 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |  |
Date | Commemoration | Type | Anniversary |
| 01.30 | Election of Pope Clement VIII (1592) | Pope | 425 years |
| 02.11 | Founding of the first diocese in Cuba (1517) | Church Event | 500 years |
| 02.11 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Russia (2002) | Church Event | 15 years |
| 02.28 | Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013) | Pope | 4 years |
| 03.13 | Election of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 4 years |
| 03.16 | Closing of the Fifth Lateran Council (1517) | Ecumenical Council | 500 years |
| 03.19 | Installation of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 4 years |
| 03.25 | Encyclical Redemptoris Mater (1987) | Papal Document | 30 years |
| 03.26 | Encyclical Populorum progressio (1967) | Papal Document | 50 years |
| 03.27 | Death of Mother Angelica (2016) | Person | 1 year |
| 04.05 | Founding of the first diocese in Oceania (1842) | Church Event | 175 years |
| 04.12 | Apparition of Our Lady of the Revelation (1947) | Marian Apparition | 70 years |
| 04.16 | Birth of Pope Benedict XVI (1927) | Pope | 90 years |
| 05.01 | Birth of Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592) | Person | 425 years |
| 05.01 | Establishment of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1917) | Church Event | 100 years |
| 05.13 | Birth of Pope Pius IX (1792) | Pope | 225 years |
| 05.13 | Episcopal consecration of Pope Pius XII (1917) | Pope | 100 years |
| 05.13 | First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima (1917) | Marian Apparition | 100 years |
| 05.20 | Establishment of the Pontifical Council for Culture (1982) | Church Event | 35 years |
| 05.22 | Death of Pope Alexander VII (1667) | Pope | 350 years |
| 05.27 | Promulgation of Canon Law Codex Iuris Canonici (1917) (1917) | Papal Document | 100 years |
| 05.27 | Letter to the Church of China (2007) | Papal Document | 10 years |
| 05.28 | Episcopal consecration of Pope Benedict XVI (1977) | Pope | 40 years |
| 06.20 | Election of Pope Clement IX (1667) | Pope | 350 years |
| 06.26 | Creation of Karol Józef Wojtyła as Cardinal (1967) | Pope | 50 years |
| 06.27 | Creation of Joseph Ratzinger as Cardinal (1977) | Pope | 40 years |
| 06.27 | Episcopal consecration of Jorge Bergoglio (1992) | Pope | 25 years |
| 06.28 | Death of Pope Paul I (767) | Pope | 1250 years |
| 07.01 | Founding of Canada (1867) | World Event | 150 years |
| 07.07 | Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007) | Papal Document | 10 years |
| 07.21 | Establishment of the Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1542) | Church Event | 475 years |
| 07.26 | Murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel in Rouen (2016) | World Event | 1 year |
| 08.14 | Birth of Pope Pius VII (1742) | Pope | 275 years |
| 08.15 | Establishment of India (1947) | World Event | 70 years |
| 09.28 | Founding of the first diocese in El Salvador (1842) | Church Event | 175 years |
| 10.04 | Launch of Sputnik 1 (1957) | World Event | 60 years |
| 10.12 | Discovery of Our Lady of Aparecida (1717) | Marian Apparition | 300 years |
| 10.13 | Final Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima (1917) | Marian Apparition | 100 years |
| 11.04 | Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009) | Papal Document | 8 years |
| 11.07 | October Revolution in Russia (1917) | World Event | 100 years |
| 11.25 | Death of Fidel Castro (2016) | Person | 1 year |
| 12.06 | Independence of Finland from Russia (1917) | World Event | 100 years |
| 12.06 | Halifax Explosion (1917) | World Event | 100 years |
| 12.08 | First Apparition of Our Lady of L'Île-Bouchard (1947) | Marian Apparition | 70 years |
| 12.14 | Last Apparition of Our Lady of L'Île-Bouchard (1947) | Marian Apparition | 70 years |
| 12.25 | Birth of Pope Pius VI (1717) | Pope | 300 years |
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