10 Longest Papal Reigns
Although the average reign of the Pope from the Middle Ages was a decade, a number of those whose reign lengths can be determined from contemporary historical data are the following:
1st
Papa Pius Nonus
1846 to 1878
31 years 7 months and 23 days
(11,560 days)
2nd
Papa Ioannes Paulus Secondus
1978 to 2005
26 years, 5 months and 18 days
(9,665 days)
3rd
Papa Leo Tertius Decimus
1878 to 1903
25 years, 5 months and 1 day
(8,962 days)
24 years, 6 months and 15 days
(8,962 days)
23 years, 10 months and 25 days
(8,729 days)
23 years, 5 months and 7 days
(8,560 days)
21 years, 11 months and 24 days
(8,029 days)
21 years, 11 months and 1 day
(8,005 days)
21 years, 1 month, and 13 days
(7,713 days)
20 years, 11 months and 24 days
(7,664 days)
4th
Papa Pius Sextus
1775 to 179924 years, 6 months and 15 days
(8,962 days)
5th
Papa Hadrianus Primus
772 - 79523 years, 10 months and 25 days
(8,729 days)
6th
Papa Pius Septimus
1800 to 182323 years, 5 months and 7 days
(8,560 days)
7th
Papa Alexander Tertius
1159 to 118121 years, 11 months and 24 days
(8,029 days)
8th
Papa St. Sylvester Primus
314 to 33521 years, 11 months and 1 day
(8,005 days)
9th
Papa St. Leo Primus
440 to 46121 years, 1 month, and 13 days
(7,713 days)
10th
Papa Urbanus Octavus
1623 to 164420 years, 11 months and 24 days
(7,664 days)
11 Shortest Papal Reigns
There have been a number of popes whose reign lasted about a month or less. In the following list the number of calendar days includes partial days. Thus, for example, if a pope's reign commenced on 1 August and he died on 2 August, this would count as having reigned for two calendar days.
1st
Papa Urbanus Septimus
15–27 September 1590
13 calendar days, died before coronation.
2nd
Papa Bonifatius Sextus
April 896
16 calendar days
3rd
Papa Coelestinus Quartus
25 October – 10 November 1241
17 calendar days, died before consecration
4th
Papa Theodorus Secondus
December 897
20 calendar days
5th
Papa Sisinnius
15 January – 4 February 708
21 calendar days
6th
Papa Marcellus Secundus
9 April – 1 May 1555
23 calendar days
7th
Papa Damasus Secundus
17 July – 9 August 1048
24 calendar days
8th
Papa Pius Tertius
22 September – 18 October 1503
27 calendar days
9th
Papa Leo Undecimus
1–27 April 1605
28 calendar days
10th
Papa Benedict Quintus
22 May – 23 June 964
33 calendar days
11th
Papa Ioannes Paulus Primus
26 August – 28 September 1978
34 calendar days
Papa Electus Stephenus (23–26 March 752), died of stroke three days after his election, and before his consecration as a bishop. He is not recognized as a valid pope, but was added to the lists of popes in the 15th century as Stephen II, causing difficulties in enumerating later popes named Stephen.
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