Timeline of the Catholic Church
514
Pope St Symmachus dies > St Hormisdas becomes pope
523
Pope St Hormisdas dies > St John I becomes pope
526
Pope St John I dies > St Felix IV (III) becomes pope
530
Pope St Felix IV (III) dies > St Boniface II becomes pope
532
Pope St Boniface II dies
533
St John II becomes pope
535
Pope St John II dies > St Agapetus I (aka Agapitus I) becomes pope
536
Pope St Agapetus dies > St Silverius becomes pope
537
Pope St Silverius dies > Vigilius becomes pope
547
Death of St Benedict
Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople II*
555
Pope Vigilius dies
556
Pelagius I becomes pope
561
Pope Pelagius I dies > John III becomes pope
574
Pope John III dies
575
Benedict I becomes pope
579
Pope Benedict I dies > Pelagius II becomes pope
590
Pope Pelagius II dies > St Gregory I The Great becomes pope
597
St Augustine appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
604
Pope St Gregory I The Great dies > Sabinian becomes pope
Archbishop St Augustine dies > St Lawrence appointed Archbishop of
Canterbury
606
Pope Sabinian dies
607
Boniface III becomes pope and dies in this year
608
St Boniface IV becomes pope
615
Pope St Boniface IV dies > St Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) becomes pope
618
Pope St Deusdedit dies
619
Boniface V becomes pope
Archbishop St Lawrence dies > St Mellitus appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
624
24th Apr Archbishop St Mellitus dies > St Justus appointed Archbishop of
Canterbury
625
Pope Boniface V dies > St Honorius I becomes pope
627
Archbishop St Justus dies > St Honorius appointed Archbishop of
Canterbury
638
Pope Honorius I dies
640
Severinus becomes pope and dies in this year > John IV becomes pope
642
Pope John IV dies > Theodore I becomes pope
649
Pope Theodore I dies > St Martin I becomes pope
653
Archbishop St Honorius dies
655
St Deusdedit appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Pope St Martin I dies > St Eugene I becomes pope
657
St Eugene dies > St Vitalian becomes pope
664
Archbishop St Deusdedit dies
668
St Theodore appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
672
Pope St Vitalian dies > Adeodatus (II) becomes pope
676
Pope Adeodatus (II) dies > Donus becomes pope
678
Pope Donus dies > St Agatho becomes pope
Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III*
681
Pope St Agatho dies
682
St Leo II becomes pope
683
Pope St Leo II dies
684
St Benedict II becomes pope
685
Pope St Benedict II dies > John V becomes pope
686
Pope John V dies > Conon becomes pope
687
Pope Conon dies > St Sergius I becomes pope
690
Archbishop St Theodore dies
693
St Berhtwald appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
701
Pope St Sergius I dies > John VI becomes pope
705
Pope John VI dies > John VII becomes pope
707
Pope John VII dies
708
Sisinnius becomes pope; he dies in this year > Constantine becomes pope
715
Pope Constantine dies > St Gregory II becomes pope
731
Pope St Gregory II dies > St Gregory III becomes pope
Archbishop St Berhtwald dies > St Tatwin appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
734
Archbishop St Tatwin dies
735
Nothelm appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
740
Archbishop Nothelm dies
741
Pope St Gregory III dies > St Zachary becomes pope
Cuthbert appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
752
Pope St Zachary dies > Stephen II becomes pope; he dies in this year > Stephen III becomes pope
757
Pope Stephen III dies > St Paul I becomes pope
758
Archbishop Cuthbert dies
759
Bregwin appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
765
Archbishop Bregwin dies
766
Jaenberht appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
767
Pope St Paul I dies > Stephen IV becomes pope
772
Pope Stephen IV dies > Adrian I becomes pope
790
Archbishop Jaenberht dies
Seventh Ecumenical Council: Nicaea II*
793
Ethelhard appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
795
Pope Adrian I dies > St Leo III becomes pope
805
Archbishop Ethelhard dies > Wulfred appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
816
Pope St Leo III dies > Stephen V becomes pope
817
Pope Stephen V dies > St Paschal I becomes pope
824
Pope St Paschal I dies > Eugene II becomes pope
827
Pope Eugene II dies > Valentine becomes pope; he dies in this year > Gregory IV becomes pope
832
Archbishop Wulfred dies > Feologild appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
and dies in this year
833
Ceolnoth appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
844
Pope Gregory IV dies > Sergius II becomes pope
847
Pope Sergius II dies > St Leo IV becomes pope
855
Pope St Leo IV dies > Benedict III becomes pope
858
Pope Benedict III dies > St Nicholas I The Great becomes pope
867
Pope Nicholas I The Great dies > Adrian II becomes pope
Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV*
870
Archbishop Ceolnoth dies > Ethelred appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
872
Pope Adrian II dies > John VIII becomes pope
882
Pope John VIII dies > Marinus I becomes pope
884
Pope Marinus I dies > St Adrian III becomes pope
885
Pope St Adrian III dies > Stephen VI becomes pope
889
Archbishop Ethelred dies
890
Plegmund appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
891
Pope Stephen VI dies > Formosus becomes pope
896
Pope Formosus dies > Boniface VI becomes pope; he dies in this year > Stephen VII becomes pope
897
Pope Stephen VII dies > Romanus becomes pope; he dies in this year >Theodore II becomes pope; he also dies in this year
898
John IX becomes pope
900
Pope John IX dies > Benedict IV becomes pope
903
Pope Benedict IV dies > Leo V becomes pope; he dies in this year
904
Sergius III becomes pope
911
Pope Sergius III dies > Anastasius III becomes pope
913
Pope Anastasius III dies > Lando becomes pope
914
Pope Lando dies > John X becomes pope
Archbishop Plegmund dies > Athelm appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
923
Archbishop Athelm dies > Wulfhelm appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
928
Pope John X dies > Leo VI becomes pope; he dies in this year
929
Pope Stephen VIII becomes pope
931
Pope Stephen VIII dies > John XI becomes pope
935
Pope John XI dies
936
Leo VII becomes pope
939
Pope Leo VII dies > Stephen IX becomes pope
942
Pope Stephen IX dies > Marinus II becomes pope
Archbishop Wulfhelm dies > St Odo appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
946
Pope Marinus II dies > Agapetus II becomes pope
955
Pope Agapetus II dies > John XII becomes pope
958
Archbishop St Odo dies
959
Alfsin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and dies this year
960
St Dunstan appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
963
Pope John XII dies > Leo VIII becomes pope
964
Pope Leo VIII dies > Benedict V becomes pope; he dies in this year
965
John XIII becomes pope
972
Pope John XIII dies
973
Benedict VI becomes pope
974
Pope Benedict VI dies > Benedict VII becomes pope
983
Pope Benedict VII dies > John XIV becomes pope
984
Pope John XIV dies
985
John XV becomes pope
988
Archbishop St Dunstan dies > Ethelgar appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
989
Archbishop Ethelgar dies
990
Sigeric appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
994
Archbishop Sigeric dies
995
Elfric appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
996
Pope John XV dies > Gregory V becomes pope
999
Pope Gregory V dies > Sylvester II becomes pope
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