Commemorations

in a.d. 2000

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Myanmar (1955)Church Event45 years
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Zimbabwe (1955)Church Event45 years
01.28Birth of Pope Clement IX (1600)Pope400 years
02.07Election of Pope Julius III (1550)Pope450 years
02.15Election of Pope Pius VI (1775)Pope225 years
02.18Discovery of Pluto (1930)World Event70 years
02.28Founding of the first diocese in Costa Rica (1850)Church Event150 years
03.01Death of Maximin Giraud of La Salette (1875)Person125 years
03.14Election of Pope Pius VII (1800)Pope200 years
03.14Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Namibia (1994)Church Event6 years
03.19Episcopal consecration of Pope John XXIII (1925)Pope75 years
03.19Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (1970)Church Event30 years
03.25Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995)Papal Document5 years
03.31Birth of Pope Benedict XIV (1675)Pope325 years
04.15First Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition20 years
04.17Beginning of the Cambodian Genocide (1975)World Event25 years
04.18Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Sierra Leone (1950)Church Event50 years
04.30Fall of Saigon (1975)World Event25 years
05.18Birth of Pope John Paul II (1920)Pope80 years
05.25Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995)Papal Document5 years
05.29Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope Paul VI (1920)Pope80 years
06.05Establishment of the Secretariat on Christian Unity (1960)Church Event40 years
06.25Beginning of the Korean War (1950)World Event50 years
06.27Episcopal consecration of Jorge Bergoglio (1992)Pope8 years
07.10Declaration of independence of Bolivia (1825)World Event175 years
07.11Beginning of the Bosnian Genocide (1995)World Event5 years
07.27Consecration of Poland to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1920)Church Event80 years
08.06Encyclical Veritatis splendor (1993)Papal Document7 years
08.25Declaration of independence of Uruguay (1825)World Event175 years
09.04Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Mozambique (1940)Church Event60 years
09.14Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Mali, Madagascar, Chad and Togo (1955)Church Event45 years
09.14Encyclical Fides et ratio (1998)Papal Document2 years
09.27Death of Pope Innocent XII (1700)Pope300 years
09.29Restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales (1850)Church Event150 years
10.03German Reunification Day (1990)World Event10 years
10.13Last Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition20 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Christus Dominus (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Perfectæ caritatis (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Optatam totius (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum educationis (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Nostra ætate (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
11.01Definition of the Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1950)Church Event50 years
11.18Conciliar Constitution Dei verbum (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
11.18Conciliar Decree Apostolicam actuositatem (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
11.18Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops (1965)Church Event35 years
11.20Death of Francisco Franco (1975)Person25 years
11.23Election of Pope Clement XI (1700)Pope300 years
11.24Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam (1960)Church Event40 years
12.07Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Ad gentes (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum ordinis (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
12.07Conciliar Declaration Dignitatis humanæ (1965)Conciliar Document35 years
12.07Joint Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (1965)Church Event35 years
12.08Closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965)Ecumenical Council35 years
12.11Encyclical Quas Primas (1925)Papal Document75 years
12.18Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Tunisia (1965)Church Event35 years
12.25Coronation of Charlemagne (800)Person1200 years
12.31Encyclical Casti connubii (1930)Papal Document70 years

See Also

Celebrations in 2000

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