Are popes mentioned in scripture

Jesus Christ appointed Peter as the first leader of his Church when He said:

And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona:

because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is

in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I

will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever

thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and

whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

(Matthew Chapt. 16)

Peter is considered the first pope even though the term 'pope' did not

come into common usage until much later.