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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151 · Century 11
Damasus II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 17.VII.1048
- End
- 9.VIII.1048
- Secular name
- Poppo
- Birthplace (source label)
- Tyrol
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152 · Century 11
Leo IX
- Beginning (source dates)
- 2,12.II.1049
- End
- 19.IV.1054
- Secular name
- Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg
- Birthplace (source label)
- Alsace
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153 · Century 11
Victor II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 13.IV.1055
- End
- 28.VII.1057
- Secular name
- Gebhard Of Dollnstein-hirschberg
- Birthplace (source label)
- Swabia
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154 · Century 11
Stephen IX
- Beginning (source dates)
- 2,3.VIII.1057
- End
- 29.III.1058
- Secular name
- Frédéric de Lorraine
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155 · Century 11
Nicholas II
- Beginning (source dates)
- ...XII.1058, 24.I.1059
- End
- 27.VII.1061
- Secular name
- Gérard
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bourgogne
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156 · Century 11
Alexander II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 30.IX, 1.X.1061
- End
- 21.IV.1073
- Secular name
- Anselmo
- Birthplace (source label)
- Baggio (Milano)
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157 · Century 11
Gregory VII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 22.IV,30.VI.1073
- End
- 25.V.1085
- Secular name
- Ildebrando
- Birthplace (source label)
- Tuscia
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158 · Century 11
Victor III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 24.V.1086, 9.V.1087
- End
- 16.IX.1087
- Secular name
- Dauferio (Desiderio)
- Birthplace (source label)
- Benevento
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159 · Century 11
Urban II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12.III.1088
- End
- 29.VII.1099
- Secular name
- Odo of Lagery
- Birthplace (source label)
- Châtillon-sur-Marne
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160 · Century 11
Paschal II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 13,14.VIII.1099
- End
- 21.I.1118
- Secular name
- Raniero
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bleda or Galeata
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161 · Century 12
Gelasius II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 24.I,10.III.1118
- End
- 28.I.1119
- Secular name
- Giovanni Caetani
- Birthplace (source label)
- Gaeta
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162 · Century 12
Callixtus II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 2,9.II.1119
- End
- 13 or 14.XII.1124
- Secular name
- Guy of Burgundy
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163 · Century 12
Honorius II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 15,21.XII.1124
- End
- 13 or 14.II.1130
- Secular name
- Lamberto Scannabecchi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Fiagnano (Imola)
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164 · Century 12
Innocent II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 14,23.II.1130
- End
- 24.IX.1143
- Secular name
- Gregorio Papareschi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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165 · Century 12
Celestine II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 26.IX,3.X.1143
- End
- 8.III.1144
- Secular name
- Guido
- Birthplace (source label)
- Città di Castello
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166 · Century 12
Lucius II
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12.III.1144
- End
- 15.II.1145
- Secular name
- Gerardo
- Birthplace (source label)
- Bologna
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167 · Century 12
Eugene III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 15,18.II.1145
- End
- 8.VII.1153
- Secular name
- Bernardo
- Birthplace (source label)
- Pisa
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168 · Century 12
Anastasius IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12.VII.1153
- End
- 3.XII.1154
- Secular name
- Corrado
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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169 · Century 12
Adrian IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 4,5.XII.1154
- End
- 1.IX.1159
- Secular name
- Nicholas Breakspear
- Birthplace (source label)
- Abbot's Lagnley (Hertfordshire)
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170 · Century 12
Alexander III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 7,20.IX.1159
- End
- 30.VIII.1181
- Secular name
- Rolando Bandinelli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Siena
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171 · Century 12
Lucius III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 1. 6.IX.1181
- End
- 25.IX.1185
- Secular name
- Ubaldo Allucingoli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Lucca
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172 · Century 12
Urban III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 25.XI,1.XII.1185
- End
- 20.X.1187
- Secular name
- Umberto Crivelli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Milan
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173 · Century 12
Gregory VIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 21.25.X.1187
- End
- 17.XII.1187
- Secular name
- Alberto di Morra
- Birthplace (source label)
- Benevento
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174 · Century 12
Clement III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 19,20.XII.1187
- End
- ...III.1191
- Secular name
- Paolo Scolari
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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175 · Century 12
Celestine III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 10,14.IV.1191
- End
- 8.I.1198
- Secular name
- Giacinto Bobone
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome