1962 Event Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro 1949 Event Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics 1943 Event Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle 1585 Event Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) 1570 Event Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance 1551 Event Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma 1510 Event Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice 1509 Event Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice 1497 Event Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola 1282 Event Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth 1210 Event Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV 1210 Event Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV 1076 Event Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV
