Happy Pope's Day! Pope's Day Explained - 6 Things to Know and Share with Complete List of Popes of the Catholic Church!
The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul also known as Popes' Day, is traditionally celebrated on June 29th. There have been 266 popes in the history of the Catholic Church since Saint Peter. (See List at Bottom and Prayer)
1. This day is a public holiday in Rome, the Eternal City, and schools, banks, stores, and the Vatican, are closed in honor of the occasion. Prior to the liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII, this feast was followed by a common octave.
4. In some countries it is a holy day of obligation in the Latin Church, although individual conferences of bishops can suppress the obligation. In England, Scotland and Wales the feast is observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not.
5. The solemnity or high feast day honors the martyrdom of the two saints that are considered to be 1st leaders of the Catholic Church. St. Peter was one of the 12 apostles, as well as the first pope and founder of the Roman Church – hence the name behind St. Peter’s Basilica and Square in Vatican City. He was martyred sometime between 64 and 68 AD during Roman Emperor Nero’s persecution of the Christians. On the evening of June 28, there is a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s to prepare for the day ahead.
6. “The observance of Pope’s Day in celebration of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul seeks to intensify the faithful’s understanding of the Church’s teachings and to have full appreciation of the spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church’s leader and Vicar of Christ,” Church officials say.
Saint Peter was the first Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, while Saint Paul is considered to this day as the greatest missionary of all time.
2. On this solemnity, newly created metropolitan archbishops receive from the pope the primary symbol of their office, the pallium. The pallium is a special vestment worn over the shoulders—to archbishops appointed in the past year.
3. The bronze statue of St. Peter in the Vatican is decorated with traditional attire, including a rich red robe, rings, and a crown. Other celebrations include flowers and fireworks. You can see an elaborate carpet of flowers starting in St. Peter’s Square and leading down Via Della Conciliazione toward the River Tiber. In the evening, you can see fireworks set off at the Piazza del Popolo.
3. The bronze statue of St. Peter in the Vatican is decorated with traditional attire, including a rich red robe, rings, and a crown. Other celebrations include flowers and fireworks. You can see an elaborate carpet of flowers starting in St. Peter’s Square and leading down Via Della Conciliazione toward the River Tiber. In the evening, you can see fireworks set off at the Piazza del Popolo.
4. In some countries it is a holy day of obligation in the Latin Church, although individual conferences of bishops can suppress the obligation. In England, Scotland and Wales the feast is observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not.
5. The solemnity or high feast day honors the martyrdom of the two saints that are considered to be 1st leaders of the Catholic Church. St. Peter was one of the 12 apostles, as well as the first pope and founder of the Roman Church – hence the name behind St. Peter’s Basilica and Square in Vatican City. He was martyred sometime between 64 and 68 AD during Roman Emperor Nero’s persecution of the Christians. On the evening of June 28, there is a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s to prepare for the day ahead.
6. “The observance of Pope’s Day in celebration of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul seeks to intensify the faithful’s understanding of the Church’s teachings and to have full appreciation of the spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church’s leader and Vicar of Christ,” Church officials say.
Saint Peter was the first Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, while Saint Paul is considered to this day as the greatest missionary of all time.
Prayer from the Pope (USCCB)O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look favorably on your servant Francis, whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd; Grant, we pray, that by word and example he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to everlasting life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
LIST of Pope of the Roman Catholic Church -
First Century:
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)
Second Century:
6. St. Alexander I (105-115)
7. St. Sixtus I (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)
Third Century:
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 (283-296)
29. St. Marcellinus (296-304)
Fourth Century:
30. St. Marcellus I (308-309)
31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (311-314)
POPES OF THE AGE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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)
Fifth Century:
40. St. Innocent I (401-417)
41. St. Zosimus (417-418)
42. St. Boniface I (418-22)
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)
Sixth Century:
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 (533-35)
57. St. Agapetus I (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)
POPES OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
64. St. Gregory I [the Great] (590-604)
Seventh Century:
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)
Eighth Century:
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)
Stephen II (752)—Stephen II was elected, but died before he was consecrated pope, so he is not found on the Vatican's official list or included in the count.
92. Stephen III (752-757)
93. St. Paul I (757-767)
94. Stephen IV (767-772)
95. Adrian I (772-95)
96. St. Leo III (795-816)
Ninth Century:
97. Stephen V (816-817)
98. St. Paschal I (817-824)
99. Eugene II (824-827)
100. Valentine (827)
101. Gregory IV (827-844)
102. Sergius II (844-847)
103. St. Leo IV (847-855)
104. Benedict III (855-858)
105. St. Nicholas I [the Great] (858-867)
106. Adrian II (867-872)
107. John VIII (872-882)
108. Marinus I (882-884)
109. St. Adrian III (884-885)
110. Stephen VI (885-891)
111. Formosus (891-896)
112. Boniface VI (896)
113. Stephen VII (896-897)
114. Romanus (897)
115. Theodore II (897)
116. John IX (898-900)
Tenth Century:
117. Benedict IV (900-903)
118. Leo V (903)
119. Sergius III (904-911)
120. Anastasius III (911-913)
121. Lando (913-914)
122. John X (914-928)
123. Leo VI (928)
124. Stephen VIII (929-931)
125. John XI (931-935)
126. Leo VII (936-39)
127. Stephen IX (939-942)
128. Marinus II (942-946)
129. Agapetus II (946-955)
130. John XII (955-963)
131. Leo VIII (963-964)
132. Benedict V (964)
133. John XIII (965-972)
134. Benedict VI (973-974)
135. Benedict VII (974-983)
136. John XIV (983-984)
137. John XV (985-996)
138.
139. Sylvester II (999-1003)
Eleventh Century:
140. John XVII (1003)
141. John XVIII (1003-09)
142. Sergius IV (1009-12)
143. Benedict VIII (1012-24)
144. John XIX (1024-32)
145. Benedict IX (1032-45)
146. Sylvester III (1045)
147. Benedict IX (1045)
148. Gregory VI (1045-46)
149. Clement II (1046-47)
150. Benedict IX (1047-48)
151. Damasus II (1048)
152. St. Leo IX (1049-54)
153. Victor II (1055-57)
154. Stephen X (1057-58)
155. Nicholas II (1058-61)
156. Alexander II (1061-73)
POPES OF THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES AND THE CHURCH COUNCILS
Eleventh Century:
157. St. Gregory VII (1073-1085)
158. Blessed Victor III (1086-1087)
159. Blessed Urban II (1088-1099)
160. Paschal II (1099-1118)
Twelfth Century:
161. Gelasius II (1118-1119)
162. Callistus II (1119-1124)
163. Honorius II (1124-1130)
164. Innocent II (1130-1143)
165. Celestine II (1143-1144)
166. Lucius II (1144-1145)
167. Blessed Eugene III (1145-1153)
168. Anastasius IV (1153-1154)
169. Adrian IV (1154-1159)
170. Alexander III (1159-1181)
171. Lucius III (1181-1185)
172. Urban III (1185-1187)
173. Gregory VIII (1187)
174. Clement III (1187-1191)
175. Celestine III (1191-1198)
176. Innocent III (1198-1216)
Thirteenth Century:
177. Honorius III (1216-27)
178. Gregory IX (1227-41)
179. Celestine IV (1241)
180. Innocent IV (1243-54)
181. Alexander IV (1254-61)
182. Urban IV (1261-64)
183. Clement IV (1265-68)
184. Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
185. Blessed Innocent V (1276)
186. Adrian V (1276)
187. John XXI (1276-77)
188. Nicholas III (1277-80)
189. Martin IV (1281-85)
190. Honorius IV (1285-87)
191. Nicholas IV (1288-92)
192. St. Celestine V (1294)
Popes of the Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism
Thirteenth Century:
193. Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Fourteenth Century:
194. Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
The Avignon Papacy Begins
195. Clement V (1305-14)
196. John XXII (1316-34)
197. Benedict XII (1334-42)
198. Clement VI (1342-52)
199. Innocent VI (1352-62)
200. Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
201. Gregory XI (1370-78)
The AVIGN PAPACY ENDS
THE GREAT SCHISM BEGIN
202. Urban VI (1378-1389)
203. Boniface IX (1389-1404)
Fifteenth Century:
204. Innocent VII (1404-406)
205. Gregory XII (1406-415)
Great Schism Ends
POPES OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE PROTESTANT “REFORMATION”
Fifteenth Century:
206. Martin V (1417-31)
207. Eugene IV (1431-47)
208. Nicholas V (1447-55)
209. Callistus III (1455-58)
210. Pius II (1458-64)
211. Paul II (1464-71)
212. Sixtus IV (1471-84)
213. Innocent VIII (1484-92)
214. Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Sixteenth Century:
215. Pius III (1503)
216. Julius II (1503-13)
217. Leo X (1513-21)
218. Adrian VI (1522-23)
219. Clement VII (1523-1534)
220. Paul III (1534-1549)
221. Julius III (1550-1555)
222. Marcellus II (1555)
223. Paul IV (1555-1559)
224. Pius IV (1559-1565)
POPES OF THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Sixteenth Century:
225. St. Pius V (1566-1572)
226. Gregory XIII (1572-1585)
227. Sixtus V (1585-1590)
228. Urban VII (1590)
229. Gregory XIV (1590-1591)
230. Innocent IX (1591)
231. Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Seventeenth Century:
232. Leo XI (1605)
233. Paul V (1605-21)
234. Gregory XV (1621-23)
235. Urban VIII (1623-44)
236. Innocent X (1644-55)
237. Alexander VII (1655-67)
238. Clement IX (1667-69)
239. Clement X (1670-76)
240. Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
241. Alexander VIII (1689-91)
242. Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Eighteenth Century:
243. Clement XI (1700-21)
244. Innocent XIII (1721-24)
245. Benedict XIII (1724-30)
246. Clement XII (1730-40)
247. Benedict XIV (1740-58)
248. Clement XIII (1758-69)
249. Clement XIV (1769-74)
250. Pius VI (1775-99)
Nineteenth Century:
251. Pius VII (1800-1823)
POPES OF THE MODERN AGE
Nineteenth Century:
252. Leo XII (1823-29)
253. Pius VIII (1829-30)
254. Gregory XVI (1831-46)
255. Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
256. Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Twentieth Century:
257. St. Pius X (1903-14)
258. Benedict XV (1914-22)
259. Pius XI (1922-39)
260. Pius XII (1939-58)
261. St. John XXIII (1958-63)
262. Blessed Paul VI (1963-78)
263. John Paul I (1978)
264. St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
265. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
266. Francis (2013-present)
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LIST of Pope of the Roman Catholic Church -
First Century:
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)
Second Century:
6. St. Alexander I (105-115)
7. St. Sixtus I (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)
Third Century:
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 (283-296)
29. St. Marcellinus (296-304)
Fourth Century:
30. St. Marcellus I (308-309)
31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (311-314)
POPES OF THE AGE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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)
Fifth Century:
40. St. Innocent I (401-417)
41. St. Zosimus (417-418)
42. St. Boniface I (418-22)
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)
Sixth Century:
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 (533-35)
57. St. Agapetus I (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)
POPES OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
64. St. Gregory I [the Great] (590-604)
Seventh Century:
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)
Eighth Century:
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)
Stephen II (752)—Stephen II was elected, but died before he was consecrated pope, so he is not found on the Vatican's official list or included in the count.
92. Stephen III (752-757)
93. St. Paul I (757-767)
94. Stephen IV (767-772)
95. Adrian I (772-95)
96. St. Leo III (795-816)
Ninth Century:
97. Stephen V (816-817)
98. St. Paschal I (817-824)
99. Eugene II (824-827)
100. Valentine (827)
101. Gregory IV (827-844)
102. Sergius II (844-847)
103. St. Leo IV (847-855)
104. Benedict III (855-858)
105. St. Nicholas I [the Great] (858-867)
106. Adrian II (867-872)
107. John VIII (872-882)
108. Marinus I (882-884)
109. St. Adrian III (884-885)
110. Stephen VI (885-891)
111. Formosus (891-896)
112. Boniface VI (896)
113. Stephen VII (896-897)
114. Romanus (897)
115. Theodore II (897)
116. John IX (898-900)
Tenth Century:
117. Benedict IV (900-903)
118. Leo V (903)
119. Sergius III (904-911)
120. Anastasius III (911-913)
121. Lando (913-914)
122. John X (914-928)
123. Leo VI (928)
124. Stephen VIII (929-931)
125. John XI (931-935)
126. Leo VII (936-39)
127. Stephen IX (939-942)
128. Marinus II (942-946)
129. Agapetus II (946-955)
130. John XII (955-963)
131. Leo VIII (963-964)
132. Benedict V (964)
133. John XIII (965-972)
134. Benedict VI (973-974)
135. Benedict VII (974-983)
136. John XIV (983-984)
137. John XV (985-996)
138.
139. Sylvester II (999-1003)
Eleventh Century:
140. John XVII (1003)
141. John XVIII (1003-09)
142. Sergius IV (1009-12)
143. Benedict VIII (1012-24)
144. John XIX (1024-32)
145. Benedict IX (1032-45)
146. Sylvester III (1045)
147. Benedict IX (1045)
148. Gregory VI (1045-46)
149. Clement II (1046-47)
150. Benedict IX (1047-48)
151. Damasus II (1048)
152. St. Leo IX (1049-54)
153. Victor II (1055-57)
154. Stephen X (1057-58)
155. Nicholas II (1058-61)
156. Alexander II (1061-73)
POPES OF THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES AND THE CHURCH COUNCILS
Eleventh Century:
157. St. Gregory VII (1073-1085)
158. Blessed Victor III (1086-1087)
159. Blessed Urban II (1088-1099)
160. Paschal II (1099-1118)
Twelfth Century:
161. Gelasius II (1118-1119)
162. Callistus II (1119-1124)
163. Honorius II (1124-1130)
164. Innocent II (1130-1143)
165. Celestine II (1143-1144)
166. Lucius II (1144-1145)
167. Blessed Eugene III (1145-1153)
168. Anastasius IV (1153-1154)
169. Adrian IV (1154-1159)
170. Alexander III (1159-1181)
171. Lucius III (1181-1185)
172. Urban III (1185-1187)
173. Gregory VIII (1187)
174. Clement III (1187-1191)
175. Celestine III (1191-1198)
176. Innocent III (1198-1216)
Thirteenth Century:
177. Honorius III (1216-27)
178. Gregory IX (1227-41)
179. Celestine IV (1241)
180. Innocent IV (1243-54)
181. Alexander IV (1254-61)
182. Urban IV (1261-64)
183. Clement IV (1265-68)
184. Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
185. Blessed Innocent V (1276)
186. Adrian V (1276)
187. John XXI (1276-77)
188. Nicholas III (1277-80)
189. Martin IV (1281-85)
190. Honorius IV (1285-87)
191. Nicholas IV (1288-92)
192. St. Celestine V (1294)
Popes of the Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism
Thirteenth Century:
193. Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Fourteenth Century:
194. Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
The Avignon Papacy Begins
195. Clement V (1305-14)
196. John XXII (1316-34)
197. Benedict XII (1334-42)
198. Clement VI (1342-52)
199. Innocent VI (1352-62)
200. Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
201. Gregory XI (1370-78)
The AVIGN PAPACY ENDS
THE GREAT SCHISM BEGIN
202. Urban VI (1378-1389)
203. Boniface IX (1389-1404)
Fifteenth Century:
204. Innocent VII (1404-406)
205. Gregory XII (1406-415)
Great Schism Ends
POPES OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE PROTESTANT “REFORMATION”
Fifteenth Century:
206. Martin V (1417-31)
207. Eugene IV (1431-47)
208. Nicholas V (1447-55)
209. Callistus III (1455-58)
210. Pius II (1458-64)
211. Paul II (1464-71)
212. Sixtus IV (1471-84)
213. Innocent VIII (1484-92)
214. Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Sixteenth Century:
215. Pius III (1503)
216. Julius II (1503-13)
217. Leo X (1513-21)
218. Adrian VI (1522-23)
219. Clement VII (1523-1534)
220. Paul III (1534-1549)
221. Julius III (1550-1555)
222. Marcellus II (1555)
223. Paul IV (1555-1559)
224. Pius IV (1559-1565)
POPES OF THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Sixteenth Century:
225. St. Pius V (1566-1572)
226. Gregory XIII (1572-1585)
227. Sixtus V (1585-1590)
228. Urban VII (1590)
229. Gregory XIV (1590-1591)
230. Innocent IX (1591)
231. Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Seventeenth Century:
232. Leo XI (1605)
233. Paul V (1605-21)
234. Gregory XV (1621-23)
235. Urban VIII (1623-44)
236. Innocent X (1644-55)
237. Alexander VII (1655-67)
238. Clement IX (1667-69)
239. Clement X (1670-76)
240. Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
241. Alexander VIII (1689-91)
242. Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Eighteenth Century:
243. Clement XI (1700-21)
244. Innocent XIII (1721-24)
245. Benedict XIII (1724-30)
246. Clement XII (1730-40)
247. Benedict XIV (1740-58)
248. Clement XIII (1758-69)
249. Clement XIV (1769-74)
250. Pius VI (1775-99)
Nineteenth Century:
251. Pius VII (1800-1823)
POPES OF THE MODERN AGE
Nineteenth Century:
252. Leo XII (1823-29)
253. Pius VIII (1829-30)
254. Gregory XVI (1831-46)
255. Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
256. Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Twentieth Century:
257. St. Pius X (1903-14)
258. Benedict XV (1914-22)
259. Pius XI (1922-39)
260. Pius XII (1939-58)
261. St. John XXIII (1958-63)
262. Blessed Paul VI (1963-78)
263. John Paul I (1978)
264. St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
265. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
266. Francis (2013-present)
Sources: https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/27/feast-of-saints-peter-and-paul-on-june-29-1
https://theromanguy.com/italy-travel-blog/vatican-city/st-peters-basilica/what-is-st-peter-and-pauls-day/
https://americadomani.com/celebrating-st-peter-and-st-pauls-day-in-rome/
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