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Number of reigning Popes from 33 CE* to 2025, by present-day country of origin

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May 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

33 CE* to 2025

Supplementary notes

* Assumed date according to Church sources.

** Leo IX and Stephen IX were born in Alsace and Lorraine, respectively. Although these regions are now part of France, they are historically considered part of the German-speaking world.

*** Saint Peter, traditionally the first pope, is said to have been born in Bethsaida, in the Golan Heights, an Israeli-occupied Syrian territory since 1967.

**** Gregory V was born in the present state of Styria, Austria. He is counted among the German popes, as are Leo IX and Stephen IX, who were born in Alsace and Lorraine, respectively.

The present-day birth country of Victor I, Miltiades, and Gelasius I is undetermined. Victor I was born in the Roman province of Africa, comprising the coasts of Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.

* Pope Conon's birthplace is uncertain. He was probably born in Thrace, a geographical region in Southeast Europe, comprising parts of Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

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Among the recognized 267 popes of the Catholic Church, the vast majority of them had ****. The last ** pope was John Paul I, who died in 1978. * had ** popes, the second-largest number in history, with the last one being Gregory XI, who died in 1378. On April 21st, 2025, Francis, the first Argentinian pope, died after twelve years of pontificate. On May 9th, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church with the name Leo XIV. He is the second pope from the American continent and the **, as he was born in **, in 1955. He holds Peruvian citizenship, too.