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As the Church is now in the third millennium, and you don'tspecify which millennium, below is a list of all popes of theCatholic Church up until today:

1.St. Peter (32-67)

2.St. Linus (67-76)

3.St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)

4.St. Clement I (88-97)

5.St. Evaristus (97-105)

6.St. Alexander I (105-115)

7.St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I

8.St. Telesphorus (125-136)

9.St. Hyginus (136-140)

10.St. Pius I (140-155)

11.St. Anicetus (155-166)

12.St. Soter (166-175)

13.St. Eleutherius (175-189)

14.St. Victor I (189-199)

15.St. Zephyrinus (199-217)

16.St. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following threepopes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)

17.St. Urban I (222-30)

18.St. Pontain (230-35)

19.St. Anterus (235-36)

20.St. Fabian (236-50)

21.St. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope(251)

22.St. Lucius I (253-54)

23.St. Stephen I (254-257)

24.St. Sixtus II (257-258)

25.St. Dionysius (260-268)

26.St. Felix I (269-274)

27.St. Eutychian (275-283)

28.St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius

29.St. Marcellinus (296-304)

30.St. Marcellus I (308-309)

31.St. Eusebius (309 or 310)

32.St. Miltiades (311-14)

33.St. Sylvester I (314-35)

34.St. Marcus (336)

35.St. Julius I (337-52)

36.Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)

37.St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope(366-367)

38.St. Siricius (384-99)

39.St. Anastasius I (399-401)

40.St. Innocent I (401-17)

41.St. Zosimus (417-18)

42.St. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope(418-419)

43.St. Celestine I (422-32)

44.St. Sixtus III (432-40)

45.St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)

46.St. Hilarius (461-68)

47.St. Simplicius (468-83)

48.St. Felix III (II) (483-92)

49.St. Gelasius I (492-96)

50.Anastasius II (496-98)

51.St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope(498-501)

52.St. Hormisdas (514-23)

53.St. John I (523-26)

54.St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)

55.Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)

56.John II (533-35)

57.St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I

58.St. Silverius (536-37)

59.Vigilius (537-55)

60.Pelagius I (556-61)

61.John III (561-74)

62.Benedict I (575-79)

63.Pelagius II (579-90)

64.St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)

65.Sabinian (604-606)

66.Boniface III (607)

67.St. Boniface IV (608-15)

68.St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)

69.Boniface V (619-25)

70.Honorius I (625-38)

71.Severinus (640)

72.John IV (640-42)

73.Theodore I (642-49)

74.St. Martin I (649-55)

75.St. Eugene I (655-57)

76.St. Vitalian (657-72)

77.Adeodatus (II) (672-76)

78.Donus (676-78)

79.St. Agatho (678-81)

80.St. Leo II (682-83)

81.St. Benedict II (684-85)

82.John V (685-86)

83.Conon (686-87)

84.St. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal,antipopes (687)

85.John VI (701-05)

86.John VII (705-07)

87.Sisinnius (708)

88.Constantine (708-15)

89.St. Gregory II (715-31)

90.St. Gregory III (731-41)

91.St. Zachary (741-52)

92.Stephen II (752) Because he died before being consecrated,many authoritative lists omit him

93.Stephen III (752-57)

94.St. Paul I (757-67)

95.Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) andPhilip (768), antipopes (767)

96.Adrian I (772-95)

97.St. Leo III (795-816)

98.Stephen V (816-17)

99.St. Paschal I (817-24)

100.Eugene II (824-27)

101.Valentine (827)

102.Gregory IV (827-44)

103.Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)

104.St. Leo IV (847-55)

105.Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope(855)

106.St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)

107.Adrian II (867-72)

108.John VIII (872-82)

109.Marinus I (882-84)

110.St. Adrian III (884-85)

111.Stephen VI (885-91)

112.Formosus (891-96)

113.Boniface VI (896)

114.Stephen VII (896-97)

115.Romanus (897)

116.Theodore II (897)

117.John IX (898-900)

118.Benedict IV (900-03)

119.Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)

120.Sergius III (904-11)

121.Anastasius III (911-13)

122.Lando (913-14)

123.John X (914-28)

124.Leo VI (928)

125.Stephen VIII (929-31)

126.John XI (931-35)

127.Leo VII (936-39)

128.Stephen IX (939-42)

129.Marinus II (942-46)

130.Agapetus II (946-55)

131.John XII (955-63)

132.Leo VIII (963-64)

133.Benedict V (964)

134.John XIII (965-72)

135.Benedict VI (973-74)

136.Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed byBoniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)

137.John XIV (983-84)

138.John XV (985-96)

139.Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope(997-998)

140.Sylvester II (999-1003)

141.John XVII (1003)

142.John XVIII (1003-09)

143.Sergius IV (1009-12)

144.Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope(1012)

145.John XIX (1024-32)

146.Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separatetimes, because he was twice deposed and restored

147.Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be anantipope

148.Benedict IX (1045)

149.Gregory VI (1045-46)

150.Clement II (1046-47)

151.Benedict IX (1047-48)

152.Damasus II (1048)

153.St. Leo IX (1049-54)

154.Victor II (1055-57)

155.Stephen X (1057-58)

156.Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope(1058)

157.Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope(1061-1072)

158.St. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following threepopes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope(1080-1100)

159.Blessed Victor III (1086-87)

160.Blessed Urban II (1088-99)

161.Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric(1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes(1100)

162.Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"),antipope (1118)

163.Callistus II (1119-24)

164.Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope(1124)

165.Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138)and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)

166.Celestine II (1143-44)

167.Lucius II (1144-45)

168.Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)

169.Anastasius IV (1153-54)

170.Adrian IV (1154-59)

171.Alexander III (1159-81) Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV")(1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) andInnocent III (1178-1180), antipopes

172.Lucius III (1181-85)

173.Urban III (1185-87)

174.Gregory VIII (1187)

175.Clement III (1187-91)

176.Celestine III (1191-98)

177.Innocent III (1198-1216)

178.Honorius III (1216-27)

179.Gregory IX (1227-41)

180.Celestine IV (1241)

181.Innocent IV (1243-54)

182.Alexander IV (1254-61)

183.Urban IV (1261-64)

184.Clement IV (1265-68)

185.Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)

186.Blessed Innocent V (1276)

187.Adrian V (1276)

188.John XXI (1276-77)

189.Nicholas III (1277-80)

190.Martin IV (1281-85)

191.Honorius IV (1285-87)

192.Nicholas IV (1288-92)

193.St. Celestine V (1294)

194.Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

195.Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)

196.Clement V (1305-14)

197.John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope(1328-1330)

198.Benedict XII (1334-42)

199.Clement VI (1342-52)

200.Innocent VI (1352-62)

201.Blessed Urban V (1362-70)

202.Gregory XI (1370-78)

203.Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("ClementVII"), antipope (1378-1394)

204.Boniface IX (1389-1404) Opposed by Robert of Geneva("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII")(1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415),antipopes

205.Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("BenedictXIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415),antipopes

206.Gregory XII (1406-15) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("BenedictXIII") (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415),and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes

207.Martin V (1417-31)

208.Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"),antipope (1439-1449)

209.Nicholas V (1447-55)

210.Callistus III (1455-58)

211.Pius II (1458-64)

212.Paul II (1464-71)

213.Sixtus IV (1471-84)

214.Innocent VIII (1484-92)

215.Alexander VI (1492-1503)

216.Pius III (1503)

217.Julius II (1503-13)

218.Leo X (1513-21)

219.Adrian VI (1522-23)

220.Clement VII (1523-34)

221.Paul III (1534-49)

222.Julius III (1550-55)

223.Marcellus II (1555)

224.Paul IV (1555-59)

225.Pius IV (1559-65)

226.St. Pius V (1566-72)

227.Gregory XIII (1572-85)

228.Sixtus V (1585-90)

229.Urban VII (1590)

230.Gregory XIV (1590-91)

231.Innocent IX (1591)

232.Clement VIII (1592-1605)

233.Leo XI (1605)

234.Paul V (1605-21)

235.Gregory XV (1621-23)

236.Urban VIII (1623-44)

237.Innocent X (1644-55)

238.Alexander VII (1655-67)

239.Clement IX (1667-69)

240.Clement X (1670-76)

241.Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)

242.Alexander VIII (1689-91)

243.Innocent XII (1691-1700)

244.Clement XI (1700-21)

245.Innocent XIII (1721-24)

246.Benedict XIII (1724-30)

247.Clement XII (1730-40)

248.Benedict XIV (1740-58)

249.Clement XIII (1758-69)

250.Clement XIV (1769-74)

251.Pius VI (1775-99)

252.Pius VII (1800-23)

253.Leo XII (1823-29)

254.Pius VIII (1829-30)

255.Gregory XVI (1831-46)

256.Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)

257.Leo XIII (1878-1903)

258.St. Pius X (1903-14)

259.Benedict XV (1914-22)

260.Pius XI (1922-39)

261.Pius XII (1939-58)

262.Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)

263.Paul VI (1963-78)

264.John Paul I (1978)

265.John Paul II (1978-2005)

266.Benedict XVI (2005-2013)

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