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Pope Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

13 dated entries naming Pope Pius IX, drawn from 8 separate years between 1792 CE and 1878 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1792May 13 – Pope Pius IX (b. Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti), Italian churchman (d. 1878)source

19th century

  • 1846June 16 – Pope Pius IX succeeds Pope Gregory XVI as the 255th pope. He will reign for 31½ years (the longest definitely confirmed).source
  • 1846November 9 – Pope Pius IX issues the encyclical Qui pluribus, in response to the growing trend of agnosticism among intellectuals in Europe.source
  • 1848April 29 – Pope Pius IX publishes an allocution announcing his refusal to support Piedmont-Sardinia in its war with Austria, and dispelling hopes that he might serve as ruler of a pan-Italian republic. The allocution, by which Pius is seen to withdraw his moral support for the Italian unification movement, is a key first step in the soon-to-be crushing reaction against the revolutions of 1848.source
  • 1848November 24 – Pope Pius IX flees Rome in disguise for Naples.source
  • 1850Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.source
  • 1850September 29 – Papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae: The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales, by Pope Pius IX and future Pope Pius X.source
  • 1854December 9 – Pope Pius IX in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus defines ex Cathedra the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.source
  • 1864December 8 – Syllabus errorum: Pope Pius IX condemns theological liberalism as an error, and claims the supremacy of Roman Catholic Church authority over civil society. He also condemns rationalism and socialism.source
  • 1864September 16 – Pope Pius IX establishes the Diocese of Gozo.source
  • 1870July 18 – Pastor aeternus: Pope Pius IX declares papal infallibility, in matters of faith and morals.source
  • 1878February 20 – Pope Leo XIII succeeds Pope Pius IX, as the 256th pope. His pontificate will last for 25 years.source
  • 1878February 7 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)source

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