannes Vicesimus Secundus	Jacques d'Euse; Jacques Duèse	Cahors, France
20 December 1334 to 25 April 1342	Benedict XII, O.Cist.	Benedictus Duodecimus	Jacques Fournier	Saverdun, France
7 May 1342 to 6 December 1352	Clement VI	Clemens Sextus	Pierre Roger	Limoges, France
18 December 1352 to 12 September 1362	Innocent VI	Innocentius Sextus	Étienne Aubert; Stephen Aubert	Beyssac, France
28 September 1362 to 19 December 1370	Urban V, O.S.B. Blessed Urban	Urbanus Quintus	Guillaume Grimoard; Guillaume de Grimoard	Languedoc, France
30 December 1370 to 26 March 1378	Gregory XI	Gregorius Undecimus	Pierre Roger de Beaufort	Limoges, France
8 April 1378 to 15 October 1389	Urban VI	Urbanus Sextus	Bartolomeo Prignano	Naples, Italy
2 November 1389 to 1 October 1404	Boniface IX	Bonifacius Nonus	Pietro Tomacelli	Naples, Italy
17 October 1404 to 6 November 1406	Innocent VII	Innocentius Septimus	Cosimo Gentile Migliorati	Abruzzi, Italy
30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415	Gregory XII	Gregorius Duodecimus	Angelo Correr	Venice, Italy
4 July 1415 to 11 November 1417		Sede vacante (interregnum)
11 November 1417 to 20 February 1431	Martin V	Martinus Quintus	Oddone Colonna	Rome, Italy
3 March 1431 to 23 February 1447	Eugene IV, O.S.A.	Eugenius Quartus	Gabriele Condulmer	Venice, Italy
6 March 1447 to 24 March 1455	Nicholas V, O.P.	Nicolaus Quintus	Tommaso Parentucelli	Sarzana, Liguria, Italy
8 April 1455 to 6 August 1458	Callixtus III	Callistus Tertius	Alfonso de Borgia	Xàtiva, València, Spain
19 August 1458 to 15 August 1464	Pius II	Pius Secundus	Enea Silvio Piccolomini	Siena, Italy
30 August 1464 to 26 July 1471	Paul II	Paulus Secundus	Pietro Barbo	Venice, Italy
9 August 1471 to 12 August 1484	Sixtus IV, O.F.M.	Xystus Quartus	Francesco della Rovere	Savona, Italy
29 August 1484 to 25 July 1492	Innocent VIII	Innocentius Octavus	Giovanni Battista Cybo	Genoa, Italy
11 August 1492 to 18 August 1503	Alexander VI	Alexander Sextus	Rodrigo de Lanzòl-Borgia	Xàtiva, València, Spain

From 1503 to 1740

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
22 September 1503 to 18 October 1503	Pius III	Pius Tertius	Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini	Siena, Tuscany, Italy
31 October 1503 to 21 February 1513	Julius II, O.F.M.	Iulius Secundus	Giuliano della Rovere	Albisola, Savona, Italy
9 March 1513 to 1 December 1521	Leo X	Leo Decimus	Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici	Florence, Italy
9 January 1522 to 14 September 1523	Adrian VI	Hadrianus Sextus	Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens	Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (presently The Netherlands)
26 November 1523 to 25 September 1534	Clement VII	Clemens Septimus	Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici	Florence, Italy
13 October 1534 to 10 November 1549	Paul III	Paulus Tertius	Alessandro Farnese	Canino, Viterbo, Italy
29 November 1549 to 29 March 1555	Julius III	Iulius Tertius	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte	Rome, Italy
9 April 1555 to April 30 or 1 May 1555	Marcellus II	Marcellus Secundus	Marcello Cervini	Montefano, Macerata, Italy
23 May 1555 to 18 August 1559	Paul IV	Paulus Quartus	Giovanni Pietro Carafa	Capriglia, Campania, Italy
26 December 1559 to 9 December 1565	Pius IV	Pius Quartus	Giovanni Angelo Medici	Milan, Italy
7 January 1566 to 1 May 1572	Pius V, O.P. Saint Pius	Pius Quintus	Michele Ghislieri	Bosco, Alessandria, Italy
13 May 1572 to 10 April 1585	Gregory XIII	Gregorius Tertius Decimus	Ugo Boncompagni	Bologna, Italy
24 April 1585 to 27 August 1590	Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.	Xystus Quintus	Felice Peretti	Grottammare, Marche, Italy
15 September 1590 to 27 September 1590	Urban VII	Urbanus Septimus	Giovanni Battista Castagna	Rome, Italy
5 December 1590 to 15 /16 October 1591	Gregory XIV	Gregorius Quartus Decimus	Niccolò Sfondrati	Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
29 October 1591 to 30 December 1591	Innocent IX	Innocentius Nonus	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti	Bologna, Italy
30 January 1592 to 3 March 1605	Clement VIII	Clemens Octavus	Ippolito Aldobrandini	Fano, Marche, Italy
1 April 1605 to 27 April 1605	Leo XI	Leo Undecimus	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici	Florence, Italy
16 May 1605 to 28 January 1621	Paul V	Paulus Quintus	Camillo Borghese	Rome, Italy
9 February 1621 to 8 July 1623	Gregory XV	Gregorius Quintus Decimus	Alessandro Ludovisi	Bologna, Italy
6 August 1623 to 29 July 1644	Urban VIII	Urbanus Octavus	Maffeo Barberini	Florence, Italy
15 September 1644 to 7 January 1655	Innocent X	Innocentius Decimus	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj	Rome, Italy
7 April 1655 to 22 May 1667	Alexander VII	Alexander Septimus	Fabio Chigi	Siena, Tuscany, Italy
20 June 1667 to 9 December 1669	Clement IX	Clemens Nonus	Giulio Rospigliosi	Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
29 April 1670 to 22 July 1676	Clement X	Clemens Decimus	Emilio Altieri	Rome, Italy
21 September 1676 to 11/12 August 1689	Innocent XI Blessed Innocent	Innocentius Undecimus	Benedetto Odescalchi	Como, Lombardy, Italy
6 October 1689 to 1 February 1691	Alexander VIII	Alexander Octavus	Pietro Vito Ottoboni	Padova, Veneto, Italy
12 July 1691 to 27 September 1700	Innocent XII	Innocentius Duodecimus	Antonio Pignatelli	Spinazzola, Puglia, Italy
23 November 1700 to 19 March 1721	Clement XI	Clemens Undecimus	Giovanni Francesco Albani	Urbino, Marche, Italy
8 May 1721 to 7 March 1724	Innocent XIII	Innocentius Tertius Decimus	Michelangelo de ’Conti; Michael Angelo Conti	Poli, Lazio, Italy
29 May 1724 to 21 February 1730	Benedict XIII, O.P.	Benedictus Tertius Decimus	Pierfrancesco Orsini	Gravina, Puglia, Italy
12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740	Clement XII	Clemens Duodecimus	Lorenzo Corsini	Florence, Italy
17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758	Benedict XIV	Benedictus Quartus Decimus	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini	Bologna, Italy

From 1758 to 2005

Dates of reign	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
6 July 1758 to 2 February 1769	Clement XIII	Clemens Tertius Decimus	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico	Venice, Veneto, Italy
19 May 1769 to 22 September 1774	Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv.	Clemens Quartus Decimus	Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli	Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy
15 February 1775 to 29 August 1799	Pius VI	Pius Sextus	Giovanni Angelo Braschi	Cesena, Italy
14 March 1800 to 20 August 1823	Pius VII, O.S.B.	Pius Septimus	Barnaba Chiaramonti	Cesena, Italy
28 September 1823 to 10 February 1829	Leo XII	Leo Duodecimus	Annibale Sermattei della Genga	Fabriano, Marche, Italy
31 March 1829 to 1 December 1830	Pius VIII	Pius Octavus	Francesco Saverio Castiglioni	Cingoli, Marche, Italy
2 February 1831 to 1 June 1846	Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.	Gregorius Sextus Decimus	Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari	Belluno, Veneto, Italy
16 June 1846 to 7 February 1878	Pius IX Blessed Pius IX	Pius Nonus	Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti	Senigallia, Marche, Italy
20 February 1878 to 20 July 1903	Leo XIII	Leo Tertius Decimus	Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci	Carpineto Romano, Latium, Italy
4 August 1903 to 20 August 1914	Pius X Saint Pius X	Pius Decimus	Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto	Riese, Treviso, Veneto, Italy
3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922	Benedict XV	Benedictus Quintus Decimus	Giacomo Della Chiesa	Genoa, Italy
6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939	Pius XI	Pius Undecimus	Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti	Desio, Milan, Italy
2 March 1939 to 9 October 1958	Pius XII Venerable Pius XII	Pius Duodecimus	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli	Rome, Italy
28 October 1958 to 3 June 1963	John XXIII Saint John XXIII	Ioannes Vicesimus Tertius	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli	Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Italy
21 June 1963 to 6 August 1978	Paul VI Blessed Paul VI	Paulus Sextus	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini	Concesio, Brescia, Italy
26 August 1978 to 28 September 1978	John Paul I Servant of God John Paul I	Ioannes Paulus Primus	Albino Luciani	Forno di Canale (now Canale d'Agordo), Veneto, Italy
16 October 1978 to 2 April 2005	John Paul II Saint John Paul II	Ioannes Paulus Secundus	Karol Józef Wojtyła	Wadowice, Poland

From 2005

Dates of reign	Portrait	English name	Official Latin name	Personal name	Place of birth
19 April 2005 to 28 February 2013		Benedict XVI	Benedictus Sextus Decimus	Joseph Alois Ratzinger	Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
13 March 2013 to present -- current pope		Pope Francis	Franciscus	Jorge Mario Bergoglio	Buenos Aires, Argentina