Commemorations

in a.d. 2025

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Myanmar (1955)Church Event70 years
01.01Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Zimbabwe (1955)Church Event70 years
01.28Birth of Pope Clement IX (1600)Pope425 years
02.07Election of Pope Julius III (1550)Pope475 years
02.11Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (1985)Church Event40 years
02.12Beheading of 21 Coptic Martyrs in Sirte, Libya (2015)World Event10 years
02.13Death of Sister Lúcia dos Santos, Fatima visionary (2005)Person20 years
02.15Election of Pope Pius VI (1775)Pope250 years
02.28Founding of the first diocese in Costa Rica (1850)Church Event175 years
03.01Death of Maximin Giraud of La Salette (1875)Person150 years
03.06Birth of Michelangelo (1475)Person550 years
03.14Election of Pope Pius VII (1800)Pope225 years
03.19Episcopal consecration of Pope John XXIII (1925)Pope100 years
03.25Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995)Papal Document30 years
03.29Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary (2020)Church Event5 years
03.31Birth of Pope Benedict XIV (1675)Pope350 years
04.02Death of Pope John Paul II (2005)Pope20 years
04.15First Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition45 years
04.16Beginning of the Battle of Berlin (1945)World Event80 years
04.17Beginning of the Cambodian Genocide (1975)World Event50 years
04.18Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Sierra Leone (1950)Church Event75 years
04.19Election of Pope Benedict XVI (2005)Pope20 years
04.28Death of Benito Mussolini (1945)Person80 years
04.30Suicide of Adolf Hitler (1945)World Event80 years
04.30Fall of Saigon (1975)World Event50 years
05.01Rededication of USA and Canada to Mary, Mother of the Church (2020)Church Event5 years
05.01Dedication of Italy to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (2020)Church Event5 years
05.08Victory in Europe Day (1945)World Event80 years
05.24Encyclical Laudato si’ (2015)Papal Document10 years
05.25Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995)Papal Document30 years
06.19Opening of the First Council of Nicaea (325)Ecumenical Council1700 years
06.25Beginning of the Korean War (1950)World Event75 years
07.07Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope John Paul I (1935)Pope90 years
07.10Declaration of independence of Bolivia (1825)World Event200 years
07.11Beginning of the Bosnian Genocide (1995)World Event30 years
07.25Closing of the First Council of Nicaea (325)Ecumenical Council1700 years
08.06Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima (1945)World Event80 years
08.09Dropping of Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki (1945)World Event80 years
08.17Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (1945)World Event80 years
08.25Declaration of independence of Uruguay (1825)World Event200 years
09.02End of World War II (1945)World Event80 years
09.02Independence Day of Vietnam (1945)World Event80 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 Event70 years
09.27Death of Pope Innocent XII (1700)Pope325 years
09.29Restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales (1850)Church Event175 years
10.13Last Apparition of Our Lady of Cuapa (1980)Marian Apparition45 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Christus Dominus (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Perfectæ caritatis (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
10.28Conciliar Decree Optatam totius (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum educationis (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
10.28Conciliar Declaration Nostra ætate (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
11.01Definition of the Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1950)Church Event75 years
11.01Beginning of the Vietnam war (1955)World Event70 years
11.13Paris terrorist attacks (2015)World Event10 years
11.18Conciliar Constitution Dei verbum (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
11.18Conciliar Decree Apostolicam actuositatem (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
11.18Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops (1965)Church Event60 years
11.20Death of Francisco Franco (1975)Person50 years
11.23Election of Pope Clement XI (1700)Pope325 years
12.07Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Ad gentes (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
12.07Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum ordinis (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
12.07Conciliar Declaration Dignitatis humanæ (1965)Conciliar Document60 years
12.07Joint Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (1965)Church Event60 years
12.08Closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965)Ecumenical Council60 years
12.08Reconsecration of altar of Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris (2024)Church Event1 year
12.11Encyclical Quas Primas (1925)Papal Document100 years
12.18Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Tunisia (1965)Church Event60 years
12.25Encyclical Deus caritas est (2005)Papal Document20 years

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Celebrations in 2025

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