Timeline of the Catholic Church
1500
Archbishop John Morton dies
1502
Henry Dean appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1503
Pope Alexander VI dies > Pius III elected pope; he dies in this year >Julius II elected pope
Archbishop Henry Dean dies > William Warham appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Eighteenth Ecumenical Council: Lateran V*
1513
Pope Julius III dies > Leo X elected pope
1515
Birth of St Philip Neri
1521
Pope Leo X dies
1522
Adrian VI elected pope
1523
Pope Adrian VI dies > Clement VII elected pope
1531
King Henry VIII becomes Supreme Governor of the Church of England
1532
Archbishop William Warham dies
1533
Thomas Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1534
Pope Clement VII dies > Paul III elected pope
1535
6th Jul St Thomas More executed for refusing to recognise the King as the Head of the Church in England
22nd Jun Cardinal John Fisher martyred
1536 - 1540
Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII
1540
St Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)
Nineteenth Ecumenical Council: Trent*
1549
Pope Paul III dies
1550
Julius III elected pope
1553
Mary I ('Bloody Mary') becomes Queen of England
1554
Restoration of the Catholic Church in England
1555
Pope Julius III dies > Marcellus III elected pope; he dies in this year > Paul IV elected pope
1556
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer dies > Fr Reginald Pole appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
St Ignatius dies
1558
17th Nov Cardinal Reginald Pole dies
Death of Queen Mary I > Elizabeth I becomes Queen
1558 – 1850
Cardinal Pole is the last Archbishop of Canterbury to be appointed by the Holy See. Those that follow are appointed by the Supreme Governor of the Church of England
1559
Pope Paul IV dies > Pius IV elected pope
1560
St Teresa of Avila founds the order of Discalced Carmelites
1565
Pius IV dies
1566
St Pius V elected pope
Pope Pius V declares SS Thomas Aquinas* to be a Doctor of the Church
Pope Pius V declares SS Athanasius*, Basil*, Gregory Nazianzus* and John Chrysostom* to be Doctors of the Church
1570
Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I
1572
Pope Pius V dies > Gregory XIII elected pope
1575
St Philip Neri founds the Congregation of the Oratory
1585
Pope Gregory XIII dies > Sixtus V elected pope
1st Dec St Edmund Campion martyred
Pope Sixtus V declares St Bonaventure* to be a Doctor of the Church
1590
Pope Sixtus V dies > Urban VII elected pope; he dies in this year >Gregory XIV elected pope
1591
Pope Gregory XIV dies > Innocent IX elected pope; he dies in this year
1592
Clement VIII elected pope
1595
25th May St Philip Neri dies
22nd Feb Venerable Robert Southwell martyred
1605
Pope Clement VIII dies > Leo XI elected; he dies in this year > Paul V elected pope
1606
3rd May Fr Henry Garnet martyred
1621
Paul V dies > Gregory XV elected pope
1623
Pope Gregory XV dies > Urban VIII elected pope
1644
Pope Urban VIII dies > Innocent X elected pope
1655
Pope Innocent X dies > Alexander VII elected pope
1667
Pope Alexander VII dies > Clement IX elected pope
1669
Pope Clement IX dies
1670
Clement X elected pope
1676
Pope Clement X dies > Blessed Innocent XI elected pope
1689
Blessed Pope Innocent XI dies > Alexander VIII elected pope
1691
Pope Alexander VIII dies > Innocent XII elected pope
1700
Pope Innocent XII dies > Clement XI elected pope
Pope Clement XI declares St Anselm* to be a Doctor of the Church
1721
Pope Clement XI dies > Innocent XIII elected pope
Pope Innocent III declares St Isidore* to be a Doctor of the Church
1724
Pope Innocent XIII dies > Benedict XIII elected pope
Pope Benedict XIII declares St Peter Chrysologus* to be a Doctor of the
Church
1730
Pope Benedict XIII dies > Clement XII elected pope
1740
Pope Clement XII dies > Benedict XIV elected pope
Pope Benedict XIV declares St Leo The Great* to be a Doctor of the Church
1758
Pope Benedict XIV dies > Clement XIII elected pope
1769
Pope Clement XIII dies > Clement XIV elected pope
1774
Pope Clement XIV dies
1775
Pius VI elected pope
1799
Pope Pius VI dies
1800
Pius VII elected pope
1801
John Henry Newman born
1823
Pope Pius VII dies > Leo XII elected
Pope Leo XII declares St Peter Damian* to be a Doctor of the Church
1829
Pope Leo XII dies > Pius VIII elected
Catholic Emancipation Act is passed
Pope Pius VIII declares St Bernard of Clairvaux* to be a Doctor of the Church
Pope Pius VIII dies
1831
Pope Gregory XVI elected
1843
Church of St John the Evangelist, Islington* opens
1845
21st Feb John Henry Newman converts to the Catholic Church
1846
Pope Gregory XVI dies > Blessed Pius IX elected pope
1849
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street* opens
1850
29th Sept Pope Pius IX reconstitutes the Catholic Hierarchy in England
Church of Mary Immaculate & St Gregory the Great, High Barnet* opens
7th July Pope Pius IX declares St Hilary of Poitiers* to be a Doctor of the Church
1853
Fr Nicholas Wiseman is appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
1854
Fr William Lockhart appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1856
St Church of St Mary's & St Joseph's, Poplar* opens
(new church opens in 1954)
1857
St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater* is built
1859
Church of the Immaculate Conception & St Joseph, Hertford* opens
Church of Our Lady Help of Christians* opens
1860
First church of Our Lady & St Joseph's opens
1861
St Joseph's, Highgate* opens
(new church opens in 1889)
1863
St Peter's (The Italian church), Holborn* opens
1864
Our Lady of Grace & St Edward's, Chiswick* opens
1867
St Dominic's Priory, Haverstock Hill* opens
(Priory church opens in 1883)
Twentieth Ecumenical Council: Vatican I*
Pope Pius IX declares St Alphonsus Ligouri* to be a Doctor of the Church
1874
Fr William Hussey appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
Pope Pius IX declares St Francis de Sales* to be a Doctor of the Church
1878
Pope Blessed Pius IX dies > Leo XIII elected pope
1879
12th Feb John Henry Newman made a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII declares SS Cyril of Alexandria* and Cyril of Jerusalem* to be
Doctors of the Church
1884
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (The London Oratory)* opens
1885
Original church of SS Michael & Martin* built
Fr Herbert Vaughan is appointed Archbishop of Westminster
Pope Leo XIII declares St John Damascene* to be a Doctor of the Church
John Henry Newman dies
St James, Marylebone (Spanish Place*) opens
1891
Archbishop Vaughan is appointed Cardinal
1892
Fr Donald Skrimpshire appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1893
St Patrick's, Soho Square* opens
1896
Monsignor Howlett appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1897
Ealing Abbey* opens
Pope Leo XIII declares St Bede* to be a Doctor of the Church
1900
Holy Rood church, Watford* opens
1902
Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton* opens
St Peter in Chains, Stroud Green* opens
1903
Pope Leo XIII dies > St Pius X elected pope
First Mass celebrated at Westminster Cathedral*
St Mary Moorfields, City of London* opens
1905
Fr Thomas Walsh appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
Church of SS Alban & Stephen, St Albans* opens
1907
Fr Thomas H Burnett appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1910
Fr Smith appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1911
Fr Frances Bourne is appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
1912
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayes* opens
(new church opens in 1961)
1914
Pope St Pius X dies > Benedict XV elected pope
1916
Church of St Edward the Confessor, Golders Green* opens
1918
Fr Tynan appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1920s
Original church of St Theodore's, Hampton* built
(new church opened in 1987)
Fr William Dempsey appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
Pope Benedict XV declares St Ephraem* to be a Doctor of the Church
1921
Sacred Heart church, Ruislip* opens
(new church opens in 1938)
1922
Pope Benedict XV dies > Pius XI elected
21st May Pope Pius XI declares St Peter Canisius* to be a Doctor of the Church
24th Aug Pope Pius XI declares St John of the Cross* to be a Doctor of the Church
St Bonaventure's church, Welwyn Garden City* dedicated
Pope Pius XI declares St Robert Bellarmine* and St Albert The Great* to be Doctors of the Church
1932-3
St Gabriel's, South Harrow* built
1932
St Erconwald's church, Wembley* opens
(the new church opens in 1970)
1933
18th May St Mary & St Andrew church* opens
1935
Cardinal Frances Bourne dies
25th Mar Fr Arthur Hinsley is appointed Archbishop of Westminster
1936
Christ the King church, Cockfosters* founded
1937
Archbishop Arthur Hinsley is appointed Cardinal
1939
Pope Pius XI dies > Venerable Pius XII elected pope
1943
Cardinal Arthur Hinsley dies
Fr Bernard William Griffin is appointed Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Pius XII
Archbishop Bernard William Griffin is appointed Cardinal by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII declares St Anthony of Padua* to be a Doctor of the Church
1955
Holy Cross church, Much Hadham* opens
(the new church opens in 1982)
1956
20th Aug Cardinal Bernard William Griffin dies
Fr William Godfrey appointed Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Pius XII
Mass celebrated at the church of The Most Holy Redeemer, Sawbridgeworth* for the first time
1957
Church of the Holy Apostles, Pimlico* opens
1958
Venerable Pope Pius XII dies > Blessed John XXIII elected pope
Archbishop William Godfrey appointed Cardinal by Pope Pius XII
Blessed Pope John XXIII declares St Lawrence* to be a Doctor of the Church
The Sacred Heart and St John the Evangelist church, Herts* is built
1961
Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles* opens
1962
Fr Thomas Hookham appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
Twenty first Ecumenical Council: Vatican II
1963
Blessed Pope John XXIII dies > Paul VI elected pope
22nd Jan Cardinal Godfrey dies
Fr John Carmel Heenan appointed Archbishop of Westminster
1964
The new church of Our Lady & St Joseph's opens
1965
Archbishop John Carmel Heenan appointed Cardinal
Church of St Bernard's, Northolt* opens
Church of Our Lady of Fatima, White City* opens
1967
Church of St Gregory the Great, Ruislip South* opens
1969
Canon Danny Kay appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
1970s
Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Andrew, Hitchin* built
Pope Paul VI declares SS Catherine of Siena* and Teresa of Avila* to be Doctors of the Church
First Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) formed
1975
7th Nov Cardinal Heenan dies
Our Lady & St Joseph's church is consecrated
1976
Abbot Basil Hume OSB is appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Paul VI
1978
6th Aug Pope Paul VI dies > John Paul I is elected pope (26/8/78); he dies in this year (28/9/78) > John Paul II is elected pope (16/10/78)
1982
Second Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) formed
Schism: The Society of St Pius X breaks from the Church*
1990
Fr Bernard McCumisky appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's church
Pope John Paul II declares St Therese of Lisieux* to be a Doctor of the Church
1999
17th Jun Cardinal Basil Hume dies
2000
Fr Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Bishop of Arundel & Brighton, is
appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster by Pope John Paul II
Fr Christopher Colven appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady & St Joseph's
Church
2004
Our Lady & St Joseph's church celebrates its 150th Anniversary
2005
2nd Apr Pope John Paul II dies > Pope Benedict XVI is elected (19/4/05)
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