New pope, Francis I, is shown in this April 4, 2005, as Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrating a Mass in honor of Pope John Paul II at the Buenos Aires Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP/NATACHA PISARENKO
Pope Francis—March 13, 2013-
Benedict XVI—April 19, 2005-Feb. 28, 2013
John Paul II—Oct. 16, 1978-April 2, 2005
John Paul I—Aug. 26-Sept. 28, 1978
Paul VI—June 21, 1963-Aug. 6, 1978
John XXIII—Oct. 28, 1958-June 3, 1963
Pius XII—March 2, 1939-Oct. 9, 1958
Pius XI—Feb. 6, 1922-Feb. 10, 1939
Benedict XV—Sept. 3, 1914-Jan. 22, 1922
Pius X—Aug. 4, 1903-Aug. 20, 1914
Leo XIII—Feb. 20, 1878-July 20, 1903
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