Papa, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti pontiff wamkulu (pontifex maximus kapena summus pontifex), papa wachiroma (Romanus pontifex) kapena papa wamkulu, ndi bishopu waku Roma (kapena m'mbiri yakale wakale wa Roma), wamkulu wa Tchalitchi cha Katolika padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adagwiranso ntchito ngati mtsogoleri wa dziko kapena wolamulira wa maiko a Papa ndipo pambuyo pake Vatican City State kuyambira zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu. Malinga ndi lingaliro lachikatolika, ukulu wa bishopu wa ku Roma umatengedwa kwakukulukulu ku ntchito yake monga woloŵa m’malo wautumwi wa Petro Woyera, amene ukulu unam’patsa Yesu, amene anapatsa Petro Makiyi a Kumwamba ndi mphamvu za “kumanga ndi kumasula” , akum’tchula kuti “thanthwe” limene Tchalitchi chidzamangidwapo.
Ngakhale kuti udindo wake umatchedwa upapa, ulamuliro wa maepiskopi amatchedwa Holy See. Ndi Holy See yomwe ndi bungwe lodziyimira pawokha ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi omwe ali ku Vatican City State, mzinda womwe umapanga malo okhala mkati mwa Rome, womwe unakhazikitsidwa ndi Pangano la Lateran mu 1929 pakati pa Italy ndi Holy See. kuti atsimikizire kudziimira kwake kwakanthawi komanso kwauzimu. Bungwe la Holy See limazindikiridwa ndi kutsata kwake m'magawo osiyanasiyana ku mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi komanso chifukwa cha ubale wake ndi akazembe komanso mgwirizano wandale ndi mayiko ambiri odziyimira pawokha.
Malinga ndi mwambo wa Chikatolika, msonkhano wa atumwi wa Roma unakhazikitsidwa ndi Petro Woyera ndi Paulo Woyera m'zaka za zana loyamba. Upapa ndi limodzi mwa mabungwe okhalitsa padziko lonse ndipo wakhala ndi mbali yaikulu m’mbiri ya anthu. M’nthaŵi zakale, apapa anathandiza kufalitsa Chikristu ndi kuloŵererapo kuti apeze zigamulo pa mikangano yosiyanasiyana ya ziphunzitso. M'zaka za m'ma Middle Ages, adagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri ku Western Europe, nthawi zambiri amakhala ngati oweruza pakati pa mafumu achikhristu.
Kuwonjezera pa kufutukuka kwa chikhulupiriro ndi chiphunzitso chachikristu, apapa amakono akutenga nawo mbali mu zokambirana za matchalitchi ndi zikhulupiriro zosiyanasiyana, ntchito zachifundo, ndi kuteteza ufulu wa anthu. M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, ulamuliro wa apapa unakhala ndi chisonkhezero chambiri chadziko ndi ndale, m’kupita kwanthaŵi kutsutsana ndi olamulira a madera. M’zaka mazana aposachedwapa, ulamuliro wanthaŵi ya apapa watsika ndipo ofesiyo tsopano yasumika kwambiri pa nkhani zachipembedzo.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, zonena za upapa za ulamuliro wauzimu zakhala zikusonyezedwa mokulirapo m’kupita kwa nthaŵi, kufika pachimake m’chaka cha 1870 ndi kulengeza chiphunzitso cha kusalakwa kwa apapa panthaŵi zina pamene papa amalankhula ex cathedra – kwenikweni “kuchokera ku mpando (wa Petro Woyera)” – kupereka tanthauzo lachikhulupiriro kapena makhalidwe abwino. Papa amaonedwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa anthuwa anthu amphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi chifukwa cha chikoka chambiri, chikhalidwe, ndi uzimu cha udindo wake pa Akatolika 1.3 biliyoni ndi omwe sali m'chipembedzo cha Katolika, komanso chifukwa amatsogolera bungwe lopereka maphunziro ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo padziko lonse lapansi lomwe si la boma, ndi gulu lalikulu la mabungwe othandizira.
Apa apapa onse a Mpingo wa Katolika motsatira nthawi.
No. | Pontiff | Chiphaso |
Mapapa am'badwo wazunzo | ||
1. | St. Peter | 32-67 |
2. | Linus Woyera | 67-76 |
3. | St. Anacletus (Cletus) | 76-88 |
4. | St. Clement Woyamba | 88-97 |
5. | St. Evaristus | 97-105 |
6. | Woyera Alexander I | 105-115 |
7. | St. Sixtus Woyamba | 115-125 |
8. | St. Telesphorus | 125-136 |
9. | Woyera Hyginus | 136-140 |
10. | Pius Woyamba | 140-155 |
11. | Anicetus Woyera | 155-166 |
12. | St. Soter | 166-175 |
13. | St. Eleutherius | 175-189 |
14. | Woyera Victor I | 189-199 |
15. | Zephyrinus Woyera | 199-217 |
16. | Callistus Woyamba I | 217-222 |
17. | Mzinda wa St. Urban I | 222-230 |
18. | St. Pontain | 230-235 |
19. | Anterus Woyera | 235-236 |
20. | St. Fabian | 236-250 |
21. | St. Korneliyo | 251-253 |
22. | Woyera Lucius I | 253-254 |
23. | St Stephen Woyamba | 254-257 |
24. | Woyera Sixtus Wachiwiri | 257-258 |
25. | Dionisiyo Woyera | 260-268 |
26. | Woyera Felix I | 269-274 |
27. | St. Eutichian | 275-283 |
28. | St. Caius | 283-296 |
29. | St. Marcellinus | 296-304 |
30. | St. Marcellus Woyamba | 308-309 |
31. | Woyera Eusebius | 309-310 |
32. | Miltiades Yoyera | 311-314 |
Mapapa azaka zaufumu | ||
33. | St. Sylvester Woyamba | 314-335 |
34. | Mark St | 336-336 |
35. | Woyera Julius I | 337-352 |
36. | Liberius | 352-366 |
37. | Damasus Woyamba | 366-383 |
38. | Mtsogoleri wa Siricius | 384-399 |
39. | St. Anastasius Woyamba | 399-401 |
40. | Woyera Innocent I. | 401-417 |
41. | Zosimus | 417-418 |
42. | St. Boniface Woyamba | 418-422 |
43. | Woyera Celestine I | 422-432 |
44. | Woyera Sixtus Wachitatu | 432-440 |
45. | St. Leo I (Leo Wamkulu) | 440-461 |
46. | Hilarius Woyera | 461-468 |
47. | Simplicius Woyera | 468-483 |
48. | St. Felix III (Wachiwiri) | 483-492 |
49. | St. Gelasius Woyamba | 492-496 |
50. | Anastasius Wachiwiri | 496-498 |
51. | Symmachus | 498-514 |
52. | Hormisdas Woyera | 514-523 |
53. | Yohane Woyera XNUMX | 523-526 |
54. | St. Felix IV (Wachitatu) | 526-530 |
55. | Boniface II | 530-532 |
56. | Yohane II | 533-535 |
57. | St. Agapetus Woyamba | 535-536 |
58. | Woyera Silverius | 536-537 |
59. | Vigilius | 537-555 |
60. | Pelagius Woyamba | 556-561 |
61. | Yohane III | 561-574 |
62. | Benedict Woyamba | 575-579 |
63. | Pelagius Wachiwiri | 579-590 |
Mapapa a mibadwo yoyambira yapakati | ||
64. | St. Gregory I (Gregory Wamkulu) | 590-604 |
65. | Sabinian | 604-606 |
66. | Boniface Wachitatu | 607-607 |
67. | St. Boniface Wachinayi | 608-615 |
68. | St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) | 615-618 |
69. | Boniface V | 619-625 |
70. | Honorius Woyamba | 625-638 |
71. | Severinus | 640-640 |
72. | Yohane IV | 640-642 |
73. | Theodore Ine | 642-649 |
74. | St. Martin Ine | 649-655 |
75. | Woyera Eugene I | 655-657 |
76. | St. Vitalian | 657-672 |
77. | Adeodatus Wachiwiri | 672-676 |
78. | Donus | 676-678 |
79. | St. Agatho | 678-681 |
80. | Woyera Leo II | 682-683 |
81. | Benedict Wachiwiri | 684-685 |
82. | John V | 685-686 |
83. | Conon | 686-687 |
84. | St. Sergius Woyamba | 687-701 |
85. | Yohane VI | 701-705 |
86. | Yohane VII | 705-707 |
87. | Sisinnius | 708-708 |
88. | Constantine | 708-715 |
89. | St. Gregory Wachiwiri | 715-731 |
90. | St. Gregory Wachitatu | 731-741 |
91. | Zachary | 741-752 |
Stephen Wachiwiri * | 752-752 | |
92. | Stephen III | 752-757 |
93. | Woyera Paulo I | 757-767 |
94. | Stephen IV | 767-772 |
95. | Adrian I | 772-795 |
96. | Woyera Leo III | 795-816 |
97. | Stephen V | 816-817 |
98. | St. Paschal Woyamba | 817-824 |
99. | Eugene II | 824-827 |
100. | Valentine | 827-827 |
101. | Gregory IV | 827-844 |
102. | Sergius Wachiwiri | 844-847 |
103. | Woyera Leo IV | 847-855 |
104. | Benedict Wachitatu | 855-858 |
105. | St. Nicholas I (Nicholas Wamkulu) | 858-867 |
106. | Adrian II | 867-872 |
107. | Yohane VIII | 872-882 |
108. | Marinus Woyamba | 882-884 |
109. | St. Adrian III | 884-885 |
110. | Stephen VI | 885-891 |
111. | Fomu | 891-896 |
112. | Boniface VI | 896-896 |
113. | Stephen VII | 896-897 |
114. | Romanus | 897-897 |
115. | Theodore Wachiwiri | 897-897 |
116. | Yohane IX | 898-900 |
117. | Benedict Wachinayi | 900-903 |
118. | Leo V | 903-909 |
119. | Sergius Wachitatu | 904-911 |
120. | Anastasius Wachitatu | 911-913 |
121. | Lando | 913-914 |
122. | John X | 914-928 |
123. | Leo VI | 928-928 |
124. | Stephen VIII | 929-931 |
125. | John XI | 931-935 |
126. | Leo VII | 936-939 |
127. | Stephen IX | 939-942 |
128. | Marinus Wachiwiri | 942-946 |
129. | Agapetus II | 946-955 |
130. | Yohane XII | 955-963 |
131. | Leo VIII | 963-964 |
132. | Benedict V | 964-964 |
133. | Yohane XIII | 965-972 |
134. | Benedict VI | 973-974 |
135. | Benedict VII | 974-983 |
136. | Yohane XIV | 983-984 |
137. | Yohane XV | 985-996 |
138. | Gregory V | 996-999 |
139 | Sylvester Wachiwiri | 999-1003 |
140. | Yohane XVII | 1003-1003 |
141. | Yohane XVIII | 1003-1009 |
142. | Sergius Wachinayi | 1009-1012 |
143. | Benedict VIII | 1012-1024 |
144. | Yohane XIX | 1024-1032 |
145. | Benedict IX | 1032-1045 |
146. | Sylvester Wachitatu | 1045-1045 |
147. | Benedict IX | 1045-1045 |
148. | Gregory VI | 1045-1046 |
149. | Clement Wachiwiri | 1046-1047 |
150. | Benedict IX | 1047-1048 |
151. | Damasus Wachiwiri | 1048-1048 |
152. | Woyera Leo IX | 1049-1054 |
153. | Victor Wachiwiri | 1055-1057 |
154. | Stephen X | 1057-1058 |
155. | Nicholas II | 1058-1061 |
156. | Alexander II | 1061-1073 |
Mapapa azaka za chisokonezo ndi makhonsolo | ||
157. | St. Gregory VII | 1073-1085 |
158. | Wodala Victor III | 1086-1087 |
159. | Wodala Urban II | 1088-1099 |
160. | Pasaka II | 1099-1118 |
161. | Gelasius Wachiwiri | 1118-1119 |
162. | Callistus Wachiwiri | 1119-1124 |
163. | Honorius Wachiwiri | 1124-1130 |
164. | Wosalakwa II | 1130-1143 |
165. | Celestine Wachiwiri | 1143-1144 |
166. | Lucius II | 1144-1145 |
167. | Wodala Eugene III | 1145-1153 |
168. | Anastasius IV | 1153-1154 |
169. | Adrian IV | 1154-1159 |
170. | Alexander III | 1159-1181 |
171. | Lucius III | 1181-1185 |
172. | Mzinda Wachitatu | 1185-1187 |
173. | Gregory VIII | 1187-1187 |
174. | Clement Wachitatu | 1187-1191 |
175. | Celestine Wachitatu | 1191-1198 |
176. | Wosalakwa III | 1198-1216 |
177. | Honorius Wachitatu | 1216-1227 |
178. | Gregory IX | 1227-1241 |
179. | Celestine IV | 1241-1241 |
180. | Wosalakwa IV | 1243-1254 |
181. | Alexander IV | 1254-1261 |
182. | Mzinda IV | 1261-1264 |
183. | Clement IV | 1265-1268 |
184. | Wodala Gregory X | 1271-1276 |
185. | Wodala Innocent V | 1276-1276 |
186. | Adrian V | 1276-1276 |
187. | Yohane XXI | 1276-1277 |
188. | Nicholas III | 1277-1280 |
189. | Martin IV | 1281-1285 |
190. | Honorius IV | 1285-1287 |
191. | Nicholas IV | 1288-1292 |
192. | Woyera Celestine V | 1294-1294 |
193. | Boniface VIII | 1294-1303 |
194. | Wodala Benedict XI | 1303-1304 |
Apapa a avignon apapa | ||
195. | Clement V | 1305-1314 |
196. | Yohane XXII | 1316-1334 |
197. | Benedict XII | 1334-1342 |
198. | Clement VI | 1342-1352 |
199. | Wosalakwa VI | 1352-1362 |
200. | Wodala Urban V | 1362-1370 |
201. | Gregory XI | 1370-1378 |
Apapa a tsankho lalikulu | ||
202. | Mzinda VI | 1378-1389 |
203. | Boniface IX | 1389-1404 |
204. | Wosalakwa VII | 1404-1406 |
205. | Gregory XII | 1406-1415 |
Mapapa a kukonzanso ndi kukonzanso | ||
206. | Martin V | 1417-1431 |
207. | Eugene IV | 1431-1447 |
208. | Nicholas V | 1447-1455 |
209. | Callitus III | 1455-1458 |
210. | Pius II | 1458-1464 |
211. | Paulo II | 1464-1471 |
212. | Sixtus IV | 1471-1484 |
213. | Wosalakwa VIII | 1484-1492 |
214. | Alexander VI | 1492-1503 |
215. | Pius III | 1503-1503 |
216. | Julius Wachiwiri | 1503-1513 |
217. | Leo X | 1513-1521 |
218. | Adrian VI | 1522-1523 |
219. | Clement VII | 1523-1534 |
220. | Paulo III | 1534-1549 |
221. | Julius III | 1550-1555 |
222. | Marcellus Wachiwiri | 1555-1555 |
223. | Paulo IV | 1555-1559 |
224. | Pius IV | 1559-1565 |
Mapapa am'badwo wakusintha | ||
225. | St. Pius V | 1566-1572 |
226. | Gregory XIII | 1572-1585 |
227. | Sixtus V | 1585-1590 |
228. | Mzinda VII | 1590-1590 |
229. | Gregory XIV | 1590-1591 |
230. | Wosalakwa IX | 1591-1591 |
231. | Clement VIII | 1592-1605 |
232. | Leo XI | 1605-1605 |
233. | Paul V | 1605-1621 |
234. | Gregory XV | 1621-1623 |
235. | Mzinda VIII | 1623-1644 |
236. | Wosalakwa X | 1644-1655 |
237. | Alexander VII | 1655-1667 |
238. | Clement IX | 1667-1669 |
239. | Clement X | 1670-1676 |
240. | Odala Innocent XI | 1676-1689 |
241. | Alexander VIII | 1689-1691 |
242. | Wosalakwa XII | 1691-1700 |
243. | Clement XI | 1700-1721 |
244. | Wosalakwa XIII | 1721-1724 |
245. | Benedict XIII | 1724-1730 |
246. | Clement XII | 1730-1740 |
247. | Benedict XIV | 1740-1758 |
248. | Clement XIII | 1758-1769 |
249. | Clement XIV | 1769-1774 |
250. | Pius VI | 1775-1799 |
251. | Pius VII | 1800-1823 |
Mapapa am'badwo wamakono | ||
252. | Leo XII | 1823-1829 |
253. | Pius VIII | 1829-1830 |
254 | Gregory XVI | 1831-1846 |
255. | Wodala Pius IX | 1846-1878 |
256. | Chithunzi cha XIII | 1878-1903 |
257. | St. Pius X | 1903-1914 |
258. | Benedict XV | 1914-1922 |
259. | Pius XI | 1922-1939 |
260. | Pius XII | 1939-1958 |
261. | Woyera John XXIII | 1958-1963 |
262. | Wodala Paul VI | 1963-1978 |
263 | Yohane Paulo I | 1978-1978 |
264. | Yohane Woyera Wachiwiri | 1978-2005 |
265. | Benedict XVI | 2005-2013 |
266. | Francis | 2013- |
zolemba:
- *Stephen Wachiwiri anasankhidwa koma anamwalira asanapatulidwe kukhala papa, choncho sanapezeke pamndandanda wa boma la Vatican kapena kuphatikizidwa m’gululo.