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Catholicism
- Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
(complete list) - - Alexander VIPope Alexander VIPope Alexander VI , born Roderic Llançol i Borja was Pope from 1492 until his death on 18 August 1503. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his Italianized surname—Borgia—became a byword for the debased standards of the Papacy of that era, most notoriously the Banquet...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1492-1503) - Pius IIIPope Pius IIIPope Pius III , born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, was Pope from September 22 to October 18, 1503.-Career:...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1503) - Julius IIPope Julius IIPope Julius II , nicknamed "The Fearsome Pope" and "The Warrior Pope" , born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1503-1513) - Leo XPope Leo XPope Leo X , born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was the Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1513-1521) - Adrian VIPope Adrian VIPope Adrian VI , born Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Pope from 9 January 1522 until his death some 18 months later...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1522-1523) - Clement VIIPope Clement VIIClement VII , born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from 1513 to 1523 and was Pope from 1523 to 1534.-Early life:...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1523-1534) - Paul IIIPope Paul IIIPope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1534-1549) - Julius IIIPope Julius IIIPope Julius III , born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was Pope from 7 February 1550 to 1555....
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1550-1555) - Marcellus IIPope Marcellus IIPope Marcellus II , born Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, was Pope from 9 April 1555 to 1 May 1555, succeeding Pope Julius III. Before his accession as Pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He is the most recent Pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1555) - Paul IVPope Paul IVPope Paul IV, C.R. , né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death.-Early life:Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1555-1559) - Pius IVPope Pius IVPope Pius IV , born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565. He is notable for presiding over the culmination of the Council of Trent.-Biography:...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1559-1565) - Pius VPope Pius VPope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri , was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman liturgy within the Latin Church...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1566-1572) - Gregory XIIIPope Gregory XIIIPope Gregory XIII , born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally-accepted civil calendar to this date.-Youth:He was born the son of Cristoforo Boncompagni and wife Angela...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1572-1585) - Sixtus VPope Sixtus VPope Sixtus V , born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590.-Early life:The chronicler Andrija Zmajević states that Felice's family originated from modern-day Montenegro...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1585-1590) - Urban VIIPope Urban VIIPope Urban VII , born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was Pope for thirteen days in September 1590. He was of Genoese origin, although born in Rome. He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello in 1584...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1590) - Gregory XIVPope Gregory XIVPope Gregory XIV , born Niccolò Sfondrati, was Pope from 5 December 1590 until his death in 1591.- Early career :...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1590-1591) - Innocent IXPope Innocent IXPope Innocent IX , born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was Pope from 29 October 1591 to his death on 30 December of the same year...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
(1591) - Clement VIIIPope Clement VIIIPope Clement VIII , born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 30 January 1592 to 3 March 1605.-Cardinal:...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
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Eastern Orthodoxy
- Church of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleThe Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , part of the wider Orthodox Church, is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches within the communion of Orthodox Christianity...
- (complete list), the first among equals in Eastern Orthodoxy - Nephon IIPatriarch Nephon II of ConstantinopleNephon II, , born Nicholas, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1486-1488, 1497-1498, 1502) - Maximus IVPatriarch Maximus IV of ConstantinopleMaximus IV , previously known as Manasses , was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1491 to 1497.-Life:He was abbot of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos before being appointed by Patriarch Symeon I as Metropolitan of Serres, which he governed under the religious name of Manasses...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1491-1497) - Joachim IPatriarch Joachim I of ConstantinopleJoachim I was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1498 to 1502 and for a short time in 1504.-Life:Concerning the early life of Joachim before he became Patriarch of Constantinople, we know that he was Metropolitan of Drama and that he was young, not particularly learned but very able in...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1498-1502, 1504) - Pachomius IPatriarch Pachomius I of ConstantinoplePachomius I was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1503 to 1513, except for a short period in 1504.-Life:Before his election as Patriarch of Constantinople, Pachomius was Metropolitan of Zichna...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1503-1504, 1504-1513) - Theoleptus IPatriarch Theoleptus I of Constantinople-Life:Theoleptus was native of Crete or Epirus and lived as monk beside Pachomius I, who appointed him Metropolitan of Iannina. When Pachomius died poisoned, Theoleptus moved immediately to Adrianople where he found favour with Sultan Selim I. After the payment of the usual fee for any patriarchal...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1513-1522) - Jeremias IPatriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople-Further reading:...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1522-1545) - Joannicius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1546)
- Dionysius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1546-1555)
- Joasaph IIPatriarch Joasaph II of ConstantinopleJoasaph II, known as "the Magnificent" , was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1556 to 1565.-Life:Joasaph was born in Thrace. He studied in Ioannina and then in Nafplio, learning Arabic, Persian and Turkish...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1555-1565) - Metrophanes III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1565-1572, 1579-1580)
- Jeremias II TranosPatriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople-External links:**...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1572-1579, 1580-1584, 1587-1595) - Pachomius IIPatriarch Pachomius II of ConstantinoplePachomius II Patestos was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1584 to 1585. He is sometimes considered an usurper.-Life:16th-century Greek sources show an extended bias against Pachomius: he is labeled as "dissolute" by Pseudo-Dorotheos and Leontios Eustrakios stated that he "inflicted...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1584-1585) - Theoleptus IIPatriarch Theoleptus II of ConstantinopleTheoleptus II was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1585 to 1586.-Life:Theoleptus was a nephew of Patriarch Metrophanes III. He became Metropolitan of Philippopolis and although he was been helped by Patriarch Jeremias II, he conspired against him, leaguing with Pachomius II...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1585-1586) - Matthew IIPatriarch Matthew II of ConstantinopleMatthew II was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times, shortly in 1596, from 1598 to 1602 and for a few days in 1603.-Life:Member of the Vlach community, Matthew was born in the village Kleinovo , and he became Metropolitan of Ioannina...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1596, 1598-1602, 1603) - Gabriel I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1596)
- Theophanes I Karykes, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1597)
- Meletius I Pegas, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1597-1598)
Oriental Orthodoxy
- Coptic Orthodox Church, (List of Coptic Popes|complete list) -
- John XIIIPope John XIII of AlexandriaPope John XIII of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark ....
, Pope and Patriarch (1483-1524) - vacant (1524-1526)
- Gabriel VIIPope Gabriel VII of AlexandriaPope Gabriel VII of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark ....
, Pope and Patriarch (1526-1569) - vacant (1569-1573)
- John XIVPope John XIV of AlexandriaPope John XIV of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .He joined the Paromeos Monastery in the Nitrian Desert before becoming a Pope....
, Pope and Patriarch (1573-1589) - Gabriel VIIIPope Gabriel VIII of AlexandriaPope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria was the 97th Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .The Papal Seat during his papacy remained in the Church of the Virigin Mary in Cairo....
, Pope and Patriarch (1587-1603)
Lutheran
- Finish ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the national church of Finland. The church professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
- - Mikael AgricolaMikael AgricolaMikael Agricola was a clergyman who became the de facto founder of written Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden . He is often called the "father of the Finnish written language". Agricola was consecrated as the bishop of Turku in 1554, without papal approval...
, Bishop of Turku (1554-1557) - Petrus FollingiusPetrus FollingiusPietari Follingius or Petrus Nicolai Follingius was a Finnish Lutheran bishop.He was the Bishop of Turku from 1558 to 1563 and was the successor to Mikael Agricola-References:...
, Bishop of Turku (1558-1563) - Paulus JuustenPaulus JuustenPaulus Petri Juusten . , Swedish: Påvel Pedersson Juusten or Paul Juusten was the first bishop of Viipuri, and later, bishop of Turku, Finland...
, Bishop of Turku (1563-1575) - Ericus Erici SorolainenEricus Erici SorolainenEricus Erici Sorolainen was a Finnish Lutheran bishop, a Bishop of Turku from 1583 to 1625 as the successor to Paulus Juusten; and the administrator of the Diocese of Viipuri....
, Bishop of Turku (1583-1625)
Provinces of the Anglican Communion
- Church of EnglandChurch of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
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- Matthew ParkerMatthew ParkerMatthew Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder of Anglican theological thought....
, Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
(1559-1575) - Edmund GrindalEdmund GrindalEdmund Grindal was an English church leader who successively held the posts of Bishop of London, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.-Early life to the death of Edward VI:...
, Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
(1575-1583) - John WhitgiftJohn WhitgiftJohn Whitgift was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horsemen...
, Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
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- Henry VIIIHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
, Supreme Head (1536–1547) - Edward VIEdward VI of EnglandEdward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...
, Supreme Head (1547–1553) - Elizabeth IElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
, Supreme Governor of the Church of EnglandSupreme Governor of the Church of EnglandThe Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...
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