Commemorations

in a.d. 2015

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Myanmar (1955)Church Event60 years
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Zimbabwe (1955)Church Event60 years
01.12Earthquake at Port-au-Prince (2010)World Event5 years
02.06Death of Pope Clement XII (1740)Pope275 years
02.06Founding of New Zealand (1840)World Event175 years
02.11Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (1985)Church Event30 years
02.13Death of Sister Lúcia dos Santos, Fatima visionary (2005)Person10 years
02.28Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013)Pope2 years
03.13Birth of Pope Innocent XII (1615)Pope400 years
03.13Election of Pope Francis (2013)Pope2 years
03.17Discovery of Catholic Followers in Japan (1865)Church Event150 years
03.19Episcopal consecration of Pope John XXIII (1925)Pope90 years
03.19Installation of Pope Francis (2013)Pope2 years
03.25Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995)Papal Document20 years
04.02Death of Pope John Paul II (2005)Pope10 years
04.15First Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition35 years
04.16Beginning of the Battle of Berlin (1945)World Event70 years
04.17Beginning of the Cambodian Genocide (1975)World Event40 years
04.19Election of Pope Benedict XVI (2005)Pope10 years
04.24Beginning of the Armenian Genocide (1915)World Event100 years
04.28Death of Benito Mussolini (1945)Person70 years
04.30Suicide of Adolf Hitler (1945)World Event70 years
04.30Fall of Saigon (1975)World Event40 years
05.08Victory in Europe Day (1945)World Event70 years
05.25Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995)Papal Document20 years
06.18Defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo (1815)World Event200 years
06.30Establishment of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (2010)Church Event5 years
07.04Resignation of Pope Gregory XII, bringing an end to the Western Schism (1415)Pope600 years
07.07Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope John Paul I (1935)Pope80 years
07.07Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007)Papal Document8 years
07.11Beginning of the Bosnian Genocide (1995)World Event20 years
07.13Birth of Pope Clement X (1590)Pope425 years
08.06Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima (1945)World Event70 years
08.09Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki (1945)World Event70 years
08.17Election of Pope Benedict XIV (1740)Pope275 years
08.17Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (1945)World Event70 years
08.21Conquest of Ceuta (1415)World Event600 years
08.27Death of Pope Sixtus V (1590)Pope425 years
09.02End of World War II (1945)World Event70 years
09.02Independence Day of Vietnam (1945)World Event70 years
09.04Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Mozambique (1940)Church Event75 years
09.11Great Siege of Malta (1565)World Event450 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 Event60 years
09.15Election of Pope Urban VII (1590)Pope425 years
09.18Birth of Pope Gregory XVI (1765)Pope250 years
09.27Establishment of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1540)Church Event475 years
09.27Death of Pope Urban VII (1590)Pope425 years
10.03German Reunification Day (1990)World Event25 years
10.13Last Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition35 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Christus Dominus (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Perfectæ caritatis (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Optatam totius (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum educationis (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Nostra ætate (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
10.31Terrorist Attack on Syriac Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation (2010)World Event5 years
11.01Beginning of the Vietnam war (1955)World Event60 years
11.04Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009)Papal Document6 years
11.07Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Family, Barcelona (2010)Church Event5 years
11.11Opening of the Fourth Council of Lateran (1215)Ecumenical Council800 years
11.18Conciliar Constitution Dei verbum (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
11.18Conciliar Decree Apostolicam actuositatem (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
11.18Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops (1965)Church Event50 years
11.20Death of Francisco Franco (1975)Person40 years
12.03Death of Archbishop John Carroll, first Bishop of USA (1815)Person200 years
12.05Election of Pope Gregory XIV (1590)Pope425 years
12.07Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Ad gentes (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum ordinis (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
12.07Conciliar Declaration Dignitatis humanæ (1965)Conciliar Document50 years
12.07Joint Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (1965)Church Event50 years
12.08Closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965)Ecumenical Council50 years
12.09Death of Pope Pius IV (1565)Pope450 years
12.11Encyclical Quas Primas (1925)Papal Document90 years
12.14Closing of the Fourth Council of Lateran (1215)Ecumenical Council800 years
12.18Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Tunisia (1965)Church Event50 years
12.25Encyclical Deus caritas est (2005)Papal Document10 years

See Also

Celebrations in 2015

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