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Apostolic Apologetics: Papal Timeline

This document lists the official account of the Catholic Church's history of the Papacy, established by Christ on Peter. Each successor to Peter was ordained, through Apostolic Authority, given to Peter and the Apostles from Jesus who is God. For more information on Apostolic Succession, click here.

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001. St. Peter (32-67) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Jerusalem (Circa AD 50) [ W ] [ CE ]

002. St. Linus (67-76) [ W ] [ CE ]

003. St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) [ W ] [ CE ]

004. St. Clement I (88-97) [ W ] [ CE ]

005. St. Evaristus (97-105) [ W ] [ CE ]

006. St. Alexander I (105-115) [ W ] [ CE ]

007. St. Sixtus I (Xystus I) (115-125) [ W ] [ CE ]

008. St. Telesphorus (125-136) [ W ] [ CE ]

009. St. Hyginus (136-140) [ W ] [ CE ]

010. St. Pius I (140-155) [ W ] [ CE ]

011. St. Anicetus (155-166) [ W ] [ CE ]

012. St. Soter (166-175) [ W ] [ CE ]

013. St. Eleutherius (175-189) [ W ] [ CE ]

014. St. Victor I (189-199) [ W ] [ CE ]

015. St. Zephyrinus (199-217) [ W ] [ CE ]

016. St. Callistus I (217-22) [ W ] [ CE ]

017. St. Urban I (222-30) [ W ] [ CE ]

018. St. Pontain (230-35) [ W ] [ CE ]

019. St. Anterus (235-36) [ W ] [ CE ]

020. St. Fabian (236-50) [ W ] [ CE ]

021. St. Cornelius (251-53) [ W ] [ CE ]

022. St. Lucius I (253-54) [ W ] [ CE ]

023. St. Stephen I (254-257) [ W ] [ CE ]

024. St. Sixtus II (257-258) [ W ] [ CE ]

025. St. Dionysius (260-268) [ W ] [ CE ]

026. St. Felix I (269-274) [ W ] [ CE ]

027. St. Eutychian (275-283) [ W ] [ CE ]

028. St. Caius (Gaius) (283-296) [ W ] [ CE ]

029. St. Marcellinus (296-304) [ W ] [ CE ]

030. St. Marcellus I (308-309) [ W ] [ CE ]

031. St. Eusebius (309 or 310) [ W ] [ CE ]

032. St. Miltiades (311-14) [ W ] [ CE ]

033. St. Sylvester I (314-35) [ W ] [ CE ] First Council of Nicaea (325 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

034. St. Mark (Marcus) (336) [ W ] [ CE ]

035. St. Julius I (337-52) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Sardica (343 or 344 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

036. Liberius (352-66) [ W ] [ CE ]

037. St. Damasus I (366-383) [ W ] [ CE ] First Council of Constantinople (381 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

038. St. Siricius (384-99) [ W ] [ CE ]

039. St. Anastasius I (399-401) [ W ] [ CE ]

040. St. Innocent I (401-17) [ W ] [ CE ]

041. St. Zosimus (417-18) [ W ] [ CE ]

042. St. Boniface I (418-22) [ W ] [ CE ]

043. St. Celestine I (422-32) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Ephesus (431 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

044. St. Sixtus III (432-40) [ W ] [ CE ]

045. St. Leo I (the Great) (440-461) [ W ] [ CE ] Second Council of Ephesus (Robber Council) (449 AD) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

046. St. Hilarius (461-468) [ W ] [ CE ]

047. St. Simplicius (468-83) [ W ] [ CE ]

048. St. Felix III (II) (483-92) [ W ] [ CE ]

049. St. Gelasius I (492-96) [ W ] [ CE ]

050. Anastasius II (496-98) [ W ] [ CE ]

051. St. Symmachus (498-514) [ W ] [ CE ]

052. St. Hormisdas (514-23) [ W ] [ CE ]

053. St. John I (523-26) [ W ] [ CE ]

054. St. Felix IV (III) (526-30) [ W ] [ CE ]

055. Boniface II (530-32) [ W ] [ CE ]

056. John II (533-35) [ W ] [ CE ]

057. St. Agapetus I (Agapitus I) (535-36) [ W ] [ CE ]

058. St. Silverius (536-37) [ W ] [ CE ]

059.
Vigilius (537-555) [ W ] [ CE ] Second Council of Constantinople (553 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

060. Pelagius I (556-61) [ W ] [ CE ]

061. John III (561-74) [ W ] [ CE ] Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh, founder of Islam is Born (Circa 570 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

062. Benedict I (575-79) [ W ] [ CE ]

063. Pelagius II (579-90) [ W ] [ CE ]

064. St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604) [ W ] [ CE ]

065. Sabinian (604-606) [ W ] [ CE ]

066. Boniface III (607) [ W ] [ CE ]

067. St. Boniface IV (608-15) [ W ] [ CE ]

068. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18) [ W ] [ CE ]

069. Boniface V (619-25) [ W ] [ CE ]

070. Honorius I (625-38) [ W ] [ CE ] Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh, founder of Islam dies (Circa 632 AD) -- Muslims enter Jerusalem (Circa 638 AD)

071. Severinus (640) [ W ] [ CE ]

072. John IV (640-42) [ W ] [ CE ]

073. Theodore I (642-49) [ W ] [ CE ]

074. St. Martin I (649-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

075. St. Eugene I (655-57) [ W ] [ CE ]

076.
St. Vitalian (657-72) [ W ] [ CE ]

077. Adeodatus (II) (672-76) [ W ] [ CE ]

078. Donus (676-78) [ W ] [ CE ]

079. St. Agatho (678-81) [ W ] [ CE ] Third Council of Constantinople (680-681 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

080. St. Leo II (682-83) [ W ] [ CE ]

081. St. Benedict II (684-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

082. John V (685-86) [ W ] [ CE ]

083. Conon (686-87) [ W ] [ CE ]

084. St. Sergius I (687-701) [ W ] [ CE ] Quinisext Council (692 AD) (Council in Trullo) [ W ] [ CE ] [ OW ]

085. John VI (701-05) [ W ] [ CE ]

086. John VII (705-07) [ W ] [ CE ]

087. Sisinnius (708) [ W ] [ CE ]

088. Constantine (708-15) [ W ] [ CE ]

089. St. Gregory II (715-31) [ W ] [ CE ]

090. St. Gregory III (731-41) [ W ] [ CE ]

091. St. Zachary (741-752) [ W ] [ CE ]

092. Stephen II (752) [ W ] [ CE ]

093. Stephen III (752-757) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Hieria (754 AD) [ W ]

094. St. Paul I (757-67) [ W ] [ CE ]

095. Stephen IV (767-72) [ W ] [ CE ]

096. Adrian I (772-95) [ W ] [ CE ] Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD) [ W ] [ CE ] [ OW ]

097. St. Leo III (795-816) [ W ] [ CE ]

098. Stephen V (816-17) [ W ] [ CE ]

099. St. Paschal I (817-24) [ W ] [ CE ]

100. Eugene II (824-27) [ W ] [ CE ]

101. Valentine (827) [ W ] [ CE ]

102. Gregory IV (827-44) [ W ] [ CE ]

103. Sergius II (844-47) [ W ] [ CE ]

104. St. Leo IV (847-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

105. Benedict III (855-58) [ W ] [ CE ]

106.
St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67) [ W ] [ CE ]

107. Adrian II (867-72) [ W ] [ CE ] Fourth Council of Constantinople (RC) (869-870 AD) [ W ] [ CE ] [ OW ]

108.
John VIII (872-82) [ W ] [ CE ] Fourth Council of Constantinople (EO) (879-880 AD) [ W ] [ CE ] [ OW ]

109. Marinus I (882-84) [ W ] [ CE ]

110. St. Adrian III (884-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

111.
Stephen VI (885-91) [ W ] [ CE ]

112. Formosus (891-96) [ W ] [ CE ]

113.
Boniface VI (896) [ W ] [ CE ]

114. Stephen VII (896-97) [ W ] [ CE ]

115. Romanus (897) [ W ] [ CE ]

116. Theodore II (897) [ W ] [ CE ]

117. John IX (898-900) [ W ] [ CE ]

118.
Benedict IV (900-03) [ W ] [ CE ]

119. Leo V (903) [ W ] [ CE ]

120. Sergius III (904-11) [ W ] [ CE ]

121. Anastasius III (911-13) [ W ] [ CE ]

122.
Lando (913-14) [ W ] [ CE ]

123. John X (914-28) [ W ] [ CE ]

124. Leo VI (928) [ W ] [ CE ]

125. Stephen VIII (929-31) [ W ] [ CE ]

126. John XI (931-35) [ W ] [ CE ]

127. Leo VII (936-39) [ W ] [ CE ]

128. Stephen IX (939-42) [ W ] [ CE ]

129.
Marinus II (942-46) [ W ] [ CE ]

130. Agapetus II (946-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

131.
John XII (955-63) [ W ] [ CE ]

132. Leo VIII (963-64) [ W ] [ CE ]

133. Benedict V (964) [ W ] [ CE ]

134. John XIII (965-72) [ W ] [ CE ]

135. Benedict VI (973-74) [ W ] [ CE ]

136.
Benedict VII (974-83) [ W ] [ CE ]

137. John XIV (983-84) [ W ] [ CE ]

138. John XV (985-96) [ W ] [ CE ]

139. Gregory V (996-99) [ W ] [ CE ]

140. Sylvester II (999-1003) [ W ] [ CE ]

141. John XVII (1003) [ W ] [ CE ]

142. John XVIII (1003-09) [ W ] [ CE ]

143. Sergius IV (1009-12) [ W ] [ CE ]

144. Benedict VIII (1012-24) [ W ] [ CE ]

145. John XIX (1024-32) [ W ] [ CE ]

146. Benedict IX (1032-45) [ W ] [ CE ]

147. Sylvester III (1045) [ W ] [ CE ]

148. Benedict IX (1045) [ W ] [ CE ]

149. Gregory VI (1045-46) [ W ] [ CE ]

150. Clement II (1046-47) [ W ] [ CE ]

151. Benedict IX (1047-48) [ W ] [ CE ]

152. Damasus II (1048) [ W ] [ CE ]

153. St. Leo IX (1049-54) [ W ] [ CE ] Berengarius of Tours, first to oppose the Catholic teaching of the Eucharist, is excommunicated by Leo IX in 1050AD. [ W ] [ CE ]

Great Schism Occurs [ W ] [ CE ]

154. Victor II (1055-57) [ W ] [ CE ]

155. Stephen X (1057-58) [ W ] [ CE ]

156. Nicholas II (1058-61) [ W ] [ CE ]

157. Alexander II (1061-73) [ W ] [ CE ]

158. St. Gregory VII (1073-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

159. Blessed Victor III (1086-87) [ W ] [ CE ]

160. Blessed Urban II (1088-99) [ W ] [ CE ]

161. Paschal II (1099-1118) [ W ] [ CE ]

162. Gelasius II (1118-19) [ W ] [ CE ]

163. Callistus II (Callixtus II) (1119-24) [ W ] [ CE ] First Council of the Lateran (Catholic) 1123 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

164. Honorius II (1124-30) [ W ] [ CE ]

165. Innocent II (1130-43) [ W ] [ CE ]  Second Council of the Lateran (Catholic) 1139 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

166. Celestine II (1143-44) [ W ] [ CE ]

167. Lucius II (1144-45) [ W ] [ CE ]

168. Blessed Eugene III (1145-53) [ W ] [ CE ]

169. Anastasius IV (1153-54) [ W ] [ CE ]

170. Adrian IV (1154-59) [ W ] [ CE ]

171. Alexander III (1159-81) [ W ] [ CE ] Third Council of the Lateran (Catholic) 1179 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

172. Lucius III (1181-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

173. Urban III (1185-87) [ W ] [ CE ]

174.
Gregory VIII (1187) [ W ] [ CE ]

175. Clement III (1187-91) [ W ] [ CE ]

176. Celestine III (1191-98) [ W ] [ CE ]

177.
Innocent III (1198-1216) [ W ] [ CE ] Fourth Council of the Lateran (Catholic) 1215 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

178. Honorius III (1216-27) [ W ] [ CE ]

179. Gregory IX (1227-41) [ W ] [ CE ]

180. Celestine IV (1241) [ W ] [ CE ]

181. Innocent IV (1243-54) [ W ] [ CE ] First Council of Lyon (Catholic) 1245 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

182. Alexander IV (1254-61) [ W ] [ CE ]

183. Urban IV (1261-64) [ W ] [ CE ]

184. Clement IV (1265-68) [ W ] [ CE ]

*Interregnum

185. Blessed Gregory X (1271-76) [ W ] [ CE ] Second Council of Lyon (Catholic) 1274 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

186. Blessed Innocent V (1276) [ W ] [ CE ]

187. Adrian V (1276) [ W ] [ CE ]

188. John XXI (1276-77) [ W ] [ CE ]

189. Nicholas III (1277-80) [ W ] [ CE ]

190. Martin IV (1281-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

191. Honorius IV (1285-87) [ W ] [ CE ]

192. Nicholas IV (1288-92) [ W ] [ CE ]

*Interregnum

193. St. Celestine V (1294) [ W ] [ CE ]

194.
Boniface VIII (1294-1303) [ W ] [ CE ]

195. Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04) [ W ] [ CE ]

196.
Clement V (1305-14) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Vienne (Catholic) 1311-1312 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

*Interregnum

197. John XXII (1316-34) [ W ] [ CE ]

198. Benedict XII (1334-42) [ W ] [ CE ] Fifth Council of Constantinople (Orthodox) (1341-1351 AD) [ W ] [ OW ]

199. Clement VI (1342-52) [ W ] [ CE ]

200. Innocent VI (1352-62) [ W ] [ CE ]

201. Blessed Urban V (1362-70) [ W ] [ CE ]

202. Gregory XI (1370-78) [ W ] [ CE ]

203. Urban VI (1378-89) [ W ] [ CE ]

204. Boniface IX (1389-1404) [ W ] [ CE ]

205. Innocent VII (1404-06) [ W ] [ CE ]

206. Gregory XII (1406-15) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Pisa (Catholic) 1409 AD [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Constance (Catholic) (1414-1418 AD) [ W ] [ CE ]

*Interregnum

207. Martin V (1417-31) [ W ] [ CE ]  Council of Siena (Catholic) 1423-1424 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

208. Eugene IV (1431-47) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Basel, Ferrara and Florence (Catholic) 1431-1435 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

209. Nicholas V (1447-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

210. Callistus III (Callixtus III) (1455-58) [ W ] [ CE ]

211. Pius II (1458-64) [ W ] [ CE ]

212. Paul II (1464-71) [ W ] [ CE ]

213. Sixtus IV (1471-84) [ W ] [ CE ]

214. Innocent VIII (1484-92) [ W ] [ CE ]

215. Alexander VI (1492-1503) [ W ] [ CE ]

216. Pius III (1503) [ W ] [ CE ]

217. Julius II (1503-13) [ W ] [ CE ]

218. Leo X (1513-21) [ W ] [ CE ]  Fifth Council of the Lateran (Catholic) 1512-1514 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

219. Adrian VI (1522-23) [ W ] [ CE ]

220.
Clement VII (1523-34) [ W ] [ CE ]

221. Paul III (1534-49) [ W ] [ CE ] Council of Trent (Catholic) 1545-1563, AD with interruptions) [ W ] [ CE ]

223.
Julius III (1550-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

224. Marcellus II (1555) [ W ] [ CE ]

225. Paul IV (1555-59) [ W ] [ CE ]

226. Pius IV (1559-65) [ W ] [ CE ]

227. St. Pius V (1566-72) [ W ] [ CE ]

228. Gregory XIII (1572-85) [ W ] [ CE ]

229. Sixtus V (1585-90) [ W ] [ CE ]

230. Urban VII (1590) [ W ] [ CE ]

231. Gregory XIV (1590-91) [ W ] [ CE ]

232. Innocent IX (1591) [ W ] [ CE ]

232. Clement VIII (1592-1605) [ W ] [ CE ]

233. Leo XI (1605) [ W ] [ CE ]

234. Paul V (1605-21) [ W ] [ CE ]

235. Gregory XV (1621-23) [ W ] [ CE ]

236. Urban VIII (1623-44) [ W ] [ CE ]

237. Innocent X (1644-55) [ W ] [ CE ]

238. Alexander VII (1655-67) [ W ] [ CE ]

239. Clement IX (1667-69) [ W ] [ CE ]

240. Clement X (1670-76) [ W ] [ CE ] Synod of Jerusalem (EO) (1672 AD) [ W ]

241. Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89) [ W ] [ CE ]

242. Alexander VIII (1689-91) [ W ] [ CE ]

243. Innocent XII (1691-1700) [ W ] [ CE ]

244. Clement XI (1700-21) [ W ] [ CE ]

245. Innocent XIII (1721-24) [ W ] [ CE ]

246. Benedict XIII (1724-30) [ W ] [ CE ]

247. Clement XII (1730-40) [ W ] [ CE ]

248. Benedict XIV (1740-58) [ W ] [ CE ]

249. Clement XIII (1758-69) [ W ] [ CE ]

250. Clement XIV (1769-74) [ W ] [ CE ]

251. Pius VI (1775-99) [ W ] [ CE ]

252. Pius VII (1800-23) [ W ] [ CE ]

253. Leo XII (1823-29) [ W ] [ CE ]

254. Pius VIII (1829-30) [ W ] [ CE ]

255. Gregory XVI (1831-46) [ W ] [ CE ]

256. Blessed Pius IX (1846-78) [ W ] [ CE ] First Vatican Council (Catholic) 1869-1870 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

257. Leo XIII (1878-1903) [ W ] [ CE ]

258. St. Pius X (1903-14) [ W ] [ CE ]

259. Benedict XV (1914-22) [ W ] [ CE ]

260. Pius XI (1922-39) [ W ] [ CE ]

261. Pius XII (1939-58) [ W ] [ CE ]

262. Blessed John XXIII (1958-63) [ W ] [ CE ]  Second Vatican Council (Catholic) 1962-1965 AD [ W ] [ CE ]

263. Paul VI (1963-78) [ W ] [ CE ]

264. John Paul I (1978) [ W ] [ CE ]

265. John Paul II (1978-2005) [ W ] [ CE ]

266. Benedict XVI (2005-Current) [ W ] [ CE ]