This page is a list of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section.
As the office of pope has existed for almost two millennia, many of the countries of origin of popes no longer exist, and so they are grouped under their modern equivalents.
Overview
There have been 266 popes, of which:
217 from Italy
16 from France (Pope Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement V, Pope John XXII, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement VI, Pope Innocent VI, Pope Urban V, and Pope Gregory XI) 6 from Germany (Pope Gregory V, Pope Clement II, Pope Damasus II, Pope Leo IX, Pope Victor II, and Pope Benedict XVI) 5 from the Byzantine Empire in modern-day Syria (Pope Anicetus, Pope John V, Pope Sisinnius, Pope Constantine, and Pope Gregory III) 4 from Greece (Pope Anacletus, Pope Hyginus, Pope Eleutherius, and Pope Sixtus II) 3 from the Holy Land in modern-day Israel (Pope Peter, Pope Evaristus, and Pope Theodore I) 3 from Africa Proconsularis (Pope Victor I, Pope Miltiades, Pope Gelasius I) 2 from Dalmatia in modern-day Croatia (Pope Caius and Pope John IV) 2 from Valencia in modern-day Spain (Pope Callixtus III and Pope Alexander VI) 2 from Portugal (Pope Damasus I and Pope John XXI) 2 from Anatolia in modern-day Turkey (Pope Conon and Pope John VI) 1 from England (Pope Adrian IV) 1 from the Netherlands (Pope Adrian VI) 1 from Poland (Pope John Paul II) 1 from Argentina (Pope Francis)
Statistics table
Popes from the Roman and Byzantine Empire
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 I (575–579) Pope Benedict II (684–685) Pope Sergius I (687–701) Pope Gregory II (715–731) Pope Zachary (741–752) Pope Stephen III (768–772) Pope Stephen II (752–757) Pope Stephen IV (816–817)
Byzantine Sicily
Pope Conon (686–687)
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)
Lusitania Province
Lusitania corresponds to present-day Portugal. Pope Damasus I (366–384)
Roman Africa
These popes are from the Roman province of Africa, which corresponds to the coastal parts of Tunisia, Libya and Algeria. Pope Victor I (189–199) Pope Miltiades (311–314) Pope Gelasius I (492–496)
Roman and Byzantine Syria
Pope Anicetus (c. 154–167) Pope John V (685–686) Pope Sisinnius (708) Pope Constantine (708–715) Pope Gregory III (731–741)
Roman Dalmatia
Dalmatia was at the time part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. It is now part of the modern Republic of Croatia. Pope Caius (283–296) Pope John IV (640–642)
Roman Galilee and Iudaea Province
Saint Peter (c. 30 – c. 67); a native of Bethsaida, in the modern Golan Heights
Pope Evaristus (c. 99 – c. 107); a native of Bethlehem, in the modern West Bank
Pope Theodore I (642–649); a native of Jerusalem
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 Callixtus I (c. 217 – 222) Pope Pontian (230–235) Pope Urban I (222–230) Pope Fabian (236–250) Pope Cornelius (251–253) Pope Lucius I (253–254) Pope Stephen I (254–257) Pope Felix I (269–274) Pope Eutychian (275–283) Pope Marcellinus (296–304?) Pope Marcellus I (308–309) Pope Sylvester I (314–335) Pope Mark (336) Pope Julius I (337–352) Pope Liberius (352–366) Pope Siricius (384–399) Pope Anastasius I (399–401) Pope Innocent I (401–417) Pope Boniface I (418–422) Pope Celestine I (422–432) Pope Sixtus III (432–440) Pope Leo I (440–461) Pope Hilarius (461–468) Pope Simplicius (468–483) Pope Felix III (483–492) Pope Anastasius II (396–398) Pope Symmachus (498–514) Pope Silverius (536–537)
Roman Sardinia
Pope Eusebius (309/310) Pope John V (685–686) Pope Sisinnius (708) Pope Constantine (708–715) Pope Gregory III (731–741)