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Pope

Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic church

EntityRoman Catholic episcopal titleQ19546

Also known as Supreme Pontiff · Bishop of Rome · Vicar of Christ · Holy Father · Pope of Rome · Pope in Rome

Instance of: Roman Catholic episcopal title
Subclass of: Catholic bishop
, monarch
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1.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/organigramma/stato-citta-del-vaticano.html
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Part of: Catholic Church hierarchy
Country: Vatican City
Founded: 33
Website: vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm
, vatican.va/holy_father/index_it.htm
, vatican.va/holy_father/index_ge.htm
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Overview

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The pope is the bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City State. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The current pope is Leo XIV, who was elected on 8 May 2025 on the second day of the 2025 papal conclave.

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Honorific prefix: His Holiness
Official residence: Apostolic Palace
Quirinal Palace(until 1870)
Applies to jurisdiction: Catholic Church
Vatican City(since 1929)
Papal States(until 1870)
Has list: list of popes
Male form of label: papa
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Vehicle normally used: popemobile
Next lower rank: cardinal-bishop
Organization directed by the office or position: Catholic Church
Holy See location: Rome
Diocese of Rome
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Rome
Elector: College of Cardinals
Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after popes
Different from: patriarch
Alexander Pope
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Noble title: pope
Elected in: papal election
Religion or worldview: Catholicism statement is subject of: Q123797924
Catholic Church
Western Christianity
Official name: Episcopus Romanus, Vicarius Iesu Christi, Successor principis apostolorum, Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis, Primatus Italiae, Archiepiscopus metropolitanus provinciae Romanae, Superanus sui iuris civitatis Vaticanae, Servus Servorum Dei
Female form of label: none
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Field of work: papacy
Petrine ministry
Native label: Pontifex Romanus
Has characteristic: life tenure
Position holder: Leo XIV(since 2025) replaces: Pope Francis

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