Who was the longest-reigning Pope?
Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning modern pope. Although the average reign of the pope from the Middle Ages was a decade, a number of those whose reign lengths can be determined from contemporary historical data are the following:
Pius IX (1846–1878): 31 years, 7 months and 23 days (11,560 days).
Leo XIII (1878–1903): 25 years, 5 months and 1 day (9,281 days).
Pius VI (1775–1799): 24 years, 6 months and 15 days (8,962 days).
Adrian I (772–795): 23 years, 10 months and 25 days (8,729 days).
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46 Comments
Kenneth Jacobs
What happened to St. John Paul II (1978–2005): 26 years, 5 months and 18 days (9,665 days); he was in fact the second longest serving pope.
Karin Johansson
Chris Braid, and not the one Bishop that reigned the longest
Karin Johansson
scottc, absolutely not!
Karin Johansson
Al Breyette, St Peter was not a Pope, and he was not reigning for more than 25 years.
Karin Johansson
You missed Johannes Paulus in the list. He did reign for 26 and almost a half year.
Karin Johansson
Chris Braid, Saint Peter was not a Pope
Karin Johansson
Stephen Knapp, he was never a pope.
Karin Johansson
Marty, No
Irene Townsend
Al Breyette, Peter wasn't a Pope, at least nowhere in the Bible is Pope even mentioned. All who are believers in Jesus Christ are called saints though
Player
krkyates, it pays to keep people poor.
earlepg
As brought up in many comments, the question should have started with "which of these...".
reydlt
The correct answer is not one of the choices. The longest reigning Pope is St. Peter at 34 years.
Al Breyette
should be Peter not Pter.
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Al Breyette
The longest reigning Pope was actually the First Bishop of Rome and First Pope St. Pter at between 34-37 years. Second question this week with the wrong answer!
Marty
I believe Adrian I had a longer reign than Pius
Chris Braid
Thought it was Saint Peter, but as he wasn't ban option went for Pius on a double chance!😀