Date![]() | Commemoration | Type | Anniversary |
01.01 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Myanmar (1955) | Church Event | 60 years |
01.01 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Zimbabwe (1955) | Church Event | 60 years |
01.12 | Earthquake at Port-au-Prince (2010) | World Event | 5 years |
02.06 | Death of Pope Clement XII (1740) | Pope | 275 years |
02.06 | Founding of New Zealand (1840) | World Event | 175 years |
02.11 | Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (1985) | Church Event | 30 years |
02.13 | Death of Sister Lúcia dos Santos, Fatima visionary (2005) | Person | 10 years |
02.28 | Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013) | Pope | 2 years |
03.13 | Birth of Pope Innocent XII (1615) | Pope | 400 years |
03.13 | Election of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 2 years |
03.17 | Discovery of Catholic Followers in Japan (1865) | Church Event | 150 years |
03.19 | Episcopal consecration of Pope John XXIII (1925) | Pope | 90 years |
03.19 | Installation of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 2 years |
03.25 | Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995) | Papal Document | 20 years |
04.02 | Death of Pope John Paul II (2005) | Pope | 10 years |
04.15 | First Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980) | Marian Apparition | 35 years |
04.16 | Beginning of the Battle of Berlin (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
04.17 | Beginning of the Cambodian Genocide (1975) | World Event | 40 years |
04.19 | Election of Pope Benedict XVI (2005) | Pope | 10 years |
04.24 | Beginning of the Armenian Genocide (1915) | World Event | 100 years |
04.28 | Death of Benito Mussolini (1945) | Person | 70 years |
04.30 | Suicide of Adolf Hitler (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
04.30 | Fall of Saigon (1975) | World Event | 40 years |
05.08 | Victory in Europe Day (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
05.25 | Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995) | Papal Document | 20 years |
06.18 | Defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo (1815) | World Event | 200 years |
06.30 | Establishment of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (2010) | Church Event | 5 years |
07.04 | Resignation of Pope Gregory XII, bringing an end to the Western Schism (1415) | Pope | 600 years |
07.07 | Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope John Paul I (1935) | Pope | 80 years |
07.07 | Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007) | Papal Document | 8 years |
07.11 | Beginning of the Bosnian Genocide (1995) | World Event | 20 years |
07.13 | Birth of Pope Clement X (1590) | Pope | 425 years |
08.06 | Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
08.09 | Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
08.17 | Election of Pope Benedict XIV (1740) | Pope | 275 years |
08.17 | Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
08.21 | Conquest of Ceuta (1415) | World Event | 600 years |
08.27 | Death of Pope Sixtus V (1590) | Pope | 425 years |
09.02 | End of World War II (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
09.02 | Independence Day of Vietnam (1945) | World Event | 70 years |
09.04 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Mozambique (1940) | Church Event | 75 years |
09.11 | Great Siege of Malta (1565) | World Event | 450 years |
09.14 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Mali, Madagascar, Chad and Togo (1955) | Church Event | 60 years |
09.15 | Election of Pope Urban VII (1590) | Pope | 425 years |
09.18 | Birth of Pope Gregory XVI (1765) | Pope | 250 years |
09.27 | Establishment of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1540) | Church Event | 475 years |
09.27 | Death of Pope Urban VII (1590) | Pope | 425 years |
10.03 | German Reunification Day (1990) | World Event | 25 years |
10.13 | Last Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980) | Marian Apparition | 35 years |
10.28 | Conciliar Decree Christus Dominus (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
10.28 | Conciliar Decree Perfectæ caritatis (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
10.28 | Conciliar Decree Optatam totius (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
10.28 | Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum educationis (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
10.28 | Conciliar Declaration Nostra ætate (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
10.31 | Terrorist Attack on Syriac Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation (2010) | World Event | 5 years |
11.01 | Beginning of the Vietnam war (1955) | World Event | 60 years |
11.04 | Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009) | Papal Document | 6 years |
11.07 | Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Family, Barcelona (2010) | Church Event | 5 years |
11.11 | Opening of the Fourth Council of Lateran (1215) | Ecumenical Council | 800 years |
11.18 | Conciliar Constitution Dei verbum (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
11.18 | Conciliar Decree Apostolicam actuositatem (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
11.18 | Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops (1965) | Church Event | 50 years |
11.20 | Death of Francisco Franco (1975) | Person | 40 years |
12.03 | Death of Archbishop John Carroll, first Bishop of USA (1815) | Person | 200 years |
12.05 | Election of Pope Gregory XIV (1590) | Pope | 425 years |
12.07 | Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
12.07 | Conciliar Decree Ad gentes (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
12.07 | Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum ordinis (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
12.07 | Conciliar Declaration Dignitatis humanæ (1965) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
12.07 | Joint Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (1965) | Church Event | 50 years |
12.08 | Closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965) | Ecumenical Council | 50 years |
12.09 | Death of Pope Pius IV (1565) | Pope | 450 years |
12.11 | Encyclical Quas Primas (1925) | Papal Document | 90 years |
12.14 | Closing of the Fourth Council of Lateran (1215) | Ecumenical Council | 800 years |
12.18 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Tunisia (1965) | Church Event | 50 years |
12.25 | Encyclical Deus caritas est (2005) | Papal Document | 10 years |
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