Tu Es Petrus
The Popes
The succession of the Bishops of Rome, from St. Peter to Leo XIV.
The Chair of Peter
One office across twenty centuries
This registry follows the Holy See’s official sequence of 267 supreme pontiffs. Early dates remain approximate, and the repeated reigns of Benedict IX are listed separately, as they are in the Vatican table.
267pontificates
81canonized saints
8well-attested martyrs
8historical eras
Classification note: “Notorious pontificate” describes a strongly negative historical record of governance or conduct; it is not a judgment about a person’s eternal destiny. “Contested legacy” marks a reign whose interpretation requires particular historical caution.
267 shown
Opening the papal registry…