What is the average amount of time a pope serves?

Question: What is the average amount of time a pope serves!?

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Interesting Facts on Popes!.

Length of Pontificate
The longest was Pius IX (1846/1878 AD) 32 years
The shortest was Stephen II (752 AD) one day

Ages of Popes
The oldest Pope was Adrian I (772 AD), elected at 80 years of age
The Youngest was Benedict IX (1032 AD) at 12 years of age *
(*Many now believe that he was likely closer to 20 years old when he assumed the papacy!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Since Pope is a lifetime, it would be hard to say!. There isn't a set time like with the Presidency!. However, if what you need is a general, around about answer, then!.!.!.Urban II served only for 3 years while John Paul II served for 27!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

History buff, take the number of years (2008 - 32 = 1976), then divide 1976 by the number of pope's in Yellow Rose's list!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hmmm, the most "variable" answer, not viable!? Okay, hows about anywhere from six months to 40 years!. That's a lot of room for variation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The rest of their life after they are elected!. The book lives of the Popes has them listed and their years!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

From being appointed/elected until death do us apart!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The adverage time is a "life time"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the remainder of his life he is in office as PopeWww@QuestionHome@Com

until he diesWww@QuestionHome@Com

History Buff here is a list of the popes who have served and their terms!. You can't get much more of a variable than this!. Good question!.
St!. Peter (32-67)
St!. Linus (67-76)
St!. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
St!. Clement I (88-97)
St!. Evaristus (97-105)
St!. Alexander I (105-115)
St!. Sixtus I (115-125) also called Xystus I
St!. Telesphorus (125-136)
St!. Hyginus (136-140)
St!. Pius I (140-155)
St!. Anicetus (155-166)
St!. Soter (166-175)
St!. Eleutherius (175-189)
St!. Victor I (189-199)
St!. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St!. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St!. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)
St!. Urban I (222-30)
St!. Pontain (230-35)
St!. Anterus (235-36)
St!. Fabian (236-50)
St!. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251)
St!. Lucius I (253-54)
St!. Stephen I (254-257)
St!. Sixtus II (257-258)
St!. Dionysius (260-268)
St!. Felix I (269-274)
St!. Eutychian (275-283)
St!. Caius (283-296) also called Gaius
St!. Marcellinus (296-304)
St!. Marcellus I (308-309)
St!. Eusebius (309 or 310)
St!. Miltiades (311-14)
St!. Sylvester I (314-35)
St!. Marcus (336)
St!. Julius I (337-52)
Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)
St!. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
St!. Siricius (384-99)
St!. Anastasius I (399-401)
St!. Innocent I (401-17)
St!. Zosimus (417-18)
St!. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)
St!. Celestine I (422-32)
St!. Sixtus III (432-40)
St!. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
St!. Hilarius (461-68)
St!. Simplicius (468-83)
St!. Felix III (II) (483-92)
St!. Gelasius I (492-96)
Anastasius II (496-98)
St!. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)
St!. Hormisdas (514-23)
St!. John I (523-26)
St!. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)
John II (533-35)
St!. Agapetus I (535-36) also called Agapitus I
St!. Silverius (536-37)
Vigilius (537-55)
Pelagius I (556-61)
John III (561-74)
Benedict I (575-79)
Pelagius II (579-90)
St!. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
Sabinian (604-606)
Boniface III (607)
St!. Boniface IV (608-15)
St!. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
Boniface V (619-25)
Honorius I (625-38)
Severinus (640)
John IV (640-42)
Theodore I (642-49)
St!. Martin I (649-55)
St!. Eugene I (655-57)
St!. Vitalian (657-72)
Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
Donus (676-78)
St!. Agatho (678-81)
St!. Leo II (682-83)
St!. Benedict II (684-85)
John V (685-86)
Conon (686-87)
St!. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)
John VI (701-05)
John VII (705-07)
Sisinnius (708)
Constantine (708-15)
St!. Gregory II (715-31)
St!. Gregory III (731-41)
St!. Zachary (741-52)
Stephen II (752) Because he died before being consecrated, many authoritative lists omit him
Stephen III (752-57)
St!. Paul I (757-67)
Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)
Adrian I (772-95)
St!. Leo III (795-816)
Stephen V (816-17)
St!. Paschal I (817-24)
Eugene II (824-27)
Valentine (827)
Gregory IV (827-44)
Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)
St!. Leo IV (847-55)
Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)
St!. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
Adrian II (867-72)
John VIII (872-82)
Marinus I (882-84)
St!. Adrian III (884-85)
Stephen VI (885-91)
Formosus (891-96)
Boniface VI (896)
Stephen VII (896-97)
Romanus (897)
Theodore II (897)
John IX (898-900)
Benedict IV (900-03)
Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)
Sergius III (904-11)
Anastasius III (911-13)
Lando (913-14)
John X (914-28)
Leo VI (928)
Stephen VIII (929-31)
John XI (931-35)
Leo VII (936-39)
Stephen IX (939-42)
Marinus II (942-46)
Agapetus II (946-55)
John XII (955-63)
Leo VIII (963-64)
Benedict V (964)
John XIII (965-72)
Benedict VI (973-74)
Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)
John XIV (983-84)
John XV (985-96)
Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)
Sylvester II (999-1003)
John XVII (1003)
John XVIII (1003-09)
Sergius IV (1009-12)
Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)
John XIX (1024-32)
Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored
Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope
Benedict IX (1045)
Gregory VI (1045-46)
Clement II (1046-47)
Benedict IX (1047-48)
Damasus II (1048)
St!. Leo IX (1049-54)
Victor II (1055-57)
Stephen X (1057-58)
Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)
Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)
St!. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)
Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)
Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)
Callistus II (1119-24)
Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)
Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)
Celestine II (1143-44)
Lucius II (1144-45)
Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
Anastasius IV (1153-54)
Adrian IV (1154-59)
Alexander III (1159-81) Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV") (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes
Lucius III (1181-85)
Urban III (1185-87)
Gregory VIII (1187)
Clement III (1187-91)
Celestine III (1191-98)
Innocent III (1198-1216)
Honorius III (1216-27)
Gregory IX (1227-41)
Celestine IV (1241)
Innocent IV (1243-54)
Alexander IV (1254-61)
Urban IV (1261-64)
Clement IV (1265-68)
Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
Blessed Innocent V (1276)
Adrian V (1276)
John XXI (1276-77)
Nicholas III (1277-80)
Martin IV (1281-85)
Honorius IV (1285-87)
Nicholas IV (1288-92)
St!. Celestine V (1294)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
Clement V (1305-14)
John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)
Benedict XII (1334-42)
Clement VI (1342-52)
Innocent VI (1352-62)
Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
Gregory XI (1370-78)
Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)
Boniface IX (1389-1404) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
Gregory XII (1406-15) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes
Martin V (1417-31)
Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)
Nicholas V (1447-55)
Callistus III (1455-58)
Pius II (1458-64)
Paul II (1464-71)
Sixtus IV (1471-84)
Innocent VIII (1484-92)
Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Pius III (1503)
Julius II (1503-13)
Leo X (1513-21)
Adrian VI (1522-23)
Clement VII (1523-34)
Paul III (1534-49)
Julius III (1550-55)
Marcellus II (1555)
Paul IV (1555-59)
Pius IV (1559-65)
St!. Pius V (1566-72)
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
Sixtus V (1585-90)
Urban VII (1590)
Gregory XIV (1590-91)
Innocent IX (1591)
Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Leo XI (1605)
Paul V (1605-21)
Gregory XV (1621-23)
Urban VIII (1623-44)
Innocent X (1644-55)
Alexander VII (1655-67)
Clement IX (1667-69)
Clement X (1670-76)
Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
Alexander VIII (1689-91)
Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Clement XI (1700-21)
Innocent XIII (1721-24)
Benedict XIII (1724-30)
Clement XII (1730-40)
Benedict XIV (1740-58)
Clement XIII (1758-69)
Clement XIV (1769-74)
Pius VI (1775-99)
Pius VII (1800-23)
Leo XII (1823-29)
Pius VIII (1829-30)
Gregory XVI (1831-46)
Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
St!. Pius X (1903-14)

Benedict XV (1914-22) Biographies of Benedict XV and his successors will be added at a later date
Pius XI (1922-39)
Pius XII (1939-58)
Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
Paul VI (1963-78)
John Paul I (1978)
John Paul II (1978-2005)
Benedict XVI (2005—)Www@QuestionHome@Com