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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176 · Century 12
Innocent III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 8.I,22.II.1198
- End
- 16.VII.1216
- Secular name
- Lotario dei conti di Segni
- Birthplace (source label)
- Gavignano (Rome)
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177 · Century 13
Honorius III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 18,24.VII.1216
- End
- 18.III.1227
- Secular name
- Cencio
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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178 · Century 13
Gregory IX
- Beginning (source dates)
- 19,21.III.1227
- End
- 22.VIII.1241
- Secular name
- Ugolino di Segni
- Birthplace (source label)
- Anagni
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179 · Century 13
Celestine IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 25,28.X.1241
- End
- 10.XI.1241
- Secular name
- Goffredo da Castiglione
- Birthplace (source label)
- Milan
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180 · Century 13
Innocent IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 25,28.VI.1243
- End
- 7.XII.1254
- Secular name
- Sinibaldo Fieschi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Lavagna (Genoa)
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181 · Century 13
Alexander IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 12,20.XII.1254
- End
- 25.V.1261
- Secular name
- Rinaldo di Jenne
- Birthplace (source label)
- Jenne (Rome)
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182 · Century 13
Urban IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 29.VIII,4.IX.1261
- End
- 2.X.1264
- Secular name
- Jacques Pantaléon
- Birthplace (source label)
- Troyes
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183 · Century 13
Clement IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 5,22.II.1265
- End
- 29.XI.1268
- Secular name
- Gui Foulques
- Birthplace (source label)
- Saint-Gilles (Southern French)
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184 · Century 13
Gregory X
- Beginning (source dates)
- 1.IX.1271,27.III.1272
- End
- 10.I.1276
- Secular name
- Tebaldo Visconti
- Birthplace (source label)
- Piacenza
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185 · Century 13
Innocent V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 21.I,22.II.1276
- End
- 22.VI.1276
- Secular name
- Pierre De Tarentaise
- Birthplace (source label)
- Savoy
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186 · Century 13
Adrian V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 11.VII.1276
- End
- 18.VIII.1276
- Secular name
- Ottobono Fieschi
- Birthplace (source label)
- Genoa
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187 · Century 13
John XXI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 16,20.IX.1276
- End
- 20.V.1277
- Secular name
- Pedro Julião or Pedro Hispano
- Birthplace (source label)
- Lisbon
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188 · Century 13
Nicholas III
- Beginning (source dates)
- 25.XI, 26.XII.1277
- End
- 22.VIII.1280
- Secular name
- Giovanni Gaetano Orsini
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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189 · Century 13
Martin IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 22.II,23.III.1281
- End
- 29.III.1285
- Secular name
- Simon de Brie or of Brion or of Mainpincien
- Birthplace (source label)
- France
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190 · Century 13
Honorius IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 2.IV, 20.V.1285
- End
- 3.IV.1287
- Secular name
- Giacomo Savelli
- Birthplace (source label)
- Rome
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191 · Century 13
Nicholas IV
- Beginning (source dates)
- 22.II.1288
- End
- 4.IV.1292
- Secular name
- Girolamo
- Birthplace (source label)
- Lisciano (Ascoli PIceno)
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192 · Century 13
Celestine V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 5.VII, 29.VIII.1294
- End
- 13.XII.1294
- Secular name
- Pietro del Morrone
- Birthplace (source label)
- Molise
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193 · Century 13
Boniface VIII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 24.XII.1294, 23.I.1295
- End
- 11.X.1303
- Secular name
- Benedetto Caetani
- Birthplace (source label)
- Anagni
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194 · Century 14
Benedict XI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 22,27.X.1303
- End
- 7.VII.1304
- Secular name
- Niccolò di Boccasio
- Birthplace (source label)
- Treviso
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195 · Century 14
Clement V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 5.VI, 14.XI.1305
- End
- 20.IV.1314
- Secular name
- Bertrand de Got
- Birthplace (source label)
- Villandraut (Gironde)
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196 · Century 14
John XXII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 7.VIII,5.IX.1316
- End
- 4.XII.1334
- Secular name
- Jacques Duèse
- Birthplace (source label)
- Cahors
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197 · Century 14
Benedict XII
- Beginning (source dates)
- 20.XII.1334, 8.I.1335
- End
- 25.IV.1342
- Secular name
- Jacques Fournier
- Birthplace (source label)
- Saverdun (Southern France)
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198 · Century 14
Clement VI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 7,19.V.1342
- End
- 6.XII.1352
- Secular name
- Pierre Roger
- Birthplace (source label)
- Maumont (Limousin)
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199 · Century 14
Innocent VI
- Beginning (source dates)
- 18,30.XII.1352
- End
- 12.IX.1362
- Secular name
- Étienne Aubert
- Birthplace (source label)
- Monts (Limousin)
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200 · Century 14
Urban V
- Beginning (source dates)
- 28.IX,6.XI.1362
- End
- 19.XII.1370
- Secular name
- Guillaume Grimoard
- Birthplace (source label)
- Grizac (Southern France)