Popes

Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first pope born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.

264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)

265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

The pope is the bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City State. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the

Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.

head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)

pope of the Catholic Church in 1978

pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)

64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

4th Pope of the Catholic Church

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)

2nd Pope of the Catholic Church

11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades

head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823 (1742–1823)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 (1502–1585)

Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)

pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829

3rd pope and bishop of Rome from c. 79 to c. 92 AD

pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758

pope of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572, saint

list of the heads of the Catholic Church

pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)

33rd pope and saint (reigned 314-335)

235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621

5th Pope of the Catholic Church from c. 99 to c. 107

6th Pope of the Catholic Church from c. 107 to c. 115

89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523 (1459–1523)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565

pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740

pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303

pope of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181

pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family

Pope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816 (born 750–816)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241

7th Pope of the Catholic Church

pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)

pope

bishop of Rome from c. 174 to 189

90th Pope of the Catholic Church

pope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689

Bishop of Rome from 492 to 496

pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554–1623)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590

Head of the Catholic Church from 337 to 352

Pope and Bishop of Rome from c.138 to c.142