0-199 AD
St Peter (martyred c67)
St Linus (c67 - c79)
St Cletus or Anacletus (c79 - c91)
St Clement I (c91 - c99)
St Evaristus (c99 - c107)
St Alexander I (c107 - c113)
St Sixtus (Xystus) I (c113 - c126) - probably Roman
St Telesphorus (c126 - c136) - probably Greek
St Hyginus (c136 - c142) - probably Greek
St Pius I (c142 - c154)
St Anicetus (c154 - c165) - Syrian
St Soter (c165 - c174)
St Eleutherius (c174 - c189) - probably Greek
St Victor I (c189 - c199) - may have been African

200-304
St Zephyrinus (c199 - c217) - Roman
St Callistus (Calixtus) I (c217 - c222)
St Urban I (c222 - c230) - probably Roman
St Pontian (c230 - c235) - probably Roman
St Antherus (c235 - c236) - probably Greek
St Fabian (c236 - 250)
St Cornelius (251-253) - Roman
St Lucius I (253-254) - probably Roman
St Stephen I (254-257) - Roman
St Sixtus (Xystus) II (257-258)
St Dionysius or Denis (259-c268) - probably Roman
St Felix I (269 - c274) - probably Roman
St Eutychian (275-283)
St Caius (283-296) - possibly Dalmatian
St Marcellinus (296-304) - Roman

308-399
St Marcellus I (308-309) - Roman
St Eusebius (310) - Greek
St Miltiades or Melchiades (311-314) - African
St Silvester I (314-335) - Roman
St Mark (336) - Roman
St Julius I (337-352) - Roman
Liberius (352-366) - Roman
St Damasus I (366-384) - Spanish or Roman
St Siricius (384-399) - Roman

399-498
St Anastasius I (399-401) - Roman
St Innocent I (401-417) - Roman
St Zosimus (417-418) - Greek
St Boniface I (418-422) - Roman
St Celestine I (422-432) - Roman
St Sixtus (Xystus) III (432-440) - Roman
St Leo I, The Great (440-461) - Tuscan or Roman
St Hilarus (461-468) - Sardinian
St Simplicius (468-483) - Roman
St Felix II (483-492) - Roman
St Gelasius I (492-496) - African or Roman
Anastasius II (496-498) - Roman

498-604
St Symmachus (498-514) - Sardinian
St Hormisdas (514-523) - Roman
St John I (523-526) - Tuscan
St Felix III (526-530) - Samnite
Boniface II (530-532) - Ostrogoth - the 1st Germanic pope
John II (533-535) - Roman
St Agapitus I (535-536) - Roman
St Silverius (536-c537) - Roman
Vigilius (c537-555) - Roman
Pelagius I (556-561) - Roman
John III (561-574) - Roman
Benedict I (574-578) - Roman
Pelagius II (578-590) - Romano-Goth
St Gregory I, The Great (590-604) - Roman

604-701
Sabinian (604-606) - Tuscan
Boniface III (607) - Roman
St Boniface IV (608-615) - Italian
St Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-618) - Roman
Boniface V (619-625) - Neapolitan
Honorius I (625-638) - Campanian
Severinus (640) - Roman
John IV (640-642) - Dalmatian
Theodore I (642-649) - Greek
St Martin I (649-c655) - Umbrian
St Eugenius I (c655 - 657) - Roman
St Vitalian (657-672) - Campanian
Adeodatus II (672-676) - Roman
Donus or Domnus (676-678) - Roman
St Agatho (678-681) - Greek
St Leo II (682-683) - Sicilian
St Benedict II (684-685) - Roman
John V (685-686) - Syrian
Conon (686-687) - possibly Thracian
St Sergius I (687-701) - Syrian

701-795
John VI (701-705) - Greek
John VII (705-707) - Greek
Sisinnius (708) - Syrian
Constantine (708-715) - Syrian
St Gregory II (715-731) - Roman
St Gregory III (731-741) - Syrian
St Zachary (741-752) - Greek
Stephen II (752)
Stephen III (752-757) - Roman
St Paul I (757-767) - Roman
Stephen IV (768-772) - Sicilian
Adrian I (772-795) - Roman

795-900
St Leo III (795-816) - Roman
Stephen V (816-817) - Roman
St Pascal I (817-824) - Roman
Eugenius II (824-827) - Roman
Valentine (827) - Roman
Gregory IV (828-844) - Roman
Sergius II (844-847) - Roman
St leo IV (847-855) - Roman
Benedict III (855-858) - Roman
St Nicholas I, The Great (858-867) - Roman
Adrian II (867-872) - Roman
John VIII (872-882) - Roman
Marinus I (or Martin II) (882-884) - Tuscan
St Adrian III (884-885) - Roman
Stephen VI (885-891) - Roman
Formosus (891-896) - Possibly Roman
Boniface VI (896) - Roman
Stephen VII (896-897) - Roman
Romanus (897) - Tuscan
Theodore II (897) - Roman
John IX (898-900) - Roman

900-999
Benedict IV (900-903) - Roman
Leo V (903) - Roman
Christopher (903-904) - Roman
Sergius III (904-911) - Roman
Anastasius III (911-913) - Roman
Lando (913-914) - Lombard
John X (914-c928) - Italian
Leo VI (928-c929) - Roman
Stephen VIII (929-931) - Roman
John XI (931-c936) - Roman
Leo VII (936-939) - Roman
Stephen IX (939-942) - Roman
Marinus II (Martin III) (942-946)
Agapitus II (946-955) - Roman
John XII (955-964) - Roman
Benedict V (964-c965) - Roman
John XIII (965-972) - Roman
Benedict VI (972-974) - Roman
Benedict VII (974-983) - Roman
John XIV (983-984) - Italian
John XV (985-996) - Roman
Gregory V (996-999) - German

999-1099
Silvester II (999-1003) - French
John XVII (1003) - Roman
John XVIII (1003-1009) - Roman
Sergius IV (1009-1012) - Roman
Benedict VIII (1012-1024) - Roman
John XIX (1024-1032) - Roman
Benedict IX (1032-1045) - Roman
Gregory VI (1045-1046) - Roman
Clement II (1046-1047) - German
Damasus II (1048) - German
St Leo IX (1049-1054) - Alsatian
Victor II (1055-1057) - German
Stephen X (1057-1058) - Lorrainer
Nicholas II (1059-1061) - Burgundian
Alexander II (1061-1073) - Italian
St Gregory VII (1073-1085) - Italian
Bd Victor III (1087-1087) - Italo-Lombard
BD Urban II (1088-1099) - French

1099-1198
Pascal II (1099-1118) - Italian
Gelasius II (1118-1119) - Italian
Callistus (calixtus) II (1119-1124) - French
Honorius II (1124-1130) -Italian
Innocent II (1130-1143) - Roman
Celestine II (1143-1144) - Italian
Lucius II (1144-1145) - Italian
BD Eugenius III (1145-1153) - Italian
Anastasius IV (1153-1154) - Roman
Adrian IV (1154-1159) - English (Nicholas Breakspear)
Alexander III (1159-1181) - Italian
Lucius III (1181-1185) - Italian
Urban III (1185-1187) - Italian
Gregory VIII (1187) - Italian
Clement III (1187-1191) - Roman
Celestine III (1191-1198) - Roman

1198-1303
Innocent III (1198-1216) - Roman
Honorius III (1216-1227) - Roman
Gregory IX (1227-1241) - Roman
Celestine IV (1241) - Italian
Innocent IV (1243-1254) - Italian
Alexander IV (1254-1261) - Italian
Urban IV (1261-1264) - French
Clement IV (1265-1268) - French
BD Gregory X (1271-1276) - Italian
BD Innocent V (1276) - French
Adrian V (1276) - Italian
John XXI (1276-1277) - Portuguese
Nicholas III (1277-1280) - Roman
Martin IV (1281-1285) - French
Honorius IV (1285-1287) - Roman
Nicholas IV (1288-1292) - Italian
St Celestine V (1294)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303) - Italian

1303-1404
BD Benedict XI (1303-1304) - Italian
Clement V (1305-1314) - French
John XXII (1316-1334) - French
Benedict XII (1334-1342) - French
Clement VI (1342-1352) - French
Innocent VI (1352-1362) - French
BD Urban V (1362-1370) - French
Gregory XI (1370-1378) - French
Urban VI (1378-1389) - Italian
Boniface IX (1389-1404) - Italian

1404-1503
Innocent VII (1404-1406) - Italian
Gregory XII (1406-1415) - Italian
Alexander V (1409-1410) - Greek
John XXIII (1410-1415) - Italian
Martin V (1417-1431) - Roman
Eugenius IV (1431-1447) - Italian
Nicholas V (1447-1455) - Italian
Callistus III (1455-1458) - Spaniard
Pius II (1458-1464) - Italian
Paul II (1464-1471) - Italian
Sixtus IV (1471-1484) - Italian
Innocent VIII (1484-1492) - Italian
Alexander VI (1492-1503) - Spaniard

1503-1604
Pius III (1503) - Italian
Julius II (1503-1513) - Italian
Leo X (1513-1521) - Italian
Adrian VI (1522-1523) - Dutch
Clement VII (1523-1534) - Italian
Paul III (1534-1549) - Roman
Julius III (1550-1555) - Roman
Marcellus II (1555) - Italian
Paul IV (1555-1559) - Italian
Pius IV (1559-1565) - Italian
St Pius V (1566-1572) - Italian
Gregory XIII (1572-1585) - Italian
Sixtus V (1585-1590) - Italo-Slav
Urban VII (1590) - Italian
Gregory XIV (1590-1591) - Italian
Innocent IX (1591) - Italian
Clement VIII (1592-1605)

1605-1700
Leo XI (1605) - Italian
Paul V (1605-1621) - Roman
Gregory XV (1621-1623) - Italian
Urban VIII (1623-1644) - Italian
Innocent X (1644-1655) - Roman
Alexander VII (1655-1667) - Italian
Clement IX (1667-1669) - Italian
Clement X (1670-1676) - Roman
Innocent XI (1676-1689) - Italian
Alexander VIII (1689-1691) - Italian
Innocent XII (1691-1700) - Italian

1700-1800
Clement XI (1700-1721) - Italian
Innocent XIII (1721-1724) - Roman
Benedict XIII (1724-1730) - Italian
Clement XII (1730-1740) - Italian
Benedict XIV (1740-1758) - Italian
Clement XIII (1758-1769) - Italian
Clement XIV (1769-1774) - Italian
Pius VI (1775-1799) - Italian

1800-1903
Pius VII (1800-1823) - Italian
Leo XII (1823-1829) - Italian
Pius VIII (1829-1830) - Italian
Gregory XVI (1831-1846) - Italian
Pius IX (1846-1878) - Italian. [The only pope to last over 30 years in office]
Leo XIII (1878-1903) - Italian

1903 to present day
Pius X (1903-1914) - Italian
Benedict XV (1914-1922) - Italian
Pius XI (1922-1939) - Italian
Pius XII (1939-1958) - Italian
John XXIII (1958-1963) - Italian
Paul VI (1963-1978) - Italian
John Paul I (1978) - Italian
John Paul II (1978- ) - Polish

READING
Cardibal Wiseman : Recollections of the Last Four Popes (1858 London)
Leopold von Ranke : History of the Popes during the Last Four Centuries (1874 6th Ed)
(1927 London) - 3 vols
Monsignor Duchesne : Liber Pontificalis (1886-1892 Paris) - 2 vols
Horace K Mann & Ludwig, Freiherr von Pastor : The History of the Popes
(1891-1938 London) - 29 vols
Creighton : A History of the Ppacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
(1897 London) - 6 vols
William Barry : The Papal Monarchy (1902 London)
Horace K Mann & Ludwig, Freiherr von Pastor : Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages
(1910-32 London) - 18 vols
William Barry : The Papacy and Modern Times (c1911 London)
A E McKilliam : A Chronicle of the Popes (1912 London)
Fernand Hayward : A History of the Popes (1931 London)
Rev Philip Hughes : History of the Church (1934-5 London)
(Compiler) Doanld Attwater : A Dictionary of the Popes (1939 Burns, Oates & Washbourne))