# Pope Paul III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-paul-iii
Pontificate: 13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549
Number in the papal list: 220
Born-Died: 1468 - 1549
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_III

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Recognized the Jesuits (1540).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Clement VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-vii)
- Next in list: [Pope Julius III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-julius-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1534 - [Act of Supremacy](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1534-act-of-supremacy)
- 1534 - [Jesuits founded](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1534-jesuits-founded)
- 1536 - [Calvin's Institutes](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1536-calvin-s-institutes)
- 1536 - [Dissolution of the Monasteries](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1536-dissolution-of-the-monasteries)
- 1537 - [Sublimis Deus](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1537-sublimis-deus)
- 1542 - [Roman Inquisition](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1542-roman-inquisition)
- 1542 - [Francis Xavier in Asia](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1542-francis-xavier-in-asia)
- 1545 - [Council of Trent opens](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1545-council-of-trent-opens)
- 1549 - [Book of Common Prayer](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1549-book-of-common-prayer)
- 1549 - [Christianity reaches Japan](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1549-christianity-reaches-japan)