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Longest
After Peter, who was the first Bishop of Rome and the first pope, the list of the 10 longest-reigning popes includes:
 * Saint Peter (30–64 or 67): 34 or 37 years.


 * 1) Pius IX (1846–1878): 31 years, 7 months and 23 days (11,560 days).
 * 2) John Paul II (1978–2005): 26 years, 5 months and 18 days (9,665 days).
 * 3) Leo XIII (1878–1903): 25 years, 5 months and 1 day (9,281 days).
 * 4) Pius VI (1775–1799): 24 years, 6 months and 15 days (8,962 days).
 * 5) Adrian I (772–795): 23 years, 10 months and 25 days (8,729 days).
 * 6) Pius VII (1800–1823): 23 years, 5 months and 7 days (8,560 days).
 * 7) Alexander III (1159–1181): 21 years, 11 months and 24 days (8,029 days).
 * 8) St. Sylvester I (314–335): 21 years, 11 months and 1 day (8,005 days).
 * 9) St. Leo I (440–461): 21 years, 1 month, and 13 days. (7,713 days).
 * 10) Urban VIII (1623–1644): 20 years, 11 months and 24 days (7,664 days).

Shortest

 * 1) Urban VII (September 15–September 27, 1590): reigned for 13 calendar days, died before consecration.
 * 2) Boniface VI (April, 896): reigned for 16 calendar days
 * 3) Celestine IV (October 25–November 10, 1241): reigned for 17 calendar days, died before consecration.
 * 4) Theodore II (December, 897): reigned for 20 calendar days
 * 5) Sisinnius (January 15–February 4, 708): reigned for 21 calendar days
 * 6) Marcellus II (April 9–May 1, 1555): reigned for 22 calendar days
 * 7) Damasus II (July 17–August 9, 1048): reigned for 24 calendar days
 * 8) Pius III (September 22–October 18, 1503): reigned for 27 calendar days.
 * 9) Leo XI (April 1–April 27, 1605): reigned for 27 calendar days
 * 10) Benedict V (May 22–June 23, 964): reigned for 33 calendar days.
 * 11) John Paul I (August 26–September 28, 1978): reigned for 33 calendar days.

Name

 * See Papal name

Non Italians

 * Francis, 2013, Argentinian
 * Benedict XVI, 2005, German
 * John Paul II, 1978, Polish
 * Adrian VI, 1522, Dutch (Utrecht)
 * Alexander VI, 1492, Spanish (Valencia)
 * Calixtus III, 1455, Spanish (Valencia)
 * Gregory XI, 1370, French (Limousin)
 * Urban V, 1362, French (Languedoc)
 * Innocent VI, 1352, French (Limousin)
 * Clement VI, 1342, French (Limousin)
 * Benedict XII, 1334, French (Comté de Foix)
 * John XXII, 1316, French (Lot)
 * Clement V, 1305, French (Aquitaine)

Non Europeans

 * Francis, 2013
 * St Gregory III, 731
 * Constantine
 * Sissinnius
 * Theodore I
 * John IV
 * St Gelasius I
 * St Miltiades
 * St Victor I
 * St Anicetus
 * St Evaristus
 * St Peter

Curialists

 * Pius XII, 1939
 * Gregory XVI, 1831

Non cardinal

 * Urban VI, 1378

Non bishop

 * Gregory XVI, 1831
 * Marcellus II, 1555

Non priest

 * Leo X, 1513
 * Callixtus III, 1455
 * Hadrian V, 1276

Elected in absentia

 * Hadrian VI, 1522
 * Urban VI, 1378

Abdicated

 * Benedict XVI, 2013
 * Gregory XII, 1415
 * Celestine V, 1294
 * Gregory VI, 1046
 * Benedict IX,

Declined to accept election

 * Robert Bellarmine
 * Charles Borromeo
 * Philip Benizi