2015 Event Pope Francis continues Catholic reforms by changing the marriage annulment process to make it faster and less expensive; earlier this month, the pope also declared that priests may forgive the sin of abortion during next year's Year of Mercy 2015 Event During his visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the Catholic Church for its offenses against the indigenous population of the American continent during the conquest by European powers 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI, who was known for changes in the Catholic Church that came out of Vatican II 2014 Event The Vatican issues a document indicating that the Catholic Church is taking a softer stance on relationships outside of traditional marriage, upholding the church's views but advocating respect for unmarried couples and homosexual unions 2014 Event Pope Francis canonizes John XXIII and John Paul II; this is the first time that the Catholic Church has elected two former popes to sainthood in the same ceremony 2013 Event Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking number of new Catholic Church saints; Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI submitted the 813 'Martyrs of Otranto' who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam 2013 Event Alfred Xuereb, an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is selected by Pope Francis' to become his first private secretary 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2013 Event More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy, to begin the process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces Roman Catholic bishops must obey a papal order allowing priests to say the old-style Tridentine Mass 2011 Event According to the Catholic Church on the island, Cuba plans free to two more dissidents 2000 Death Peter Levi, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood, dies 1997 Death Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75 1994 Death Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead 1992 Event Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years 1991 Death Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81 1991 Event Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church 1988 Event North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed 1978 Death Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, died 1977 Event Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 1976 Death Gerald Smith, antisemite / catholic, National Christian Crusade, dies at 78 1976 Event Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1975 Event James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) 1970 Event Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service 1968 Event Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry 1966 Event 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church 1966 Event Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US 1964 Event Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1964 Event Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 1962 Event Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1962 Event Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's 1962 Event "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools 1952 Event Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index 1951 Death James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at 67 1950 Event Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations 1945 Event Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1945 Event Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens 1944 Event Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions 1943 Event Catholic University Nijegen closes 1943 Event Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed 1942 Event 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp 1941 Event Germany bans all Catholic publications 1940 Birthday Frank Zappa, born in Baltimore, rocker, Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls 1939 Event Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha 1938 Birthday Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian 1936 Event Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1934 Event Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite 1933 Event German party Catholic Center disbands 1933 Event Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers 1933 Event Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists 1933 Event German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis 1931 Birthday Peter Levi, born in Ruislip, England, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood 1926 Event Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms 1925 Event 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) 1925 Birthday Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop, Glasgow 1925 Event Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1925 Death Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72 1925 Birthday Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 1923 Event Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms 1923 Event Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens 1922 Birthday Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop, Hallam 1921 Birthday Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader 1920 Birthday John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Philadelphia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY 1918 Event Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier 1918 Birthday John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978- 1916 Birthday Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic 1915 Event Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA 1915 Birthday Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist 1914 Death Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 1913 Birthday Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1912 Birthday John Paul I, Albino Luciano, 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1910 Event German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms 1910 Birthday Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union 1908 Event Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election 1900 Death James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 1897 Birthday Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Montini, 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78 1896 Birthday Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister Socialist Business 1895 Event Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education 1895 Birthday Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist 1889 Event Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group 1884 Death Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1882 Birthday Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas 1882 Death Ivan S Gagarin, Catholic theologist (Etudes religieuses), dies at 67 1882 Event Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men 1875 Death John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71 1875 Event James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1873 Birthday Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks 1869 Event 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome 1864 Event 1st U.S. Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore 1862 Death Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Italian Catholic youth, dies at 23 1861 Death Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 1859 Death John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72 1855 Event Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention 1853 Event Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands 1852 Birthday Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister 1850 Event Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England 1843 Event 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1835 Birthday Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1903-14 1830 Birthday James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 1827 Birthday Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer 1824 Birthday Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician 1824 Birthday Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht 1821 Event Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore 1813 Birthday Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder, The Time 1810 Birthday Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903 1807 Birthday Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman 1799 Birthday Johann von Dollinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 1798 Event Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews 1793 Event Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained 1791 Event 1st Catholic college in U.S., Georgetown, opens 1789 Event Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded 1784 Event John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions 1780 Event Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London 1775 Birthday Joachim G le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary/catholic foreman/publicist 1774 Birthday Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975 1764 Event Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king 1755 Event 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic 1734 Death Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1732 Event 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 1727 Death John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies 1711 Event Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor 1697 Event Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic 1690 Event Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1690 Event Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1690 Event Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king 1685 Event James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II 1678 Birthday Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11 1670 Event Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna 1641 Event Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed 1634 Event Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1626 Birthday Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic 1626 Event Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV 1619 Death Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies 1616 Event Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index 1609 Event Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League 1596 Event Catholic League disjoins 1595 Death Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1593 Event France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1589 Event Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1588 Death Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1588 Event French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League 1588 Event Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1587 Event Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1585 Birthday Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader 1585 Event Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1582 Event Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1582 Event Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1581 Death Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies 1580 Event States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship 1573 Birthday Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern, Catholic League 1572 Event 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum 1571 Event Catholic coup in Scotland 1571 Event Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland 1569 Event Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland 1557 Event Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worm 1550 Birthday Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League 1548 Birthday Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole 1538 Event Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg 1536 Event Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions 1535 Event English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights 1535 Birthday Gregory XIV, Niccolo Sfondrati, Roman Catholic pope, 1590-91 1529 Event Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel 1529 Event Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons 1525 Event Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau 1521 Event Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1519 Birthday Innocent IX, Giovanni A Facchinetti, 230th Catholic pope, 1591 1519 Event King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V 1504 Death Isabella I, Catholic Queen of Castille and Aragon (1474-04), dies at 53 1493 Event Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor 1488 Event Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium 1452 Birthday Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily, expelled Jews 1419 Event Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1361 Birthday Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor, 1378-1400 1352 Birthday Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king 1313 Death Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies 1298 Event Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king 1283 Birthday Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor, 1314 - 1347 1247 Event Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor 1228 Birthday Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king, 1237-54 1215 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1212 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1211 Birthday Henry VII, Roman catholic German king, 1220-35 1210 Event Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV 1198 Event Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany 1197 Death Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies 1017 Birthday Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046 - 1056 996 Event Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 973 Birthday Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24 905 Event Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured 891 Event Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 891 Event Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope 884 Event St. Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 884 Event Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 882 Event Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII 872 Event John VIII elected as Catholic Pope 867 Event Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 858 Event Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 855 Event Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 855 Event St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 847 Event St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 847 Event Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 844 Event Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 824 Event St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 817 Event St. Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV 795 Event St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 795 Event Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 772 Event Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 768 Event Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope 768 Event [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 768 Event [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 767 Event St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 757 Event St. Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 752 Death Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies 752 Event Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) 741 Event St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III 741 Event St. Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 731 Event St. Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 715 Event St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 715 Event Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope 708 Event Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope 707 Event John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope 705 Event John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope 705 Death John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies 701 Event John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope 701 Event St. Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 687 Event St. Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon 686 Event Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope 685 Event John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope 685 Event St. Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 684 Event St. Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 683 Event St. Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 682 Event St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 678 Event St. Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope 676 Event Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II 676 Event Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 672 Event Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 672 Event St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope 657 Event St. Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I 657 Event St. Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 653 Event St. Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 649 Event St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 649 Event Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 642 Event Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 642 Event John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 640 Event John IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 640 Event Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) 638 Event Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected 625 Event Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 625 Event Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope 619 Event Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope 618 Event St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 615 Event St. Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 615 Event St. Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 609 Event Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church 608 Event St. Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 607 Event Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 607 Event Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 590 Event St. Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 579 Event Pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 579 Event Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 575 Event Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 574 Event John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 561 Event John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I 556 Event Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 555 Event Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 537 Event St. Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 536 Event St. Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 536 Event St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 535 Event St. Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 535 Event John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 533 Event John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 532 Event Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event St. Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event [Discorus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope 526 Event St. Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 523 Event St. John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 523 Event St. Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope 498 Event Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 496 Event Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope 496 Event St. Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 492 Event St. Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 492 Event St. Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 483 Event St. Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 468 Event St. Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius 468 Death St. Hilary, Catholic Pope (461-468), dies 461 Event St. Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope 461 Event St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 440 Event St. Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 432 Event St. Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 432 Event St. Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 422 Event St. Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 422 Event St. Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 419 Event [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 418 Event St. Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 418 Event [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope 418 Event St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 417 Event St. Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 401 Event St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 401 Event St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 399 Event St. Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 399 Event St. Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 384 Event St. Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 366 Event Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 365 Event [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 352 Event Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I 337 Event St. Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 336 Event St. Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope 336 Event Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope 335 Event St. Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 314 Event St. Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 314 Event St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope 311 Event St. Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope 310 Event St. Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 310 Event St. Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 308 Death Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies 306 Event St. Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 296 Event St. Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 296 Event St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 283 Event St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 283 Event St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope 274 Event St. Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 274 Event St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope 269 Event St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 268 Event St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 260 Event St. Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 258 Event St. Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 257 Event St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 257 Event St. Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 254 Event Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope 253 Event St. Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 250 Event Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) 236 Event St. Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope 236 Event St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 235 Event St. Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 235 Event St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 230 Event St. Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope