21st Century · 265th pope in the Annuario Pontificio list
Benedict XVI
- Pontificate
- 19/04/2005 – 28/02/2013
- Birth name
- Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born – died
- 1927 – 2022
- Predecessor
- John Paul II
- Successor
- Francis
Important events
- Theologian Joseph Ratzinger, long prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Renounced the papacy in 2013 — the first pope to do so since 1415
- Died in 2022
Councils and documents
- Deus caritas est (2005)
- Spe salvi (2007)
- Caritas in veritate (2009)
- Jesus of Nazareth (3 volumes)
List: Wikidata (CC0), ordinals per the Annuario Pontificio, retrieved 2026-10-01. Antipopes are not included. For the current pope, see vatican.va.