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]] This is a list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. While the term " usage generally refers to the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church . The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of Pope Siricius . There is no official list of popes, but the '' Annuario Pontificio '', published every year by the Vatican, contain a list that is generally considered to be the most authoritative. There have been 265 according to the list of the ''Annuario pontificio''. A man elected in 752 and died three days after was listed on this list as Stephen II until 1960, but he has been erased since the 1961 edition. Some lists still include him, despite the recent change, making a list of 266 popes, but other choices of the ''Annuario pontificio'' are most questionable. The main reason this Stephen is still on those lists is that they are based on the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia , which is in the public domain. The pope also bears the spiritual titles '' Bishop of Rome , Vicar of Jesus Christ , Successor of St. Peter , Prince of the Apostle s, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church , Primate of Italy , Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province'' and '' Servant Of The Servants Of God .'' Since 1929, the pope's temporal title has been Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City (the Holy See ). LIST OF POPES Began AD 30-249 Began AD 250-499 Began AD 500-749 Began AD 750-999 Began AD 1000-1249 Began AD 1250-1499 Began AD 1500-1749 Began AD 1750-1999 Began AD 2000 on Pope Benedict XVI was elected in a Papal Conclave on April 19 , 2005 and formally Inaugurated during the Papal Inauguration Mass on April 24 , 2005 .]] NOTES ON NUMBERING OF POPES Hermannus Contractus may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Pope Leo IX as the number 154. On that basis, the current Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th pope. A number of anomalies in the list given above need further explanation:
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