# Pope Gregory XV - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xv
Pontificate: 9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623
Number in the papal list: 234
Born-Died: 1554 - 1623-07-08
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XV

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Issued the bull Aeterni Patris Filius (1621), which imposed conclaves to be by secret ballot.

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

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1622 - [Propaganda Fide](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1622-propaganda-fide)