Commemorations

in a.d. 2023

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.03Final Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (1933)Marian Apparition90 years
01.15First Apparition of Our Lady of Banneux (1933)Marian Apparition90 years
01.25Promulgation of Canon Law Codex Iuris Canonici (1983)Papal Document40 years
02.01Disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia (2003)World Event20 years
02.11Announcement of resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013)Pope10 years
02.23Beginning of the Darfur Genocide (2003)World Event20 years
02.24Beginning of the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia (2022)World Event1 year
02.28Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013)Pope10 years
03.02Final Apparition of Our Lady of Banneux (1933)Marian Apparition90 years
03.05Death of Joseph Stalin (1953)Person70 years
03.13Election of Pope Francis (2013)Pope10 years
03.18Opening of the First Council of Lateran (1123)Ecumenical Council900 years
03.19Installation of Pope Francis (2013)Pope10 years
03.25Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (1953)Church Event70 years
04.10Signing of the Good Friday Agreement of Northern Ireland (1998)World Event25 years
04.11Closing of the First Council of Lateran (1123)Ecumenical Council900 years
04.11Encyclical Pacem in terris (1963)Papal Document60 years
04.17Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2003)Papal Document20 years
05.12May 1998 anti-Chinese riots of Indonesia (1998)World Event25 years
05.14Establishment of the State of Israel (1948)World Event75 years
06.05Terrorist Attack at church in Owo (2022)World Event1 year
06.06Independence of Sweden (1523)World Event500 years
06.20Founding of the first diocese in New Zealand (1848)Church Event175 years
06.21Election of Pope Paul VI (1963)Pope60 years
06.29Encyclical Lumen Fidei (2013)Papal Document10 years
07.02Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei (1988)Papal Document35 years
07.06First Apparition of Our Lady of Akita (1973)Marian Apparition50 years
07.08Death of Pope Gregory XV (1623)Pope400 years
07.21Suppression of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1773)Church Event250 years
07.27End of the Korean War (1953)World Event70 years
08.06Election of Pope Urban VIII (1623)Pope400 years
08.06Encyclical Veritatis splendor (1993)Papal Document30 years
08.20Death of Pope Pius VII (1823)Pope200 years
08.26Election of Pope John Paul I (1978)Pope45 years
08.29Weeping of Our Lady of Tears of Syracuse (1953)Marian Apparition70 years
09.14Death of Pope Adrian VI (1523)Pope500 years
09.14Encyclical Fides et ratio (1998)Papal Document25 years
09.26Admission of 7 Chinese Bishops to full communion (2018)Church Event5 years
09.28Election of Pope Leo XII (1823)Pope200 years
09.28Death of Pope John Paul I (1978)Pope45 years
10.16Election of Pope John Paul II (1978)Pope45 years
10.29Establishment of the Republic of Turkey (1923)World Event100 years
11.19Election of Pope Clement VII (1523)Pope500 years
11.22Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963)World Event60 years
11.24Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (2013)Papal Document10 years
11.29Approval of the Rule of Friars Minor (1223)Church Event800 years
12.04Conciliar Constitution Sacrosanctum concilium (1963)Conciliar Document60 years
12.04Conciliar Decree Inter mirifica (1963)Conciliar Document60 years
12.10Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)World Event75 years

See Also

Celebrations in 2023

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