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Line of Succession

This is a list all all Bishops who in succession has led our minister under the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church

(1) Peter, 33

(2) Linus, 67

(3) Cletus, 76

(4) Clement, 88

(5) Evaristus, 97

(6) Alexander I, 105

(7) Sixtus I, 115

(8) Telesphorus, 125

(9) Hygimus, 136

(10) Pius I, 140

(11) Anicletus, 155

(12) Soter, 166

(13) Eleutherius, 175

(14) Victor I, 189

(15) Zephyrinus, 199

(16) Callistus I, 217

(17) Urban I, 222

(18) Pontian, 230

(19) Anterus, 235

(20) Fabian, 236

(21) Cornelius,

251 (22) Lucius I,

253 (23) Stephen I, 254

(24) Sixtus II, 257

(25) Dionysius, 259

(26) Felix I, 269

(27) Eutychian, 275

(28) Caius, 283

(29) Marcellinus, 296

(30) Marcellus I, 308

(31) Eucebius, 309

(32) Miltiades, 311

(33) Sylvester I, 314

(34) Marcus, 336

(35) Julius I, 337

(36) Liberius, 352 1

(37) Damasus I, 366

(38) Siricius, 384

(39) Anastasius I, 399

(40) Innocent I, 401

(41) Zosimus, 417

(42) Boniface I, 418

(43) Celestine I, 422

(44) Sixtus III, 432 

(45) Leo I, 440

(46) Hilary, 461

(47) Simplicius, 468

(48) Felix III, 483 1 

(49) Gelasius I, 492

(50) Anastasius II, 496

(51) Symmachus, 498

(52) Hormisdus, 514

(53) John I, 523

(54) Felix IV, 526

(55) Boniface II, 530

(56) John II, 535

(57) Agapitus, 535

(58) Sylverius, 536

(59) Vigilus, 537

(60) Pelagius I, 556

(61) John III, 561

(62) Benedict I, 575

(63) Pelagius II, 579

(64) Gregory I, 590

(65) Sabinianus, 604

(66) Boniface III, 607

(67) Boniface IV, 608

(68) Adeodatus I, 615

(69) Boniface V, 619

(70) Honorius, 625

(71) Severinus, 640

(72) John IV, 640

(73) Theodore I, 642

(74) Martin I, 649

(75) Eugene I, 654

(76) Vitalian, 657

(77) Adeodatus II, 672

(78) Donus, 676

(79) Agatho, 678

(80) Leo II, 682

(81) Benedict II, 684

(82) John V, 685

(83) Conon, 686

(84) Sergius I, 687

(85) John VI, 701

(86) John VII, 705

(87) Sisinnius, 708

(88) Constantine, 708 

(89) Gregory II, 715

(90) Gregory III, 731

(91) Zachary, 741

(92) Stephen II, 752

(93) Paul I, 757

(94) Stephen III, 768

(95) Adrian I, 772

(96) Leo III, 795

(97) Stephen IV, 816

(98) Paschal I, 817

(99) Eugene II, 824

(100) Valentine, 827

(101) Gregory IV, 827

(102) Sergius II, 844

(103) Leo IV, 847

(104) Benedict III, 855

(105) Nicholas I, 858

(106) Adrian II, 867

(107) John VIII, 872

(108) Marinus I, 882

(109) Adrian III, 884

(110) Stephen V, 885

(111) Formosus, 891

(112) Boniface VI

(113) Stephen VI, 897

(114) Romanus, 897

(115) Theodore II, 897

(116) John IX, 898

(117) Benedict IV, 900

(118) Leo V, 903

(119) Sergius III, 904

(120) Anastasius III, 911

(121) Landus, 913

(122) John X, 914

(123) Leo VI, 938

(124) Stephen VII, 928

(125) John XI, 931

126) Leo VII, 936

(127) Stephen VIII, 939

(128) Maginus II, 942

(129) Agapitus II, 946

(130) John XIII, 955

(131) Leo VII, 963

(132) Benedict V, 964

(133) John XIV, 965

(134) Benedict VI, 973

(135) Benedict VII, 974

(136) John XIV, 983

(137) John XV, 985

(138) Gregory V, 996

(139) Sylvester II, 999

(140) John XVII, 1003

(141) John XVIII, 1004

(142) Sergius IV, 1009

(143) Benedict VIII, 1012

(144) John XIX, 1024

(145) Benedict IX, 1032

(146) Sylvester III, 1045

(147) Benedict IX, 1045

(148) Gregory VI, 1045

(149) Benedict IX, 1045

(150) Clement II, 1046

((151) Damasus II, 1048

(152) Leo IX, 1049

(153) Victor II, 1055

(154) Stephen IX, 1057

(155) Nicholas II, 1059

(156) Alexander II, 1061

(157) Gregory VII, 1073

(158) Victor III, 1086

(159) Urban II, 1088

(160) Paschal II 1099

(161) Gelasius II, 1118

(162) Callistus II 1119

(163) Honorius II, 1124

(164) Innocent II, 1130

(165) Celestine II, 1143

(166) Lucius II, 1144

(167) Eugene III, 1145

(168) Anastasius IV, 1153

(169) Hadrian IV, 1154

(170) Alexander III, 1159

(171) Lucius III, 1181

(172) Urban III, 1185

(173) Gregory VIII, 1187

(174) Clement III, 1187

(175) Celestine III, 1191

(176) Innocent III, 1198

(177) Honorius III, 1216

(178) Gregory IX, 1227

(179) Celestine IV, 1241

(180) Innocent IV, 1243

(181) Alexander IV, 1254

(182) Urban IV, 1261

(183) Clement IV, 1265

(184) Gregory X, 1271

(185) Innocent V, 1276

(186) Hadrian V, 1276

(187) John XXI, 1276

(188) Nicholas III, 1277

(189) Martin IV, 1281

(190) Honorius IV, 1285

(191) Nicholas IV, 1288

(192) Celestine V, 1294

(193) Boniface VIII, 1294

(194) Benedict XI, 1303

(195) Clement V, 1305

(196) John XXII, 1316

(197) Benedict XII, 1334

(198) Clement VI, 1342

(199) Innocent VI, 1352

(200) Urban VI, 1362

(201) Gregory XI, 1370

(202) Urban VI, 1378

(203) Boniface IX ,1389

(204) Innocent VII, 1404

(205) Gregory XII 1406

(206) Martin V, 1417

(207) Eugene IV, 1431

(208) Nicholas V, 1447

(209) Callistus III, 1455

(210) Pius II, 1458

(211) Paul II, 1464

(212) Sixtus IV, 1471

(213) Innocent VIII,1484

(214) Alexander VI, 1492

(215) Pius III, 1503

(216) Julius II, 1503

(217) Leo X, 1513

(218) Hadrian VI, 1522

(219) Clement VII, 1523

(220) Paul III, 1534

(221) Pope Julius III, 1550

(222) Marcellus II, 1555

(223) Paul IV, 1555

(224) Pius IV, 1559

(225) Pius V, 1566

(226) Gregory XIII, 1572

(227) Sixtus V, 1585

(228) Pope Urban VII, 1590

(229) Gregory XIV, 1590

(230) Innocent IX, 1591

(231) Clement VIII, 1592

(232) Leo XI, 1605

(233) Paul V, 1605

(234) Gregory XV, 1621

(235) Urban VIII, 1623

(236) Innocent X, 1644

(237) Alexander VII, 1645

(238) Clement IX, 1567

(239) Clement X, 1670

(240) Innocent XI, 1676

(241) Alexander VIII, 1689​

(242) Innocent XII, 1691

(243) Clement XI, 1700

(244) Innocent XIII, 1721

(245) Benedict XIII, 1724

(246) Clement XII, 1730

(247) Benedict XIV, 1740

(248) Clement XIII, 1758

(249) Clement XIV, 1768

(250) Pius VI, 1775

(251) Pius VII, 1800

(252) Leo XII, 1823

​(253) Pius VIII, 1829

(254) Gregory XVI, 1831

​(255) Pius IX, 1846

(256) Casparus Johannes Rinkel, 1873 (257) Geradus Gul, 1892

(258) Arnold Harris Mathew, 1908 

(259) Fredrick Willoughby, 1914

(260) James I. Wedgewood, 1916

(261) Irving S. Cooper, 1919

(262) Charles Hampton, 1931

(263) Herman A. Spruit, 1957

(264) James Devine, 1966

(265) Joseph Moan, 1996

(266) Robert Crossan 2025​

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