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The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical color is assigned to the day or celebration.

## Ranks

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Each day in the Catholic liturgical calendar has a rank. The five basic ranks for the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, in descending order of importance, are as follows:

* Solemnity — the highest ranking type of feast day. It commemorates an event in the life of Jesus or Mary, or celebrates a Saint important to the whole Church or the local community. The Mass of a solemnity has proper readings and prayers, the Gloria and Credo are recited, and occasionally there will be use of incense, a processional hymn and procession, and a recessional hymn/recession. Outside of Advent, Lent and Eastertide, a solemnity falling on a Sunday is celebrated in place of the Sunday. The equivalent type in the older Tridentine or Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and the 1962 Missal of Pope John XXIII would be a I Class Feast.
* Feast — the rank of secondary liturgical days including lesser events in the life of Jesus, Mary or an Apostle (theologically speaking) or for major saints. The Gloria is recited but not the Credo, and there are proper readings and prayers for the feast. A Feast pertaining to the Lord (e.g. Transfiguration) falling on a Sunday during Ordinary Time replaces the Sunday Liturgy and such will have the Credo recited at Mass. The equivalent in the older Tridentine or Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and the 1962 Missal of Pope John XXIII would be a II Class Feast.
* Memorial — the commemoration of a saint of lesser importance. Many memorials are optional or only observed in specific dioceses, regions or nations. The equivalent in the Extraordinary Form would be a III Class Feast.
* Seasonal Weekday — a weekday in Advent, Christmastide, Lent, or Eastertide, on which no solemnity, feast, or memorial happens to be observed. On Weekdays of Lent memorials are celebrated as optional memorial and such liturgy of Lent shall be used. The equivalent in the Extraordinary Form would be I, II and III Class Ferial days, and the even older Tridentine forms would be classified as Major Ferials.
* Feria or Ferial Weekday — a weekday in Ordinary Time on which no solemnity, feast or memorial happens to be observed. The equivalent in the Extraordinary Form would be a IV Class Ferial, and in the older Tridentine forms would be Minor Ferials.

All holy days of obligation on a global level are also solemnities; however, not all solemnities are holy days of obligation. For example, The Nativity of the Lord Jesus (Christmas) (25 December) is a solemnity which is always a holy day of obligation, whereas the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June) is not a holy day of obligation. On a local level, the reverse is also possible, e. g., in Germany the (global) feast of St. Stephen (26 December) is a holy day of obligation, without being raised to solemnity.

## History

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The ranking of feast days of saints and of Christian mysteries such as the Ascension of the Lord, which had grown from an original division between doubles and simples.[1]

What the original meaning of the term "double" may have been is not entirely certain. Some think that the greater festivals were thus styled because the antiphons were "doubled" at the major hours, i.e. they were repeated twice. Others, with more probability, point to the fact that before the ninth century in certain places, for example at Rome, it was customary on the greater feast days to recite two sets of Matins, the one of the week-day, the other of the feast. Hence such days were known as "doubles".[1]

The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1907 shows the incremental crowding of the calendar with the following table based on the official revisions of the Roman Breviary in 1568, 1602, 1631 and 1882, and on the situation in 1907:[1]

Pope | Date | Doubles, I Class | Doubles, II Class | Greater Doubles | Doubles | Semidoubles | Total

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Pius V | 1568 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 60 | 149
Clement VIII | 1602 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 43 | 68 | 164
Urban VIII | 1631 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 45 | 78 | 176
Leo XIII | 1882 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 128 | 74 | 275
Pius X | 1907 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 133 | 72 | 280

In 1907, when, in accordance with the rules in force since the time of Pope Pius V, feast days of any form of double, if impeded by "occurrence" (falling on the same day)[2] with a feast day of higher class, were transferred to another day, this classification of feast days was of great practical importance for deciding which feast day to celebrate on any particular day.

Pope Pius X changed things considerably in his 1911 reform of the Roman Breviary. Further retouches were made by Pope Pius XII in 1955.

A major revision was done by Pope John XXIII in 1960, which divided the days into four classes: the previous major and minor doubles and semidoubles became feasts of the III class,[3] and the previous simples had already in 1955 been reduced to commemorations within a (IV class) feria. It is this form that was authorized to use in the motu proprio Summorum pontificum; for those who follow this use, the decree Cum sanctissima by the CDF in 2020 in effect created a new class of feasts: while most feasts of the III class can now, on a voluntary basis, be replaced by the celebration of newer saints, a special number of important ones can not, and these in turn can be celebrated in Lent and Passiontide again (which in 1955/60 had been forbidden for III class feasts).[4] For details, see the respective calendars.

The 1969 revision by Pope Paul VI divided feast days into "solemnities" (the previous I class feasts), "feasts" (the previous II class feasts) and "memorials" (the previous III class feasts[5]), and entirely did away with the practice of commemorations as hitherto known.[6] In the memorials, it introduced a new distinction between obligatory and optional memorials:[7] An optional memorial means that the celebrant (or who prays the Office) can chose between one or more memorials and the feria.[8]

## Sundays

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The office of Sunday originally was generally semidouble. The only exception was Low Sunday which was a double; the further of Easter and Pentecost were counted not as Sundays but as feasts, and were the only feasts with the privilege of entirely replacing a Sunday.[9]

A division of the Sundays into major and minor ones - corresponding to what Pope John XXIII's Code of Rubrics would call I and II class - was very ancient. Apart from Low Sunday, the major ones were those of Advent (4), Shrovetide (3), Lent (4) and Passiontide (2), with all the others being minor. Major Sundays gave way to no feast except I class doubles, with some very few (1st of Advent, 1st of Lent, Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday and Low Sunday) outranking even them. Minor Sundays were preferred over all other semidouble occasions, but gave way to any double feast (!). Some Sundays also had feasts perpetually assigned to it, such as The Trinity (1st after Pentecost) or The Rosary (1st of October). (The practical effect of the latter two facts, especially the first of these, was that such Sundays only rarely did not give way to some feast. - The surprising fact that Eastertide Sundays were, apart from the first, not ranked as major has probably the reason that the abstention of having saints-feasts was seen as a sign of a penitential season.) However, when a Sunday was thus outranked, it was always commemorated, generally at Lauds, Vespers and Mass after the prayer of the day, and by having its Gospel as Last Gospel of the Mass.

The reform by Pope Pius X (1911) made a systematically rather small change here which had very much effect: from now on, even minor Sundays would outrank minor doubles, and also major doubles if they were not feasts of the Lord. (But a Sunday would still give way to, say, the feast of St. Anne, because she had a II class double.)

In 1955, Pope Pius XII[10] initiated a major revision here. All Sundays were raised to the double rite; all major ones - except those of Shrovetide, which thus were effectively demoted to minor[11] \- outrank all feasts whatsoever, and all minor Sundays give way to only feasts of the first class and of the Lord - and if they gave way to a feast of the Lord (whether also of the first class, or not), they would be entirely replaced by it,[12] i. e. not commemorated.

In the 1960 reform by Pope John XXIII, the major Sundays were branded such of the first class and the minor ones such of the second, with the Shrovetide Sundays now officially demoted. However, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception would outrank Advent II once more.[13] Furthermore, though this does not concern the rank, the content of the Sunday Office was reduced to what in previous times would have been called that of a simple-feast, with only three lessons at Matins, and only the last of those being of the Sunday Gospel.

As far as the ranks are concerned, there was rather little change in the liturgy reform: The Sundays of Shrovetide fell away, though, and as in 1955-1960 Advent II would again outrank the Immaculate Conception.

## Ferias

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Originally, the division of ferias was into the two categories of

* major ferias: all ferias of Advent, Lent including Passiontide, Ember Days,[14] Rogation Monday, and the Friday before Pentecost,
* minor ferias: all others.

The major ferias would outrank simple-feasts, while the minor ones give way to them. However, as almost every feast was at least a semidouble, and even Ember Days would give way to semidoubles, the distinguishing characteristic was rather something else: The major ferias would be commemorated when so replaced; the minor ones would not. - Only Ash Wednesday and the days of Holy Week were privileged, so that their office must be taken, no matter what feast might occur.[15]

Pope John XXIII in his reform, in addition to his division of festal days and Sundays, distinguished the major ferias into three categories, so that we have:

* First-class ferias: Ash Wednesday and all the weekdays of Holy Week. These, previously the privileged ferias, continued to outrank all feasts.[16]
* Second-class ferias: ferias of Advent from 17 December to 23 December, and Ember Days:[17][18]. These would give way to first-class feasts, and also to global second-class feasts, but not to local ones.
* Third-class ferias (upper half): other ferias of Lent. These would give way to all feasts of the first and second class, but outrank all all third-class feasts.
* Third-class ferias (lower half): other ferias of Advent. These were outranked by all (remaining) feasts.[19]
* Fourth-class ferias: all others, including Rogation Monday and Friday before Pentecost.

Ferias of the second and third class would, again, be commemorated; this, and the Votive Masses allowed, constitute the difference between ferias of Advent and fourth-class ferias. - The 2020 decree Cum sanctissima, as mentioned above, allowed some third-class feasts to be celebrated in Lent again on a voluntary basis.

The liturgy reform did away with Ember Days as a liturgical celebrations (though there are suggestions of making certain Ember-Week prayers in some specific weeks of the year) and with commemorations, and assigned specific masses to days of Advent and Eastertide (which they previously had not had), and specific Scripture readings to the remaining fourth-class ferias. As far as the ranking is concerned, the division of Pope John XXIII however remains essentially unchanged.

## Vigils

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In early times, every feast had a vigil, but the increase in the number of feasts and abuses connected with the evening and night service of which the vigils originally consisted, led to their diminishment. Nevertheless, the Roman Rite kept many more vigils than other Latin liturgical rites such as the Ambrosian Rite and the Mozarabic Rite, and if they fell on a Sunday transferred them to the previous Saturday.[20]

In the Tridentine calendar, there were initially seventeen vigils (excluding The Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday morning), divided into "major vigils" and "minor" or "common vigils". Christmas, the Epiphany and Pentecost comprised the major vigils.[20] The common vigils included the Ascension of Our Lord, Saint John the Baptist, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints. Most feasts of the Apostles also had vigils, namely Saints Andrew, Thomas, James, Simon and Jude. Whilst the vigils of the Immaculate Conception, Saints Peter and Paul, Saint Lawrence, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Matthew remained, they soon came to be impeded by higher-ranking feasts added to the calendar, and they were instead commemorated as part of other Masses rather than observed in their own right. The Vigil of St. Matthias was unique, in that it was normally commemorated on 23 February, the feast of St. Peter Damian, but in leap years was kept on 24 February, the leap day of the Roman calendar.

Pope Pius XII divided Vigils into only two classes: "privileged vigils" (Christmas and Pentecost) and "common vigils" (Ascension of Our Lord, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, Saints Peter and Paul, Saint Lawrence). All other vigils, even those in local calendars, were suppressed.[21] The vigils of Saints Peter and Paul and Saint Lawrence, however, continued to be impeded by higher-ranking feasts.

In Pope John XXIII's 1960 Code of Rubrics, Vigils were divided into three classes. The Easter Vigil was left out of the calculations, being celebrated in a different way from that of other Vigils.[22] The Vigils of Christmas and Pentecost were of the I class, and took precedence over any feast with which they might coincide.[23] The II class Vigils were those of the Ascension of Our Lord, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saints Peter and Paul; they took precedence over liturgical days of III or IV class.[23] The only III class Vigil was that of Saint Lawrence, which took precedence only over liturgical days of IV class.

## Octaves

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The Tridentine calendar had many octaves, without any indication in the calendar itself of distinction of rank between them, apart from the fact that the Octave Day (the final day of the octave) was ranked higher than the days within the octave. Several octaves overlapped, so that, for instance, on 29 December the prayer of the saint of the day, Saint Thomas Becket, was followed by the prayers of Christmas Day, of Saint Stephen, of Saint John the Evangelist and of the Holy Innocents. The situation remained such until the reform of Pope Pius X.[24]

In Pope Pius XII's reform, only the octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost were kept.[25] The days within the Easter and Pentecost octaves were raised to double rite, had precedence over all feasts, and did not admit commemorations.[26]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christian Calendar". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
2. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Occurrence". home.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
3. ^ Note: The double-semidouble-simple classification is chiefly about "how does the Divine Office for this day look like", and in this sense these somewhat counterintuitively became, in effect, simple feasts. They did have some of the privileges of former doubles, though, such as having only one collect at Mass and not allowing non-privileged Votive Masses.
4. ^ Note: By its non-replaceability and its use in Lent, this new class ranks very akin to the old minor doubles, though still only three lessons are said at Matins.
5. ^ In the sense of a general rank-comparison. In addition, many of these feasts were removed from the Calendar.
6. ^ The previous commemoration had meant that, e. g. at Mass, the after the collect of the Mass, a further collect was added for the commemoration, and likewise for the other two orations. There is a different mode of commemoration in limited use: The weekdays of High Advent (17-24 December), the days of the Octave of Christmas and weekdays of Lent outrank all memorials, but a memorial that falls on such a day (except Ash Wednesday and Holy Week, and of course Sundays, sollemnities and feasts) can be commemorated by having its collect entirely replace the collect of the Mass, and just the collect, with nothing else being done for the memorial (see GIRM 355).
7. ^ Note: This very roughly mirrors the old distinction between minor doubles on the one side and semidoubles on the other - priests were free to chose a Votive Mass rather than the Mass-of-the-Day on a semidouble -, but with less ease of admitting a feast to the higher rank.
8. ^ See General Instruction of the Roman Missal Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, 355 c
9. ^ A day such as "Trinity Sunday", on the other hand, was not a feast replacing a Sunday, but a feast perpetually fixed on a Sunday. The Sunday itself, the first after Pentecost in this case, would still enjoy full commemoration rights.
10. ^ De rubricis ad simpliciorem formam redigendis of 23 March 1955 (Acta Apostolicae Sedis 47(1955), pages 218-224). The only English translation available on the Internet seems to be that on a blog.
11. ^ The exception is that they still outrank Candlemas when it is not locally a first-class feast.
12. ^ De rubricis, 7
13. ^ While Pius XII had allowed the Mass to be of her - see De rubricis, 4 - this was in effect a votive Mass.
14. ^ excepting those of Pentecost, which are counted as days-within-the-Octave and thus rank higher
15. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feria". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
16. ^ Rubricae Generales, 23
17. ^ with those of Pentecost again counted among the Octaves
18. ^ Rubricae Generales, 24
19. ^ Rubricae Generales, 25
20. ^ a b "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eve of a Feast". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
21. ^ Decree De rubricis ad simpliciorem formam redigendis, 8-10
22. ^ Rubricae Generales, 28
23. ^ a b Rubricae Generales, 30
24. ^ See, for instance, Missale Romanum, published by Pustet in 1862
25. ^ De rubricis, 11
26. ^ De rubricis, 12

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Recessional hymn

For funeral Mass
Dies irae

Pie Iesu
Libera Me
Requiescant in pace
Absolution of the dead
In paradisum
De profundis

Participants|

* Acolyte
* altar server
* Bishop
* Boat boy
* Cantor or schola
* Crucifer
* Deacon
* Laity
* Lector
* Master of ceremonies
* Porter
* Priest
* Subdeacon

Altar|

* Altar cards
* Altar crucifix
* Altar rails
* Ambo
* Antependium
* Credence table
* Kneeler
* Lavabo
* Misericord
* Piscina
* Sacristy
* Tabernacle

Altar cloths|

* Altar linens
* Antependium
* Burse
* Chalice veil
* Corporal
* Pall
* Purificator

Illumination|

* Altar (Catholic Church)#Candles and candlesticks
* Paschal candle
* Sanctuary lamp
* Triple candlestick

Liturgical
objects|

* Altar bell
* Aspergillum
* Chalice
* Ciborium
* Collection basket
* Cruet
* Fistula
* Flabellum
* Funghellino
* Holy water
* Incense
* use
* Manuterge
* Paten
* Processional cross
* Pyx
* Sacramental bread
* wafer
* Sacramental wine (or must)
* Thurible

Literature|

* Cæremoniale Episcoporum
* Missale Romanum
* Pontificale Romanum
* Rituale Romanum

Vestments
(Pontifical/Papal)|

* Alb
* Amice
* Chasuble
* Cincture
* Cope
* Crosier
* Dalmatic
* Episcopal gloves
* Ecclesiastical ring
* Episcopal sandals
* Falda
* Humeral veil
* Liturgical lace
* Mitre
* Pallium
* Papal fanon
* Papal tiara
* Pectoral cross
* Stole
* Subcinctorium
* Superhumerale
* Surplice
* Tunicle
* Vimpa

Music|

* Antiphon
* Graduale Romanum
* Gregorian chant
* Hymn
* Kyriale Romanum
* Liber Usualis
* Music for the Requiem Mass
* Organ
* voluntary
* Organum
* Polyphony
* Reciting tone
* Accentus
* Recto tono
* Tra le sollecitudini
* Tonary
* Gregorian Antiphonary

Liturgical year
Calendar
(1954/1955/1960)|

* Advent
* Christmastide
* Epiphanytide
* Septuagesima
* Lent
* Passiontide
* Holy Week
* Paschal Triduum
* Eastertide
* Ascensiontide
* After Pentecost

* Calendar of saints
* Holy day of obligation
* Moveable feast
* Octaves

* Ranking of liturgical days: Solemnity
* Memorial
* Commemoration
* Feria

Discipline|

* Canonical digits
* Church etiquette
* Closed communion
* Canon 844
* Canon 915
* Communion and the developmentally disabled
* Communion under both kinds
* Eucharistic fast
* First Communion
* Genuflection
* Head cover
* Host desecration
* Infant communion
* Reserved sacrament
* Sign of the Cross
* Thanksgiving after Communion
* Viaticum

Theology|

* Blessed Sacrament
* Body and Blood of Christ
* Corpus Christi
* Epiousion
* Eucharistic miracle
* Grace ex opere operato
* In persona Christi
* History of Catholic eucharistic theology
* Koinonia
* Liturgical colours
* Origin of the Eucharist
* Last Supper
* Passion of Jesus and its salvific nature
* Priesthood of Melchizedek
* Pro multis
* Real presence
* Transubstantiation

Concepts|

* Ad orientem
* Canon law
* Code of Rubrics
* Concelebration
* Ecclesiastical Latin
* Intercession of saints
* Ordinary & propers (common)
* Sunday
* Lord's Day
* Text and rubrics of the Roman Canon
* Vulgate (Sixto-Clementine)
* Latin Psalters

Related|

* Agape feast
* Alternatim
* Anaphora
* Anima Christi
* Aspersion
* Catholic liturgy
* Coetus Internationalis Patrum
* Communities using the Tridentine Mass
* Indult
* Traditionalist
* Dicastery for Divine Worship
* Council of Trent
* Eucharistic adoration & benediction
* Holy Hour
* Forty Hours' Devotion
* Fourth Council of the Lateran
* Gospel Book
* History of the Roman Canon
* Latin liturgical rites
* Lex orandi, lex credendi
* Litany
* Liturgical Movement
* Liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII
* Liturgical use of Latin
* Mass of Paul VI
* Missal
* Plenary indulgence
* Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
* Pope Pius V
* Preces
* Pre-Tridentine Mass
* Quattuor abhinc annos
* Quo primum
* Catholic theology
* Sacramentary
* Sacraments of the Catholic Church
* Summorum Pontificum
* Traditionis custodes
* Western Rite Orthodoxy

* Catholic Church portal

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Liturgical year of the Catholic Church

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church (1969 Calendar)

| Advent|

* Sundays
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* Immaculate Conception
* December 17 to 23

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Christmas Season|

* Christmas
* Christmas Eve
* Midnight Mass
* Holy Family
* Mary, Mother of God
* Epiphany
* Baptism of the Lord

Ordinary Time|

* Presentation of the Lord

Lent|

* Ash Wednesday
* Sundays
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* Saint Joseph
* Annunciation
* Palm Sunday
* Holy Week

Paschal Triduum|

* Holy Thursday
* Chrism Mass
* Mass of the Lord's Supper
* Good Friday
* Holy Saturday
* Easter Vigil

Easter Season|

* Easter Sunday
* Octave
* Sundays
* 2nd
* Divine Mercy Sunday
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* Ascension
* Pentecost

Ordinary Time|

* Trinity Sunday
* Corpus Christi
* Sacred Heart
* Visitation
* Nativity of John the Baptist
* Saints Peter and Paul
* Transfiguration
* Assumption
* Nativity of Mary
* Exaltation of the Cross
* All Saints' Day / All Hallows' Day
* All Saints' Eve / All Hallows' Eve
* All Souls' Day
* Presentation of Mary
* Christ the King

Tridentine Mass of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church (1960 Calendar)

| Advent|

* Sundays
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* Rorate Mass
* Immaculate Conception
* Greater Ferias
* Winter Ember Days

|

Christmas Season|

* Christmas
* Christmas Eve
* Octave Day of Christmas
* Holy Name of Jesus

Epiphany Season|

* Epiphany
* Holy Family
* Baptism of the Lord
* Purification of MaryP

Lent|

| Pre-Lent|

* Septuagesima
* Sexagesima
* Quinquagesima

|

Lent|

* Ash Wednesday
* Sundays
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* Spring Ember Days
* Saint Joseph
* Annunciation

Passiontide|

* Passion Sunday
* Palm SundayP
* Holy WeekP

Paschal Triduum|

* Tenebrae
* Holy Thursday
* Chrism Mass
* Mass of the Lord's Supper
* Good Friday
* Holy Saturday
* Easter Vigil

Easter Season|

* Easter SundayP
* Octave
* Sundays after Easter
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* Rogation DaysP
* AscensionP

Pentecost Season|

* Pentecost
* Summer Ember Days
* Trinity Sunday
* Corpus ChristiP
* Sacred Heart
* Saint John the Baptist
* Saints Peter and Paul
* Precious Blood
* Visitation
* Transfiguration
* Assumption
* Nativity of Mary
* Exaltation of the CrossP
* Autumn Ember Days
* Maternity of Mary
* Christ the King
* All Saints' Day / All Hallows' Day
* All Saints' Eve / All Hallows' Eve
* All Souls' Day
* Presentation of Mary

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Older calendars

1955
pre-1955
Tridentine
Liturgical colours
Ranking
Computus
Easter cycle
Catholic Church portal

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Latin Church

Patriarchates
(by order of precedence)|

| Current|

* Rome ('Patriarch of the West'): Pope Francis (with cathedra in Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran)

* Jerusalem: Pierbattista Pizzaballa
* East Indies: Filipe Neri Ferrão
* Lisbon: Rui Valério
* Venice: Francesco Moraglia

|

Defunct|

* Carthage (?−1964)
* Alexandria (1276–1964)
* Antioch (1098–1964)
* Constantinople (1204–1964)
* West Indies (1524–1963)
* Aquileia (560–1751)
* Ethiopia (1555–1663)
* Grado (560–1451)

History|

* Apostolic succession
* History of the papacy
* Papal primacy
* Historical development
* First Martyrs
* Great Church
* Early African church
* Vulgate
* East–West Schism
* Scholasticism
* Crusades
* Western Schism
* Age of Discovery
* Humanism
* Protestant Reformation
* Council of Trent
* Counter-Reformation
* Vatican I
* Vatican II
* 1983 Code of Canon Law

| Apostolic sees|

* Rome
* Peter
* Paul
* Syracuse
* Peter
* Malta
* Paul
* Milan
* Barnabas
* Santiago de Compostela
* James

|

Church Fathers|

* Tertullian
* Cyprian
* Hilary of Poitiers*
* Ambrose*
* Pope Damasus I
* Jerome*
* Augustine of Hippo*
* Pope Gregory I*
* Isidore of Seville*

Language|

* Ecclesiastical Latin
* Liturgical use of Latin

Liturgical rites
Liturgical days|

| Current|

* Ambrosian Rite
* Rite of Braga
* Mozarabic Rite
* Roman Rite
* Mass of Paul VI (Ordinary form)
* Tridentine Mass
* Extraordinary form
* Anglican Use
* Zaire Use

| Orders|

* Benedictine Rite
* Carmelite Rite
* Carthusian Rite
* Cistercian Rite
* Dominican Rite
* Norbertine Rite

|

Defunct|

* African Rite
* Aquileian Rite
* British
* Celtic Rite
* Durham Rite
* Hereford Use
* Sarum Use
* York Use
* Gallican Rite
* Missa Nautica
* Missa sicca
* Missa Venatoria
* Pre-Tridentine Mass

See also|

* Latin cross
* Latin Church in the Middle East
* Latins
* Turkey
* Titular sees
* Eastern Catholic Churches
* Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions
* Western Rite Orthodoxy

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