List of popes by country
This page is a list of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section.
As the office of pope has existed for almost two millennia, many of the countries of origin of popes no longer exist, and so they are grouped under their modern equivalents. Popes from Italy are in a separate section, given the very large number of popes from that peninsula.
Statistics table
| Nationality | Number of Popes | Percentage of total |
|---|---|---|
| Africa Province (Roman Empire) | 3 | 1.1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.4 |
| Dalmatia (Kingdom of the Lombards) | 1 | 0.4 |
| England | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kingdom of France (medieval) French part of Holy Roman Empire | 18 | 6.8 |
| German part of Holy Roman Empire Modern Germany | 6 | 2.2 |
| Roman Greece Byzantine Greece | 9 | 3.4 |
| Italian Peninsula (see table below) | 190 | 71.7 |
| Roman Galilee Iudaea Province (Roman Empire) Byzantine Palestine | 3 | 1.1 |
| Dutch part of Holy Roman Empire | 1 | 0.4 |
| People's Republic of Poland | 1 | 0.4 |
| Lusitania (Roman Empire) Portugal | 2 | 0.8 |
| Roman Syria Byzantine Syria | 5 | 2.3 |
| Valencia (part of the Crown of Aragon) | 2 | 0.8 |
| Unknown | 23 | 8.7 |
| Total | 265 |
Italian Peninsula
| Nationality | Number of Popes | Percentage of Italians | Percentage of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Italy | 21 | 11.1 | 7.9 |
| Ostrogothic Kingdom | 9 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| Byzantine Italy | 22 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
| Republic of Florence Duchy of Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 6 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| Republic of Genoa | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Italian part of Holy Roman Empire | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Papal States | 117 | 62.2 | 44.1 |
| Republic of Venice | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) | 4 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Italian Republic | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Total Italians | 190 | 71.7 |
Popes by nationality
Africa
These popes are from the Roman province of Africa, which corresponds to the northwest coast of the continent.
- Pope Victor I (189–198/199)
- Pope Miltiades (311–314)
- Pope Gelasius I (492–496)
Argentina
- Pope Francis (2013–present)
Dalmatia
Dalmatia was at the time part of the Kingdom of the Lombards. It is now part of the modern Republic of Croatia.
- Pope Caius (283–296)
- Pope John IV (640–642)
England
England is part of the modern United Kingdom.
- Pope Adrian IV (1154–1159)
France
Kingdom of France (medieval)
- Pope Silvester II (999–1003)
- Pope Urban II (1088–1099)
- Pope Urban IV (1261–1264)
- Pope Clement IV (1265–1268)
- Pope Martin IV (1281–1285)
- Pope Clement V (1305–1314)
- Pope John XXII (1316–1334)
- Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)
- Pope Clement VI (1342–1352)
- Pope Innocent VI (1352–1362)
- Pope Urban V (1362–1370)
- Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378)
Holy Roman Empire
- Pope Leo IX (1049–1054) (Alsace, Duchy of Swabia)
- Pope Stephen IX (1057–1058) (Duchy of Lorraine)
- Pope Nicholas II (1059–1061) (Kingdom of Arles)
- Pope Callixtus II (1119–1124) (County of Burgundy)
- Pope Innocent V (1276) (Kingdom of Arles)
Germany
Holy Roman Empire
- Pope Stephen VIII (939–942)
- Pope Gregory V (996–999) (Duchy of Saxony)
- Pope Clement II (1046–1047) (Duchy of Saxony)
- Pope Damasus II (1048) (Duchy of Bavaria)
- Pope Victor II (1055–1057)
Federal Republic of Germany
- Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013)
Greece
- Pope Telesphorus (126–137)
- Pope Hyginus (c. 138 – c. 140)
- Pope Eleuterus (174/175–189)
- Pope Anterus (235–236)
- Pope Sixtus II (257–258)
- Pope Dionysius (259–268)
- Pope Zosimus (417–418)
- Pope John VI (701–705)
- Pope John VII (705–707)
Italian Peninsula
Roman Italy
- Pope Linus (64/67(?)–76/79 (?))
- Pope Anacletus (76/79(?)–88)
- Pope Clement I (88/92–97/101)
- Pope Alexander I (c.106–c.115)
- Pope Sixtus I (117/119(?)–126/128(?)
- Pope Pius I (c. 140 – c. 154)
- Pope Soter (c. 166 – 174/175)
- Pope Zephyrinus (199–217)
- Pope Urban I (222–230)
- Pope Fabian (236–250)
- Pope Cornelius (251–253)
- Pope Lucius I (253–254)
- Pope Stephen I (254–257)
- Pope Felix I (269–274)
- Pope Marcellinus (296–304?)
- Pope Marcellus I (308–309)
- Pope Sylvester I (314–335)
- Pope Mark (336)
- Pope Julius I (337–352)
- Pope Innocent I (401–417)
- Pope Boniface I (418–422)
- Pope Celestine I (422–432)
- Pope Leo I (440–461)
- Pope Hilarius (461–468)
- Pope Simplicius (468–483)
- Pope Felix III (483–492)
- Pope Anastasius II (496–398)
- Pope Symmachus (498–514)
Ostrogothic Kingdom
- Pope Boniface II (530–532)
- Pope Hormisdas (514–523)
- Pope John I (523–526)
- Pope Felix IV (526–530)
- Pope John II (533–535)
- Pope Agapetus I (535–536)
- Pope Vigilius (537–555)
Byzantine Italy
- Pope Pelagius I (556–561)
- Pope John III (561–574)
- Pope Pelagius II (579–590)
- Pope Gregory I (590–604)
- Pope Sabinian (604–606)
- Pope Boniface III (607)
- Pope Boniface IV (608–615)
- Pope Adeodatus I (615–618)
- Pope Boniface V (619–625)
- Pope Honorius I (625–638)
- Pope Severinus (636–640)
- Pope Martin I (649–653)
- Pope Eugene I (654–657)
- Pope Vitalian (657–672)
- Pope Adeodatus II (672–676)
- Pope Donus (676–678)
- Pope Agatho (678–681)
- Pope Leo II (682–683)
- Pope Benedict II (684–685)
- Pope Sergius I (687–701)
- Pope Gregory II (715–731)
- Pope Zachary (741–752)
- Pope Stephen III (768–772)
- Pope Stephen II (752–757)
- Pope Stephen IV (816–817)
Papal States
- Pope Paul I (757–767)
- Pope Adrian I (772–795)
- Pope Leo III (795–816)
- Pope Paschal I (817–824)
- Pope Eugene II (824–827)
- Pope Valentine (827)
- Pope Gregory IV (827–844)
- Pope Sergius II (844–847)
- Pope Leo IV (847–855)
- Pope Benedict III (855–858)
- Pope Nicholas I (858–867)
- Pope Adrian II (867–872)
- Pope John VIII (872–882)
- Pope Marinus I (882–884)
- Pope Adrian III (884–885)
- Pope Stephen V (885–891)
- Pope Formosus (891–896)
- Pope Boniface VI (896)
- Pope Stephen VI (896–897)
- Pope Romanus (897)
- Pope Theodore II (897)
- Pope John IX (898–900)
- Pope Benedict IV (900–903)
- Pope Leo V (903)
- Pope Sergius III (904–911)
- Pope Anastasius III (911–913)
- Pope Lando (913–914)
- Pope John X (914–928)
- Pope Leo VI (928)
- Pope Stephen VII (928–931)
- Pope John XI (931–935)
- Pope Marinus II (942–946)
- Pope Agapetus II (946–955)
- Pope John XII (955–964)
- Pope Benedict V (964)
- Pope Leo VIII (963–965)
- Pope John XIII (965–972)
- Pope Benedict VI (973–974)
- Pope Benedict VII (974–983)
- Pope John XV (985–996)
- Pope John XVII (1003)
- Pope John XVIII (1004–1009)
- Pope Sergius IV (1009–1012)
- Pope Benedict VIII (1012–1024)
- Pope John XIX (1024–1032)
- Pope Benedict IX (1032–1048)
- Pope Sylvester III (1045)
- Pope Gregory VI (1045–1046)
- Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085)
- Pope Victor III (1086–1087)
- Pope Paschal II (1099–1118)
- Pope Gelasius II (1118–1119)
- Pope Honorius II (1124–1130)
- Pope Innocent II (1130–1143)
- Pope Celestine II (1143–1144)
- Pope Lucius II (1144–1145)
- Pope Eugene III (1145–1153)
- Pope Anastasius IV (1153–1154)
- Pope Alexander III (1159–1181)
- Pope Lucius III (1181–1185)
- Pope Gregory VIII (1187)
- Pope Clement III (1187–1191)
- Pope Celestine III (1191–1198)
- Pope Innocent III (1198–1216)
- Pope Honorius III (1216–1227)
- Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241)
- Pope Celestine IV (1241)
- Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261)
- Pope Gregory X (1271–1276)
- Pope Nicholas III (1277–1280)
- Pope Honorius IV (1285–1287)
- Pope Nicholas IV (1288–1292)
- Pope Celestine V (1294)
- Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303)
- Pope Benedict XI (1303–1304)
- Pope Urban VI (1378–1389)
- Pope Boniface IX (1389–1404)
- Pope Martin V (1417–1431)
- Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455)
- Pope Pius II (1458–1464)
- Pope Paul II (1464–1471)
- Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)
- Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492)
- Pope Pius III (1503)
- Pope Julius II (1503–1513)
- Pope Paul III (1534–1549)
- Pope Julius III (1550–1555)
- Pope Marcellus II (1555)
- Pope Paul IV (1555–1559)
- Pope Pius IV (1559–1565)
- Pope Pius V (1566–1572)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585)
- Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)
- Pope Urban VII (1590)
- Pope Gregory XIV (1590–1591)
- Pope Innocent IX (1591)
- Pope Paul V (1605–1621)
- Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623)
- Pope Innocent X (1644–1655)
- Pope Alexander VII (1655–1667)
- Pope Clement IX (1667–1669)
- Pope Clement X (1670–1676)
- Pope Innocent XI (1676–1689)
- Pope Innocent XII (1691–1700)
- Pope Clement XI (1700–1721)
- Pope Innocent XIII (1721–1724)
- Pope Benedict XIII (1724–1730)
- Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
- Pope Clement XIII (1758–1769)
- Pope Clement XIV (1769–1774)
- Pope Pius VI (1775–1799)
- Pope Pius VII (1800–1823)
- Pope Leo XII (1823–1829)
- Pope Pius VIII (1829–1830)
- Pope Gregory XVI (1831–1846)
- Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
- Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903)
Italy in the Holy Roman Empire
- Pope John XIV (983–984)
- Pope Alexander II (1061–1073)
- Pope Urban III (1185–1187)
Republic of Genoa
- Pope Innocent IV (1243–1254)
- Pope Adrian V (1276)
- Pope Innocent VII (1404–1406)
Republic of Venice
- Pope Gregory XII (1406–1415)
- Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447)
- Pope Alexander VIII (1689–1691)
Republic of Florence/Duchy of Florence/Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Pope Eutychian (275–283)
- Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
- Pope Clement VII (1523–1534)
- Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605)
- Pope Leo XI (1605)
- Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644)
- Pope Clement XII (1730–1740)
Kingdom of Italy (modern)
- Pope Pius X (1903–1914)
- Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
- Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)
- Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)
Italian Republic
- Pope John XXIII (1958–1963)
- Pope Paul VI (1963–1978)
- Pope John Paul I (1978)
Netherlands
Holy Roman Empire
- Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523) (Bishopric of Utrecht)
Palestine
Roman Galilee
- Saint Peter (c. 30 – c. 67)
Iudaea Province
- Pope Evaristus (c. 99 – c. 107)
Byzantine Palestine
- Pope Theodore I (642–649)
Poland
- Pope John Paul II (1978–2005)
Portugal
Lusitania Province
- Pope Damasus I (366–384)
Kingdom of Portugal
- Pope John XXI (1276–1277)
Sardinia
- Pope Eusebius (309/310)
Byzantine Sardinia
- Pope John V (685–686)
- Pope Sisinnius (708)
- Pope Constantine (708–715)
- Pope Gregory III (731–741)
Syria
Roman Syria
- Pope Anicetus (c. 154–167)
Byzantine Syria
- Pope John V (685–686)
- Pope Sisinnius (708)
- Pope Constantine (708–715)
- Pope Gregory III (731–741)
Sicily
Byzantine Sicily
- Pope Conon (686–687)
Valencia
The Kingdom of Valencia was then part of the possessions of the Crown of Aragon; it is now part of modern Spain.
- Pope Callixtus III (1455–1458)
- Pope Alexander VI (1492–1502)
Unknown nationality
- Pope Callixtus I (c. 217 – 222/223)
- Pope Pontian (230–235)
- Pope Liberius (352–366)
- Pope Siricius (384–399)
- Pope Anastasius I (399–401)
- Pope Sixtus III (432–440)
- Pope Silverius (536–537)
- Pope Benedict I (575–579)
- Pope Leo VII (936–939)
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