All-Time Pope Rankings
Fifty of the most significant and influential popes in the history of the Catholic Church.
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Pope Peter (c. 30–64/68 AD)—
Pope Leo I (the Great) (440–461)—
Pope Gregory I (the Great) (590–604)—
Pope Urban II (1088–1099)—
Pope Innocent III (1198–1216)—
Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303)—
Pope John XXIII (1958–1963)—
Pope Paul VI (1963–1978)—
Pope John Paul I (1978)—
Pope John Paul II (1978–2005)—
Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013)—
Pope Francis (2013–2025)—
Pope Clement V (1305–1314)—
Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)—
Pope Julius II (1503–1513)—
Pope Leo X (1513–1521)—
Pope Paul III (1534–1549)—
Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)—
Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903)—
Pope Pius X (1903–1914)—
Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)—
Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)—
Pope Clement VII (1523–1534)—
Pope Adrian IV (1154–1159)—
Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085)—
Pope Nicholas I (858–867)—
Pope Sylvester I (314–335)—
Pope Damasus I (366–384)—
Pope Innocent I (401–417)—
Pope Gelasius I (492–496)—
Pope Gregory II (715–731)—
Pope Stephen II (752–757)—
Pope Nicholas II (1059–1061)—
Pope Callixtus II (1119–1124)—
Pope Eugenius III (1145–1153)—
Pope Celestine III (1191–1198)—
Pope Honorius III (1216 –1227)—
Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241)—
Pope Clement IV (1265–1268)—
Pope Gregory X (1271–1276)—
Pope Nicholas IV (1288–1292)—
Pope Clement VI (1342–1352)—
Pope Martin V (1417–1431)—
Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447)—
Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455)—
Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)—
Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492)—
Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523)—
Pope Paul IV (1555–1559)—
Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)—