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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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  1. 101 · Century 9

    Gregory IV

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... IX.827, 29.III.828
    End
    25.I.844
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  2. 102 · Century 9

    Sergius II

    Beginning (source dates)
    25.I.844
    End
    27.I.847
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  3. 103 · Century 9

    Leo IV

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...I,10.V.847
    End
    17.VII.855
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  4. 104 · Century 9

    Benedict III

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...VII, 29.IX.855
    End
    17.IV.858
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  5. 105 · Century 9

    Nicholas I

    Beginning (source dates)
    24.IV.858
    End
    13.XI.867
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  6. 106 · Century 9

    Adrian II

    Beginning (source dates)
    14.XII.867
    End
    ...XI or XII.872
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  7. 107 · Century 9

    John VIII

    Beginning (source dates)
    14.XII.872
    End
    16.XII.882
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  8. 108 · Century 9

    Marinus I

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... XII.882
    End
    15.V.884
    Birthplace (source label)
    Gallese

    Official record ↗

  9. 109 · Century 9

    Adrian III

    Beginning (source dates)
    17.V.884
    End
    ...VIII or IX.885
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  10. 110 · Century 9

    Stephen V

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...IX.885
    End
    14.IX.891
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  11. 111 · Century 9

    Formosus

    Beginning (source dates)
    6.X.891
    End
    4.IV.896
    Birthplace (source label)
    Bishop of Portus

    Official record ↗

  12. 112 · Century 9

    Boniface VI

    Beginning (source dates)
    11.IV.896
    End
    26.IV.896
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  13. 113 · Century 9

    Stephen VI

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...V or VI.896
    End
    ...VII or VIII.897
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  14. 114 · Century 9

    Romanus

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...VII or VIII.897
    End
    ...XI.897
    Birthplace (source label)
    Gallese

    Official record ↗

  15. 115 · Century 9

    Theodore II

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...XII.897
    End
    ...XII.897 or I.898
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  16. 116 · Century 9

    John IX

    Beginning (source dates)
    ..XII.897 or I.898
    End
    ...I-V.900
    Birthplace (source label)
    Tivoli

    Official record ↗

  17. 117 · Century 10

    Benedict IV

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...I-V.900
    End
    ...VII.903
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  18. 118 · Century 10

    Leo V

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... VII.903
    End
    ... IX.903
    Birthplace (source label)
    Ardea

    Official record ↗

  19. 119 · Century 10

    Sergius III

    Beginning (source dates)
    29.I.904
    End
    14.IV.911
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  20. 120 · Century 10

    Anastasius III

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... VI or IX.911
    End
    ... VI or VIII or X.913
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  21. 121 · Century 10

    Lando

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... VII or XI.913
    End
    ... III.914
    Birthplace (source label)
    Sabina

    Official record ↗

  22. 122 · Century 10

    John X

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... III or IV.914
    End
    ... V or VI.928
    Birthplace (source label)
    Tossignano (Imola)

    Official record ↗

  23. 123 · Century 10

    Leo VI

    Beginning (source dates)
    ... V or VI.928
    End
    ... XII.928 or I.929
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  24. 124 · Century 10

    Stephen VII

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...I.929
    End
    ...II.931
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

  25. 125 · Century 10

    John XI

    Beginning (source dates)
    ...III.931
    End
    ...I.936
    Birthplace (source label)
    Rome

    Official record ↗

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