This list of popes is arranged in chronological order. It starts with Peter, believed by Catholics to be the first pope, and ends with Benedict XVI, the most recent pope. Alternative names are given, years of reign are listed, and all names are linked to short biographies that describe major dates in their papacy, controversies, and important events at the time.

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 (Xystus) (115 - 125)
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 - 222)
17. St. Urban I (222 - 230)
18. St. Pontain (230 - 235)
19. St. Anterus (235 - 236)
20. St. Fabian (236 - 250)
21. St. Cornelius (251 - 253)
22. St. Lucius I (253 - 254)
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 (Gaius) (283 - 296)
29. St. Marcellinus (296 - 304)
30. St. Marcellus I (308 - 309)
31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (311 - 314)
33. St. Sylvester I (314 - 335)
34. St. Marcus (336)
35. St. Julius I (337 - 352)
36. Liberius (352 - 366)
37. St. Damasus I (366 - 383)
38.

St. Siricius (384 - 399)
39. St. Anastasius I (399 - 401)
40. St. Innocent I (401 - 417)
41. St. Zosimus (417 - 418)
42. St. Boniface I (418 - 422)
43. St. Celestine I (422 - 432)
44. St. Sixtus III (432 - 440)
45. St. Leo I (the Great) (440 - 461)
46. St. Hilarius (461 - 468)
47. St. Simplicius (468 - 483)
48. St. Felix III (II) (483 - 492)
49. St. Gelasius I (492 - 496)
50. Anastasius II (496 - 498)
51. St. Symmachus (498 - 514)
52. St. Hormisdas (514 - 523)
53. St. John I (523 - 526)
54. St. Felix IV (III) (526 - 530)
55. Boniface II (530 - 532)
56. John II (533 - 535)
57. St. Agapetus I (Agapitus) (535 - 536)
58. St. Silverius (536 - 537)
59. Vigilius (537 - 555)
60. Pelagius I (556 - 561)
61. John III (561 - 574)
62. Benedict I (575 - 579)
63. Pelagius II (579 - 590)
64. St. Gregory I (the Great) (590 - 604)
65. Sabinian (604 - 606)
66. Boniface III (607)
67. St. Boniface IV (608 - 615)
68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615 - 618)
69. Boniface V (619 - 625)
70. Honorius I (625 - 638)
71. Severinus (640)
72. John IV (640 - 642)
73. Theodore I (642 - 649)
74. St. Martin I (649 - 655)
75. St. Eugene I (655 - 657)
76. St. Vitalian (657 - 672)
77. Adeodatus (II) (672 - 676)
78. Donus (676 - 678)
79. St. Agatho (678 - 681)
80. St. Leo II (682 - 683)
81. St. Benedict II (684 - 685)
82. John V (685 - 686)
83. Conon (686 - 687)
84. St. Sergius I (687 - 701)
85. John VI (701 - 705)
86. John VII (705 - 707)
87. Sisinnius (708)
88. Constantine (708 - 715)
89. St. Gregory II (715 - 731)
90. St. Gregory III (731 - 741)
91. St. Zachary (741 - 752)
92. Stephen II (752)
93. Stephen III (II) (752 - 757)
94. St. Paul I (757 - 767)
95. Stephen IV (III) (767 - 772)
96. Adrian I (772 - 795)
97. St. Leo III (795 - 816)
98. Stephen V (IV) (816 - 817)
99. St. Paschal I (817 - 824)
100. Eugene II (824 - 827)
101. Valentine (827)
102. Gregory IV (827 - 844)
103. Sergius II (844 - 847)
104. St. Leo IV (847 - 855)
105. Benedict III (855 - 858)
106. St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858 - 867)
107. Adrian II (867 - 872)
108. John VIII (872 - 882)
109. Marinus I (882 - 884)
110. St. Adrian III (884 - 885)
111. Stephen VI (V) (885 - 891)
112. Formosus (891 - 896)
113. Boniface VI (896)
114. Stephen VII (VI) (896 - 897)
115. Romanus (897)
116. Theodore II (897)
117. John IX (898 - 900)
118. Benedict IV (900 - 903)
119. Leo V (903 - 904)
120. Sergius III (904 - 911)
121. Anastasius III (911 - 913)
122. Lando (913 - 914)
123. John X (914 - 928)
124. Leo VI (928)
125. Stephen VIII (VII) (928 - 931)
126. John XI (931 - 935)
127. Leo VII (936 - 939)
128. Stephen IX (VIII) (939 - 942)
129. Marinus II (942 - 946)
130. Agapetus II (946 - 955)
131. John XII (955 - 963)
132. Leo VIII (963 - 964)
133. Benedict V (964)
134. John XIII (965 - 972)
135. Benedict VI (973 - 974)
136. Benedict VII (974 - 983)
137. John XIV (983 - 984)
138. John XV (985 - 996)
139. Gregory V (996 - 999)
140. Sylvester II (999 - 1003)