Among the popes of the Catholic Church, Pope Urban VII had the shortest papacy of only 13 days in 1590. On April 21st, 2025, Pope Francis died aged 88, after 12 years of reign, while the pope with the longest reign was Pius IX, who held the charge for almost 32 years, from 1846 to 1878.
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Holy See. (April 29, 2025). Shortest papacies in the history of the Catholic Church [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1611520/popes-with-the-shortest-papacies/
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