List of High Pontiffs of the Church of the Canon

The High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon is the undisputed head of the church, Vicar of God, and inheritor of the spiritual authority of the Exalted. The High Pontiff is elected by the Holy Synod upon the death of the previous Pontiff.

History of High Pontificate

The first iteration of what would eventually become the High Pontiff was the High Priest of the Temple of the True Faith. The founders of this predecessor of the church were High Priests Evaristus I and Clement I, who received the Scroll of Virtue and the Scroll of Spirit from Exalted Owyn. When Emperor Godfrey Horen received the Scroll of Gospel he centralized the Temple under the authority of the Holy Emperors. The Temple was later independent under Exalted Sigismund, the fourth and final prophet, when he was given the fourth and final Scroll: the Scroll of Auspice. Under Sigismund the Temple of the True Faith was rebranded as the Church of the Canon, in order to honor the culmination of God's prophecy for humanity.

The First High Priests - Pre-1300

Name Flexio	Portrait	Pontificate	Personal Name	Place of Birth	Coat of Arms	Notes
St. High Priests Evaristus I and Clement I		??? - ???	Unknown	???		The first heads of the Holy Faith appointed by the successor of Horen, Owyn I.
High Priest Sixtus I Papa Xystus Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		The successor of the Holy twins of the Diarchy.
High Priest Alexander I Papa Alexander Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Pontian I Papa Pontianus Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Stephen I Papa Stephanus Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Paul I Papa Paulus Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Paul II Papa Paulus Secundus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Sixtus II Papa Xystus Secundus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		--
High Priest Liberius I Papa Liberius Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		Saved what little church records remained during the Sack of Pontia.
High Priest Marcus I Papa Marcus Primus		??? - ???	Unknown	???		The first and last leader of the Faith under the line of Horen.
St. High Priest Everard I Papa Everardus Primus		??? - 1314	Everard Hightower	???		Patron Saint of Holy Tradition, and Those Persecuted for their Faith.
High Priest Oliver I Papa Olivarius Primus		1314 - 1315	Oliver Sturdyfoot	Dunwood		Of halfling origin and relatively mild-mannered.
High Priest Bernard I Papa Bernardus Primus		1315 - ???	Bernard Sturdyfoot	Dunwood		Halfling origin, son of Oliver I.

First Interregnum - Pre-1400

The First Interregnum was caused by the splitting of Oren into Hanseti, Renatus and Salvus.

Name Flexio	Portrait	Pontificate	Personal Name	Place of Birth	Coat of Arms	Notes
Prince-Archbishop James I Papa Jacobus Primus		??? - ???	James Hightower	???		Son of Everard I. Appointed by Lord Regent Reynard Lycian.
High Pontiff Pius I Papa Pius Primus		1396 - 1408	Gideon Silverblade	???		A High Elf born to House Silverblade. Instated by the newly-crowned Godfrey of Horen.
Bl. High Pontiff Adeodatus I Papa Adeodatus Primus		1408 - 1415	Boiendl Silverblade	???		--
St. High Pontiff Lucien I Papa Lucianus Primus		1415 - 1421	Velwyn Ashford	Ulmsbottom, Aeldin		Patron Saint of Crusaders, Change, and the Family.
High Pontiff Owyn I Papa Ovens Primus		1421 - 1437	Goddard Carrion	Salvus, Oren		--

Second Interregnum - 1444

The Second Interregnum was caused by the abolition of the Pontifical throne by Owyn I; a deeply heretical move which was immediately resisted by clergy.

Name Flexio	Portrait	Pontificate	Personal Name	Place of Birth	Coat of Arms	Notes
High Ecclesiarch Radomir I Papa Radoslaus Primus		1444 - 1448	Franz Joseph Carrion	???		Only Leader of the faith known as High Ecclesiarch. Ruled as King and Pontiff.
High Pontiff Lucien II Papa Lucianus Secundus		1448 - 1451	Signus Cross	???		First High Pontiff elected by the Ecclesiastical Synod.
High Pontiff Regulus I Papa Regulus Primus		1451 - 1457	Castus Winter	???		--
Bl. High Pontiff Pius II Papa Pius Secundus		1457 - 1457	Michael John Marie de Longueville	???		Shortest-lived head of Faith
High Pontiff Paul III Papa Paulus Tertius		1457 - 1460	John Jrent of Darfey	???		Deposed by the Chivay government.

Third Interregnum - 1460

The Third Interregnum was caused by the abolition of the Church at the hands of Robert Chivay and the institution of the Reformed Communion, a caesaropapist tradition presided over by High Patriarch Thomas I, which greatly curbed the rights of the clergy. Church activity waned until the Vibian Coup, and the Canonist Church was restored by the will of Thomas I.

Name Flexio	Portrait	Pontificate	Personal Name	Place of Birth	Coat of Arms	Notes
High Pontiff Thomas I Papa Thomas Primus		1460 - 1471	Cordal Winter de Herendul	Kaedrin, Oren		Restorer of the Church.
High Pontiff Daniel I Papa Daniel Primus		1471 - 1512	Siguine Barrow	Abresi, Oren		Coined the term "Canonism" and rebranded the Temple of the True Faith as the Church of the Canon.
Bl. High Pontiff Sixtus III Papa Xystus Tertius		1512 - 1518	Theodosius Yurison of Fursten	Adria, Oren		Assassinated by an unknown man, and martyred.
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel II Papa Daniel Secundus		1518 - 1525	Cordal Winter de Herendul	Kaedrin, Oren		Only man to have ever been crowned as the leader of the faith twice.
St. High Pontiff Everard II Papa Everardus Secundus		1525 - 1537	Edmund Sarkozic de Montfort of Eastcliffe	Montfort, Adria		Second Pontiff to be unanimously chosen by a papal conclave.
Bl. High Pontiff Lucien III Papa Lucianus Tertius		1537 - 1546	Fernando Mauricio Pablo Erik Jimena Asturias Bolivar de Cordobe	Cordobe, Couentre		Converted Lord Protector Nafis Yar to Canonism.
High Pontiff Tobias I Papa Tobias Primus		1546 - 1552	Oliver II Blackwell-Greymane of Brelus	Brelus, Oren		One of the last of the line of Blackwell.
High Pontiff Daniel III Papa Daniel Tertius		1552 - 1562	Charles Francis Horen of Felsen	Felsen, Oren		Imperial Prince and Duke of Furnestock. Known as 'the Mad'.
High Pontiff Theodosius I Papa Theodosius Primus		1562 - 1567	Georgiy Nikovic	Godansk, Krajia		Revoked the revelations of Daniel III.
St. High Pontiff Sixtus IV Papa Xystus Quartus		1567 - 1577	Beneger Gotthold	Felsen, Oren		Patron Saint of Theologians.
High Pontiff Lucien IV Papa Lucianus Quartus		1577 - 1578	Giovanni di Luca	Felsen, Oren		Second shortest reigning Pontiff in history
High Pontiff Everard III Papa Everardus Tertius		1577 - 1578	Bernard Baruch of Voron	Carnatia, Oren		--
High Pontiff Theodosius II Papa Theodosius Secundus		1585 - 1588	Yaroslav Vasilev of Vsenk	Godansk, Krajia		Excommunicated Emperor Philip I. Later deposed.
High Pontiff Adrian I Papa Hadrian Primus		1588 - 1598	Lothar Sarkozic Himmel of Aeldin	Blackwood, Aeldin		Attempted to reunify the heretical sects under the faith once again.
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel IV Papa Daniel Quartus		1598 - 1604	William Nicholas Frable of Metz	Metz, Lorraine		Abdicated in frustration after failing to reunify the church.
Bl. High Pontiff Owyn II Papa Ovenius Secundus		1604 - 1608	Rory Othaman of Karlsburg	St. Karlsburg, Haense		Murdered by the Stauntons of Courland.
Bl. High Pontiff Lucien V Papa Lucianus Quintus		1606 - 1610	Alexander Grey of Mardon	Mardon, Oren		Reunified Owynism with the Mother Church.
Bl. High Pontiff Clement II Papa Clemens Secundus		1610 - 1622	Sebastian Sarkozic	???		--
Bl. High Pontiff Everard IV Papa Everardus Quartus		1622 - 1643	Josef Baldemar of Alban	St. Karlsburg, Haense		--
High Pontiff Clement III Papa Clemens Tertius		1643 - 1649	Jack Amador of Mardon	Mardon, Oren		--
Bl. High Pontiff Jude I Papa Judaeus Primus		1649 - 1672	Elphias Stem	Metz, Lorraine		--
Bl. High Pontiff Siegmund I Papa Sigismundus Primus		1672 - 1693/1720	Yurii Radovic of Haense	???		--
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel V Papa Daniel Quintus		1693 - 1702	Elwood of Carolustadt	Carolustadt, Renatus		--
Bl. High Pontiff Pontian II Papa Pontian Secundus		1702 - 1714	Theodoric Andries Bracchus de Ruyter of Markev	Markev, Haense		--
High Pontiff Everard V Papa Everardus Quintus		1714 - 1720	Thomas Wick of Haense	Markev, Haense		Resigned along with Anti-Pontiff Siegmund I in order to elect another High Pontiff.
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel VI Papa Daniel Sextus		1720 - 1737	Guy Haas	Ves, Adria		A revolutionary reformer of the church who was elected at the Council of Ves by Everard V and Siegmund I.
V. High Pontiff John I Papa Johannes Primus		1737 - 1745	Ernst of Curonia	Avalain, Curonia		--
V. High Pontiff Pontian III Papa Pontianus Tertius		1745 - 1752	Ide Haraccus of Ves	Haphesian Mountains, Aeldin		--
St. High Pontiff James II Papa Jacobus Secundus		1753 – 1802	Godric Virosi of Reza	Reza, Haense		Known for role in the expedition of Athera to recover lost verses of the Scroll of Auspice. Longest reigning High Pontiff.
High Pontiff Owyn III Papa Ovinus Tertius		1802 - 1807	Laurence Pruvia-Albarosa of Ves	Commonwealth of Kaedrin, Ves		Deposed at the bloody Diet of Karosgrad after condemnations by the Holy Orenian Empire and the Kingdom of Haense
Bl. High Pontiff Jude II Papa Judaeus Secundus		1807 - 1820	Manfried Tobar	Helena, Oren		Murdered in the confessional at the height of the ongoing war between the Iron Accord and the Holy Orenian Empire.
V. High Pontiff Tylos I Papa Tylus Primus		1820 - 1835	Alfred Barclay of Reinmar	New Reza, Haense		Initiated the Azdrazi Inquisition near the end of his tenure, which was supported by the Canonist Princes.
St. High Pontiff Everard VI Papa Everardus Sextus		1835 - 1856	Yaromir Nikuldov of Haense	New Reza, Haense		Third Pontiff to be unanimously chosen by a papal conclave. Known for excommunicating Emperor Philip III and Anastasia twice.

Post-Empire Pontificates - 1868

During the onset of 1868, Holy Orenian Emperor Philip III (reigned 1849-1868) passed away and later his wife too - Empress-Regnant Anastasia I (reigned 1853-1868) - from grief. Upon their deaths, Frederick Charles - their seventh born child - declared the dissolution of the Holy Orenian Empire and the restoration of the Kingdom of Oren with himself as King, justifying it as the will of his parents. This was met with large amounts of controversy, including by Peter Augustus - the former monarchs' third born child - who declared himself the Holy Orenian Emperor in response. However, most of the Empire's vassals swore fealty to King Frederick I and would together defeat Peter IV in the Brothers' War, resulting in his death and the death of the Empire. While the dissolution of the Empire did not have a direct effect on the Church of the Canon's pontificate itself, it did disrupt a centuries' old tradition written into Canon Law that the Holy Orenian Empire is the continuation of the Exalted Godfrey's realm in which the Emperor also serves as the temporal equivalent of the High Pontiff's spiritual authority. This dissolution occurred midway through the pontifical reign of Tylos II.

Name Flexio	Portrait	Pontificate	Personal Name	Place of Birth	Coat of Arms	Notes
St. High Pontiff Tylos II Papa Tylus Secundus		1856 - 1876	Fiodor Jazloviecki	Karosgrad, Haense		Formally raised the minimum age requirement for the sacrament of matrimony from 16 to 18 through an encyclical letter in response to new societal norms among Canonists that considered 18 to be the age of majority. Reigning High Pontiff during the dissolution of the Holy Orenian Empire.
High Pontiff Tylos III Papa Tylus Tertius		1876 - 1886	Klaus Barclay	Reinmar, Haense		Destroyed the title of Fidei Defensor.
High Pontiff Pontian IV Papa Pontianus Quartus		1886 - 1920	Adrian Helen Sarkozic	Providence, Holy Orenian Empire		Third-Longest reigning Pontiff - Tenure lasting 34 years, before H. Pont. Daniel I (41 yrs.) and H. Pont. James II (49 yrs.)
High Pontiff Sixtus V Papa Sixtus Quintus		1920 - 1950	Iosif Basrid	Karosgrad, Haense		Absent from his pontifical duties in the latter half of his tenure and saw the de facto dissolution of the Canonist League due to tensions in Canondom.
High Pontiff Sixtus VI Papa Sixtus Sextus		1951 - 1966	Arnaud Constantine Novellen	Valfleur, Petra		The first High Pontiff to originate from the Commonwealth of the Petra.
High Pontiff Caius I Papa Caius Primus		1966 - Present	Brandt Barclay	Neu Brandthof, Minitz		--