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The title is vacated, and the top ranked contender's fight for the title. THE FIGHTER RETIRES A CHAMPION.
His title and name will be Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
There have been 12 popes who have taken Pius as their name.
The title of the emperors were Augustus and/or Caesar. The pope does not use the title of Roman emperors. he used the title of the head or Roman state religion. Pontiff is derived from Pontifex Maximus, the head of Roman state religion. It means bridge builder.
Three Popes have had "the Great" appended to their names: Pope St. Leo I (reigned 440-61), Pope St. Gregory I (590-604), and Pope St. Nicholas I (858-67). 'The Great' is not an official title of the Church but was added by popular acclamation.
Helen Retires was created in 1934.
Bishop of Rome is another title for the pope, as is Holy Father. -- and -- Pontiff is another word for Pope
No. The first pope to carry that title was an anti-pope.
Blessed Pope Pius IX (the 9th) was number 256 in the list of Popes! He was Pope from 1846-1878, and now has the title "Blessed".
Popes do not elect popes. Popes are elected by the cardinal electors.