List of Roman Catholic popes by nationality

The current Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th pope in church history. This is a list of Roman Catholic popes by nationality. They are listed in chronological order within each section.
== Statistics table ==
Nationality 	Number of Popes	Percentage of total
Africa Province (Roman Empire) 	3 	1.1
Dalmatia (Kingdom of the Lombards) 	1 	0.4
England 	1 	0.4
Kingdom of France (medieval) French Holy Roman Empire 	18 	6.8
German part of Holy Roman Empire Modern Germany 	6 	2.2
Roman GreeceByzantine 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 SyriaByzantine 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)
===Dalmatia===
Dalmatia was at the time part of the Kingdom of the Lombards. It is now part of the modern Republic of Croatia.
*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–)
===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 Lucius I (253–254)
*Pope Stephen I (254–257)
*Pope Felix I (269–274)
*Pope Sylvester I (314–335)
*Pope Mark (336)
*Pope Julius I (337–352)
*Pope Celestine I (422–432)
*Pope Leo I (440–461)
*Pope Hilarius (461–468)
*Pope Simplicius (468–483)
*Pope Felix III (483–492)
*Pope Symmachus (498–514)
====Ostrogothic Kingdom====
*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)
====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 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)
===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)
===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 Fabian (236–250)
*Pope Cornelius (251–253)
*Pope Eutychian (275–283)
*Pope Caius (283–296)
*Pope Marcellinus (296–304?)
*Pope Marcellus I (308–309)
*Pope Eusebius (309/310)
*Pope Liberius (352–366)
*Pope Siricius (384–399)
*Pope Anastasius I (399–401)
*Pope Innocent I (401–417)
*Pope Boniface I (418–422)
*Pope Sixtus III (432–440)
*Pope Anastasius II (496–398)
*Pope Boniface II (530–532)
*Pope Silverius (536–537)
*Pope Benedict I (575–579)
*Pope Conon (686–687)
*Pope Stephen II (752–757)
*Pope Stephen IV (816–817)
*Pope Leo VII (936–939)
 
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