10th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at election / death or resigned	# years as pope	Notes
118	July 903 - September 903		Leo V Papa LEO Quintus		Ardea		<1
119	29 January 904 - 14 April 911		Sergius III Papa SERGIUS Tertius		Rome		7	"Saeculum obscurum" begins
120	April 911 - June 913		Anastasius III Papa ANASTASIUS Tertius		Rome		2
121	July/August 913 - February/March 914		Lando Papa LANDO		Sabina, Italy		<1
122	March 914 - May 928		John X Papa IOANNES Decimus		Romagna, Italy		14
123	May 928 - December 928		Leo VI Papa LEO Sextus		Rome		<1
124	December 928 - February 931		Stephen VII (Stephen VIII) Papa STEPHANUS Septimus (Octavus)		Rome		2	Sometimes called Stephen VIII
125	February/March 931 - December 935		John XI Papa IOANNES Undecimus		Rome		4
126	3 January 936 - 13 July 939		Leo VII, O.S.B. Papa LEO Septimus				3	Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
127	14 July 939 - October 942		Stephen VIII (Stephen IX) Papa STEPHANUS Octavus (Nonus)		Germany		3	Sometimes called Stephen IX
128	30 October 942 - May 946		Marinus II Papa MARINUS Secundus		Rome		3
129	10 May 946 - December 955		Agapetus II Papa AGAPETUS Secundus		Rome		9
130	16 December 955 - 14 May 964		John XII Papa IOANNES Duodecimus	Octavian	Rome		8	Deposed in 963 by Emperor Otto invalidly; end of the "Saeculum obscurum"
131	22 May 964 - 23 June 964		Benedict V Papa BENEDICTUS Quintus		Rome		<1	Elected after John XII's death by the people of Rome, in opposition to the Antipope Leo VIII who was appointed by Emperor Otto; Benedict accepted his deposition in 964 leaving Leo as sole pope.
132	July 964 - 1 March 965		Leo VIII Papa LEO Octavus		Rome		<1	Appointed antipope by Emperor Otto in 963 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V. He became the true Pope after Benedict V was deposed
133	1 October 965 - 6 September 972		John XIII Papa IOANNES Tertius Decimus		Rome		6
134	19 January 973 - June 974		Benedict VI Papa BENEDICTUS Sextus		Rome, Papal States		1	Deposed and murdered
135	October 974 - 10 July 983		Benedict VII Papa BENEDICTUS Septimus		Rome		8
136	December 983 - 20 August 984		John XIV Papa IOANNES Quartus Decimus	Piètro Campanora	Pavia		<1
137	August 985 - March 996		John XV Papa IOANNES Quintus Decimus		Rome		10
138	3 May 996 - 18 February 999		Gregory V Papa GREGORIUS Quintus	Bruno of Carinthia	Germany, Holy Roman Empire		2	First German Pope
139	2 April 999 - 12 May 1003		Sylvester II Papa SILVESTER Secundus	Gerbert d'Aurillac	Auvergne region of France		4	First French Pope

11th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Notes
140	June 1003 - December 1003		John XVII Papa IOANNES Septimus Decimus	Siccone	Rome, Papal States
141	25 December 1003 - July 1009 (5 years)		John XVIII Papa IOANNES DuodeVicesimus	Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus	Rapagnano, Papal States
142	31 July 1009 - 12 May 1012 (2 years)		Sergius IV Papa SERGIUS Quartus	Piètro Boccapècora	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
143	18 May 1012 - 9 April 1024 (11 years)		Benedict VIII Papa BENEDICTUS Octavus	Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
144	April/May 1024 - 20 October 1032 (8 years)		John XIX Papa IOANNES UndeVicesimus	Romanus, Conti di Tusculum	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
145	1032-1044		Benedict IX Papa BENEDICTUS Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	1st Term
146	1045		Sylvester III Papa SILVESTER Tertius	John, Bishop of Sabina	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Validity of election questioned; considered Anti-Pope; deposed at the Council of Sutri.
147	1045-1046		Benedict IX Papa BENEDICTUS Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	2nd Term; deposed at the Council of Sutri
148	April/May 1045 - 20 December 1046 (1 year)		Gregory VI Papa GREGORIUS Sextus,	Johannes Gratianus	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Deposed at the Council of Sutri
149	24 December 1046 - 9 October 1047 (289 days)		Clement II Papa CLEMENS Secundus	Suidger	Hornburg, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
150	November 1047 - 1048		Benedict IX Papa BENEDICTUS Nonus	Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	3rd Term; deposed and excommunicated
151	17 July 1048 - 9 August 1048 (23 days)		Damasus II Papa DAMASUS Secundus	Poppo	Pildenau, Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
152	12 February 1049 - 19 April 1054 (5 years)		St Leo IX Papa LEO Nonus	Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg	Eguisheim, Swabia, Holy Roman Empire	In 1054, mutual excommunications of Leo IX and Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius began the East-West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965.[9]
153	13 April 1055 - 28 July 1057 (2 years)		Victor II Papa VICTOR Secundus	Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg	Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire
154	2 August 1057 - 29 March 1058 (241 days)		Stephen IX (Stephen X), O.S.B. Papa STEPHANUS Nonus (Decimus)	Frédéric de Lorraine	Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire	Sometimes called Stephen X. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
155	6 December 1058 - 27 July 1061 (2 years)		Nicholas II Papa NICOLAUS Secundus	Gérard de Bourgogne	Château de Chevron, Kingdom of Arles
156	30 September 1061 - 21 April 1073 (11 years)		Alexander II Papa ALEXANDER Secundus	Anselmo da Baggio	Milan, Italy, Holy Roman Empire
157	22 April 1073 - 25 May 1085 (12 years)		St Gregory VII, O.S.B. Papa GREGORIUS Septimus	Hildebrand	Sovana, Italy, Holy Roman Empire	Initiated the Gregorian Reforms. Restricted the use of title "Papa" to the Bishop of Rome.[4] Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
158	24 May 1086 - 16 September 1087 (1 year)		Bd. Victor III, O.S.B. Papa VICTOR Tertius	Desiderio; Desiderius; Dauferius	Benevento, Duchy of Benevento	Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
159	12 March 1088 - 29 July 1099 (11 years)		Bd. Urban II, O.S.B. Papa URBANUS Secundus	Odo of Lagery	Lagery, County of Champagne, France	Started the First Crusade. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
160	13 August 1099 - 21 January 1118 (18 years)		Paschal II, O.S.B. Papa PASCHALIS Secundus	Raniero	Bleda, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.

12th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Notes
161	24 January 1118 - 28 January 1119 (1 year, 4 days)		Gelasius II, O.S.B. Papa GELASIUS Secundus	Giovanni Coniulo	Gaeta, Principality of Capua	Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
162	2 February 1119 - 13 December 1124 (5 years, 315 days)		Callixtus II Papa CALLISTUS Secundus	Guido, Comte de Bourgogne	Quingey, County of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire	Opened the First Council of the Lateran in 1123
163	15 December 1124 - 13 February 1130 (5 years, 60 days)		Honorius II, Can.Reg. Papa HONORIUS Secundus	Lamberto Scannabecchi	Fiagnano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Canon Regular of S. Marìa di San Reno
164	14 February 1130 - 24 September 1143 (13 years, 222 days)		Innocent II, Can.Reg. Papa INNOCENTIUS Secundus	Gregorio Papareschi	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Canon Regular of Lateran; Convened the Second Council of the Lateran, 1139
165	26 September 1143 - 8 March 1144 (0 years, 164 days)		Celestine II Papa COELESTINUS Secundus	Guido	Città di Castèllo, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
166	12 March 1144 - 15 February 1145 (0 years, 340 days)		Lucius II, Can.Reg. Papa LUCIUS Secundus	Gerardo Caccianemici dal Orso	Bologna, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Canon Regular of S. Frediano di Lucca
167	15 February 1145 - 8 July 1153 (8 years, 143 days)		Bd. Eugene III, O.Cist. Papa EUGENIUS Tertius	Bernardo da Pisa	Pisa, Republic of Pisa, Holy Roman Empire	Member of the Order of Cistercians. Announced the Second Crusade.
168	8 July 1153 - 3 December 1154 (1 year, 148 days)		Anastasius IV Papa ANASTASIUS Quartus	Corrado Demetri della Suburra	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
169	4 December 1154 - 1 September 1159 (4 years, 271 days)		Adrian IV, Can.Reg. Papa HADRIANUS Quartus	Nicholas Breakspear	Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England	First and only English pope; purportedly granted Ireland to Henry II, King of England. Canon Regular of St. Rufus Monastery .
170	7 September 1159 - 30 August 1181 (21 years, 357 days)		Alexander III Papa ALEXANDER Tertius	Rolando	Siena, Italy, Holy Roman Empire	Convened the Third Council of the Lateran, 1179
171	1 September 1181 - 25 November 1185 (4 years, 85 days)		Lucius III Papa LUCIUS Tertius	Ubaldo	Lucca, Italy, Holy Roman Empire
172	25 November 1185 - 19 October 1187 (1 year, 328 days)		Urban III Papa URBANUS Tertius	Uberto Crivelli	Cuggiono, Italy, Holy Roman Empire
173	21 October 1187 - 17 December 1187 (0 years, 57 days)		Gregory VIII, Can.Reg. Papa GREGORIUS Octavus	Alberto di Morra	Benevento, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Canon Regular Premostratense. Proposed the Third Crusade
174	19 December 1187 - 20 March 1191[10] (3 years, 91 days)		Clement III Papa CLEMENS Tertius	Paolo Scolari	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
175	21 March 1191 - 8 January 1198 (6 years, 293 days)		Celestine III Papa COELESTINUS Tertius	Giacinto Bobone	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
176	8 January 1198 - 16 July 1216 (18 years, 190 days)		Innocent III Papa INNOCENTIUS Tertius	Lothario dei Conti di Segni	Gavignano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215. Initiated the Fourth Crusade. Initiated the medieval Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.

13th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Notes
177	18 July 1216 - 18 March 1227 (10 years, 243 days)		Honorius III Papa HONORIUS Tertius	Cencio	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Initiated the Fifth Crusade.
178	19 March 1227 - 22 August 1241 (14 years, 156 days)		Gregory IX Papa GREGORIUS Nonus	Ugolino dei Conti di Segni	Anagni, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Canonized Elisabeth of Hungary, 1235. Initiated the Inquisition in France.
179	25 October 1241 - 10 November 1241 (0 years, 16 days)		Celestine IV Papa COELESTINUS Quartus	Goffredo Castiglioni	Milan, Italy, Holy Roman Empire	Died before coronation.
180	25 June 1243 - 7 December 1254 (11 years, 165 days)		Innocent IV Papa INNOCENTIUS Quartus	Sinibaldo Fieschi	Genoa, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	Convened the First Council of Lyons, 1245
181	12 December 1254 - 25 May 1261 (6 years, 164 days)		Alexander IV Papa ALEXANDER Quartus	Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenne	Jenne, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
182	29 August 1261 - 2 October 1264 (3 years, 34 days)		Urban IV Papa URBANUS Quartus	Jacques Pantaléon	Troyes, County of Champagne, France
183	5 February 1265 - 29 November 1268 (3 years, 298 days)		Clement IV Papa CLEMENS Quartus	Gui Faucoi	Saint-Gilles, Languedoc, France
N/A	29 November 1268 - 1 September 1271		Interregnum			Almost 3 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
184	1 September 1271 - 10 January 1276 (4 years, 131 days)		Bd. Gregory X Papa GREGORIUS Decimus	Tebaldo Visconti	Piacenza, Italy, Holy Roman Empire	Convened the Second Council of Lyons, 1274.
185	21 January 1276 - 22 June 1276 (0 years, 153 days)		Bd. Innocent V, O.P. Papa INNOCENTIUS Quintus	Pierre de Tarentaise	County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire	Member of the Dominican Order.
186	11 July 1276 - 18 August 1276 (0 years, 38 days)		Adrian V Papa HADRIANUS Quintus	Ottobuono Fieschi	Genoa, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire
187	8 September 1276 - 20 May 1277 (0 years, 254 days)		John XXI Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Primus	Pedro Julião (a.k.a. Petrus Hispanus and Pedro Hispano)	Lisbon, Portugal	Due to a confusion over the numbering of popes named John in the 13th century, there was no John XX. There has never been a Pope John XX, because the 20th pope of this name, formerly Petrus Hispanus, when elected Pope in 1276, decided to skip the number XX and to be counted as John XXI instead. He wanted to correct what in his time was believed to be an error in the counting of his predecessors John XV to XIX
188	25 November 1277 - 22 August 1280 (2 years, 271 days)		Nicholas III Papa NICOLAUS Tertius	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
189	22 February 1281 - 28 March 1285 (4 years, 34 days)		Martin IV Papa MARTINUS Quartus	Simon de Brion	Meinpicien, Touraine, France
190	2 April 1285 - 3 April 1287 (2 years, 1 day)		Honorius IV Papa HONORIUS Quartus	Giacomo Savelli	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
191	22 February 1288 - 4 April 1292 (4 years, 42 days)		Nicholas IV, O.F.M. Papa NICOLAUS Quartus	Girolamo Masci	Lisciano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	Member of the Franciscan Order.
N/A	4 April 1292 - 5 July 1294		Interregnum			2 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
192	5 July 1294 - 13 December 1294 (0 years, 161 days)		St Celestine V, O.S.B. Papa COELESTINUS Quintus	Pietro da Morrone	Sant' Angelo Limosano, Kingdom of Sicily	One of the few popes who resigned. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
193	24 December 1294 - 11 October 1303 (8 years, 291 days)		Boniface VIII Papa BONIFACIUS Octavus	Benedetto Caetani	Anagni, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire

14th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Notes
194	22 October 1303 - 7 July 1304 (0 years, 259 days)		Bd. Benedict XI, O.P. Papa BENEDICTUS Undecimus	Niccolò Boccasini	Treviso, Italy, Holy Roman Empire	Member of the Dominican Order.
195	5 June 1305 - 20 April 1314 (8 years, 319 days)		Clement V Papa CLEMENS Quintus	Bertrand de Got	Villandraut, Gascony, France	Pope at Avignon. Convened the Council of Vienne, 1311-1312. Initiated the persecution of the Knights Templar with the Pastoralis Praeeminentiae under pressure from King Philip IV of France.
N/A	20 April 1314 - 7 August 1316		Interregnum			2 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
196	7 August 1316 - 4 December 1334 (18 years, 119 days)		John XXII Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Secundus	Jacques d'Euse; Jacques Duèse	Cahors, Quercy, France	Pope at Avignon
197	20 December 1334 - 25 April 1342 (7 years, 126 days)		Benedict XII, O.Cist. Papa BENEDICTUS Duodecimus	Jacques Fournier	Saverdun, County of Foix, France	Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Cistercians.
198	7 May 1342 - 6 December 1352 (10 years, 213 days)		Clement VI, O.S.B. Papa CLEMENS Sextus	Pierre Roger	Maumont, Limousin, France	Pope at Avignon
199	18 December 1352 - 12 September 1362 (9 years, 268 days)		Innocent VI Papa INNOCENTIUS Sextus	Étienne Aubert	Les Monts, Limousin, France	Pope at Avignon
200	28 September 1362 - 19 December 1370 (8 years, 82 days)		Bd. Urban V, O.S.B. Papa URBANUS Quintus	Guillaume (de) Grimoard	Grizac, Languedoc, France	Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
201	30 December 1370 - 26 March 1378 (7 years, 86 days)		Gregory XI Papa GREGORIUS Undecimus	Pierre Roger de Beaufort	Maumont, Limousin, France	Pope at Avignon; returns to Rome; last French Pope
202	8 April 1378 - 15 October 1389 (11 years, 190 days)		Urban VI Papa URBANUS Sextus	Bartolomeo Prignano	Naples, Kingdom of Naples	Western Schism
203	2 November 1389 - 1 October 1404 (14 years, 334 days)		Boniface IX Papa BONIFACIUS Nonus	Pietro Tomacelli	Naples, Kingdom of Naples	Western Schism

15th century

• ^R This pope resigned his office.
• ^B The exact birth date of Innocent VIII and almost all popes prior to Eugene IV is unknown, therefore the lowest probable age has been assumed for this table.

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
204	17 October 1404 - 6 November 1406 (2 years, 20 days)		Innocent VII Papa INNOCENTIUS Septimus	Cosimo Gentile Migliorati	Sulmona, Kingdom of Naples	65 / 67 [B]	Western Schism
205	30 November 1406 - 4 July 1415 (8 years, 216 days)		Gregory XII Papa GREGORIUS Duodecimus	Angelo Correr	Venice, Republic of Venice	60 / 69 [R][B]	Western Schism; abdicated during the Council of Constance, which had been called by his opponent John XXIII.
N/A	4 July 1415 - 11 November 1417		Interregnum				Two-year period without a valid pope elected.
206	11 November 1417 - 20 February 1431 (13 years, 101 days)		Martin V Papa MARTINUS Quintus	Oddone Colonna	Genazzano, Papal States	48 / 62 [B]	Convened the Council of Basel, 1431
207	3 March 1431 - 23 February 1447 (15 years, 357 days)		Eugene IV, O.S.A. Papa EUGENIUS Quartus	Gabriele Condulmer	Venice, Republic of Venice	47 / 63 [B]	Member of the Augustinian Order. Crowned Sigismund emperor at Rome in 1433. Transferred the Council of Basel to Ferrara. It was later transferred again, to Florence, because of the Bubonic plague.
208	6 March 1447 - 24 March 1455 (8 years, 18 days)		Nicholas V Papa NICOLAUS Quintus	Tommaso Parentucelli	Sarzana, Republic of Genoa	49 / 57	Held Jubilee of 1450; crowned Frederick III emperor at Rome in 1452.
209	8 April 1455 - 6 August 1458 (3 years, 120 days)		Callixtus III Papa CALLISTUS Tertius	Alfonso de Borgia	Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon	76 / 79	First Spanish pope
210	19 August 1458 - 15 August 1464 (5 years, 362 days)		Pius II Papa PIUS Secundus	Enea Silvio Piccolomini	Corsignano, Republic of Siena	52 / 58
211	30 August 1464 - 26 July 1471 (6 years, 330 days)		Paul II Papa PAULUS Secundus	Pietro Barbo	Venice, Republic of Venice	47 / 54	Nephew of Eugene IV
212	9 August 1471 - 12 August 1484 (13 years, 3 days)		Sixtus IV, O.F.M. Papa XYSTUS Quartus	Francesco della Rovere	Celle Ligure, Republic of Genoa	57 / 70	Member of the Franciscan Order. Commissioned the Sistine Chapel. Authorized an Inquisition targeting converted (Jewish) Christians in Spain, at the request of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
213	29 August 1484 - 25 July 1492 (7 years, 331 days)		Innocent VIII Papa INNOCENTIUS Octavus	Giovanni Battista Cybo	Genoa, Republic of Genoa	51 / 59 [B]	Appointed Tomás de Torquemada
214	11 August 1492 - 18 August 1503 (11 years, 7 days)		Alexander VI Papa ALEXANDER Sextus	Rodrigo de Lanzòl-Borgia	Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon	61 / 72	Nephew of Callixtus III. Father to Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia. Divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in 1493 by the Bull Inter caetera.

16th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
215	22 September 1503 - 18 October 1503 (0 years, 26 days)		Pius III Papa PIUS Tertius	Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini	Siena, Republic of Siena	64 / 64	Nephew of Pius II
216	31 October 1503 - 21 February 1513 (9 years, 113 days)		Julius II Papa IULIUS Secundus	Giuliano della Rovere	Albisola, Republic of Genoa	59 / 69	Nephew of Sixtus IV; Convened the Fifth Council of the Lateran, 1512. Took effective control of the whole territory of the Papal States for the first time. Commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proposed plans for rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica
217	9 March 1513 - 1 December 1521 (8 years, 267 days)		Leo X Papa LEO Decimus	Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici	Florence, Republic of Florence	37 / 45	Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Excommunicated Martin Luther. Extended the Spanish Inquisition into Portugal.
218	9 January 1522 - 14 September 1523 (1 year, 248 days)		Adrian VI Papa HADRIANUS Sextus	Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens	Utrecht, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (presently The Netherlands)	62 / 64	The only Dutch pope but also known as a German Pope. Last non-Italian to be elected pope until John Paul II in 1978. The tutor of Emperor Charles V
219	26 November 1523 - 25 September 1534 (10 years, 303 days)		Clement VII Papa CLEMENS Septimus	Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici	Florence, Republic of Florence	45 / 56	Cousin of Leo X. Rome plundered by imperial troops ("Sacco di Roma"), 1527. He forbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bologna in 1530. His niece Catherine de' Medici was married to the future Henry II of France.
220	13 October 1534 - 10 November 1549 (15 years, 28 days)		Paul III Papa PAULUS Tertius	Alessandro Farnese	Canino, Lazio, Papal States	66 / 81	Opened the Council of Trent in 1545. His illegitimate son became the first Duke of Parma.
221	7 February 1550 - 29 March 1555 (5 years, 50 days)		Julius III Papa IULIUS Tertius	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte	Rome, Papal States	62 / 67
222	9 April 1555 - 30 April or 1 May 1555 (0 years, 21/22 days)		Marcellus II Papa MARCELLUS Secundus	Marcello Cervini	Montefano, Marche, Papal States	53 / 53	Last to use birth name as regnal name
223	23 May 1555 - 18 August 1559 (4 years, 87 days)		Paul IV, C.R. Papa PAULUS Quartus	Giovanni Pietro Carafa	Capriglia Irpina, Campania, Kingdom of Naples	78 / 83
224	26 December 1559 - 9 December 1565 (5 years, 348 days)		Pius IV Papa PIUS Quartus	Giovanni Angelo Medici	Milan, Duchy of Milan	60 / 66	Reopened the Council of Trent, 1562, it concluded its proceedings in 1563
225	7 January 1566 - 1 May 1572 (6 years, 115 days)		St Pius V, O.P. Papa PIUS Quintus	Michele Ghislieri	Bosco, Duchy of Milan	61 / 68	Member of the Dominican Order. Excommunicated Elizabeth I of England, 1570. Victory of Lepanto 1571
226	13 May 1572 - 10 April 1585 (12 years, 332 days)		Gregory XIII Papa GREGORIUS Tertius Decimus	Ugo Boncompagni	Bologna, Papal States	70 / 83	Reform of the calendar 1582
227	24 April 1585 - 27 August 1590 (5 years, 125 days)		Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv. Papa XYSTUS Quintus	Felice Peretti	Grottammare, Marche, Papal States	63 / 68	Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order.
228	15 September 1590 - 27 September 1590 (0 years, 12 days)		Urban VII Papa URBANUS Septimus	Giovanni Battista Castagna	Rome, Papal States	69 / 69	Shortest-reigning pope; died before coronation.
229	5 December 1590 - 15/16 October 1591 (0 years, 314/315 days)		Gregory XIV Papa GREGORIUS Quartus Decimus	Niccolò Sfondrati	Somma Lombardo, Duchy of Milan	55 / 56
230	29 October 1591 - 30 December 1591 (0 years, 62 days)		Innocent IX Papa INNOCENTIUS Nonus	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti	Bologna, Papal States	72 / 72
231	30 January 1592 - 3 March 1605 (13 years, 32 days)		Clement VIII Papa CLEMENS Octavus	Ippolito Aldobrandini	Fano, Marche, Papal States	55 / 69

17th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
232	1 April 1605 - 27 April 1605 (0 years, 26 days)		Leo XI Papa LEO Undecimus	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici	Florence, Duchy of Florence	69 / 69
233	16 May 1605 - 28 January 1621 (15 years, 257 days)		Paul V Papa PAULUS Quintus	Camillo Borghese	Rome, Papal States	52 / 68	Known for building projects, including the facade of St Peter's Basilica.
234	9 February 1621 - 8 July 1623 (2 years, 149 days)		Gregory XV Papa GREGORIUS Quintus Decimus	Alessandro Ludovisi	Bologna, Papal States	67 / 69
235	6 August 1623 - 29 July 1644 (20 years, 358 days)		Urban VIII Papa URBANUS Octavus	Maffeo Barberini	Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany	55 / 76	Trial against Galileo Galilei
236	15 September 1644 - 7 January 1655 (10 years, 114 days)		Innocent X Papa INNOCENTIUS Decimus	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj	Rome, Papal States	70 / 80
237	7 April 1655 - 22 May 1667 (12 years, 45 days)		Alexander VII Papa ALEXANDER Septimus	Fabio Chigi	Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany	56 / 68
238	20 June 1667 - 9 December 1669 (2 years, 172 days)		Clement IX Papa CLEMENS Nonus	Giulio Rospigliosi	Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany	67 / 69
239	29 April 1670 - 22 July 1676 (6 years, 84 days)		Clement X Papa CLEMENS Decimus	Emilio Altieri	Rome, Papal States	79 / 86
240	21 September 1676 - 11/12 August 1689 (12 years, 324/325 days)		Bd. Innocent XI Papa INNOCENTIUS Undecimus	Benedetto Odescalchi	Como, Duchy of Milan	65 / 78
241	6 October 1689 - 1 February 1691 (1 year, 118 days)		Alexander VIII Papa ALEXANDER Octavus	Piètro Vito Ottoboni	Venice, Republic of Venice	79 / 80
242	12 July 1691 - 27 September 1700 (9 years, 77 days)		Innocent XII Papa INNOCENTIUS Duodecimus	Antonio Pignatelli	Spinazzola, Kingdom of Naples	76 / 85
243	23 November 1700 - 19 March 1721 (20 years, 116 days)		Clement XI Papa CLEMENS Undecimus	Giovanni Francesco Albani	Urbino, Marche, Papal States	51 / 71	Chinese Rites controversy

18th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
244	8 May 1721 - 7 March 1724 (2 years, 304 days)		Innocent XIII Papa INNOCENTIUS Tertius Decimus	Michelàngelo de' Conti	Poli, Làzio, Papal States	65 / 68
245	29 May 1724 - 21 February 1730 (5 years, 268 days)		Benedict XIII, O.P. Papa BENEDICTUS Tertius Decimus	Pierfrancesco Orsini	Gravina in Puglia, Kingdom of Naples	75 / 81	Member of the Dominican Order.
246	12 July 1730 - 6 February 1740 (9 years, 209 days)		Clement XII Papa CLEMENS Duodecimus	Lorenzo Corsini	Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany	78 / 87
247	17 August 1740 - 3 May 1758 (17 years, 259 days)		Benedict XIV Papa BENEDICTUS Quartus Decimus	Pròspero Lorenzo Lambertini	Bologna, Papal States	65 / 83
248	6 July 1758 - 2 February 1769 (10 years, 211 days)		Clement XIII Papa CLEMENS Tertius Decimus	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico	Venice, Republic of Venice	65 / 75
249	19 May 1769 - 22 September 1774 (5 years, 126 days)		Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv. Papa CLEMENS Quartus Decimus	Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli	Sant' Arcàngelo di Romagna, Papal States	63 / 68	Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Jesuit Order.
250	15 February 1775 - 29 August 1799 (24 years, 195 days)		Pius VI Papa PIUS Sextus	Count Giovanni Àngelo Braschi	Cesena, Papal States	57 / 81	Condemned the French Revolution and was expelled from the Papal States by French troops from 1798 until his death.
251	14 March 1800 - 20 August 1823 (23 years, 159 days)		Pius VII, O.S.B. Papa PIUS Septimus	Count Barnaba Niccolò Marìa Luigi Chiaramonti	Cesena, Papal States	57 / 81	Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Present at Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814.

19th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
252	28 September 1823 - 10 February 1829 (5 years, 135 days)		Leo XII Papa LEO Duodecimus	Count Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga	Genga or Spoleto, Papal States	63 / 68
253	31 March 1829 - 1 December 1830 (1 year, 245 days)		Pius VIII Papa PIUS Octavus	Francesco Saverio Castiglioni	Cingoli, Marche, Papal States	67 / 69
254	2 February 1831 - 1 June 1846 (15 years, 119 days)		Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam. Papa GREGORIUS Sextus Decimus	Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari	Belluno, Republic of Venice	65 / 80	Member of the Camaldolese Order. The last non-bishop to be elected
255	16 June 1846 - 7 February 1878 (31 years, 236 days)		Bd. Pius IX, O.F.S. Papa PIUS Nonus	Count Giovanni Marìa Mastai-Ferretti	Senigallia, Marche, Papal States	54 / 85	Opened First Vatican Council; lost the Papal States to Italy. Longest serving pope in history (see note on St Peter.)
256	20 February 1878 - 20 July 1903 (25 years, 150 days)		Leo XIII, O.F.S. Papa LEO Tertius Decimus	Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci	Carpineto Romano, Rome département, French Empire (now Italy)	67 / 93	Issued the encyclical on social teaching, Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) and supported Christian democracy as against communism; the third-longest reigning pope after Pius IX and John Paul II.

20th century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
257	4 August 1903 - 20 August 1914 (11 years, 16 days)		St Pius X Papa PIUS Decimus	Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto	Riese, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire	68 / 79	Encouraged and expanded reception of Holy Communion. Most recent pope to be canonized.
258	3 September 1914 - 22 January 1922 (7 years, 141 days)		Benedict XV Papa BENEDICTUS Quintus Decimus	Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chièsa	Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia	59 / 67	Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Remembered by Pope Benedict XVI as "prophet of peace".
259	6 February 1922 - 10 February 1939 (17 years, 4 days)		Pius XI Papa PIUS Undecimus	Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti	Desio, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire	64 / 81	Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, establishing the Vatican City as a sovereign state.
260	2 March 1939 - 9 October 1958 (19 years, 221 days)		Ven. Pius XII Papa PIUS Duodecimus	Eugenio Marìa Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli	Rome, Italy	63 / 82	Invoked papal infallibility in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus.
261	28 October 1958 - 3 June 1963 (4 years, 218 days)		Bd. John XXIII Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius	Àngelo Giuseppe Roncalli	Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Italy	76 / 81	Opened Second Vatican Council; sometimes called "Good Pope John".
262	21 June 1963 - 6 August 1978 (15 years, 46 days)		Servant of God Paul VI Papa PAULUS Sextus	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Marìa Montini	Concesio, Brescia, Italy	65 / 80	The last pope to be crowned with the Papal Tiara. First pope to travel to the United States. Concluded Second Vatican Council.
263	26 August 1978 - 28 September 1978 (0 years, 33 days)		Servant of God John Paul I Papa IOANNES PAULUS Primus	Albino Luciani	Forno di Canale, Veneto, Italy	65 / 65	First pope to use 'the First' in regnal name. First pope with two names, for his two immediate predecessors. Died early into a charismatic reign.
264	16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (26 years, 168 days)		Bd. John Paul II (John Paul the Great) Papa IOANNES PAULUS Secundus	Karol Józef Wojtyła	Wadowice, Poland	58 / 84	First Polish pope and first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Canonized more saints than all predecessors. Traveled extensively. Second longest known reign after Pius IX (1846-1878; see note on St Peter); recently beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.

21st century

Numerical order	Pontificate	Portrait	Name English · Regnal (Latin)	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/end of papacy	Notes
265	19 April 2005 - present (7 years, 0 days)		Benedict XVI Papa BENEDICTUS Sextus Decimus	Joseph Alois Ratzinger	Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany	78 / -	First German pope since Adrian VI. Oldest to become pope since Clement XII in 1730. Renounced title of Patriarch of the West.