Pope Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846)

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Lived 1765–1846, aged 81
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  • Era
    1765–1846
    Aged 81
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Updated 2026-05-29

Papal leader from 1831-1846 who never held a bishop's chair before his election, making him the last pope to skip that particular rung. Governed the Papal States until they crumbled around him.

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Pope Gregory XVI was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the religious order of the Camaldolese. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Gregory", the last to govern the Papal States for the whole duration of his pontificate, and the most recent not to have been a bishop when elected.

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