Apostolic succession · Popes
From Peter to Leo XIV
Follow the Holy See’s chronological list of pontificates. This shows succession in the office of Bishop of Rome; it does not mean that each pope personally ordained the next. Apostolic succession also concerns the bishops and the transmission of apostolic teaching and ministry.
How to read dates and numbering
Early dates can be uncertain. Blank dates remain unspecified; alternatives and grouped dates are preserved from the official table. Roman numerals denote months. Some beginning-date cells group election and other accession ceremonies, so these are source date labels rather than standardized tenure boundaries. Vacancies and disputed historical circumstances are not filled with invented entries.
Numbers identify listed pontificates, not unique individuals: Benedict IX appears for separate periods. This is a documented chronology, not a claim of a surviving consecration record linking every name back to Peter.
Source checked 2026-11-02. Holy See’s official list ↗ · Latest listed pontiff
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226 · Century 16
Gregory XIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 13,25.V.1572
- End
- 10.IV.1585
- Secular name
- Ugo Boncompagni
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bologna
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227 · Century 16
Sixtus V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 24.IV, 1.V.1585
- End
- 27.VIII.1590
- Secular name
- Felice Peretti
- Birthplace (source label)
- Grottammare (Ascoli Piceno)
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228 · Century 16
Urban VII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 15.IX.1590
- End
- 27.IX.1590
- Secular name
- Giambattista Castagna
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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229 · Century 16
Gregory XIV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 5,8.XII.1590
- End
- 16.X.1591
- Secular name
- Niccolò Sfondrati
- Birthplace (source label)
- Somma Lombarda
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230 · Century 16
Innocent IX
- Beginning (source dates)
- 29.X,3.XI.1591
- End
- 30.XII.1591
- Secular name
- Giovan Antonio Facchinetti
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bologna
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231 · Century 16
Clement VIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 30.I,9.II.1592
- End
- 3.III.1605
- Secular name
- Ippolito Aldobrandini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Fano
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232 · Century 17
Leo XI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 1,10.IV.1605
- End
- 27.IV.1605
- Secular name
- Alessandro de' Medici
- Birthplace (source label)
- Florence
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233 · Century 17
Paul V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 16,29.V.1605
- End
- 28.I.1621
- Secular name
- Camillo Borghese
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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234 · Century 17
Gregory XV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 9,14.II.1621
- End
- 8.VII.1623
- Secular name
- Alessandro Ludovisi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bologna
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235 · Century 17
Urban VIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 6.VIII, 29.IX.1623
- End
- 29.VII.1644
- Secular name
- Maffeo Barberini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Florence
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236 · Century 17
Innocent X
- Beginning (source dates)
- 15.IX,4.X.1644
- End
- 7.I.1655
- Secular name
- Giovanni Battista Pamphilj
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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237 · Century 17
Alexander VII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 7,18.IV.1655
- End
- 22.V.1667
- Secular name
- Fabio Chigi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Siena
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238 · Century 17
Clement IX
- Beginning (source dates)
- 20,26.VI.1667
- End
- 9.XII.1669
- Secular name
- Giulio Rospigliosi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Pistoia
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239 · Century 17
Clement X
- Beginning (source dates)
- 29.IV,11.V.1670
- End
- 22.VII.1676
- Secular name
- Emilio Altieri
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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240 · Century 17
Innocent XI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 21.IX, 4.X.1676
- End
- 12.VIII.1689
- Secular name
- Benedetto Odescalchi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Como
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241 · Century 17
Alexander VIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 6,16.X.1689
- End
- 1.II.1691
- Secular name
- Pietro Ottoboni
- Birthplace (source label)
- Venice
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242 · Century 17
Innocent XII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12,15.VII.1691
- End
- 27.IX.1700
- Secular name
- Antonio Pignatelli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Spinazzola
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243 · Century 18
Clement XI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 23,30.XI, 8.XII.1700
- End
- 19.III.1721
- Secular name
- Giovanni Francesco Albani
- Birthplace (source label)
- Urbino
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244 · Century 18
Innocent XIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 8,18.V.1721
- End
- 7.III.1724
- Secular name
- Michelangelo Conti
- Birthplace (source label)
- Poli
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245 · Century 18
Benedict XIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 29.V, 4.VI.1724
- End
- 21.II.1730
- Secular name
- Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Gravina
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246 · Century 18
Clement XII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12,16.VII.1730
- End
- 6.II.1740
- Secular name
- Lorenzo Corsini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Florence
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247 · Century 18
Benedict XIV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 17,22.VIII.1740
- End
- 3.V.1758
- Secular name
- Prospero Lambertini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bologna
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248 · Century 18
Clement XIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 6,16.VII.1758
- End
- 2.II.1769
- Secular name
- Carlo Rezzonico
- Birthplace (source label)
- Venice
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249 · Century 18
Clement XIV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 19,28.V, 4.VI.1769
- End
- 22.IX.1774
- Secular name
- Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio (Lorenzo) Ganganelli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna
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250 · Century 18
Pius VI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 15,22.II.1775
- End
- 29.VIII.1799
- Secular name
- Giannangelo Braschi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Cesena