By Mirembe Martina

With the election of a new pope, Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio has become the 266th pope of the Catholic church.

Below is the list of popes in the Catholic church as early as 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
6. St. Alexander I                                   105-115
7. St. Sixtus I Also called Xystus 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
16. St. Callistus I                                      217-22
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
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
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
37. St. Damasus I                                      366-83
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
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
52. St. Hormisdas                                                 514-23
53. St. John I                                             523-26
54. St. Felix IV (III)                                 526-30
55. Boniface II                                          530-32
56. John II                                                 533-35
57. St. Agapetus I                                                 535-36
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)
93. Stephen III (752-57)
94. St. Paul I (757-67)
95. Stephen IV (767-72)
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)
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)
137. John XIV (983-84)
138. John XV (985-96)
139. Gregory V (996-99)
140. Sylvester II (999-1003)
141. John XVII (1003)
142. John XVIII (1003-09)
143. Sergius IV (1009-12)
144. Benedict VIII (1012-24)
145. John XIX (1024-32)
146. Benedict IX (1032-45)
147. Sylvester III (1045)
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)
157. Alexander II (1061-73)
158. St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
159. Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
160. Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
161. Paschal II (1099-1118)
162. Gelasius II (1118-19)
163. Callistus II (1119-24)
164. Honorius II (1124-30)
165. Innocent II (1130-43)
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)
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)
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)
204. Boniface IX (1389-1404)
205. Innocent VII (1404-06)
206. Gregory XII (1406-15)
207. Martin V (1417-31)
208. Eugene IV (1431-47) 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)
215. Pius III (1503)
216. Julius II (1503-13)
217. Leo X (1513-21)
218. Adrian VI (1522-23)
219. Clement VII (1523-34)
220. Paul III (1534-49)
221. Julius III (1550-55)
222. Marcellus II (1555)
223. Paul IV (1555-59)
224. Pius IV (1559-65)
225. St. Pius V (1566-72)
226. Gregory XIII (1572-85)
227. Sixtus V (1585-90)
228. Urban VII (1590)
229. Gregory XIV (1590-91)
230. Innocent IX (1591)
231. Clement VIII (1592-1605)
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)
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)
251. Pius VII (1800-23)
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)
257. St. Pius X (1903-14)
258. Benedict XV (1914-22)
259. Pius XI (1922-39)
260. Pius XII (1939-58)
261. Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
262. Paul VI (1963-78)
263. John Paul I (1978)
264. Blessed John Paul II (1978-2005)
265. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
266. Francis (2013—)