Name the Popes Quiz

There have been 267 popes. How many can you name? Fortunately, many of them used the same name!

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Enter their pope name, not their birth name

Year = year of election

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Year	#	Name
2025	XIV	Leo
2013		Francis
2005	XVI	Benedict
1978	II	John Paul
1978		John Paul
1963	VI	Paul
1958	XXIII	John
1939	XII	Pius
1922	XI	Pius
1914	XV	Benedict
1903	X	Pius
1878	XIII	Leo
1846	IX	Pius
1831	XVI	Gregory
1829	VIII	Pius
1823	XII	Leo
1800	VII	Pius
1775	VI	Pius
1769	XIV	Clement
1758	XIII	Clement
1740	XIV	Benedict
1730	XII	Clement
1724	XIII	Benedict
1721	XIII	Innocent
1700	XI	Clement
1691	XII	Innocent
1689	VIII	Alexander
1676	XI	Innocent
1670	X	Clement
1667	IX	Clement
1655	VII	Alexander
1644	X	Innocent
1623	VIII	Urban
1621	XV	Gregory
1605	V	Paul
1605	XI	Leo
1592	VIII	Clement
1591	IX	Innocent
1590	XIV	Gregory
1590	VII	Urban
1585	V	Sixtus
1572	XIII	Gregory
1566	V	Pius
1559	IV	Pius
1555	IV	Paul
1555	II	Marcellus
1550	III	Julius
1534	III	Paul
1523	VII	Clement
1522	VI	Adrian
1513	X	Leo
1503	II	Julius
1503	III	Pius
1492	VI	Alexander
1484	VIII	Innocent
1471	IV	Sixtus
1464	II	Paul
1458	II	Pius
1455	III	Callixtus
1447	V	Nicholas
1431	IV	Eugene
1417	V	Martin
1406	XII	Gregory
1404	VII	Innocent
1389	IX	Boniface
1378	VI	Urban
1370	XI	Gregory
1362	V	Urban

Year	#	Name
1352	VI	Innocent
1342	VI	Clement
1334	XII	Benedict
1316	XXII	John
1305	V	Clement
1303	XI	Benedict
1294	VIII	Boniface
1294	V	Celestine
1288	IV	Nicholas
1285	IV	Honorius
1281	IV	Martin
1277	III	Nicholas
1276	XXI	John
1276	V	Adrian
1276	V	Innocent
1271	X	Gregory
1265	IV	Clement
1261	IV	Urban
1254	IV	Alexander
1243	IV	Innocent
1241	IV	Celestine
1227	IX	Gregory
1216	III	Honorius
1198	III	Innocent
1191	III	Celestine
1187	III	Clement
1187	VIII	Gregory
1185	III	Urban
1181	III	Lucius
1159	III	Alexander
1154	IV	Adrian
1153	IV	Anastasius
1145	III	Eugene
1144	II	Lucius
1143	II	Celestine
1130	II	Innocent
1124	II	Honorius
1119	II	Callixtus
1118	II	Gelasius
1099	II	Paschal
1088	II	Urban
1086	III	Victor
1073	VII	Gregory
1061	II	Alexander
1058	II	Nicholas
1057	IX	Stephen
1055	II	Victor
1049	IX	Leo
1048	II	Damasus
1047	IX	Benedict
1046	II	Clement
1045	VI	Gregory
1045	IX	Benedict
1045	III	Sylvester
1032	IX	Benedict
1024	XIX	John
1012	VIII	Benedict
1009	IV	Sergius
1003	XVIII	John
1003	XVII	John
999	II	Sylvester
996	V	Gregory
985	XV	John
983	XIV	John
974	VII	Benedict
973	VI	Benedict
965	XIII	John

Year	#	Name
964	VIII	Leo
964	V	Benedict
955	XII	John
946	II	Agapetus
942	II	Marinus
939	VIII	Stephen
936	VII	Leo
931	XI	John
929	VII	Stephen
928	VI	Leo
914	X	John
913		Lando
911	III	Anastasius
904	III	Sergius
903	V	Leo
900	IV	Benedict
898	IX	John
897	II	Theodore
897		Romanus
896	VI	Stephen
896	VI	Boniface
891		Formosus
885	V	Stephen
884	III	Adrian
882		Marinus
872	VIII	John
867	II	Adrian
858		Nicholas
855	III	Benedict
847	IV	Leo
844	II	Sergius
827	IV	Gregory
827		Valentine
824	II	Eugene
817		Paschal
816	IV	Stephen
795	III	Leo
772		Adrian
767	III	Stephen
757		Paul
752	II	Stephen
741		Zachary
731	III	Gregory
715	II	Gregory
708		Constantine
708		Sisinnius
705	VII	John
701	VI	John
687		Sergius
686		Conon
685	V	John
684	II	Benedict
682	II	Leo
678		Agatho
676		Donus
672	II	Adeodatus
657		Vitalian
654		Eugene
649		Martin
642		Theodore
640	IV	John
638		Severinus
625		Honorius
619	V	Boniface
615		Adeodatus
608	IV	Boniface

Year	#	Name
607	III	Boniface
604		Sabinian
590		Gregory
579	II	Pelagius
575		Benedict
561	III	John
556		Pelagius
537		Vigilius
536		Silverius
535		Agapetus
533	II	John
530	II	Boniface
526	IV	Felix
523		John
514		Hormisdas
498		Symmachus
496	II	Anastasius
492		Gelasius
483	III	Felix
468		Simplicius
461		Hilarius
440		Leo
432	III	Sixtus
422		Celestine
418		Boniface
417		Zosimus
401		Innocent
399		Anastasius
384		Siricius
366		Damasus
352		Liberius
337		Julius
336		Mark
314		Sylvester
311		Miltiades
309		Eusebius
308		Marcellus
296		Marcellinus
283		Caius
275		Eutychian
269		Felix
259		Dionysius
257	II	Sixtus
254		Stephen
253		Lucius
251		Cornelius
236		Fabian
235		Anterus
230		Pontian
222		Urban
217		Callixtus
199		Zephyrinus
189		Victor
174		Eleuterus
166		Soter
155		Anicetus
140		Pius
136		Hyginus
125		Telesphorus
115		Sixtus
105		Alexander
97		Evaristus
88		Clement
76		Anacletus
64		Linus
33		Peter

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106 Recent Comments

Level 94

Jan 30, 2014

Almost missed Callixtus (was spelling it Callistas) and Eleuterus (I swear I learned it Eleutherius). But the worst part, is I almost didn't guess Peter, mainly due to a conversation I was having with a Catholic friend about how the Popes have an unwritten rule to not choose that name...

Level 79

Feb 13, 2014

oh man. I forgot about Galactus completely.

Level 58

Feb 13, 2014

That's exactly why I didn't type "Peter." Duhh.

+10

Level 79

Feb 13, 2014

Also, I wouldn't feel too bad about missing Peter. He wasn't really pope anyway. The early ones are not even bishops. Miltiades was the first bishop of Rome to really exert any sort of power like what the Popes of Catholicism's zenith had. The line back to Peter was of course retconned to try and give the Vatican more authority and legitimacy.

+16

Level 76

Oct 29, 2014

Riiiight.

+11

Level 79

Oct 14, 2016

Or it could be that popes are perfect and infallible, speak directly to god, and there was a man once who lived inside a giant fish. That's equally plausible.

Level 68

Jun 18, 2025

Worth noting:

The Catholic Church does not hold that the pope is perfect or universally infallible. The doctrine of papal infallibility applies only in very specific circumstances, which are only known to have been met twice in history. Very nearly every decision ever made by any pope is not considered infallible.

I am not aware of any doctrine that the pope speaks to God in any way that is unique to his office. All people can speak directly to God.

The Catholic Church has long held that the Bible is inerrant in matters of faith and morals, but not necessarily in matters of science or history. The Church has also long held that the Bible contains many literary genres, and not all were ever intended by their authors to be taken as literal fact.

Level 46

Oct 9, 2025

Why is Jonah your example? There are bible stories less scientifically plausible than that.

+14

Level 82

Aug 30, 2018

When I last read the Acts of the Apostles, it seemed to me that Peter had the primacy. He was prepared to listen to the arguments of others and change his mind because of them, but it read as though he was the boss.

Level 52

Apr 7, 2026

I mean, if the "rock" where the whole church stands was called by God himself "Satan"; that's a problem.

+14

Level 58

Feb 13, 2014

Argh, forgot about Sixtus! There have only been 5, and I was hoping Francis would take that name so he could be Pope Sixtus the Sixth. That's just fun to say. :)

+15

Level 59

Feb 13, 2014

I gave up about the time I started thinking there was a Pope Prius.

+19

Level 65

Feb 14, 2014

Got them all with 3:03 to spare.

Just kidding, that sucked

+11

Level 23

Feb 16, 2014

Please also add the latin name as correct (i.e. Marcus instead of Mark)

Level 55

Feb 18, 2014

I also tried Marcus but didn't Mark

Level 51

Feb 26, 2014

Took a while, but now I remember them all. Wonder how long it will take to forget them.

Level 63

Mar 24, 2014

Please add the latin names.

Level 85

Mar 18, 2015

Eugenius should work for Eugene.

Level 74

Oct 29, 2024

You genius.

Level 40

Dec 25, 2015

I'm surprised that there haven't been any popes named Jesus, Mark, Luke, Matt or Joseph.

Level 86

Oct 14, 2016

Most Biblical names are missing, like apostles, with notable exception of John and Paul

Level 90

Sep 24, 2017

There has been a Pope Lucius as well. I wonder why some are translated from Latin and others are not.

Level 80

Mar 22, 2021

There's one Mark. As for the others, I guess that popes don't use take like Jesus or Peter because of respect for the originals. And it would be a lot of pressure to take one name when you know you won't be able to measure up to the first one who bore it.

Level 65

Apr 7, 2016

Was there no Anastasius III?

Level 65

Apr 8, 2016

Googled my own musing. It seems Anastasius III was pope after Sergius III. He was pope from 911 to 913 and was succeeded by Lando.

Level 58

Aug 29, 2016

I really hope there's a Sixtus VI.

Level 77

Sep 19, 2017

and that he had a lisp

Level 79

Mar 21, 2018

and a sex tape

Level 66

Feb 6, 2020

*six of them

Level 79

Mar 11, 2020

Six Sixtus VI sex tapes??

Level 69

Dec 18, 2020

Correct

Level 77

Dec 26, 2020

The sixth sex tape of Sixtus the sixth

Level 67

Oct 11, 2021

But you thay it with a lithp

Level 61

Mar 25, 2022

He has a wife, you know...

Level 70

Oct 14, 2016

I wonder if Pope Formosus was elected for his piety or for his looks...

Level 86

Oct 14, 2016

He's much more famous for what happened after his death ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

Level 70

Oct 15, 2016

Indeed.

Level 91

Mar 25, 2022

Wow, what an interesting and bizarre episode. Had not heard about that before.

Level 62

Oct 14, 2016

Hadrian for Adrian:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian :

Pope Adrian or Pope Hadrian may refer to:

Pope Adrian I (772–795)

Pope Adrian II (867–872)

Pope Adrian III (884–885)

Pope Adrian IV (1154–1159)

Pope Adrian V (1276)

Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523)

Level ∞

Oct 14, 2016

Okay

Level 47

Oct 17, 2016

The one I kick myself for missing is Lando. You know - Pope Calrissian.

Level 29

Nov 20, 2016

There was a pope named Hilarius? That's hilarious!

Level 76

Sep 13, 2019

I like there was one called Dionysius, must ve been a lot of wine around :)

Level 79

May 23, 2017

Wow, I thought Pope John Paul I was a mistake. He was only pope for 33 days!

Level 82

Aug 30, 2018

Died of a heart attack. The perils of smoking - even Popes aren't immune from that.

Level 93

Mar 11, 2020

But I thought he was poisoned from drinking tea. Or have I been watching too many movies?

+11

Level 72

Feb 27, 2018

I got Severinus only because I decided to start trying names from Harry Potter, and it apparently accepted Severus.

Level 22

May 23, 2018

Those who complete this quiz should receive a badge! It's so hard! Fun, though!

Level 55

Jun 10, 2018

How funny was Pope Hilarius?

Level 72

Sep 9, 2018

Interesting fact about the Johns: Popes John XVI and John XX did not exist. Apparently John XVI is an Antipope, and John XX was missed out to account for another pope that they thought had been missed out... but that missed out pope was also an Antipope.

Level 68

Nov 15, 2023

an Antipope as a Pope??

Level 80

May 2, 2019

It says 266 in the instructions but 265 are listed

Level 80

May 3, 2019

Anastasius III (911-913) seems to be missing: Anastasius III on wikipedia

Level ∞

Mar 1, 2022

Added. Thanks!

+18

Level 71

Mar 12, 2020

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Pope Plagueis the Wise?... I thought not. It's not a story the Church would tell you.

Level 79

Mar 20, 2021

Pelagius

+11

Level 72

Apr 16, 2021

I think MCM is referring to a Star Wars thing.

Level 63

May 6, 2020

Please accept Bonifacius / Bonifatius for Boniface to this great quiz.

Level 80

May 21, 2023

Seconded!

+12

Level 90

May 16, 2020

Could you accept Eleutherius?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Eleutherius

Level 82

May 9, 2025

Yes, please accept "Eleutherius" - that is the way his name is spelled on a large tablet displayed at the entrance to St Peter's (I have a photo of it).

Level 61

May 9, 2025

Agreed, this needs to be fixed. There are so many ways to spell his name, limiting it to just Eleuterus is silly

Level 75

May 17, 2025

"Eleutherus" (no i) is also a common spelling, but yeah both spellings with "th" are way more common than without

Level 77

Jul 27, 2020

Why is there a Felix 1, 3, and 4, but no two? The numbers do not add up on many of these. I can’t imagine that it’s because of historical errors because this stuff was kept track of diligently.

Level 61

May 19, 2021

Felix II was an antipope.

Level 87

Oct 7, 2021

So the French-speaking, cartoon-loving pope could call himself Felix the Quatre.

Level 45

Dec 9, 2020

missed mark and peter

pain

Level 78

Jan 14, 2021

I think it's a bit odd that some popes named themselves Innocent when the holy book they base their lives on says the opposite

Level 79

Nov 14, 2023

Still waiting on Pope Sinful

Level 82

May 9, 2025

My time may yet come!

Level 49

Mar 17, 2024

Well, history isn't typically innocent, but the God we serve is.

Level 24

Apr 9, 2021

41 out of 81

Level 51

May 14, 2021

Pope from 174-189 usually spelled as Eleutherius

Level 42

Sep 20, 2021

Johns, Pauls, and even John Pauls, but no Pope Ringo? For shame

Level 41

Nov 19, 2021

I know right! :( RINGO! WHY NO RINGO!? :( :=(-

Level 79

Feb 6, 2022

He tried out but the Cardinals decided that Pope Peter was Best.

Level 48

Mar 25, 2022

No George either

Level 60

Mar 25, 2022

Please add Eleutherius as a type in for Eleuterus.

Level 69

Mar 25, 2022

Several names have common alternative spellings that are not accepted. This include Hilarius/Ilarius/Hilary and Eleutherius/Eleutherus/Eleuterius

Level 89

Mar 25, 2022

I've never seen Eleutherius spelt Eleuterus.

Level 89

Mar 25, 2022

Also, I think Hilarius is usually known in English as St. Hilary.

Level 38

Mar 25, 2022

I can't believe I typed in "John" and "Paul" but then proceeded to forget to type "John Paul"!! (facepalm)

Level 91

Mar 25, 2022

Dang, I tried Valentinian and Valentinius and several other variations, but not Valentine, even though I had guessed it correctly on a previous take. So it goes.

Level 57

Oct 25, 2022

One of these name is truly Hilarius; I don't know why anyone would pick it.

Level 79

Dec 25, 2022

JP2GMD

Level 63

Feb 18, 2023

174 ad eleutherius

Level 69

Mar 7, 2023

I find it interesting that no popes have been called Innocent in quite some time...

Level 81

Jun 12, 2023

An update may be needed soon.

Level 69

Oct 4, 2023

Can you accept Eleutherus as a type-in for Eleuterus?

Level 72

May 9, 2025

agreed...it is listed as Eleutherius

Level 68

Nov 15, 2023

A Pope Party would be interesting....

thirteen Innocents, a bunch of Antipopes that somehow ended up as Pope, and Lando Calrissian all in the same room

Level 73

Nov 15, 2023

More fun reading the comments than working the quiz!

Level 73

Apr 21, 2025

Welp... this will get an update soon

R.I.P Pope Francis

Level 46

May 8, 2025

Updated

Level 55

May 8, 2025

Well, as of the 8th of May 2025, one extra name will be added to the list.

Level 75

May 8, 2025

Outdated

+15

Level 46

May 8, 2025

Outdated comment

Level 75

May 9, 2025

Not enough time.

Level 65

May 9, 2025

In the # column Pope John Paul the first should be listed as “I”. When elected he selected the name John Paul and quite untraditionally added “I” to the end of it, the only pope to ever do so.

+11

Level 72

May 9, 2025

Eight Pope Urbans but not a single Pope Rural

Level 51

May 9, 2025

Or Pope suburban

Level 55

May 9, 2025

Can there please be a type in for JP?

Level 80

May 9, 2025

The Wikipedia page for Eleutherius has a th in his name. There is not a single mention on his page without the h.

Level 49

Jun 29, 2025

why did I get 4 points if I only got 21 of them

Level 61

Jul 8, 2025

really wish the timer on this was longer

Level 52

Mar 25, 2026

another name for anacletus is cletus