Issuers
The name is kept as it was recorded. Popes are listed in the order of their pontificates.
Popes
- Leo XIII · 11 · 1878–1903
- Pius X · 7 · 1903–1914
- Benedict XV · 4 · 1914–1922
- Pius XI · 13 · 1922–1939
- Pius XII · 19 · 1939–1958
- John XXIII · 22 · 1958–1963
- Paul VI · 99 · 1963–1978
- John Paul II · 116 · 1978–2005
- John Paul II (from Assisi 2002 commitments) · 1 · 1978–2005
- Benedict XVI · 49 · 2005–2013
- Francis · 88 · 2013–2025
- Leo XIV · 22 · 2025–
Council
Holy See dicasteries
- Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews · 4
- Congregation for Bishops · 3
- Congregation for Catholic Education · 17
- Congregation for Catholic Education and Congregation for the Clergy · 1
- Congregation for Catholic Education, Pontifical Council for the Laity, Pontifical Council for Culture · 1
- Congregation for Divine Worship · 5
- Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments · 17
- Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life · 10
- Congregation for the Clergy · 7
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 41
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development · 1
- Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples · 1
- Congregation for the Oriental Churches · 1
- Congregations for Bishops and for the Evangelization of Peoples · 1
- Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Liturgy · 1
- Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development · 1
- Dicastery for Communication · 1
- Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life · 1
- Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity · 1
- Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith · 10
- Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (with Dicasteries for Interreligious Dialogue and for Promoting Christian Unity) · 1
- Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and Dicastery for Culture and Education · 1
- Holy See (Pontifical Council for the Family) · 1
- Interdicasterial (Clergy, Laity, CDF, Divine Worship, Bishops, Evangelization, Consecrated Life, Legislative Texts) · 1
- Interdicasterial Table of the Holy See on Integral Ecology · 1
- Pontifical Commission for Social Communications · 1
- Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace · 2
- Pontifical Council for Culture · 3
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples · 1
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance · 1
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace · 5
- Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts · 1
- Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers · 2
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity · 4
- Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization · 1
- Pontifical Council for Social Communications · 7
- Pontifical Council for the Family · 4
- Pontifical Council for the Laity · 1
- Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People · 1
- Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue · 1
- Sacred Congregation for Bishops · 1
- Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education · 9
- Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship · 16
- Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes · 5
- Sacred Congregation for the Clergy · 3
- Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments · 1
- Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 18
- Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship · 3
- Sacred Congregation of Rites · 4
- Sacred Congregation of Rites (Pius XII) · 2
- Sacred Congregation of Rites / Consilium · 4
- Sacred Congregations for Religious and Secular Institutes and for Bishops · 1
- Sacred Congregations for the Discipline of the Sacraments and for the Clergy · 1
- Secretariat for Non-Christians · 1
- Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity · 3
Synod
- Synod of Bishops (General Secretariat, XVI Assembly implementation) · 14
- Synod of Bishops (I Extraordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (I Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (I Special Assembly for Africa) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (I Special Assembly for Europe) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (II Extraordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (II Ordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (II Special Assembly for Africa) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (II Special Assembly for Europe) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (III Extraordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (III Ordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (IV Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (IX Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Particular Synod for the Netherlands) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for America) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for Asia) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for Lebanon) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for Oceania) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for the Middle East) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (V Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (VI Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (VII Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (VIII Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (X Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (XI Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (XII Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (XIII Ordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (XIV Ordinary General Assembly) · 1
- Synod of Bishops (XV Ordinary General Assembly) · 2
- Synod of Bishops (XVI Ordinary General Assembly) · 3
Commissions
Episcopal conferences
- Argentine Episcopal Conference · 1
- Black Catholic Bishops of the United States · 1
- CELAM · 8
- Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) and Conference of European Churches (CEC) · 1
- National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) · 3
- NCCB · 40
- NCCB Bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry · 1
- NCCB Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy · 3
- NCCB Committee on Marriage and Family · 1
- NCCB Secretariat for the Liturgy and Secretariat for Black Catholics · 1
- NCCB/USCCB · 2
- USCC · 1
- USCCB · 33
- USCCB (NCCB/USCC) · 1
- USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty · 1
- USCCB and Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano · 1
- USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis · 2
Dioceses
- Archdiocese of Baltimore (Abp Lori) · 4
- Archdiocese of Boston (Card. O'Malley) · 1
- Archdiocese of Chicago (Card. Bernardin) · 1
- Archdiocese of Chicago (Card. Cupich) · 1
- Archdiocese of Chicago (Card. George) · 2
- Archdiocese of Denver (Abp Aquila) · 3
- Archdiocese of Denver (Abp Chaput) · 1
- Archdiocese of Detroit (Abp Vigneron) · 2
- Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Abp Gomez) · 2
- Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Card. Mahony) · 2
- Archdiocese of Mexico (Card. Corripio Ahumada) · 1
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Abp Coakley) · 2
- Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Abp Sample) · 1
- Archdiocese of San Salvador (Abp Óscar Romero) · 3
- Archdiocese of San Salvador (Abp Romero) and Diocese of Santiago de María (Bp Rivera y Damas) · 1
- Archdiocese of Washington (Abp Wuerl) · 1
- Archdiocese of Washington (Card. Wuerl) · 1
- Diocese of Arlington (Bp Burbidge) · 4
- Diocese of Lincoln (Bp Conley) · 3
- Diocese of Phoenix (Bp Olmsted) · 4
Ecumenical partners
- Anglican Communion (ACC Resolution 16.17) with Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed partners · 1
- Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC I) · 4
- Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC II) · 4
- Benedict XVI and Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens · 1
- Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams · 1
- Benedict XVI and Catholicos Karekin II · 1
- Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I · 1
- Benedict XVI with representatives of religions and non-believers · 1
- Catholic Church (PCPCU) and Lutheran World Federation · 1
- Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby · 1
- Francis and Bishop Munib Younan (Lutheran World Federation) · 1
- Francis and Catholicos Karekin II · 1
- Francis and Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III (Assyrian Church of the East) · 1
- Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II · 1
- Francis and Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar (Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta) · 1
- Francis and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayyeb · 1
- Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I · 3
- Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow · 1
- Francis and world religious leaders · 1
- Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew I and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens · 1
- Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew I and Archbishop Justin Welby · 1
- International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee · 10
- International Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education (ICAJE); Fr Kolvenbach · 1
- International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 1
- John Paul II and Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens · 1
- John Paul II and Archbishop George Carey · 1
- John Paul II and Archbishop Robert Runcie · 2
- John Paul II and Catholicos Aram I (Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia) · 1
- John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I (Armenian Apostolic) · 1
- John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin II · 2
- John Paul II and Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV · 1
- John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I · 3
- John Paul II and Patriarch Dimitrios I · 2
- John Paul II and Patriarch Teoctist of Romania · 1
- John Paul II and representatives of Christian communities and world religions · 1
- John Paul II and Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas · 1
- John Paul II with representatives of world religions · 1
- Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church · 7
- Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew I · 1
- Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity · 1
- Paul VI and Archbishop Donald Coggan · 1
- Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey · 1
- Paul VI and Catholicos Vasken I (Armenian Apostolic) · 1
- Paul VI and Coptic Pope Shenouda III · 1
- Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I · 3
- Paul VI and Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Jacob III · 1
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and A Common Word signatories · 1
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Lutheran World Federation · 1
- World Communion of Reformed Churches with Catholic Church, LWF and WMC · 1
- World Methodist Council, Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation · 1
Other
- Bishops of the Third World (Helder Câmara et al.) · 1
- Brothers of the Christian Schools (Institute) · 1
- Brothers of the Christian Schools, 39th General Chapter · 1
- Catholic Charities USA · 1
- Center for Catholic School Effectiveness (Loyola Chicago) and Roche Center (Boston College), with NCEA · 1
- Focolare Movement (Chiara Lubich) · 1
- Focolare Movement; Pontifical Council for the Laity (Card. Pironio) · 1
- Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (Fr Luigi Giussani); Pontifical Council for the Laity · 1
- Front Royal Education Summit, Christendom College (preamble Bp Daly; intro Bp Conley) · 1
- ICAJE; promulgated by Fr Kolvenbach · 1
- International theological consultation convened by Card. Suenens · 1
- Latin American Jesuit Provincials with Fr Pedro Arrupe · 1
- Neocatechumenal Way; Pontifical Council for the Laity · 1
- Society of Jesus (Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General) · 1
- Society of Jesus (Fr Pedro Arrupe, Superior General) · 2
- Society of Jesus, 32nd General Congregation · 1
- Society of Jesus, 34th General Congregation · 1
- Society of Jesus, 35th General Congregation · 1
- Society of Jesus, 36th General Congregation (promulgated by Fr Arturo Sosa) · 1
- Society of Jesus, Secretariat for Education (Fr Arturo Sosa) · 1
- The Cardinal Newman Society · 1