# How many Popes have served in your lifetime

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-popes-have-served-in-your-lifetime/668107
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 5, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-popes-have-served-in-your-lifetime/668107 "2013-09-05T20:16:51Z")
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### Author: ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)
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Three. John Paul II through Francis.

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#### Post date: [September 7, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-popes-have-served-in-your-lifetime/668107/22 "2013-09-07T13:15:41Z")

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> [@KermitTheFrig](#):
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> Seven. Pius XII through Francis.

This.

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### Author: ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-popes-have-served-in-your-lifetime/668107/23 "2013-09-07T13:53:03Z")

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Surprisingly enough, considering that more than 2/3 of my life overlapped with JPII’s reign, 5.

The last year of Paul VI’s reign.  
John Paul I  
John Paul II (Obviously, the first I have any actual memory of - specifically the assassination attempt in 1981.)  
Benedict XVI  
Francis

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### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-popes-have-served-in-your-lifetime/668107/24 "2013-09-07T18:06:40Z")

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Six.

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