Benedict XVI

Holy See list

Number

265

Regnal name

Benoît XVI · Benedict XVI

Birth name

Joseph Ratzinger

Place stated for birth

Marktl am Inn (Bavaria)

Century stated

21

Beginning of the pontificate

19,24.IV.2005

End of the pontificate

28.II.2013

No biography is added. The Holy See does not give a birth date here, and the end of the pontificate is not turned into a date of death.

Source

Holy See, Pontiffs · consulted on 2026-09-28