# Pope Urban VI - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-vi
Pontificate: 8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389
Number in the papal list: 202
Born-Died: c. 1318 - 1389
Papal era: Western Schism
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VI

Subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Last pope to be elected outside the College of Cardinals.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Gregory XI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xi)
- Next in list: [Antipope Clement VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/antipope-clement-vii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1378 - [Western Schism begins](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1378-western-schism-begins)
- 1380 - [Sergius of Radonezh and Kulikovo](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1380-sergius-of-radonezh-and-kulikovo)
- 1382 - [Wycliffe's Bible](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1382-wycliffe-s-bible)
- 1387 - [Christianization of Lithuania](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1387-christianization-of-lithuania)