Catholic leader

The answer

POPE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POPE answer page.

Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for POPE

Every other clue in this collection answered by POPE, most used first.

• Vatican VIP - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Vatican leader - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Bishop of Rome - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• English poet - used 20 times, most recently in 1995
• Church leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Francis, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Pontiff - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Castel Gandolfo resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• John, Paul or John Paul - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Francis, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Dunciad" poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Vatican City leader - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Vatican head - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Vicar of Christ - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• Staff leader? - CLEF, used 62 times
• Muslim prayer leader - IMAM, used 49 times

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