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The pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father" from Greek , pápas , "papa", Papa in Italian) is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church (that is, both the Latin Rit...
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# Pope Election Installation Death Length (E) Length (I) ... Average reign for a pope is roughly 7.5 years. ... Benedict XVI is the 265th pope. (264rd successor to St. Peter)
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Here is a list of the 13 longest pontificates in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Each of these popes reigned over the Catholic Church for an unusually long time. Today some believe that especially long papacies are bad for the Church because they prevent necessary change from happening when it should.
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Reigned 1198-1216 ... Pope Gregory VIII ordained him subdeacon, and Clement III created him Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro and Sts. ... The Prefect of Rome, who reigned over the city as the emperor's representative, and the senator who stood for the communal rights and privileges of Rome, swore allegiance to Innocent.
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Long article on the canon and later Cluniac prior, assistant to Pope Gregory VII. Urban was elected unanimously to the papacy in 1088, but was forced to spend years wandering southern Italy. He died in 1099 ... It was a difficult task which confronted the new pope. To enter Rome was impossible. The Normans,
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; R.I.P. Pope John-Paul II; Pope John Paul II has just become the third longest man to serve as Pope. Who where the two Popes that have served longer?; John Paul II just celebrated 25 years as pope. Which pope reigned for the longest amount of time?;
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ROME - Statistics on the papacy of Pope John Paul II, which began on October 16, 1978: The Pope reigned for 26 years, five months and 15 days, the third-longest pontificate in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, which spans 2000 years.
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Bet on the election of the next Pope ... When John Paul II reigned, Ratzinger practically ran the Church. He was close to the Pontiff and was considered his right hand man making him ultimately the favourite to succeed as Pope.
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On the other end of the scale is Urban VII who was Pope from September 15 to September 27 1590 lasting a mere 13 days. The world's Longest reigning Pope ...
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