General Roman Calendar

The General Roman Calendar is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date; or occur on a particular day of the week (examples are the Baptism of the Lord in January and the Feast of Christ the King in November); or relate to the date of Easter (examples are the celebrations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary). National and diocesan liturgical calendars, including that of the diocese of Rome itself as well as the calendars of religious institutes and even of continents, add other saints and mysteries or transfer the celebration of a particular saint or mystery from the date assigned in the General Calendar to another date.

For historical forms of the General Roman Calendar, see Tridentine Calendar, General Roman Calendar of 1954, General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII, General Roman Calendar of 1960, and General Roman Calendar of 1969.
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These liturgical calendars also indicate the degree or rank of each celebration: Memorial (which can be merely optional), Feast, or Solemnity. Among other differences, the Gloria is said or sung at the Mass of a Feast but not at that of a Memorial, and the Creed is added on Solemnities.

The last general revision of the General Roman Calendar was in 1969 and was authorized by the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis of Pope Paul VI. The motu proprio and the decree of promulgation were included in the book Calendarium Romanum, published in the same year by Libreria Editrice Vaticana.[1] This contained also the official document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, and the list of celebrations of the General Roman Calendar. Both these documents are also printed (in their present revised form) in the Roman Missal, after the General Instruction of the Roman Missal.[2][3] The 1969 book also provided a detailed unofficial commentary on that year's revision of the calendar.

The contents of the General Roman Calendar and the names in English of the celebrations included in it are here indicated in the official English version of the Roman Missal.

Selection of saints included

The General Roman Calendar assigns celebrations of saints to only about half the days of the year, and contains only a fraction of the saints listed in the 776-page volume Roman Martyrology, which itself is not an exhaustive list of all the saints legitimately venerated in the Catholic Church. The Martyrology assigns several saints to each day of the year and gives a very brief description of each saint or group of saints.

While canonization involves the addition of the saint's name to the Roman Martyrology, it does not necessarily involve insertion of the saint's name also into the General Roman Calendar, which mentions only a very limited selection of canonized saints. There is a common misconception that certain saints, e.g., Saint Christopher, were "unsainted" in 1969 or that veneration of them was "suppressed". In fact, Saint Christopher is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, being listed as a martyr in the Roman Martyrology under 25 July.[4] In 1969, Pope Paul VI issued the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis. In it, he recognized that, while the written Acts of Saint Christopher are merely legendary, attestations to veneration of the martyr date from ancient times. His change in the calendar of saints included "leaving the memorial of Saint Christopher to local calendars" because of the relatively late date of its insertion into the Roman calendar.[5]

Many sources give calendars that mention one or more saints for each day of the year, usually selected from those listed in the Roman Martyrology. One example is "Saints by Day". They mention the saints of the General Roman Calendar, but they also give names of saints not included in the General Roman Calendar, especially on a day to which the General Roman Calendar assigns no celebration whatever of a saint.

Particular calendars

The General Calendar is printed, for instance, in the Roman Missal[6] and the Liturgy of the Hours.[7] These are up to date when printed, but additional feasts may be added later. For that reason, if those celebrating the liturgy have not inserted into the books a note about the changes, they must consult the current annual publication, known as the "Ordo", for their country or religious congregation. These annual publications, like those that, disregarding the feasts that are obligatory in the actual church where the liturgy is celebrated, list only celebrations included in the General Calendar,[8] are useful only for the current year, since they omit celebrations impeded because of falling on a Sunday or during periods such as Holy Week and the Octave of Easter.

The feast days of saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere. For example, a diocese or a country may celebrate the feast day of a saint of special importance there (e.g., St. Patrick in Ireland, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the United States). Likewise, a particular religious institute may celebrate its founder or members of the institute, even if that saint is not listed on the universal calendar or is included in it only with a lower rank. The General Roman Calendar contains only those celebrations that are intended to be observed in the Roman Rite in every country of the world.

This distinction is in application of the decision of the Second Vatican Council: "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance."[9]

The liturgical year

In the liturgical books, the document General Roman Calendar (which lists not only fixed celebrations, but also some moveable ones) is printed immediately after the document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar,[2][3] which states that "throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and observes the birthdays of the Saints". The birth of a saint to heaven is as a rule celebrated on a fixed day of the year (although sometimes they may be moved either to or from a Sunday), but the mysteries of Christ are often celebrated on dates that always vary from year to year. The Church's year combines two cycles of liturgical celebrations. One has been called the Proper of Time or Temporale, associated with the moveable date of Easter and the fixed date of Christmas. The other is associated with fixed calendar dates and has been called the Proper of Saints or Sanctorale.[10][11][12][13] The General Roman Calendar includes celebrations that belong to the Proper of Time or Temporale and is not limited to those that make up the Proper of Saints or Sanctorale. An instance where two observances occur on the same date is called an occurrence.[14]

The document on the liturgical year and the calendar includes among "liturgical days":

  1. Sundays, to only four of which solemnities or feasts are permanently assigned for celebration, namely, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and the solemnities of the Holy Trinity and of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
  2. Solemnities, Feasts and Memorials
  3. Weekdays

Under the title "The Cycle of the Year" the same document arranges under seven headings the Church's celebration of "the whole mystery of Christ, from the Incarnation to Pentecost Day and the days of waiting for the Advent of the Lord":

  1. The Paschal Triduum, which begins with the evening Mass on the Thursday before Easter, includes Good Friday and Holy Saturday, has the Easter Vigil as its centre, and concludes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday.
  2. Easter Time, the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. The first eight days form the Octave of Easter. The solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the fortieth day or, if not observed as a Holyday of Obligation, on the seventh Sunday of Easter. The last nine days before Pentecost "prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete".
  3. Lent, the forty days from Ash Wednesday to the Thursday of Holy Week up to but not including the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. Holy Week itself begins with what is called Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
  4. Christmas Time, the period from First Vespers of Christmas (evening of 24 December) to the Sunday after Epiphany or after 6 January. It includes the Octave of Christmas, which is composed of the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (on the Sunday within the Octave or, if there is no Sunday, on 30 December), the Feasts of Saint Stephen (26 December), Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (27 December), the Holy Innocents (28 December), days within the Octave (29–31 December), and the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (1 January, the Octave Day). It also includes the Solemnity of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
  5. Advent, lasting from First Vespers of the Sunday that falls on or nearest to 30 November to before First Vespers of Christmas.
  6. Ordinary Time, which runs from the Monday after the Sunday that follows 6 January to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, resumes on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday, and concludes before First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent.
  7. Rogation and Ember days on dates to be decided by the episcopal conference.

Transfer of celebrations

Some celebrations listed in the General Roman Calendar are transferred to another date, as explained below.

For the pastoral advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that fall during the week and have special appeal to the devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take precedence over these Sundays in the Table of Liturgical Days.[15]

Solemnities that fall on certain Sundays or on days within Holy Week or the Octave of Easter are transferred to the next day that is free for them, and special rules govern the transfer of the Solemnities of Saint Joseph and of the Annunciation of the Lord.

General Calendar

Variations from the following list of celebrations in the General Calendar shall be indicated not here but, below, under the heading "National calendars".

January
  • 1 January: Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity
  • 2 January: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors – Memorial
  • 3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Optional Memorial
  • 6 January: Epiphany (celebrated on the first Sunday after 1 January in countries where this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation) – Solemnity
  • 7 January: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 13 January: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor – Optional Memorial
  • 17 January: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot – Memorial
  • 20 January: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 21 January: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr – Memorial
  • 22 January: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 24 January: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor – Memorial
  • 25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast
  • 26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial
  • 27 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 28 January: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor – Memorial
  • 31 January: Saint John Bosco, priest – Memorial
  • Sunday after Epiphany (or, if Epiphany is celebrated on 7 or 8 January, the following Monday): Baptism of the Lord – Feast

February
  • 2 February: Presentation of the Lord – Feast
  • 3 February: Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, or Saint Ansgar, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 5 February: Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr – Memorial
  • 6 February: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 8 February: Saint Jerome Emiliani, priest, or Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 10 February: Saint Scholastica, virgin – Memorial
  • 11 February: Our Lady of Lourdes – Optional Memorial
  • 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop – Memorial
  • 17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order – Optional Memorial
  • 21 February: Saint Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
  • 22 February: Chair of Saint Peter, apostle – Feast
  • 23 February: Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr – Memorial

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Congregational Calendars

Each institute of consecrated life (religious institute or secular institute) also has its own calendar, with variations from the General Calendar.

Augustinians

Includes the Discalced Augustinians and the Augustinian Recollects

  • 3 January: St. Fulgentius
  • 4 January: Bl. Christine of the Holy Cross
  • 8 January: Bl. Hugh of Gualdo Cattaneo
  • 13 January: Bl. Veronica of Binasco
  • 18 January: Bl. Christine of l'Aquila
  • 23 January: Bl. Josephine Marry of Beniganim
  • 29 January: Bl. Anthony of Amandola
  • 3 February: Bl. Stephen Bellesini
  • 6 February: Bl. Angelo of Furci
  • 7 February: Bl. Anselm Polanco
  • 9 February: Bl. Ann Catherine Emmerich
  • 13 February: Bl. Christine of Spoleto
  • 15 February: Bl. Julia of Certaldo
  • 16 February: Bl. Simon of Cascia
  • 12 March: Bl. Jerome of Recanati
  • 22 March: Bl. Hugh Zefferini
  • 5 April: Bl. Mariano de la Mata
  • 18 April: Bl. Andrew of Montereale
  • 20 April: Bl. Simon of Todi
  • 23 April: Bl. Helen of Udine
  • 24 April: Conversion of St. Augustine
  • 26 April: Our Mother of Good Counsel
  • 8 May: Our Lady of Grace
  • 8 May: Bl. Catherine of St. Augustine
  • 11 May: Bl. Gregory Celli
  • 12 May: Bl. William Tirry
  • 13 May: Our Lady of Help
  • 16 May: St. Alypius and St. Possidius
  • 18 May: Bl. William of Toulouse
  • 19 May: Bl. Clement of Osimo and Bl. Augustine of Tarano
  • 22 May: St. Rita of Cascia
  • 4 June: Bl. James of Viterbo
  • 12 June: St. John of Sahagún
  • 20 June: Bl. Philip of Piacenza
  • 25 June: Bl. Peter James of Pesaro
  • 2 July: Bl. John and Bl. Peter Becchetti of Fabriano
  • 17 July: Bl. Magdelene Albrici
  • 24 July: Bl. Anthony della Torre of l'Aquila
  • 27 July: Bl. Lucy Bufalari of Amelia
  • 2 August: Bl. John of Rieti
  • 17 August: St. Clare of Montefalco
  • 19 August: St. Ezekiel Moreno
  • 26 August: Augustinian Martyrs of Gafsa (Africa)
  • 27 August: St. Monica
  • 28 August: St. Augustine of Hippo
  • 4 September: Our Mother of Consolation
  • 6 September: Bl. Angelo of Foligno
  • 10 September: St. Nicholas of Tolentine
  • 19 September: St. Alfonso de Orozco
  • 28 September: Bl. Peter Zuñiga, Bl. Thomas 'Kintsuba' Jihyoe of Saint Augustine, and Augustinian Martyrs of Japan
  • 3 October: Bl. Angelo of San Sepolcro
  • 5 October: Bl. Sante of Cori
  • 9 October: Bl. Anthony Patrizi and the Blessed of Lecceto
  • 10 October: St. Thomas of Villanova
  • 11 October: Bl. Elías del Socorro Nieves
  • 12 October: Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce
  • 14 October: Bl. Gonzalo of Lagos
  • 20 October: St. Magdalene of Nagasaki
  • 23 October: St. William the Hermit
  • 23 October: Bl. John Good
  • 25 October: St. John Stone
  • 29 October: Bl. Peter Gubbio
  • 31 October: Bl. James of Cerqueto
  • 7 November: Bl. Gratia of Kotor
  • 8 November: Bl. Avelino Rodríguez and Martyrs of Spain
  • 13 November: All Saints of the Augustinian Order
  • 29 November: Bl. Frederick of Regensburg
  • 16 December: Bl. Cherubim Testa of Avigliana

Benedictines

According to the Calendar of the Benedictine Confederation (additional feasts may vary among congregations or even among monasteries within a congregation): [19] [20]

  • 10 January: Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 15 January: Saint Maurus and Saint Placid, disciples of our Holy Father Benedict – Memorial
  • 26 January: Saint Robert, Saint Alberic, and Saint Stephen, abbots of Cîteaux – Optional Memorial
  • 10 February: Saint Scholastica, virgin – Feast
  • 11 February: Saint Benedict of Aniane, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 21 February: Saint Peter Damian, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 9 March: Saint Frances of Rome, religious (Benedictine oblate) – Memorial
  • 21 March: The Passing of Our Holy Father Benedict, abbot – Feast
  • 21 April: Saint Anselm, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 23 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 27 April: Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 11 May: Saint Odo, Saint Majolus, Saint Odilo, Saint Hugh and Blessed Peter the Venerable, abbots of Cluny – Memorial
  • 15 May: Saint Pachomius, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 19 May: Saint Celestine, pope and hermit – Optional Memorial
  • 25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and Doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 19 June: Saint Romuald, abbot – Memorial
  • 11 July: Our Holy Father Benedict, abbot – Solemnity
  • 12 July: Saint John Gualbert, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 13 July: Saint Henry, Benedictine oblate – Optional Memorial
  • 29 July: Saint Martha, Saint Mary and Saint Lazarus, hosts of the Lord – Memorial
  • 19 August: Saint Bernard Tolomei, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 20 August: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 3 September: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church - Feast
  • 17 September: Saint Hildegard, virgin and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
  • 6 October: Saint Bruno, priest and hermit – Memorial
  • 7 November: Saint Willibrord, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 11 November: Saint Martin of Tours, bishop – Feast
  • 12 November: Saint Theodore the Studite, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 13 November: All Saints of the Order of Saint Benedict – Feast (in some monasteries)
  • 14 November: Commemoration of All Deceased Benedictines (in some monasteries)
  • 16 November: Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin – Memorial
  • 19 November: Saint Mechtild, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 24 November: Saint Columban, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 26 November: Saint Silvester, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 5 December: Saint Saba, abbot – Optional Memorial

Brothers Hospitallers
  • 20 January: Conversion of Saint John of God – Memorial
  • 12 February: Blessed José Olallo Valdés, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 8 March: Saint John of God, religious and founder – Solemnity
  • 24 April: Saint Benedict Menni, priest – Memorial
  • 26 April: Our Lady, Mother of Good Counsel – Optional Memorial
  • 1 May: Saint Riccardo Pampuri, religious – Memorial
  • 3 June: Saint Juan Grande, religious – Memorial
  • 10 June: Blessed Eustachius Kugler, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 25 October: Blesseds Braulio María Corres and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 5 November: Commemoration of the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 17 November: Patronage of Our Lady over the Hospitaller Order – Solemnity
  • 28 November: Translation of the Relics of Saint John of God – Optional Memorial

Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallians)
  • 26 January: Translation of the relics of Saint John Baptist de la Salle – Optional Memorial
  • 27 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial
  • 30 January: Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, religious – Memorial
  • 9 February: Saint Miguel Febres Cordero – Memorial
  • 26 April: Our Lady, Mother of Good Counsel – Memorial
  • 27 April: Blessed Nicholas Roland, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 8 May: Our Lady of the Star – Feast
  • 15 May: Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 19 May: Blessed Raphael Louis Rafiringa, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 13 August: Saint Benilde Romançon, religious – Memorial
  • 2 September: Saint Salomone Leclercq; Blessed Roger Faverge and companions martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 27 September: Blessed Scubilion Rousseau, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 9 October: Saint Cirilo Beltrán, Jaime Hilario and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 21 October: Blessed Nicholas Barré, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 23 October: Blessed Arnold Rèche, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 6 November: Blessed Leonardo José Aragonés Mateu and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 17 November – Dedication of the Church of Saint John Baptist de la Salle (at the Generalate in Rome) – Optional Memorial

Camillians
  • 10 May: Blessed Enrico Rebuschini, priest – Memorial
  • 22 May: Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 14 July: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 26 September: Blessed Luigi Tezza, priest – Memorial
  • 16 October: Blessed Giuseppina Vannini, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October or the Sunday before the Solemnity of All Saints: Dedication of the Church (if the date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 16 November: Our Lady, Health of the Sick – Feast

Capuchins

Besides the celebrations listed in the Common Franciscan Calendar, the Capuchin Proper Calendar is as follows:

  • 5 January: Blessed Diego José of Cádiz, religious - Optional Memorial (Jan. 6 in the USA)
  • 12 January: Saint Bernard of Corleone, religious - Memorial
  • 4 February: Saint Joseph of Leonessa, priest - Memorial
  • 9 February: Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire, religious - Optional Memorial
  • 21 April: Saint Conrad of Parzham, religious - Memorial
  • 24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest - Feast
  • 30 April: Blessed Benedict of Urbino, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 8 May: Blessed Jeremiah of Walachia, religious - Optional Memorial
  • 11 May: Saint Ignatius of Làconi, religious - Memorial
  • 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest - Memorial
  • 18 May: Saint Felix of Cantalice, religious - Feast
  • 19 May: Saint Crispin of Viterbo, religious - Memorial
  • 27 May: Blessed José Tous y Soler, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 2 June: Saint Felix of Nicosia, religious - Memorial
  • 8 June: Blessed Nicholas of Gèsturi, religious - Optional Memorial
  • 12 June: Blessed Florida Cevoli, nun - Optional Memorial
  • 16 June: Blessed Anazet Koplinski and Companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 26 June: Blessed Andrew Hyacinth Longhin, bishop - Optional Memorial
  • 26 June: Blessed Yaccoub el-Haddad of Ghazir, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 10 July: Saint Veronica Giuliani, nun - Feast
  • 21 July: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church - Feast
  • 27 July: Blessed Mary Magdalen Martinengo, nun - Optional Memorial
  • 28 July: Blessed Mary Teresa Kowalska, nun and martyr - Optional Memorial
  • 30 July: Blessed Solanus Casey, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 7 August: Blesseds Agathangelo and Cassian, priests, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 13 August: Blessed Mark of Aviano, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 18 August: Blessed Capuchin Martyrs of Rochefort, priests, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 23 August: Blessed Bernard of Offida, religious - Optional Memorial
  • 2 September: Blessed Apollinaris of Posat, priest, martyr - Optional Memorial
  • 19 September: Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso, religious - Memorial
  • 22 September: Saint Ignatius of Santhià, priest - Memorial
  • 23 September: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest – Solemnity
  • 26 September: Blessed Aurelio of Vinalesa and Companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 28 September: Blessed Innocent of Berzo, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 12 October: Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro, religious - Memorial
  • 13 October: Blessed Honorat Kożmiński, priest - Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: Blessed María Jesús Masiá Ferragut and Companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 31 October: Saint Angelo of Acri, priest - Memorial
  • 6 November: Blessed Andrew of Palazuelo and Companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
  • 2 December: Blessed Mary Angela Astorch, nun - Optional Memorial
  • 10 December. Blessed Arsenio of Trigolo, priest - Optional Memorial

Carmelites

Cistercians
  • 26 January: Saints Robert, Alberic and Stephen, Abbots of Citeaux, Founders of the Order of Cistercians - Solemnity

Claretians

Discalced Carmelites

Dominicans

Franciscans

Jesuits

Mercedarians
  • 17 April: Blessed Marianna of Jesus Navarro, virgin – Memorial
  • 27 April: Saint Peter Armengol, religious and martyr – Memorial
  • 13 May: Saint Peter Nolasco, religious and founder – Solemnity
  • 9 July: Most Holy Redeemer – Feast
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 31 August: Saint Raymund Nonnatus, priest – Feast
  • 19 September: Saint Mary of Cervellon, virgin – Memorial (Feast for Nuns)
  • 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Solemnity
  • 25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 6 November: All the Saints of the Order – Feast
  • 7 November: Commemoration of All of the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 14 November: Saint Serapion, religious and martyr – Memorial
  • 6 December: Saint Peter Paschasius, bishop and martyr – Memorial

Missionaries of Charity

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Murialdines
  • 19 March: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Titular and Principal Patron of the Congregation of St. Joseph - Solemnity
  • 1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker - Feast
  • 18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest and founder of the congregation - Solemnity

Norbertines

Oratorians

Passionists

Redemptorists
  • 5 January: Saint John of Nepomuk, priest and martyr – Memorial
  • 14 January: Blessed Peter Donders, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 15 March: Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, religious – Feast
  • Thursday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart: Eucharistic Heart of Jesus – Optional Memorial
  • 27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Feast
  • 28 June: Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky, bishop and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 30 June: Blessed Jenaro Maria Samelli, priest – Memorial
  • 1 August: Saint Alphonsus Mary Liguori, bishop, founder and doctor of the Church – Solemnity
  • 25 August: Blessed Methodius Dominic Trchka, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 26 September: Blessed Gaspar Stanggsinger, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 5 October: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 16 October: Saint Gerard Majella, religious – Memorial
  • 7 November: Blessed José Javier Gorosterratzu Jaunarena and companions, martyrs – Memorial

Pauline Family
  • Saturday after the Ascension: Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles – Feast
  • 30 June: Saint Paul the Apostle, Patron Saint of the Congregation – Solemnity
  • 3 September: Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd – Memorial
  • 4 September: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 22 October: Blessed Timothy Giaccardo, priest – Memorial
  • Last Sunday of October: Jesus, Divine Master – Solemnity
  • 26 November: Blessed James Alberione, priest and founder – Feast

Piarists
  • 6 February: Saint Dorothy, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 26 February: Saint Paula Montal, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 March: Saint Faustino Míguez, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 18 March: Blessed Celestina Donati, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 May: Our Lady, Mother of God of the Pious Schools – Feast
  • 15 July: Saint Pompilio María Pirrotti, priest – Memorial
  • 25 August: Saint Joseph Calasanctius, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 12 September: Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast
  • 17 September: Blessed Anthony Mary Schwartz, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 19 September: Blessed María Baldillou and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial (Memorial for Nuns)
  • 22 September: Blessed Dionisio Pamplona, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 17 October: Blessed Peter Casani, priest – Memorial
  • 25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 3 November: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 4 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Family, Benefactors of the Order
  • 6 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Priests of the Order
  • 7 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Nuns of the Order
  • 27 November: Patronage of Saint Joseph Calasanctius – Optional Memorial

Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesian Priests and Sisters)
  • 8 January: Blessed Titus Zeman, priest and martyr – Memorial
  • 15 January: Blessed Luigi Variara, priest – Memorial (Optional Memorial for the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians(FMA) and the Volunteers of Don Bosco(VDB))
  • 22 January: Blessed Laura Vicuña – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 24 January: Saint Francis of Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church, Titular of the Congregation – Feast
  • 30 January: Blessed Bronislaus Markiewicz – Optional Memorial (For the Salesian Priests(SDB) only)
  • 31 January: Our Holy Father and Founder Saint John Bosco, priest, founder and patron of the Congregation – Solemnity
  • 1 February: Commemoration of all deceased Salesian Confreres (For SDB only)
  • 7 February: Blessed Pius IX, pope – Optional Memorial
  • 9 February: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 25 February: Saint Luigi Versiglia, bishop and Saint Callistus Caravario, priest, Salesian Protomartyrs – Feast (Memorial for FMA and VDB)
  • 6 May: Saint Dominic Savio – Feast
  • 13 May: Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin and cofoundress of the congregation – Feast (Solemnity for FMA)
  • 14 May: Commemoration of Deceased parents of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA only)
  • 15 May: Our Lady of Fatima – Memorial (Optional for FMA and VDB)
  • 16 May: Saint Louis Orione, priest – Memorial
  • 18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 24 May: Mary, Help of Christians, Principal Patroness of the Salesian Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), Principal Patroness and Titular of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians – Solemnity
  • 25 May: Commemoration of Deceased Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (For FMA only)
  • 29 May: Blessed Joseph Kowalski, priest and martyr – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA and VDB)
  • 8 June: Blessed István Sándor, martyr – Memorial
  • 12 June: Blessed Francis Kesy and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 23 June: Saint Joseph Cafasso, priest – Memorial
  • 7 July: Blessed Maria Romero Meneses, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 2 August: Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 25 August: Blessed Maria Troncatti, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 26 August: Blessed Zeferino Namuncura – Optional Memorial
  • 22 September: Blesseds Joseph Calasanz, Henry Saiz, Enrique Aparicio, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial (Optional Memorial for VDB)
  • 5 October: Blessed Alberto Marvelli – Optional Memorial (For SDB only)
  • 13 October: Blessed Alexandrina da Costa, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 15 October: Saint Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church, Secondary Patroness of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (For FMA only)
  • 24 October: Saint Luigi Guanella, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date of dedication is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 27 October: Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin - Feast (Solemnity in the Basilica itself)
  • 29 October: Blessed Michael Rua, priest and first successor of Don Bosco – Memorial
  • 13 November: Blesed Artémides Zatti, religious – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA and VDB)
  • 15 November: Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 5 December: Blessed Philip Rinaldi, priest and third successor of Don Bosco – Memorial (Feast for VDB)

Salvatorians

Servites
  • 12 January: Saint Anthony Mary Pucci, priest – Feast
  • 15 January: Blessed James of Pieve, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 3 February: Blessed Joachim of Sienna – Memorial
  • 17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Order – Solemnity
  • 19 February: Blessed Elizabeth Picenardi, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • Friday after the Fifth Sunday of Lent: Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross – Feast
  • 4 May: Saint Peregine Laziosi, religious – Feast
  • 8 May: Our Lady, Mother and Mediatrix of All Graces – Optional Memorial
  • 11 May: Blessed John Benincasa, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 12 May: Blessed Francis of Sienna, priest – Memorial
  • 30 May: Blessed James Bertoni, priest – Memorial
  • 19 June: Saint Juliana Falconieri, virgin – Feast (Solemnity for the Nuns)
  • 27 June: Blessed Thomas of Orvieto, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 1 July: Blessed Ferdinand Baccilieri, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 4 July: Blessed Ubaldus of Borgo Sansepolcro, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 13 July: Saint Clelia Barbieri, virgin – Memorial
  • 23 August: Saint Philip Benizi, religious – Feast
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 31 August: Blessed Andrea of Borgo Sansepolcro, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 1 September: Blessed Giovanna of Firenze, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for the Nuns)
  • 5 September: Blessed Maria Maddalena Starace, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 6 September: Blessed Bonaventure of Forlì, priest – Memorial
  • 15 September: Our Lady of Sorrows, Principal Patroness of the Order – Solemnity
  • 17 September: Blessed Cecilia Eusepi, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 22 September: Dedication of the Basilica of Monte Senario – Memorial
  • 3 October: Blessed María Guadalupe Ricart Olmos, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: Blessed Giovannangelo Porro – Memorial
  • 16 November: All of Saints of the Order – Feast
  • 17 November: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 10 December: Blessed Jerome of Sant'Angelo in Vado, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 15 December: Blessed Bonaventure of Pistoia, priest – Optional Memorial

Society of the Divine Word

Theatines
  • 4 January: Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, priest – Feast
  • 8 May: Our Lady, Immaculate Mother – Feast
  • 16 June: Blessed Paolo Burali, bishop – Memorial
  • 7 August: Saint Cajetan, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 14 September: Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Solemnity
  • 10 November: Saint Andrew Avelino, priest – Feast
  • 12 December: Blessed John Marinonio, priest – Memorial

Trinitarians

Vincentian Family

Includes the Congregation of the Missions and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

  • 4 January: Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton, religious – Memorial
  • 7 January: Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, anniversary of the Institution of the Congregation of Missions – Feast
  • 1 February: Blesseds Marie-Anne Vaillot and Otilia Baumgarten, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 3 February: Blessed Josephine Nicoli, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 7 February: Blessed Rosalia Rendu, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 26 April: Translation of the Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul – Optional Memorial
  • 9 May: Saint Louise de Marillac, religious and cofounder – Solemnity
  • 23 May: Saint Joanna Antide Thouret, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 30 May: Blessed Martha Mary Wiecka, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 26 June: Blessed Mary Magdalene Fontaine and companions, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 9 July: Saints Francis Regis Clet, Augustine Zhao Rong, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 28 July: Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
  • 30 July: Saint Justin de Jacobis, bishop – Memorial
  • 30 August: Blessed Ghebre Michael, priest and martyr —Memorial
  • 2 September: Blesseds Louis Joseph François and companions, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 9 September: Blessed Frederic Ozanam – Optional Memorial
  • 11 September: Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, priest and martyr – Memorial
  • 27 September: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • Sunday before the Solemnity of All Saints: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 6 November: Blesseds Fortunata Velasco Tobar, priest, Melchora Adoración Cortés Bueno, José Martínez Pérez, virgins and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 27 November: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Feast
  • 28 November: Saint Catharine Labouré, virgin – Memorial
  • 10 December: Blessed Marco Antonio Durando, priest – Optional Memorial

National Calendars

Only variations from the General Roman Calendar for celebrations according to the Roman Rite are given here. The various Eastern Catholic Churches have completely different liturgical calendars, as do Latin Rite Catholics who use the Ambrosian and Mozarabic Rites.

Angola

Argentina

According to the national calendar of Argentina, as requested by the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) and approved by the Holy See:

Australia

See Liturgy Brisbane

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

The Episcopal Conferences of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland share one regional proper calendar, although each country remains free to insert additional celebrations (Austria, for example, has inscribed the optional memorial of Blessed Charles of Austria for its territory on 21 October).

From Das Stundenbuch Online[21]

  • 5 January: Saint John Neumann, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 7 January: Saint Valentine of Raetia, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 8 January: Saint Severinus of Noricum, monk – Optional Memorial
  • 21 January: Saint Meinrad, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 23 January: Blessed Henry Suso, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 4 February: Saint Rabanus Maurus, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast
  • 24 February: Saint Matthias, apostle – Feast
  • 25 February: Saint Walburga, abbess – Optional Memorial
  • 6 March: Saint Fridolin of Säckingen, monk – Optional Memorial
  • 9 March: Saint Bruno of Querfurt, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 14 March: Saint Matilda – Optional Memorial
  • 15 March: Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 17 March: Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess – Optional Memorial
  • 26 March: Saint Ludger, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 19 April: Saint Leo IX, pope or Blessed Marcel Callo, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 21 April: Saint Conrad of Parzham, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 27 April: Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor – Optional Memorial
  • 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast
  • 4 May: Saint Florian and his companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 5 May: Saint Gotthard, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 21 May: Saint Hermann Joseph, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 15 June: Saint Vitus, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 16 June: Saint Benno of Meissen, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 27 June: Saint Hemma of Gurk – Optional Memorial
  • 30 June: Saint Otto of Bamberg, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 2 July: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
  • 4 July: Saint Ulrich of Augsburg – Optional Memorial
  • 7 July: Saint Willibald, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 8 July: Saint Kilian, bishop and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 10 July: Saints Canute, Eric and Olaf, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot – Feast
  • 13 July: Saints Henry and Cunigunde – Optional Memorial
  • 20 July: Saint Margaret of Antioch, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast
  • 24 July: Saint Christopher, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast
  • 31 August: Saint Paulinus of Trier, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 17 September: Saint Hildegard of Bingen, abbess and doctor – Optional Memorial
  • 18 September: Saint Lambert of Maastricht, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 22 September: Saint Maurice and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 24 September: Saints Rupert and Virgilius of Salzburg, bishops – Optional Memorial
  • 25 September: Saint Nicholas of Flüe, hermit – Optional Memorial
  • 28 September: Saint Leoba, abbess – Optional Memorial
  • 16 October: Saint Gall, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 20 October: Saint Wendelin, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 21 October: Saint Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 31 October: Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 3 November: Saint Hubert of Liege, bishop, or Saint Pirmin, abbot and bishop, or Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest – Optional Memorials
  • 6 November: Saint Leonard of Noblac, hermit – Optional Memorial
  • 7 November: Saint Willibrord, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 15 November: Saint Leopold III – Optional Memorial
  • 17 November: Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 19 November: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious – Memorial
  • 20 November: Saint Corbinian, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 26 November: Saints Conrad and Gebhard of Constance, bishops – Optional Memorial
  • 2 December: Saint Lucius of Chur, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 4 December: Saint Barbara, virgin and martyr or Blessed Adolph Kolping, priest – Optional Memorials
  • 5 December: Saint Anno II, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 13 December: Saint Odile of Alsace, abbess – Optional Memorial

Belgium
  • 30 January: Saint Brother Mutien-Marie, religious – Memorial
  • 6 February: Saint Amand, missionary – Memorial
  • 17 March: Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 April: Saint Julie Billiart, virgin – Memorial
  • 10 May: Saint Father Damien, missionary – Memorial
  • 7 August: Saint Juliana of Liège, virgin – Memorial
  • 31 August: Our Lady, Mediatrix, Feast
  • 17 September: Saint Lambert, bishop and martyr – Memorial
  • 3 November: Saint Hubert, bishop – Memorial
  • 26 November: Saint John Berchmans, religious – Memorial

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Swaziland

Brazil

Canada

According to the national calendar of Canada, as requested by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and approved by the Holy See:

Cape Verde

Chile

According to the national calendar of Chile, as requested by the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CECh) and approved by the Holy See:

China (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China)

From the website of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference[22]

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

Ecuador

England
See also: Liturgical Calendar of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

According to the national calendar of England,[23] as requested by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and approved by the Holy See:

Finland

From the website of the Catholic Church in Finland[24]

France

According to the Calendrier propre à la France[25]

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Greece

Haiti

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Nearest Sunday to August 15 : Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity (if the nearest Sunday is August 17, then it will be transferred to August 12))

Ireland

According to the national calendar of Ireland,[26] as drawn up by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference and approved by the Holy See:

  • 3 January: Saint Munchin, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 15 January: Saint Ita, virgin – Memorial
  • 16 January: Saint Fursa, abbot and missionary – Optional Memorial
  • 30 January: Saint Aidan, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 1 February: Saint Brigid, virgin – Feast
  • 7 February: Saint Mel, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 11 February: Saint Gobnait, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast
  • 17 February: Saint Fintan – Optional Memorial
  • 1 March: Saint David, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 5 March: Saint Kieran, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 8 March: Saint Senan, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 11 March: Saint Aengus (Oengus), bishop and abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 17 March: Saint Patrick, bishop – Solemnity
  • 21 March: Saint Enda, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 24 March: Saint Macartan, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 1 April: Saint Ceallach (Celsus), bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 18 April: Saint Molaise (Laisrén, Laserian), bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 27 April: Saint Asicus, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast
  • 4 May: Saint Conleth, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 5 May: Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 10 May: Saint Comgall, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 15 May: Saint Carthage, bishop (Mochuta) – Optional Memorial
  • 16 May: Saint Brendan, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 3 June: Saint Kevin, abbot – Memorial
  • 6 June: Saint Jarlath, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 7 June: Saint Colman of Dromore, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 9 June: Saint Columba, abbot and missionary – Feast
  • 14 June: Saint Davnet, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 20 June: Blessed Irish Martyrs – Memorial
  • 1 July: Saint Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr – Memorial
  • 6 July: Saint Moninne, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 7 July: Saint Maelruain (Maolruain), virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 July: Saint Killian, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot – Feast
  • 23 July: Saint Birgitta, religious – Feast
  • 24 July: Saint Declan, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast
  • 9 August: In the revised liturgical calendar for Ireland, approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 1 October 1998 (Protocol No. 227/97/L), optional memorials of Saint Nathy and Saint Felim were assigned to this day; outside the dioceses that celebrate them with a higher rank, their celebrations are impeded by that of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was later declared one of the patron saints of Europe.
  • 12 August: Saint Muiredach, bishop, Saint Attracta, virgin, or Saint Lelia, virgin – Optional Memorials
  • 13 August: Saint Fachtna, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 17 August: Our Lady of Knock – Feast
  • 23 August: Saint Eugene (Eoghan), bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 30 August: Saint Fiacre, monk – Optional Memorial
  • 31 August: Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, bishop and missionary – Optional Memorial
  • 4 September: Saint Mac Nissi, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 9 September: Saint Ciaran, abbot – Memorial
  • 12 September: Saint Ailbe, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 23 September: The celebration of Saint Eunan (Adomnan), abbot as an optional memorial is now generally impeded by the later assignation to this date in the General Calendar of the obligatory memorial of Saint Pio of Pietralcina
  • 25 September: Saint Finbarr, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 3 October: Blessed Columba Marmion, priest – Optional Memorial (in some places)
  • 9 October: Saint John Henry Newman, priest – Optional Memorial (in some places)
  • 11 October: Saint Canice, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 16 October: Saint Gall, abbot and missionary – Optional Memorial
  • 27 October: Saint Otteran, monk – Optional Memorial
  • 29 October: Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 3 November: Saint Malachy, bishop – Memorial
  • 6 November: All Saints of Ireland – Feast
  • 7 November: Saint Willibrord, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 14 November: Saint Laurence O'Toole, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 23 November: Saint Columban, abbot and missionary – Memorial
  • 25 November Saint Colman of Cloyne, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 27 November Saint Fergal, bishop and missionary – Optional Memorial
  • 12 December Saint Finnian of Clonard, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 18 December Saint Flannan, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 20 December Saint Fachanan of Kilfenora, bishop – Optional Memorial

Japan
  • 6 February: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Feast
  • 17 March: Our Lady of the Discovery of the Hidden Christians – Feast
  • 1 July: Saint Peter Kibe, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 10 September: 205 Blessed Martyrs of Japan – Memorial
  • 28 September: Saint Thomas Rokuzayemon, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 3 December: Saint Francis Xavier, priest – Feast

Korea

Lebanon
  • 4 December: Saint Barbara, virgin and martyr – Memorial
  • 6 December: Saint Nicholas, bishop – Memorial
  • 24 December: Saint Charbel, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 9 February: Saint Maroun – Memorial
  • 23 March: Saint Rafqa (Rebecca), virgin – Memorial
  • 23 April: Saint George, martyr – Memorial
  • 1 May: Our Lady of Lebanon – Feast

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Mexico

Mozambique

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

The dioceses within Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia constitute one Episcopal Conference, and so share one regional proper calendar.

  • 3 January: Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishop – Memorial
  • 5 January: Saints Longinus, Eugenius, and Vindemial, bishops and martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 8 January: Saints Quodvultdeus and Deogratias, bishops – Optional Memorial
  • 11 January: Saints Victor I, Miltiades, and Gelasius I, popes – Memorial
  • 4 February: Saint Celerina and Companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 7 March: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs – Feast
  • 30 April: Our Lady of Africa – Feast
  • 6 May: Saints James, Marianus, and Companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 4 June: Saint Optatus, bishop – Memorial
  • 10 July: Saint Marciana, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 17 July: Saint Speratus and Companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 23 August: Saint Emily de Vialar, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 27 August: Saint Monica – Feast
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Solemnity
  • 30 August: Saints Alypius and Possidius, bishops – Memorial
  • 10 September: Saint Nemesius and Companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 12 September: Saint Marcellinus, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 16 September: Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr – Solemnity
  • 30 October: Saints Marcellus and Maximilian of Tebessa, martyrs – Memorial
  • 5 December: Saint Crispina, martyr – Memorial

Norway

From the website of the Catholic Church in Norway[27]

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

As by the Secretariado Nacional de Liturgia (National Secretariat of Liturgy):[28][29]

Puerto Rico

According to the proper calendar of Puerto Rico, as requested by the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and approved by the Holy See:

Romania

Russia

São Tomé and Principé

Scotland

According to the national calendar of Scotland, as requested by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland and approved by the Holy See:[30]

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain
  • 9 January: Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 20 January: Saints Fructuosus, bishop, and Augurius and Eulogius, deacons, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 22 January: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Memorial
  • 23 January: Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop, Patrons of Europe – Feast
  • 13 April: Saint Hermenegild, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 24 April: Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, missionary – Memorial
  • 26 April: Saint Isidore of Seville, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor of the Church, Patron of Europe – Feast
  • 10 May: Saint John of Avila, priest – Memorial
  • 15 May: Saint Isidore the Farmer – Memorial
  • 17 May: Saint Paschal Baylon – Optional Memorial
  • 22 May: Saint Joaquina Vedruna – Optional Memorial
  • 30 May: Saint Ferdinand – Optional Memorial
  • 9 June: Saint José de Anchieta, missionary – Memorial
  • 15 June: Saint María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 26 June: Saint Pelagius, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot, Patron of Europe – Feast
  • 16 July: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Memorial
  • 23 July: Saint Bridget, religious, Patron of Europe – Feast
  • 25 July: Saint James, apostle, Patron of Spain – Solemnity
  • 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr, Patron of Europe – Feast
  • 19 August: Saint Ezequiel Moreno, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 26 August: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars, virgin – Memorial
  • 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial
  • 3 October: Saint Francis Borgia, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 10 October: Saint Thomas of Villanova, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 11 October: Saint Soledad Torres Acosta, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 12 October: Our Lady of the Pillar – Feast
  • 15 October: Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and Doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 19 October: Saint Peter of Alcántara, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 24 October: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop – Memorial
  • 13 November: Saint Leander, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 10 December: Saint Eulalia of Mérida, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 14 December: Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • Thursday after Pentecost: Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Sri Lanka
  • 16 January : Saint Joseph Vaz – Feast
  • 4 February: Our Lady of Lanka – Solemnity

Sudan
  • 8 February: Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin – Solemnity
  • 10 October: Saint Daniel Comboni, bishop – Solemnity

Sweden

From the website of the Diocese of Stockholm[31]

Uganda
  • 3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs – Solemnity
  • 20 October: Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa, martyrs – Feast

Ukraine

United States

According to the national calendar of the United States,[32] as requested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and approved by the Holy See:

Ordinariate use
See also: Liturgical Calendar of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

In addition to the national calendar of the United States, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter contains a number of saints from the British Isles in its liturgical calendar;[36] this calendar now supplants the former one used by Anglican Use Catholics in the United States:[37] prior to 2015.

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam
  • 1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Solemnity
  • 26 July: Blessed Andrew of Phú Yên, martyr – Memorial
  • 24 November (or Sunday before Feast of Christ the King): Vietnamese Martyrs – Solemnity
  • The Lunar New Year's Eve: Year-end Mass – Solemnity[38]
  • The Lunar New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve Mass – Solemnity
  • The first day of the lunar year: New Year's Mass – Solemnity
  • The second day of the lunar year: Day of Prayer for Ancestors – Solemnity
  • The third day of the lunar year: Day of Prayer for Sanctifying Works – Solemnity
  • The Mid-Autumn Festival: Day of Prayer for Children – Solemnity

Wales
See also: Liturgical Calendar of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

According to the national calendar of Wales,[39] as requested by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and approved by the Holy See:

  • 9 February: Saint Teilo, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast
  • 1 March: Saint David, bishop – Solemnity
  • 20 April: Saint Beuno, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast
  • 5 May: Saint Asaph, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast
  • 20 June: Saints Alban, Julius and Aaron, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot – Feast
  • 12 July: Saint John Jones, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 23 July: Saint Birgitta, religious – Feast
  • 23 July: Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd, priests and martyrs – Observed today where it is the Solemnity of Title, else on 25 October.
  • 3 August: Saint Germanus of Auxerre, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast
  • 26 August: Saint David Lewis, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 11 September: Saint Deiniol, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 9 October: Saint John Henry Newman, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 16 October: Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: The Six Welsh Martyrs and Companions – Feast
  • 3 November: Saint Winefride, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 6 November: Saint Illtud, abbot – Optional Memorial
  • 8 November: All Saints of Wales – Feast
  • 14 November: Saint Dubricius, bishop – Optional Memorial
  • 10 December: Saint John Roberts, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial

Local calendars

The calendar for a diocese is typically based on a national calendar, such as those listed above, with a few additions. For instance, the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral is celebrated as a Solemnity in the cathedral church and as a Feast in all the other churches of the diocese. The feast day of the principal Patron saint of the diocese is celebrated as a Feast throughout the diocese.[40]

The calendar of a parish is based on the calendar of its diocese, but—in addition to the celebrations in the diocesan calendar—there are other celebrations, including the anniversary of the dedication of the parish church and the feast day of the principal Patron saint of the church, both of which are celebrated as Solemnities.

See also

References
  1. Catholic Church (1969). Calendarium Romanum (1969).
  2. The Roman Missal (Liturgy Training Publications ISBN 978-1-56854-991-0)
  3. Missale Romanum 2002 (lat)
  4. Martyrologium Romanum (Typis Vaticanis, 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
  5. "Memoria S. Christophori, anno circiter 1550 in Calendario romano ascripta, Calendariis particularibus relinquitur: quamvis Acta S. Christophori fabulosa sint, antiqua inveniuntur monumenta eius venerationis; attamen cultus huius Sancti non pertinet ad traditionem romanam" – Calendarium Romanum (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1969), p. 131.
  6. Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia 2002, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
  7. Liturgia Horarum iuxta ritum Romanum, editio typica altera 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
  8. An example is Ordo Missae Celebrandae et Divini Officii persolvendi secundum calendarium Romanum generale pro anno liturgico 2006 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).
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