The Holy Catholic Church is the ONLY church on earth that can claim to be truly APOSTOLIC. We can trace our unbroken history and origin right back to the Apostles and to Christ himself our founder. One of my favorite sources of this unbroken line of succession is the complete list of Popes from from St Peter, the leader of the Apostles right down to our current Pope Francis. Anti-Catholics say our tradition of electing a new pope is unbiblical and is a man-made tradition. But they fail to see that Acts 1:21-26 tells us that the apostles voted to find Judas’ replacement, which in this case was Matthias.
A list of all Supreme Pontiffs:
No. Supreme Pontiff Pontificate Place of Birth
1 Saint Peter 42 – 67 Palestine
2 Saint Linus 68 – 79 Italy
3 Saint Anacletus (Cletus) 80 – 92 Italy
4 Saint Clement I 92 – 99 Italy
5 Saint Evaristus 99 – 108 Italy
6 Saint Alexander I 108 – 116 Italy
7 Saint Sixtus I 117 – 126 Italy
8 Saint Telesphorus 127 – 137 Greece
9 Saint Hyginus 138 – 142 Greece
10 Saint Pius I 142 – 157 Italy
11 Saint Anicetus 157 – 168 Syria
12 Saint Soter 168 – 170 Italy
13 Saint Eleuterus 171 – 185 Greece
14 Saint Victor I 186 – 197 Algeria
15 Saint Zephyrinus 198 – 217 Italy
16 Saint Callixtus I 218 – 222 Italy
17 Saint Urban I 222 – 230 Italy
18 Saint Pontian 230.07 – 235.09 Italy
19 Saint Anterus 235.11 – 236.01 Greece
20 Saint Fabian 236 – 250.01 Italy
21 Saint Cornelius 251.03 – 253.06 Italy
22 Saint Lucius I 253.06 – 254.03 Italy
23 Saint Stephen I 254.03 – 257.08 Italy
24 Saint Sixtus II 257.08 – 258.08 Greece
25 Saint Dionysius 259.07 – 268.12 Greece
26 Saint Felix I 269.01 – 274.12 Italy
27 Saint Eutychian 275.01 – 283.12 Italy
28 Saint Caius 283.12 – 296.04 Italy
29 Saint Marcellinus 296.06 – 304.10 Italy
30 Saint Marcellus I 308.05 – 309.01 Italy
31 Saint Eusebius 309.04 – 309.08 Italy
32 Saint Miltiades 311.07 – 314.01 Algeria
33 Saint Sylvester I 314.01 – 335.12 Italy
34 Saint Mark 336.01 – 336.10 Italy
35 Saint Julius I 337.02 – 352.04 Italy
36 Liberius 352.05 – 366.09 Italy
37 Saint Damasus I 366.10 – 384.12 Portugal
38 Saint Siricius 384.12 – 399.11 Italy
39 Saint Anastasius I 399.11 – 401.12 Italy
40 Saint Innocent I 401.12 – 417.03 Italy
41 Saint Zosimus 417.03 – 418.12 Italy
42 Saint Boniface I 418.12 – 422.09 Italy
43 Saint Celestine I 422.09 – 432.07 Italy
44 Saint Sixtus III 432.07 – 440.08 Italy
45 Saint Leo I 440.09 – 461.09 Italy
46 Saint Hilarius 461.11 – 468.02 Italy
47 Saint Simplicius 468.03 – 483.03 Italy
48 Saint Felix III (II) 483.03 – 492.02 Italy
49 Saint Gelasius I 492.03 – 496.11 Algeria
50 Anastasius II 496.11 – 498.11 Italy
51 Saint Symmachus 498.11 – 514.07 Italy
52 Saint Hormisdas 514.07 – 523.08 Italy
53 Saint John I 523.08 – 526.05 Italy
54 Saint Felix IV (III) 526.07 – 530.09 Italy
55 Boniface II 530.09 – 532.10 Italy
56 John II 532.12 – 535.05 Italy
57 Saint Agapetus I 535.05 – 536.04 Italy
58 Saint Silverius 536.06 – 537 Italy
59 Vigilius 537.03 – 555.06 Italy
60 Pelagius I 556.04 – 561.03 Italy
61 John III 561.07 – 574.07 Italy
62 Benedict I 575.06 – 579.07 Italy
63 Pelagius II 579.11 – 590.07 Italy
64 Saint Gregory I 590.09 – 604.03 Italy
65 Sabinian 604.03 – 606.02 Italy
66 Boniface III 607.02 – 607.11 Italy
67 Saint Boniface IV 608.08 – 615.05 Italy
68 Saint Adeodatus I 615.10 – 618.11 Italy
69 Boniface V 619.12 – 625.10 Italy
70 Honorius I 625.10 – 638.10 Italy
71 Severinus 638.10 – 640.08 Italy
72 John IV 640.08 – 642.10 Croatia
73 Theodore I 642.10 – 649.05 Palestine
74 Saint Martin I 649.07 – 655.09 Italy
75 Saint Eugene I 654.08 – 657.06 Italy
76 Saint Vitalian 657.07 – 672.01 Italy
77 Adeodatus II 672.04 – 676.06 Italy
78 Donus 676.11 – 678.04 Italy
79 Saint Agatho 678.06 – 681.01 Italy
80 Saint Leo II 681.01 – 683.07 Italy
81 Saint Benedict II 684.06 – 685.05 Italy
82 John V 685.07 – 686.08 Syria
83 Conon 686.10 – 687.09 Syria
84 Saint Sergius I 687.12 – 701.09 Syria
85 John VI 701.10 – 705.01 Greece
86 John VII 705.03 – 707.10 Greece
87 Sisinnius 708.01 – 708.02 Syria
88 Constantine 708.03 – 715.04 Syria
89 Saint Gregory II 715.05 – 731.02 Italy
90 Saint Gregory III 731.03 – 741.11 Syria
91 Saint Zachary 741.12 – 752.03 Greece
92 Stephen II (III) 752.03 – 757.04 Italy
93 Saint Paul I 757.04 – 767.06 Italy
94 Stephen III (IV) 768.01 – 772.01 Italy
95 Adrian I 772.01 – 795.12 Italy
96 Saint Leo III 795.12 – 816.06 Italy
97 Stephen IV (V) 816.06 – 817.01 Italy
98 Saint Paschal I 817.01 – 824.02 Italy
99 Eugene II 824.02 – 827.08 Italy
100 Valentine 827.08 – 827.09 Italy
101 Gregory IV 827.09 – 844.01 Italy
102 Sergius II 844.01 – 847.01 Italy
103 Saint Leo IV 847.01 – 855.07 Italy
104 Benedict III 855.07 – 858.04 Italy
105 Saint Nicholas I 858.04 – 867.11 Italy
106 Adrian II 867.12 – 872.11 Italy
107 John VIII 872.12 – 882.12 Italy
108 Marinus I 882.12 – 884.05 Italy
109 Saint Adrian III 884.05 – 885.08 Italy
110 Stephen V (VI) 885.09 – 891.09 Italy
111 Formosus 891.10 – 896.04 Italy
112 Boniface VI 896.04 – 896.04 Italy
113 Stephen VI (VII) 896.05 – 897.07 Italy
114 Romanus 897.07 – 897.11 Italy
115 Theodore II 897.12 – 897.12 Italy
116 John IX 897.12 – 900.01 Italy
117 Benedict IV 900.01 – 903.07 Italy
118 Leo V 903.07 – 903.09 Italy
119 Sergius III 904.01 – 911.04 Italy
120 Anastasius III 911.06 – 913.06 Italy
121 Lando 913.07 – 914.03 Italy
122 John X 914.03 – 928.05 Italy
123 Leo VI 928.05 – 928.12 Italy
124 Stephen VII (VIII) 929.01 – 931.02 Italy
125 John XI 931.03 – 936.01 Italy
126 Leo VII 936.01 – 939.07 Italy
127 Stephen VIII (IX) 939.07 – 942.10 Italy
128 Marinus II 942.10 – 946.05 Italy
129 Agapetus II 946.05 – 955.12 Italy
130 John XII 955.12 – 964.05 Italy
131 Leo VIII 963.12 – 965.03 Italy
132 Benedict V 964.05 – 964.06 Italy
133 John XIII 965.10 – 972.09 Italy
134 Benedict VI 972.12 – 974.07 Italy
135 Benedict VII 974.10 – 983.07 Italy
136 John XIV 983.11 – 984.08 Italy
137 John XV 985.08 – 996.02 Italy
138 Gregory V 996.05 – 999.02 Germany
139 Sylvester II 999.04 – 1003.05 France
140 John XVII 1003.05 – 1003.11 Italy
141 John XVIII 1003.12 – 1009.07 Italy
142 Sergius IV 1009.07 – 1012.05 Italy
143 Benedict VIII 1012 – 1024.04 Italy
144 John XIX 1024.04 – 1032 Italy
145 Benedict IX 1032.08 – 1044.09 Italy
146 Sylvester III 1045.01 – 1045.03 Italy
147 Benedict IX 1045.03 – 1045.05 Italy
148 Gregory VI 1045.05 – 1046.12 Italy
149 Clement II 1046.12 – 1047.10 Germany
150 Benedict IX 1047.10 – 1048.07 Italy
151 Damascus II 1047.12 – 1048.08 Germany
152 Saint Leo IX 1049.02 – 1054.04 France
153 Victor II 1054.09 – 1057.07 Germany
154 Stephen IX (X) 1057.08 – 1058.03 France
155 Nicholas II 1058.12 – 1061.07 France
156 Alexander II 1061.09 – 1073.04 Italy
157 Saint Gregory VII 1073.04 – 1085.05 Italy
158 Blessed Victor III 1086.05 – 1087.09 Italy
159 Blessed Urban II 1088.03 – 1099.07 France
160 Paschal II 1099.08 – 1118.01 Italy
161 Gelasius II 1118.01 – 1119.01 Italy
162 Callixtus II 1119.02 – 1124.12 Italy
163 Honorius II 1124.12 – 1130.02 Italy
164 Innocent II 1130.02 – 1143.09 Italy
165 Celestine II 1143.09 – 1144.03 Italy
166 Lucius II 1144.03 – 1145.02 Italy
167 Blessed Eugene III 1145.02 – 1153.07 Italy
168 Anastasius IV 1153.07 – 1154.12 Italy
169 Adrian IV 1154.12 – 1159.09 England
170 Alexander III 1159.09 – 1181.08 Italy
171 Lucius III 1181.09 – 1185.11 Italy
172 Urban III 1185.11 – 1187.10 Italy
173 Gregory VIII 1187.10 – 1187.12 Italy
174 Clement III 1187.12 – 1191.03 Italy
175 Celestine III 1191.04 – 1198.01 Italy
176 Innocent III 1198.01 – 1216.07 Italy
177 Honorius III 1216.07 – 1227.03 Italy
178 Gregory IX 1227.03 – 1241.08 Italy
179 Celestine IV 1241.10 – 1241.11 Italy
180 Innocent IV 1243.06 – 1254.12 Italy
181 Alexander IV 1254.12 – 1261.05 Italy
182 Urban IV 1261.08 – 1264.10 France
183 Clement IV 1265.02 – 1268.11 France
184 Blessed Gregory X 1271.09 – 1276.01 Italy
185 Blessed Innocent V 1276.01 – 1276.06 France
186 Adrian V 1276.07 – 1276.08 Italy
187 John XXI 1276.09 – 1277.05 Portugal
188 Nicholas III 1277.11 – 1280.08 Italy
189 Martin IV 1281.02 – 1285.03 France
190 Honorius IV 1285.04 – 1287.04 Italy
191 Nicholas IV 1288.02 – 1292.04 Italy
192 Saint Celestine V 1294.07 – 1294.12 Italy
193 Boniface VIII 1294.12 – 1303.10 Italy
194 Blessed Benedict XI 1303.10 – 1304.07 Italy
195 Clement V 1305.06 – 1314.04 France
196 John XXII 1316.08 – 1334.12 France
197 Benedict XII 1334.12 – 1342.04 France
198 Clement VI 1342.05 – 1352.12 France
199 Innocent VI 1352.12 – 1362.09 France
200 Blessed Urban V 1362.09 – 1370.12 France
201 Gregory XI 1370.12 – 1378.03 France
202 Urban VI 1378.04 – 1389.10 Italy
203 Boniface IX 1389.11 – 1404.10 Italy
204 Innocent VII 1404.10 – 1406.11 Italy
205 Gregory XII 1406.11 – 1415.07 Italy
206 Martin V 1417.11 – 1431.02 Italy
207 Eugene IV 1431.03 – 1447.02 Italy
208 Nicholas V 1447.03 – 1455.03 Italy
209 Callixtus III 1455.04 – 1458.08 Spain
210 Pius II 1458.08 – 1464.08 Italy
211 Paul II 1464.08 – 1471.07 Italy
212 Sixtus IV 1471.08 – 1484.08 Italy
213 Innocent VIII 1484.08 – 1492.07 Italy
214 Alexander VI 1492.08 – 1503.08 Spain
215 Pius III 1503.09 – 1503.10 Italy
216 Julius II 1503.11 – 1513.02 Italy
217 Leo X 1513.03 – 1521.12 Italy
218 Adrian VI 1522.01 – 1523.09 Netherlands
219 Clement VII 1523.11 – 1534.09 Italy
220 Paul III 1534.10 – 1549.11 Italy
221 Julius III 1550.02 – 1555.03 Italy
222 Marcellus II 1555.04 – 1555.05 Italy
223 Paul IV 1555.05 – 1559.08 Italy
224 Pius IV 1559.12 – 1565.12 Italy
225 Saint Pius V 1566.01 – 1572.05 Italy
226 Gregory XIII 1572.05 – 1585.04 Italy
227 Sixtus V 1585.04 – 1590.08 Italy
228 Urban VII 1590.09 – 1590.09 Italy
229 Gregory XIV 1590.12 – 1591.10 Italy
230 Innocent IX 1591.10 – 1591.12 Italy
231 Clement VIII 1592.01 – 1605.03 Italy
232 Leo XI 1605.04 – 1605.04 Italy
233 Paul V 1605.05 – 1621.01 Italy
234 Gregory XV 1621.02 – 1623.07 Italy
235 Urban VIII 1623.08 – 1644.07 Italy
236 Innocent X 1644.09 – 1655.01 Italy
237 Alexander VII 1655.04 – 1667.05 Italy
238 Clement IX 1667.06 – 1669.12 Italy
239 Clement X 1670.04 – 1676.07 Italy
240 Blessed Innocent XI 1676.09 – 1689.08 Italy
241 Alexander VIII 1689.10 – 1691.02 Italy
242 Innocent XII 1691.07 – 1700.09 Italy
243 Clement XI 1700.11 – 1721.03 Italy
244 Innocent XIII 1721.05 – 1724.03 Italy
245 Benedict XIII 1724.05 – 1730.02 Italy
246 Clement XII 1730.07 – 1740.02 Italy
247 Benedict XIV 1740.08 – 1758.05 Italy
248 Clement XIII 1758.07 – 1769.02 Italy
249 Clement XIV 1769.05 – 1774.09 Italy
250 Pius VI 1775.02 – 1799.08 Italy
251 Pius VII 1800.03 – 1823.08 Italy
252 Leo XII 1823.09 – 1829.02 Italy
253 Pius VIII 1829.03 – 1830.11 Italy
254 Gregory XVI 1831.02 – 1846.06 Italy
255 Blessed Pius IX 1846.06 – 1878.02 Italy
256 Leo XIII 1878.02 – 1903.07 Italy
257 Saint Pius X 1903.08 – 1914.08 Italy
258 Benedict XV 1914.09 – 1922.01 Italy
259 Pius XI 1922.02 – 1939.02 Italy
260 Pius XII 1939.03 – 1958.10 Italy
261 Saint John XXIII 1958.10 – 1963.06 Italy
262 Saint Paul VI 1963.06 – 1978.08 Italy
263 John Paul I 1978.08 – 1978.09 Italy
264 Saint John Paul II 1978.10 – 2005.04 Poland
265 Pope Benedict XVI 2005.04 – 2013.02 Germany
266 Pope Francis 2013.03 – Current Argentina
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