Timeline of the Catholic Church

Leo VIII

Jan 1, 963

Elected as Pope Leo VIII.

Benedict V

May 1, 964

Elected as Pope Benedict V, diedn in 4 July 965.

John XIII

Oct 1, 965

Elected as Pope John XIII, died in 6 September 972.

Benedict VI

Jan 1, 973

Elected as Pope Benedict VI, died in August 974.

Pope Benedict VII

Jan 1, 974

Elected as Pope Benedict VII, died in October 983.

John XIV

Jan 1, 983

Elected as Pope John XIV.

John XV

Jan 1, 985

He was elected as Pope John XV.

John XV

Sep 5, 985

Elected as Pope John XV, died in April 996.

Conversion of Prince Vladimir in Kiev.

Jul 15, 987

He converted to christianity and the growth of christianity in Russia began.

Time line of the Catholic Church.

Period: Jul 15, 987 to Feb 28, 2013

John XV

Jan 31, 993

John XV was canonized on Roman synod held in the Lateran and become Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg.

Gregory V

Jan 1, 996

Elected as Pope Gregory V, opposed by John XVI the anipope.

Gregory V

May 3, 996

Elected as Pope Gregory V, died in 4 February 999.

Sylvester II

Jan 1, 999

Elected as Pope Sylvester II.

Sylvester II

Jan 1, 999

Elected as Pope Sylvester II, died at Rome 12 May 1003.

John XVII

Jan 1, 1003

Elected as Pope John XVII.

John XVIII

Jan 1, 1003

Elected as Pope John XVIII

Sergius IV

Jan 1, 1009

Elected as Pope Sergius IV.

Benedict VIII

Jan 1, 1012

Elected as Pope Benedict VIII.

John XIX

Jan 1, 1024

Elected as Pope John XIX .

Benedict IX

Jan 1, 1032

Elected as Pope Benedict IX.

Sylvester III

Jan 1, 1045

Elected as Pope Sylvester III but considered to be an anitpope.

Benedict IX

Jan 1, 1045

Elected as Pope Benedict IX , appears several times in this timeline because he was either deposed or restored.

Gregory VI

Jan 1, 1045

Elected as Pope Gregory VI.

Clement II

Jan 1, 1046

Elected as Pope Clement II.

Benedict IX

Jan 1, 1047

Elected as Pope Benedict IX.

Damasus II

Jan 1, 1048

Elected as Pope Damasus II.

St. Leo IX

Jan 1, 1049

Elected as Pope Leo IX.

Great Schism

Jan 1, 1054

Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches separate. Marked the seperation of the Orthodox Churches from the unity of the Pope.

Victor II

Jan 1, 1055

Elected as Pope Victor II.

Stephen X

Jan 1, 1057

Elected as Pope Stephen X.

Nicholas II

Jan 1, 1058

Elected as Pope Nicholas II, opposed by Benedict X, antipope.

Papal Elections

Jan 1, 1059

The Laterran Council issued a legislation regarding to the papal election. The cardincals were inchagre of the voting.

Alexander II

Jan 1, 1061

Elected as Pope Alexander II, opposed by Honorius II, antipope.

Pontificate of St. Gregory VII

Jan 1, 1073

He resumed programs of clerical and general ecclesiastical reform and introduced the Latin liturgy in Spain.

St. Gregory VII

Jan 1, 1073

Elected as Pope Gregory VII, opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope.

Eucharistic Errors

Jan 1, 1079

The Council of Rome recognized and disapproved of Berengarius who denied that Christ as bread and wine.

Blessed Victor III

Jan 1, 1086

Elected as Pope Victor III.

Blessed Urban II

Jan 1, 1088

Elected as Pope Urban II.

Pope Urban II

Jan 1, 1095

Allows the first Crusade to recover the Holy Land from Moslems.

Crusuaders

Jan 1, 1099

Conquered Jerusalem but the Christian ways are no use to them, though a military and political misadventure in the form of a Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1204-1261; acquisition, by treaties, of visiting rights for Christians in the Holy Land. This increased alienation of the East from the Wests

Paschal II

Jan 1, 1099

Elected as Pope Paschal II, opposed by Theodoric, Aleric and Maginulf, antipopes.

Muslim declined

Jan 1, 1118

Christians forces captured Saragossa, Spain. The beginning of the Muslim decline in that country.

Gelasius II

Jan 1, 1118

Elected as Pope Gelasius II, opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope.

Callistus II

Jan 1, 1119

Elected as Pope Callistus II.

The First Council of the Lateran

Jan 1, 1123

The Lateran is the Cathedral Basilica of Rome, the first General council held in the west. It is to confirm the peace between the State and Church and to give the solution to the Emperor Henry V and the Holy See problem.

Honorius II

Jan 1, 1124

Elected as Pope Honorius II, opposed by Celestine II, antipope.

Innocent II

Jan 1, 1130

Elected as Pope Innocent II opposed by Anacletus II and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV").

The Second Council of the Lateran

Jan 1, 1139

The Council took disciplinary action against the anitpope Anacletus. 30 canons approved to the disciplinary action and stated that the holy orders is invalidating impedent to marriage.

Celestine II

Jan 1, 1143

Elected as Pope Celestine II.

Lucius II

Jan 1, 1144

Elected as Pope Lucius II.

Blessed Eugene III

Jan 1, 1145

Elected as Pope Eugene III.

The Synod of Rheims

Jan 1, 1148

Announced strict disciplinary decreees for communities of women religious.

Anastasius IV

Jan 1, 1153

Elected as Pope Anastasius IV.

Adrian IV

Jan 1, 1154

Elected as Pope Adrian IV.

Alexander III

Jan 1, 1159

Elected as Pope Alexander III, opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV"), Pascal III, Callistus III and Innocent III, antipopes.

St. Thomas Becket

Jan 1, 1170

St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered by Henry II in his cathedral.

Process of canonization of saints

Jan 1, 1171

Pope Alexander III calmly took the process of canonization of saints to the Holy See.

The Third Council of the Lateran

Jan 1, 1179

The council actions against simony and abuses of the clergy. It practiced measures against Waldensianism and Albigensianism, approved reform in decrees in 27 canons. With the popes being elected with two-thirds of the vote.

Lucius III

Jan 1, 1181

Elected as Pope Lucius III.

Pope Lucius III

Jan 1, 1184

Pope Lucius III excommunicated Waldenses and heretics.

Urban III

Jan 1, 1185

Elected as Pope Urban III.

Gregory VIII

Jan 1, 1187

Elected as Pope Gregory VIII.

Clement III

Jan 1, 1187

Elected as Pope Clement III.

Celestine III

Jan 1, 1191

Elected as Pope Celestine III .

Innocent III

Jan 1, 1198

Elected as Pope Innocent III.

Pontificate of Innocent III

Jan 1, 1198

The Pontificate Of Innocent III had a influene, authority and full of knowledge about the Church in relations withe civil rulers.

Innocent III called for a crusade,

Jan 1, 1208

The first Christendom against Albigensians that threatened the Christian practices of scoiety in southern France and and nothern Italy.

The Second Order of Franciscans,

Jan 1, 1212

The Poor Clares wad founded

The Forth Council of the Lateran

Jan 1, 1215

Highlighting the importance of the Eucharistic celebrations and offered additional definitions on the absolute unity of God, presented the definitions of the sacraments, about the bread and wine, and its the Body and Blood of Christ.

Papal Approval

Jan 1, 1216

Papal approval of the Dominican and Franciscan mendicant orders.

Honorius III

Jan 1, 1216

Elected as Pope Honorius III.

Gregory IX

Jan 1, 1227

Elected as Pope Gregory IX.

Papal Inquisition

Jan 1, 1231

Pope Gregory IX establish a institution called Papal Inquisition to deal with heretics. Especially the crimes committed against the Christian faith, heretical doctrines of extremists like the Cathari and Albigenses threatened the good of the Christian community.

Celestine IV

Jan 1, 1241

Elected as Pope Celestine IV.

Innocent IV

Jan 1, 1243

Elected as Pope Innocent IV.

The First Council of Lyons

Jan 1, 1245

The council was called to bring disciplinary action against Emperor Frederick II and was approved by 22 canons.

Alexander IV

Jan 1, 1254

Elected as Pope Alexander IV.

Urban IV

Jan 1, 1261

Elected as Pope Urban IV .

Clement IV

Jan 1, 1265

Elected as Pope Clement IV.

Papal Decline

Jan 1, 1270

Beginning of the Papal decline.

Blessed Gregory X

Jan 1, 1271

Elected as Pope Gregory X.

The Second Council of Lyons

Jan 1, 1274

Pope Gregory X brings out the union between the East and West, it also symbolizes that the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son. Regulations are made concerning for the pope elections.

John XXI

Jan 1, 1276

Elected as Pope John XXI.

Blessed Innocent V

Jan 1, 1276

Elected as Pope Innocent V.

Adrian V

Jan 1, 1276

Elected as Pope Adrian V.

Nicholas III

Jan 1, 1277

Elected as Pope Nicholas III.

Martin IV

Jan 1, 1281

Elected as Pope Martin IV.

Honorius IV

Jan 1, 1285

Elected as Pope Honorius IV.

Nicholas IV

Jan 1, 1288

Elected as Pope Nicholas IV.

Boniface VIII

Jan 1, 1294

Elected as Pope Boniface VIII.

St. Celestine V

Jan 1, 1294

Elected as Pope Celestine V.

Blessed Benedict XI

Jan 1, 1303

Elected as Pope Benedict XI.

Clement V

Jan 1, 1305

Elected as Pope Clement V.

Avignon

Jan 1, 1309

Took refuge in Avignon because of the unstable situaitons in Rome.

The Council of Vienne

Jan 1, 1311

This council is about rescueing of the Holy Land o reform abuses in the Church. The teaching or doctrinal decrees were presented that the soul is not "in itself the essentially the form of the human body",; that sanctifying grace is infused into the soul at baptism.

John XXII

Jan 1, 1316

Elected as Pope John XXII.

Benedict XII

Jan 1, 1334

Elected as Pope Benedict XII.

Pope John XXII

Jan 1, 1338

The pope opposed to Louis IV of Bavaria, the electoral princes stated that the emperor did not need papal confirmation of his title and right to rule.

Clement VI

Jan 1, 1342

Elected as Pope Clement VI.

Innocent VI

Jan 1, 1352

Elected as Pope Innocent VI.

Blessed Urban V

Jan 1, 1362

Elected as Pope Urban V.

Gregory XI

Jan 1, 1370

Elected as Pope Gregory XI.

Papacy from Avignon to Rome.

Jan 1, 1377

Return of the papacy from Avignon to Rome. Also the beginning og the Western Schism.

Urban VI

Jan 1, 1378

Elected as Pope Urban VI, opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope.

Boniface IX

Jan 1, 1389

Elected as Pope Boniface IX, opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII"), anitpopes.

Innocent VII

Jan 1, 1404

Elected as Pope Innocent VII, opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII"), antipopes.

Gregory XII

Jan 1, 1406

Elected as Pope Gregory XII, opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII"), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V"), antipopes.

The Council of Pisa

Jan 1, 1409

The council successfully to eliminate Western Schism which involves the papacy and rejected the teachings of Wycliff.

The Council of Constance

Jan 1, 1414

The heretical teaching of John Huss and Wyclif was rejected. Here is presented that the Holy Communion was presented as a cure to the make it understood that you are receiving Christ. The christian definition of bread change into Body of Christ, blood into Blood of Christ and represents the divinity of Jesus.

Martin V

Jan 1, 1417

Elected as Pope Martin V.

St. Joan of Arc

Jan 1, 1431

St. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake

Eugene IV

Jan 1, 1431

Elected as Pope Eugene IV, opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope.

The Council of Ferrara-Florence

Jan 1, 1438

It approved the decrees of union with several separated Eastern Churches — Greek, Armenian, Jacobite — which failed to gain general or lasting acceptance.

Nicholas V

Jan 1, 1447

Elected as Pope Nicholas V.

Callistus III

Jan 1, 1455

Elected as Pope Callistus III.

Pius II

Aug 19, 1458

Elected as Pope Pius II.

Paul II

Aug 30, 1464

Elected as Pope Paul II.

Sixtus IV

Jan 1, 1471

Elected as Pope Sixtus IV.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Dec 8, 1476

Pope Sixtus IV approved of the feast of the Immaculate Conception throughout the church.

Innocent VIII

Aug 29, 1484

Elected as Pope Innocent VIII .

Alexander VI

Jan 1, 1492

Elected as Pope Alexander VI.

Julius II

Jan 1, 1503

Elected as Pope Julius II.

Pius III

Sep 22, 1503

Elected as Pope Pius III.

The Fifth Council of the Lateran

Jan 1, 1512

Stating the Popes authority in the Councils and errors regarding the human soul, namely, that the soul with its intellectual power is mortal.

Leo X

Jan 1, 1513

Elected as Pope Leo X.

Martin Luther

Jan 1, 1517

he signaled the beginnnig of the reformation and published 95 theses at Wittenberg. Though he was excommunicated for heresy in 1521.

Zwingli Reformation

Jan 1, 1519

He triggered reformation in Zurich.

Adrian VI

Jan 22, 1522

Elected as Pope Adrian VI.

Clement VII

Jan 1, 1523

Elected as Pope Clement VII.

Peasants’ Revolt, Marting Luther

Jan 1, 1524

He encouraged the German princes in putting down the two-year Peasants’ Revolt.

Henry VIII

Jan 1, 1533

Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn but the Pope doesn't recognized this. He goes to Thomas Cramer who had wise words about this and made him the Archbishop. But he was excommunicated, with this he was the chief of Church of England.

Paul III

Oct 12, 1534

Elected as Pope Paul II.

John Calvin,

Jan 1, 1536

He was the leader of Refomration in Swtizerland, and issued the first the classical text of Reformed (non-Lutheran) theology.

Society of Jesus

Jan 1, 1540

Founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola.

St. Francis Xavier

Jan 1, 1541

St. Francis Xavier sets out a missionary to East Indies and Japan.

Anglican Book of Common Prayer

Jan 1, 1549

The first Anglican prayer book was created by Edward and was published later.

Julius III

Jan 1, 1550

Elected as Pope Julius III.

Peace of Augsburg ends religious wars in Germany.

Jan 1, 1555

There was religious territorialism which recognized the existence of Catholicism and Lutheranism in the German Empire.

Marcellus II

Jan 1, 1555

Elected as Pope Marcellus II. When the death of Julius III, the caridnals were present at Rome and four days later he became Pope.

Paul IV

May 23, 1555

Elected as Pope Paul IV.

Pius IV

Dec 26, 1559

Elected as Pope Pius IV.

The Council of Trent

Jan 1, 1563

The council of Trent was opened under Pope Paul III in 1545, continued under Pope Julius III, and concluded under Pope Pius IV. The doctrine of orginal sin, sacraments of Penance and Extreme Unction, Christian marriage anf purgatory was defined. The council is also against Lutheran herexy.

The First text

Jan 1, 1563

The first text 39 articles of the Church of England was issued. Which practiced new Act of Supremacy and Oath of Succession to the English throne.

St. Pius V

Jan 7, 1566

Elected as Pope Pius V.

Gregory XIII

Jan 1, 1572

Elecyed as Pope Gregory XIII

Urban VII

Sep 15, 1590

Elected as Pope Urban VII.

Gregory XIV

Dec 5, 1590

Elected as Pope Gregory XIV.

Innocent IX

Oct 29, 1591

Elected as Pope Innocent IX.

Clement VIII

Jan 30, 1592

Elected as Pope Clement VIII.

Leo XI

Apr 27, 1605

Elected as Pope Leo XI but died after twenty-eight days after his election to papacy.

Paul V

May 16, 1605

Elected as Pope Paul V.

Scandinavia

Jan 1, 1613

Catholics were banned from Scandinavia.

Gregory XV

Jan 1, 1621

Elected as Pope Gregory XV, died at Rome, 8 July.

Urban VIII

Aug 6, 1623

Elected as Pope Urban VIII, died at Rome, 29 July, 1644.

Innocent X

Jan 1, 1644

Elected as Pope Innocent X, died at Rome 7 January 1655.

Pope Innocent X

Jan 1, 1653

Pope Innocent X disapproved of the teachings of Jansenism, which effected the doctrine teachings of divine grace and human freedom.

Alexander VII

Apr 7, 1655

Elected as Pope Alexander VII, died at Rome, 22 May 1667.

Clement IX

Jun 20, 1667

Elected as Pope Clement IX, died at Rome 9 December 1669.

Clement X

Apr 29, 1670

Elected as Pope Clement X, died at Rome 22 July 1676.

Blessed Innocent XI

Sep 21, 1676

Elected as Pope Innocent XI, died at Rome 11 August 1689.

Alexander VIII

Oct 5, 1689

Elected as Pope Alexander VIII, died at Rome 1 February 1691.

Innocent XII

Feb 11, 1691

Elected as Pope Innocent XII, died at Rome 27 September 1700.

Clement XI

Nov 23, 1700

Elected as Pope Clement XI, died at Rome 19 March 1721.

St. Paul of the Cross

Jan 1, 1720

The Passionists were founded by St. Paul of the Cross

Innocent XIII

May 8, 1721

Pope Innocent XIII, died at Rome 7 March 1724.

China

Jan 1, 1724

Anyone that professed that they are christian they are to be persecuted.

Benedict XIII

May 29, 1724

Elected as Pope Benedict XIII, died in 23 February 1730.

Clement XII

Jul 12, 1730

Elected as Pope Clement XII, died at Rome 6 February 1740.

Freemansory

Jan 1, 1738

Not allowed and disapprove by Clement XII that Freemasonry and Catholics were forbidden to join, under penalty of excommunication. Then the rest of popes also prohibited this.

Benedict XIV

Jan 1, 1740

Elected as Pope Benedict XIV, died in 3 May 1758.

Clement XIII

Jul 6, 1758

Elected as Pope Clement XIII, died at Rome 2 February 1769.

Clement XIV

May 18, 1769

Pope Clement XIV, died at Rome 22 September 1774.

Civil disabilities of the past under the reign of Henry VIII

Jan 1, 1773

Catholics of England were relieved them to acquire, own and inherit property according to the the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1791.

Pius VI

Feb 15, 1775

Elected as Pope Pius VI, died at Valence, France 29 August 1799.

Religious freedom

Jan 1, 1789

Religious freedom came and approved in United States was guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Pius VII

Mar 14, 1800

Elected as Pope Pius VII, died in 20 August 1823.

Leo XII

Sep 28, 1823

Elected as Pope Leo XII, died at Rome 10 February 1829.

Pius VIII

Mar 31, 1829

Elected as Pope Pius VIII, died in 31 March 1829.

Gregory XVI

Jan 1, 1831

Elected as Pope Gregory XVI, died at Rome 9 June 1846.

Blessed Pius IX

Jun 21, 1846

Elected as Pope Pius IX, died at Rome 7 February 1878.

Immaculate Conception

Dec 8, 1854

Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the bull Ineffabilis Deus.

The First Vatican Council

Jun 29, 1869

The First Vatican Council was opened by Pope Pius IX in 1869 and adjourned on October 20, 1870. This continued by Pope John XXIII and this was important because it highlights the decree was of the primacy of the pope and of papal infallibility.

Leo XIII

Feb 20, 1878

Elected as Pope Leo XIII, died at Rome 20 July 1903.

St. Pius X

Aug 9, 1903

Elected as Pope Pius X.

Pope Benedict XV

Sep 3, 1914

Elected as Pope Benedict XV, died at Rome 22 January 1922.

Pope Pius XI

Feb 6, 1922

Elected as Pope Pius XI, died in 10 February 1939.

Pius XII (1939-58)

Mar 2, 1939

Elected as Pius XII (1939-58), died in 9 October 1958.

St. John XXIII

Oct 28, 1958

Elected as Pope John XXIII, died at the Vatican City 3 June 1963.

The Second Vatican Council

Oct 11, 1962

The Second Vatican council opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962, it continued under Pope Paul XI until the end in . The purpose of this council was to unit the laity and the church to be ecumenical. It also change on how the church would interact with the community.

Pontificate of Paul VI

Jun 21, 1963

His purpose is to give guidance for the authentic trends of the renewal of the church set by the Second Vatican Council.

Paul VI

Jun 21, 1963

Elected as Pope Paul VI, died in August 6 1978.

John Paul I

Aug 26, 1978

Elected as John Paul I, died in 28 September 1978.

John Paul II

Oct 16, 1978

Elected as Pope John Paul II, died in 2 April 2005.

Catechism

Dec 8, 1992

Allowing Catechism in the Church.

Pope Benedict XVI

Apr 19, 2005

Elected as Pope Pope Benedict XVI, born on April 16 1927.

Pope Benedict XVI

Feb 11, 2013

Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who is succeeded by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis

Mar 13, 2013

Elected as Pope Francis, born on 17 December 1936.