for example we know for a fact that the first Pope, Jesus’ personally designated rock, Peter was married. the bible very specifically mentions his “mother-in-law”
Humor does not always translate well over the internet. With that said, I do not know if you're being facetious or not. Jesus did NOT designate Peter as Pope. The word pope is not in the Bible. Jesus was declaring to Peter that He Himself(Jesus) was the Rock of ages. Jesus is the Rock upon Whom the Church is founded. It can be no other way. Peter denied His Lord three times. And yet you would have this man as the foundation? Talk about sand for a foundation, you found it. Jesus is the cornerstone whom the builders (and apparently many churches) rejected.
What was his wife's name, since Scripture never mentions it?
Here are a few other things that the Bible mentions, which you most likely have never read.
"Then Peter answering, said to Him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed Thee: what therefore shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of His majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for My name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first." Matthew 19:27-30
"Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed Thee. Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting." Luke 18:28-30
(emphasis added for your edification)
>> for example we know for a fact that the first Pope, Jesus’ personally designated rock, Peter was married. the bible very specifically mentions his “mother-in-law” <<
Yes, and not his wife. Don’t you think it odd that Peter was there, with his mother-in-law, but no mention is made of his wife, whose mother he was attending? Don’t you think it odd that no mention is made of his children? Jesus accepts the discipleship of those who leave their mother and father, but what of a wife? It would be exceptionally cruel to leave her as if widowed.
The presumption is that Peter’s wife had died, which, in those days, would hardly be unusual.
How do you know that Peter wasn't a widower when he was called.