# Pope Gregory XI - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xi
Pontificate: 30 December 1370 – 27 March 1378
Number in the papal list: 201
Born-Died: c. 1329 - 1378
Papal era: Avignon Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XI

Subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon; returned the seat of the papacy to Rome (1377).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Urban V](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-v)
- Next in list: [Pope Urban VI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-vi)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1377 - [Papacy returns to Rome](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1377-papacy-returns-to-rome)
- 1378 - [Western Schism begins](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1378-western-schism-begins)