Timeline of the Catholic Church
Heresy of Catharism* (incl. Albigensianism)
1003
Pope Sylvester II dies > John XVII becomes pope; he dies in this year >John XVIII becomes pope
1005
Archbishop Elfric dies > St Ælphege appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1009
Pope John XVIII dies > Sergius IV becomes pope
1012
Pope Sergius IV dies > Benedict VIII becomes pope
1013
Lyfing appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1020
Archbishop Lyfing dies > St Ethelnoth appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1024
Pope Benedict VIII dies > John XIX becomes pope
1032
Pope John XIX dies > Benedict IX becomes pope
1038
Archbishop Ethelnoth dies > St Eadsi appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1045
Pope Benedict IX dies > Sylvester III becomes pope; he dies in this year >Benedict IX becomes pope; he also dies in this year > Gregory VI becomes pope
1046
Pope Gregory VI dies > Clement II becomes pope
1047
Pope Clement II dies > Benedict IX becomes pope
1048
Pope Benedict IX dies > Damasus II becomes pope; he dies in this year
1049
Leo IX becomes pope
1050
Archbishop St Eadsi dies
1051
Robert appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1052
Archbishop Robert dies > Stigand appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Pope St Leo IX dies
Schism: The Catholic Church and Orthodox Church split*
1055
Victor II becomes pope
1057
Pope Victor II dies > Stephen X becomes pope
1058
Pope Stephen X dies > Nicholas II becomes pope
1061
Pope Nicholas II dies > Alexander II becomes pope
1070
Archbishop Stigand dies > Lanfranc appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1073
Pope Alexander II dies > St Gregory VII becomes pope
1085
Pope St Gregory VII dies
1086
Blessed Victor III becomes pope
1087
Blessed Pope Victor III dies
1088
Blessed Urban II becomes pope
1089
Archbishop Lanfranc dies
1093
Anselm appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1098
St Robert of Molesme founds the Cistercian Monastic Order
1099
Blessed Pope Urban II dies > Paschal II becomes pope
1109
Archbishop St Anselm dies
1114
Ralph d'Escures appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1118
Pope Paschal II dies > Gelasius II becomes pope
1119
Pope Gelasius II dies > Callistus II becomes pope
1122
Archbishop Ralph d'Escures dies
Ninth Ecumenical Council: Lateran I*
William de Corbeuil appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1124
Pope Callistus II dies > Honorius II becomes pope
1130
Pope Honorius II dies > Innocent II becomes pope
1136
Archbishop William de Corbeuil dies
Tenth Ecumenical Council: Lateran II*
Theobald appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1143
Pope Innocent II dies > Celestine II becomes pope
1144
Pope Celestine II dies > Lucius II becomes pope
1145
Pope Lucius II dies > Blessed Eugene III becomes pope
1153
Blessed Pope Eugene III dies > Anastasius IV becomes pope
1154
Pope Anastasius IV dies > Adrian IV becomes pope
1159
Pope Adrian IV dies > Alexander III becomes post
1161
Archbishop Theobald dies
1162
Thomas à Becket appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1170
Archbishop St Thomas à Becket dies
1174
Richard appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Eleventh Ecumenical Council: Lateran III*
1181 or 1182
Birth of St Francis of Assisi
1181
Pope Alexander III dies > Lucius III becomes pope
1184
Archbishop Richard dies
1185
Pope Lucius III dies > Urban III becomes pope
Baldwin appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1187
Pope Urban III dies > Gregory VIII elected pope; he dies in this year >
Clement III becomes pope
1190
Archbishop Baldwin dies
1191
Pope Clement III dies > Celestine III becomes pope
1193
Hubert Walter appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1198
Pope Celestine III dies > Innocent III becomes pope
C12
Order of Carmelites founded
1205
Archbishop Hubert Walter dies
1207
Stephen Langton appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1209
St Francis of Assisi founds the Franciscan Order
Twelfth Ecumenical Council: Lateran IV
St Dominic founds the Order of Preachers (The Dominicans)
1216
Pope Innocent III dies > Honorius III becomes pope
1226
3rd Oct St Francis of Assisi dies
1227
Pope Honorius III dies > Gregory IX becomes pope
1228
Archbishop Stephen Langton dies
1229
Richard Grant appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1231
Archbishop Richard Grant dies
1234
Edmund Rich appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1240
Archbishop St Edmund Rich dies
1241
Pope Gregory IX dies > Celestine IV elected pope; he dies in this year
1243
Pope Innocent IV elected pope
Thirteenth Ecumenical Council: Lyon I*
Boniface of Savoy appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1254
Pope Innocent IV dies > Alexander IV elected pope
1261
Pope Alexander IV dies > Urban IV elected pope
1264
Pope Urban IV dies
1265
Clement IV elected pope
1268
Pope Clement IV dies
1270
Archbishop Boniface of Savoy dies
1271
Blessed Gregory X becomes pope
Archbishop Boniface of Savoy dies
1273
Robert Kilwardby appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Fourteenth Ecumenical Council: Lyon II*
1276
Blessed Pope Gregory X dies > Blessed Innocent V becomes pope; he dies in this year > Adrian V becomes pope; he also dies in this year > John XXI becomes pope
1277
Pope John XXI dies > Nicholas III elected pope
1279
Archbishop Robert Kilwardby dies > John Peckham appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1280
Pope Nicholas III dies
1281
Martin IV elected pope
1285
Pope Martin IV dies > Honorius IV elected pope
1287
Pope Honorius IV dies
1288
Nicholas IV elected pope
1292
Pope Nicholas IV dies
Archbishop John Peckham dies
1294
St Celestine V elected pope; he dies in this year > Boniface VIII elected pope
Robert Winchelsey appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Pope Boniface VIII declares SS Ambrose*, Augustine of Hippo*, Pope Gregory The Great* and Jerome* to be Doctors of the Church
1303
Pope Boniface VIII dies > Blessed Benedict XI elected pope
1304
Blessed Pope Benedict XI dies
1305
Clement V elected pope
Fifteenth Ecumenical Council: Vienne
1313
Archbishop Robert Winchelsey dies > Walter Reynolds appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1314
Pope Clement V dies
1316
John XXII elected pope
1327
Archbishop Walter Reynolds dies
1328
Simon Meopham appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1333
Archbishop Simon Meopham dies > John Stratford appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1334
Pope John XXII dies > Benedict XII elected pope
1342
Pope Benedict XII dies > Clement VI elected pope
1348
Archbishop John Stratford dies
1349
Thomas Bradwardine appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. He dies the
same year > Simon Islip appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1352
Pope Clement VI dies > Innocent VI elected pope
1362
Pope Innocent VI dies > Blessed Urban V elected pope
1366
Archbishop Simon Islip dies > Simon Langham appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1368
Archbishop Simon Langham dies > William Whittlesey appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1370
Pope Blessed Urban V dies > Gregory XI elected pope
1374
Archbishop William Whittlesey dies
1375
Simon Sudbury appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1378
Pope Gregory XI dies > Urban VI elected pope
1381
Archbishop Simon Sudbury dies > William Courtenay appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1389
Pope Urban VI dies > Boniface IX elected pope
1396
Archbishop William Courtenay dies > Thomas Arundel appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1404
Pope Boniface IX dies > Innocent VII elected pope
1406
Pope Innocent VII dies > Gregory XII elected pope
Sixteenth Ecumenical Council: Constance*
1414
Archbishop Thomas Arundel dies > Henry Chicheley appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury
1415
Pope Gregory XII dies
1417
Martin V elected pope
Seventeenth Ecumenical Council: Basle, Ferrara & Florence
1431
Pope Martin V dies > Eugene IV elected pope
1443
Archbishop Henry Chicheley dies > John Stafford appointed Archbishop
of Canterbury
1447
Pope Eugene IV dies > Nicholas V elected pope
1452
Archbishop John Stafford dies > John Kemp appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1454
Archbishop John Kemp dies > Thomas Bourchier appointed appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1455
Pope Nicholas V dies > Callistus III elected pope
1458
Pope Callistus III dies > Pius II elected pope
1464
Pope Pius II dies > Paul II elected pope
1471
Pope Paul II dies > Sixtus IV elected pope
1484
Pope Sixtus IV dies > Innocent VIII elected pope
1486
Archbishop Thomas Bourchier dies > John Morton appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1491
Birth of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus
1492
Pope Innocent VIII dies > Alexander VI elected pope
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