The encyclicals, bulls, constitutions and decrees the Enciclopedia Cattolica cites: each pope with the years of his reign; open a pope to see his documents.
The popes
12th century
Pope Innocent II 28 February 1130 – 24 September 1143 1 document
1 bull
- 19 March 1133 Bull Iustus Dominus — Elevating Genoa to an archbishopric and subjecting three Corsican bishoprics
Pope Anastasius IV 23 July 1153 – 10 December 1154 1 document
1 bull
- 27 November 1154 Bull Sicut iniusta poscentibus — Confirming the boundaries and privileges of the Diocese of Ascoli
Pope Adrian IV 18 December 1154 – 8 September 1159 1 document
1 bull
- 4 January 1156 Bull Laudabiliter — Granting the Kingdom of Ireland to Henry II of England
Pope Alexander III 21 September 1159 – 30 August 1181 2 documents
1 decree · 1 bull
- 1179 Decree Licet de vitanda — On papal elections (Licet de vitanda)
- 27 July 1179 Bull Veniens — Granting privileges to the canons of Benevento
Pope Lucius III 15 September 1181 – 2 December 1185 1 document
1 decretal
- 4 November 1184 Decretal Ad abolendam — On the Suppression of Heresy
Pope Celestine III 4 April 1191 – 15 January 1198 1 document
1 bull
- 13 March 1192 Bull In Apostolicae — Confirming the possessions and privileges of the Church of Scala
Pope Innocent III 22 January 1198 – 23 July 1216 5 documents
3 bulls · 2 decretals
- 1198 Decretal Odoardus clericus — On the insolvent cleric Odoardus (Liber Extra 3.23.3)
- 17 December 1198 Bull Operante divinae — Approving the rule of the Trinitarian Order
- 1 July 1199 Bull In causa duorum — On the metropolitan jurisdiction over the dioceses of Lisbon and Évora
- 19 June 1204 Bull Inter opera — Establishing and protecting the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Saxia
- 1207 Decretal Si adversus nos — On advocates and notaries who assist heretics (Liber Extra 5.7.11)
13th century
Pope Honorius III 1 August 1216 – 18 March 1227 3 documents
3 bulls
- 22 December 1216 Bull Religiosam vitam eligentibus — Confirming the protection and privileges of the Priory of Saint-Roman of Toulouse
- 21 January 1217 Bull Gratiarum omnium — Approving the apostolic purpose of the Order of Preachers
- 22 November 1219 Bull Super speculum — On the study of theology and the removal of residence obligation for professors and students
Pope Gregory IX 2 April 1227 – 22 August 1241 6 documents
5 bulls · 1 decretal
- 1227 Decretal Is qui fidem — On betrothal followed by carnal union (Liber Extra 4.1.30)
- 17 October 1230 Bull Quo elongati — On the interpretation of the Rule of the Friars Minor
- 27 April 1233 Bull Olim operante Illo — Granting privileges to the University of Toulouse
- 14 June 1233 Bull Vox in Rama — Condemning the Luciferian heresy in Germany
- 3 July 1234 Bull Fons sapientiae — Canonizing St. Dominic
- 5 September 1234 Bull Rex pacificus — Promulgating the Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Pope Innocent IV 2 July 1243 – 14 December 1254 3 documents
3 bulls
- 5 April 1250 Bull Cum tamquam veri — On the naming of the Friars Minor as Conventuals
- 15 May 1252 Bull Ad extirpanda — On the suppression of heretical depravity in Lombardy
- Bull Cum de diversis partibus — Granting privileges to students at the Roman Studium
Pope Urban IV 12 September 1261 – 2 October 1264 1 document
1 bull
- 1 January 1264 Bull Transiturus — Instituting the Feast of Corpus Christi
Pope Clement IV 12 February 1265 – 29 November 1268 1 document
1 bull
- 9 June 1265 Bull Parvus fons — On the privileges and statutes of the Cistercian Order
Pope Gregory X 15 September 1271 – 10 January 1276 2 documents
1 decretal · 1 constitution
- 1274 Decretal Religionum diversitatem — On the prohibition of new religious orders and mendicants
- July 1274 Constitution Ubi periculum — On the conclave for papal elections
Pope Nicholas III 9 December 1277 – 22 August 1280 1 document
1 bull
- 14 August 1279 Bull Exiit qui seminat — On the confirmation of the Franciscan Rule
Pope Nicholas IV 7 March 1288 – 18 April 1292 2 documents
2 bulls
- 17 August 1289 Bull Supra montem — Approving the rule of the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Third Order of St. Francis)
- 9 August 1290 Bull De statu regni Portugaliae — Establishing privileges for the University of Lisbon
Pope Celestine V 19 July 1294 – 27 December 1294 2 documents
2 bulls
- 27 September 1294 Bull Etsi cunctos — Exempting the Benedictine Order from episcopal jurisdiction
- 17 October 1294 Bull Pridem — On the observance of the Gregorian conclave constitution
Pope Boniface VIII 7 January 1295 – 11 October 1303 10 documents
10 bulls
- 25 February 1296 Bull Clericis laicos — On Taxation of the Clergy by Lay Rulers
- 31 July 1297 Bull Etsi de statu — On the compromise in the conflict with Philip IV over taxation of the clergy
- 3 March 1298 Bull Liber Sextus — Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, Promulgating the Liber Sextus
- 3 March 1298 Bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae — Promulgating the Liber Sextus of Decretals
- 5 December 1301 Bull Ausculta fili — 'Ausculta fili' to King Philip IV of France
- 1302 Bull Verba delirantis filiae — Rebuking the French clergy
- 18 November 1302 Bull Unam sanctam — On the One Holy Church
- 6 June 1303 Bull In supremae praeminentia dignitatis — Founding the University of Rome (La Sapienza)
- 1 July 1303 Bull Conditoris omnium — Founding the University of Avignon
- 8 September 1303 Bull Super Petri solio — On the excommunication of King Philip IV of France
14th century
Pope Benedict XI 7 November 1303 – 7 July 1304 1 document
1 bull
- 11 February 1304 Bull Dum levamus — Confirming the rule of the Augustinian Servants of Mary
Pope Clement V 21 June 1305 – 28 April 1314 6 documents
3 bulls · 2 constitutions · 1 letter
- 12 August 1308 Letter Regnans in coelis — Summoning King Philip IV of France to the Council of Vienne
- 14 April 1310 Bull Dudum ad Apostolatus — On the reform of the Franciscan Order
- 2 September 1311 Bull Dignum est — Mandate on reducing the number of writers of the Sacred Penitentiary to twelve
- 2 May 1312 Bull Ad providam — On the suppression of the Order of the Temple
- 6 May 1312 Constitution Exivi de paradiso — On the Observance of the Franciscan Rule
- 6 May 1312 Constitution Fidei catholicae fundamento — Dogmatic constitution on the faith approved at the Council of Vienne
Pope John XXII 23 August 1316 – 4 December 1334 11 documents
10 bulls · 1 constitution
- 11 July 1317 Bull Salvator noster — Dividing the diocese of Toulouse and reserving benefices
- 7 October 1317 Bull Quorumdam exigit — On the interpretation of the Rule of the Friars Minor
- 25 October 1317 Bull Quoniam nulla iuris — Promulgating the Clementine Constitutions
- 30 December 1317 Bull Sancta Romana — Against the Fraticelli and other pseudo-religious
- 3 March 1322 Bull Sacratissimo uti culmine — On the Sabbatine Privilege
- 8 December 1322 Bull Ad conditorem canonum — On the poverty of Christ and the Franciscan Order
- 2 November 1323 Bull Ex debito — Reserving ecclesiastical benefices to the Apostolic See
- 1 December 1323 Constitution Antiquae concertationi — Declaring that Sacred Orders Do Not Dissolve an Unconsummated Marriage
- 12 December 1323 Bull Cum inter nonnullos — Declaring heretical the assertion that Christ and the apostles had no possessions
- 1324 Bull Docta sanctorum — On church music reform
- 5 April 1327 Bull Ratio iuris exigit — On the regulation of auditors and notaries of the Roman Curia
Pope Benedict XII 5 January 1335 – 3 May 1342 8 documents
3 bulls · 3 constitutions · 1 apostolic constitution · 1 decree
- 10 January 1335 Bull Ad regimen — Reserving ecclesiastical benefices to the Apostolic See
- 12 July 1335 Bull Fulgens sicut stella — On the reform of the Cistercian Order
- 1 October 1335 Constitution Cum sicut accepimus — Confirming the status of the Auditors of the Apostolic Palace as officials of the Apostolic See
- 29 January 1336 Apostolic constitution Benedictus Deus — On the Beatific Vision and the Damnation of Souls
- 20 June 1336 Constitution Summi Magistri — Constitutions on the reform of the Black Monks (Benedictine Order)
- 28 November 1336 Bull Redemptor noster — On the reform of the Order of Friars Minor
- 8 April 1338 Constitution In agro dominico — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 26 October 1340 Decree Decens et necessarium — Reforming the advocates and procurators of the Roman Curia
Pope Clement VI 23 May 1342 – 6 December 1352 1 document
1 bull
- 6 December 1351 Bull Licet in constitutione — Regulating the conclave and cardinals' servants and meals
Pope Innocent VI 3 January 1353 – 12 September 1362 2 documents
2 bulls
- 6 July 1353 Bull Sollicitudo pastoralis — On the observance of agreements made in conclave
- 21 June 1360 Bull Quasi lignum vitae — Establishing the faculty of theology at the University of Bologna
Pope Urban V 14 October 1362 – 19 December 1370 2 documents
2 bulls
- 12 October 1363 Bull Apostolatus officium — On the punishment of pirates and those imposing new tolls
- 30 August 1369 Bull Cum illius — Erecting the Diocese of Montefiascone
Pope Gregory XI 15 January 1371 – 27 March 1378 1 document
1 bull
- 18 December 1372 Bull Res sanctissima — Founding the Collegio di Spagna in Bologna
Clement VII, antipope 20 September 1378 – 16 September 1394 1 document
1 bull
- 21 April 1379 Bull Pia devotorum — Erecting the College of St. Martial, Avignon
Pope Boniface IX 18 November 1389 – 1 October 1404 2 documents
2 bulls
- 9 November 1389 Bull Superni benignitas conditoris — Instituting the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1 October 1391 Bull Ab origine mundi — Instituting the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
15th century
John XXIII, antipope 17 May 1410 – 29 May 1415 1 document
1 bull
- 16 March 1412 Bull Hodie ad — Confirming privileges of the University of Angers
Pope Martin V 2 December 1417 – 20 February 1431 2 documents
1 constitution · 1 bull
- 1 January 1418 Constitution In apostolicae — Constitutions on the Roman Curia and the Audientia contradictarum
- 22 February 1418 Bull Inter cuncta — On the trial of Wycliffite and Hussite heretics
Pope Eugene IV 21 March 1431 – 23 February 1447 7 documents
7 bulls
- 12 December 1435 Bull Sacrosancta Romana Ecclesia — On the union of the dioceses of Sutri and Nepi
- 1 January 1437 Bull Inter cetera gravia — Reducing the number of clerics of the Apostolic Camera to seven
- 6 July 1439 Bull Laetentur caeli — Of union with the Greeks (Laetentur caeli)
- 22 November 1439 Bull Exultate Deo — Of Union with the Armenians (Exultate Deo)
- 8 July 1440 Bull Fide digna — On the obligation of Easter Communion
- 4 February 1442 Bull Cantate Domino — Of union with the Jacobites at the Council of Florence
- 1 January 1446 Bull Ut sacra — On the separation of the Observant Franciscans from the Conventuals
Pope Nicholas V 15 March 1447 – 2 April 1455 2 documents
2 bulls
- 26 March 1451 Bull Romanorum gesta Pontificum — Confirming Boniface IX's letters on the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- 8 January 1455 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Granting the Portuguese crown rights over newly discovered lands in Africa
Pope Callistus III 26 April 1455 – 15 August 1458 1 document
1 bull
- 6 August 1457 Bull Inter divinae dispositionis arcana — On the Feast of the Transfiguration
Pope Pius II 19 August 1458 – 14 August 1464 3 documents
3 bulls
- 13 October 1458 Bull Vocavit nos — Convoking Christian princes to the Diet of Mantua
- 12 June 1459 Bull Cum servare in rebus ordinem — On the Precedence of Bishops over the Apostolic Protonotaries
- 18 January 1460 Bull Execrabilis — Condemning appeals to a future council
Pope Sixtus IV 18 August 1471 – 12 August 1484 4 documents
4 bulls
- 5 June 1475 Bull Cum rationis — On the reform of the University of Avignon
- 29 August 1475 Bull Quemadmodum operosa — Reducing the Jubilee year to a 25-year interval
- 4 September 1483 Bull Grave nimis — On the Immaculate Conception condemning those who call it heretical
- 9 May 1484 Bull Quoniam nonnulli — On the authority and letters of the Major Penitentiary
Pope Innocent VIII 16 September 1484 – 25 July 1492 5 documents
5 bulls
- 5 December 1484 Bull Summis desiderantes affectibus — Against Witchcraft
- 18 August 1485 Bull Cum sicut accepimus — On summary procedure in cases of the Apostolic Camera
- 22 December 1485 Bull Apprime ad devotionis — Appointing a general auditor of the causes of the Apostolic Camera
- 31 December 1487 Bull Non debet reprehensibile — On the reform of the papal secretaries and the redemption of the papal mitre
- 9 April 1489 Bull Exposcit tuae devotionis — Granting the Abbot of Cîteaux and Its First Four Daughter Abbeys Faculties to Ordain Subdeacons and Deacons and to Bless Abbots
Pope Alexander VI 29 August 1492 – 7 September 1503 7 documents
6 bulls · 1 constitution
- 24 February 1492 Bull Meritis religiosae vitae — Confirming the statutes of the Hermits of St. Francis of Paola
- 3 May 1493 Bull Eximiae devotionis — Extending to the Catholic Monarchs the privileges granted to Portugal for overseas discoveries
- 4 May 1493 Bull Inter caetera — Of Demarcation
- 1494 Bull Cum acceperimus — Appointing an inquisitor for Lombardy against witchcraft and superstition
- 1 June 1501 Constitution Inter multiplices — On the censorship of books
- 13 April 1502 Bull In eminent — On the protection of litigants and officials of the Roman Curia
- 29 April 1502 Bull Etsi ex pastoralis — On the exemption of the castles of the Duchy of Spoleto from the jurisdiction of Spoleto and Interamna
16th century
Pope Julius II 21 November 1503 – 21 February 1513 6 documents
6 bulls
- 14 January 1505 Bull Cum tam divino — On the prohibition of simony in papal elections
- 28 July 1508 Bull Universalis Ecclesiae — Granting patronage over the Church in the Indies to the King of Spain
- 24 February 1509 Bull Regis pacifici — Prohibiting duels in lands subject to the Roman Church
- 11 January 1510 Bull Liquet Omnibus — Declaring indulgences for the souls in purgatory and granting privileges for the construction of St. Peter's Basilica
- 18 July 1511 Bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae — On the schismatic cardinals and the Council of Pisa
- 19 February 1513 Bull In altissimo militantis Ecclesiae — On the Foundation of the Cappella Giulia
Pope Leo X 29 March 1513 – 11 December 1521 16 documents
16 bulls
- 16 February 1513 Bull Si summus rerum — Confirming the election of the Roman Pontiff and the decrees of the Fifth Lateran Council
- 5 November 1513 Bull Dum suavissimo — On the reform of the Roman Studium
- 13 December 1513 Bull Pastoralis officii — On the reform of the Roman Curia
- 5 May 1514 Bull Supernae dispositionis — On the reform of ecclesiastical discipline and promotions to prelatures
- 7 June 1514 Bull Dum Fidei constantiam — Extending the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Militia Christi over recent and future conquests
- 3 November 1514 Bull Praecelsae devotionis — Confirming privileges of the King of Portugal
- 4 May 1515 Bull Inter sollicitudines — On the censorship and printing of books
- 11 July 1515 Bull Pro excellenti praeminentia — Making the Archbishop of Gniezno legatus natus
- 29 May 1517 Bull Ite et vos — On the reform of the Franciscan Order
- 12 June 1517 Bull Omnipotens Deus — On the union and reform of the Franciscan Order
- 3 January 1518 Bull Sicut prudens — On the reform of the Apostolic Camera
- 24 January 1518 Bull Sacri apostolatus ministerio — Erecting the Diocese of Yucatán
- 15 June 1520 Bull Exsurge Domine — Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther
- 20 January 1521 Bull Inter cetera — Confirming the Third Order of St. Francis (Tertiary Rule)
- 11 October 1521 Bull Ex supernae dispositionis arbitrio — Conferring the title Defender of the Faith on Henry VIII
- Bull Etsi pro cunctarum — Appointing a governor of Rome and vice-camerarius
Pope Clement VII 9 December 1523 – 5 October 1534 6 documents
6 bulls
- 12 December 1523 Bull Admonet Nos suscepti — On the construction of the Basilica of St. Peter
- 1 June 1526 Bull Super universas Ecclesias — Erecting the cathedral church of Chieti into a metropolitan archbishopric
- 3 July 1528 Bull Religionis zelus — Approving the Capuchin congregation
- 28 March 1530 Bull Exponi nobis nuper fecistis — On the establishment of the Rota of Perugia
- 12 August 1530 Bull Ex clementi — On the privileges and statutes of the Carmelite confraternities
- 5 July 1532 Bull Etsi ad singula — On the office of Vice-Chancellor of the Roman Church and its union with the title of St. Lawrence in Damaso
Pope Paul III 23 October 1534 – 10 November 1549 16 documents
15 bulls · 1 brief
- 3 November 1534 Bull Aequum reputamus — Confirming the Erection of the Diocese of León in Nicaragua
- 4 June 1536 Bull Ad Dominici gregis curam — Convoking the Ecumenical Council of Mantua
- 1 June 1537 Bull Altitudo — On the pastoral care and customs of the faithful in the West and South Indies
- 2 June 1537 Bull Sublimis Deus — On the enslavement and evangelization of the Indians
- 2 June 1537 Bull Veritas ipsa — On the enslavement of the Indians
- 28 October 1538 Bull In Apostolatus culmine — Erecting the University of Santo Domingo
- 5 June 1540 Bull Ex iniuncto nobis — Approving the society of the hospitals of St. Mary Magdalene and the converted women
- 27 September 1540 Bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae — Approving the founding of the Society of Jesus
- 21 March 1542 Bull Cupientes — On the privileges of converted Jews and infidels
- 22 May 1542 Bull Initio nostri huius pontificatus — Of Indiction of the Council of Trent
- 21 July 1542 Bull Licet ab initio — Establishing the Roman Inquisition
- 19 February 1543 Bull Illius qui — Erecting the House of Catechumens in Rome
- 4 July 1548 Bull Ad onus — On the jurisdiction and faculties of prelates and officials for the visitation of prisons in Rome
- 31 July 1548 Brief Pastoralis officii — Approving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- 21 August 1549 Bull Pro excellenti Apostolicae Sedis — Erecting the Diocese of Portalegre
- 18 October 1549 Bull Licet debitum — On the office and authority of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Pope Julius III 27 February 1550 – 23 March 1555 3 documents
3 bulls
- 22 February 1550 Bull Rationi congruit — On the authority and power of the Supreme Penitentiary
- 21 November 1550 Bull Cum ad tollenda — Convoking the resumption of the Council of Trent
- 22 October 1552 Bull Sacrae religionis — Confirming the privileges of the Society of Jesus
Pope Paul IV 23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559 2 documents
2 bulls
- 22 August 1555 Bull Cum venerabiles — On the precedence and residence of cardinals and the appointment of the Dean of the College of Cardinals
- 12 May 1559 Bull Super universas — Erecting new archbishoprics and bishoprics in the Low Countries
Pope Pius IV 14 January 1560 – 9 December 1565 11 documents
11 bulls
- 4 September 1560 Bull De salute gregis — On the residence of bishops and pastors
- 13 November 1560 Bull Ea quae a praedecessoribus — Confirming and renewing prohibitions of duels
- 1 May 1561 Bull Ad eximiae devotionis — Restoring the office of Auditor of the Apostolic Camera
- 1 November 1561 Bull Cum sicut — On the protection of witnesses and the inquisitor of Avignon
- 30 June 1562 Bull Cum ab ipso — On the reform of the tribunals of the Roman Curia
- 1 July 1562 Bull Cum super nos — On the reform of the Signatura Iustitiae
- 9 October 1562 Bull In eligendis — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 26 January 1564 Bull Benedictus Deus — Confirming the Council of Trent
- 24 March 1564 Bull Dominici gregis custodiae — On the Rules of the Index of Forbidden Books
- 2 August 1564 Bull Alias nos — Establishing the Congregation of Cardinals for the Execution and Observance of the Council of Trent
- 27 August 1564 Bull Cum inter crimina — Establishing the Congregation of the Inquisition and granting it faculties over prohibited books
Pope Pius V 27 January 1566 – 11 May 1572 19 documents
19 bulls
- 24 October 1566 Bull Regularium — On the prohibition of women entering regular monasteries
- 18 March 1567 Bull In conferendis — On the nullity of parish appointments made without the Tridentine examination
- 29 March 1567 Bull Admonet nos — Forbidding the alienation and enfeoffment of cities and lands of the Roman Church
- 1 October 1567 Bull Ex omnibus afflictionibus — Condemning the Baianist propositions
- 3 October 1567 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Declaring the Mendicant Orders exempt from seminary contributions
- 9 July 1568 Bull Quod a nobis — Approving the Roman Breviary
- 13 July 1568 Bull Cupientes — On the reform of ecclesiastical promotions and benefices
- 17 November 1568 Bull Lubricum vitae genus — On the solemn profession of the three substantial vows by regulars
- 6 December 1568 Bull Iniunctum nobis — Confirming the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of St. Maiolus (Somaschi)
- 1569 Bull Ut bonus — Limiting the faculties of officials of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 26 February 1569 Bull Hebraeorum gens — Expelling Jews from all places of the Papal States except Rome and Ancona
- 25 February 1570 Bull Regnans in excelsis — Of Excommunication of Elizabeth I of England
- 24 June 1570 Bull Pontifice dignum — On the reform of the office of the Summator of Apostolic Letters
- 14 July 1570 Bull Quam primum — Promulgating the Roman Missal (Quo primum)
- 14 July 1570 Bull Quo primum — Promulgating the Roman Missal
- 10 July 1571 Bull Illius fulciti praesidio — Erecting the town of Ripatransone as a city and its church of San Benigno as a cathedral
- 21 July 1571 Bull Romani Pontificis — On the use of the Crusade privilege for choosing confessors by Dominicans
- 1 January 1572 Bull Licet ex debito — On the Hospital of John of God in Granada
- Bull Etsi mendicantes — On the privileges and jurisdiction concerning the Mendicant Orders
Pope Gregory XIII 2 June 1572 – 10 April 1585 11 documents
10 bulls · 1 constitution
- 13 September 1572 Constitution Ut pestiferarum — Confirming and strengthening the Congregation of the Index
- 5 December 1572 Bull In supereminenti — Founding the Jesuit college and general university at Pont-à-Mousson
- 13 June 1575 Bull Ubi gratiae — Revoking permissions for women to enter monasteries
- 13 January 1577 Bull In Apostolicae Sedis specula — Establishing the Greek College in Rome
- 1 September 1577 Bull Vice eius — Erecting the College of Neophyte Adolescents
- 29 January 1580 Bull Provisionis nostrae — Confirming the condemnation of Michael Baius's propositions
- 1 July 1580 Bull Cum pro munere — On the correction and printing of the Corpus Iuris Canonici
- 2 June 1582 Bull Emendationem decretorum — On the emendation of Gratian's Decretum
- 5 December 1582 Bull Ad tollendum — Extending the Council of Trent's prohibition of duels to private duels
- 27 June 1584 Bull Humana sic ferunt — On the Maronite hospice in Rome and the dissolution of the parish of St. John de Ficocia
- 5 December 1584 Bull Omnipotentis Dei — Establishing the primary Marian Congregation at the Roman College
Pope Sixtus V 24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590 20 documents
18 bulls · 1 constitution · 1 apostolic constitution
- 1 September 1585 Bull Intemeratae Matris Dei Mariae — On the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1 January 1586 Bull Etsi pro debito — Uniting the hospitals of the Congregation of St. John of God into one body
- 5 January 1586 Bull Coeli et terra — On the condemnation of judicial astrology and divination
- 5 February 1586 Bull Laudabilis sedis — Confirming privileges of the seven notaries of the Roman Curia
- 24 November 1586 Bull Super universas — Erecting the collegiate church of Montalto delle Marche into a cathedral
- 26 November 1586 Bull Suprema dispositione — Erecting the town of San Severino and its collegiate church into a city and cathedral church
- 3 December 1586 Bull Postquam verus — On the reform of the College of Cardinals
- 13 April 1587 Bull Religiosa — Assigning titles and deaconries to the cardinal priests and deacons of the Holy Roman Church
- 27 April 1587 Bull Eam semper — Establishing the Vatican Typography
- 23 August 1587 Bull Sacri apostolatus — Revoking the office of rector of the Gymnasium of the Alma Urbs and uniting it to the College of Consistorial Advocates
- 22 January 1588 Constitution Immensa aeterni Dei — On the Roman Congregations
- 5 April 1588 Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem — On the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Ávila over the cathedral chapter
- 1 August 1588 Bull Sollicitudo pastoralis — On the institution of archives in the Papal States
- 5 January 1589 Apostolic constitution Sanctum et salutare — On the canonical promotion of clerics and ordinands
- 9 January 1589 Bull Cum sacrosanctam — On the dress and tonsure of clerics holding ecclesiastical benefices
- 24 May 1589 Bull Universi Orbis — Raising the See of Fermo to an Archbishopric
- 23 January 1590 Bull In conferendis praecipuis — On the office of the Treasurer General of the Apostolic Camera
- 19 February 1590 Bull Suprema cura regiminis — On the care of the Aqua Felice and the duties of the Roman citizens as visitors of the aqueduct
- 1 March 1590 Bull Aeternus ille — On the Vulgate edition and biblical translations
- 4 March 1590 Bull Cum ex debito — Granting jurisdiction to the archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica
Pope Gregory XIV 5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 1 document
1 bull
- 8 May 1591 Bull Regimini Universae — On the dissolution of the union of the dioceses of Brindisi and Oria
Pope Clement VIII 30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605 10 documents
7 bulls · 2 decrees · 1 brief
- 8 June 1592 Bull Speculatores — On the reform of the clergy and people of Rome
- 15 August 1592 Bull Pro commissa nobis — On the administration of public finances in the Papal States
- 3 November 1592 Bull Illius vices — On the pardon for outlaws and bandits who repent
- 25 November 1592 Bull Graves et diuturnae — Instituting the Forty Hours' Devotion in Rome
- 6 November 1595 Brief Exponi nobis — On the irrigation works of Aragon and Navarre
- 29 May 1599 Bull In supremo iustitiae throno — Establishing the Rota of Ferrara
- 25 July 1599 Decree Nullus omnino — General Decrees for the Reform of Regulars of All Orders
- 12 December 1600 Bull Onerosa — On the faculties of missionaries in the East Indies and Japan
- 19 March 1603 Decree Cum ad regularem — On the reception and education of religious novices
- 7 July 1604 Bull Cum Sanctissimum — Confirming the Roman Missal of Pius V
17th century
Pope Paul V 16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621 5 documents
5 bulls
- 6 October 1607 Bull Ex credito nobis — Erecting the Archconfraternity of Christian Doctrine in Rome
- 21 January 1612 Bull In supereminenti — Erecting the Vicariate of Mozambique
- 1 March 1612 Bull Universi agri — On the reform of the tribunals of Rome
- 23 September 1617 Bull Sanctorum virorum — On the cult and new church of St. Sylvester Guzzolini
- 20 March 1623 Bull Omnipotentis Dei — On sorcerers, witches, and those who make a pact with the devil
Pope Gregory XV 9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623 3 documents
3 bulls
- 31 January 1622 Bull Sacri apostolatus — Confirming the constitutions of the Clerics Regular Poor of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools
- 22 June 1622 Bull Inscrutabili — Erecting the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
- 30 August 1622 Bull Universi — Confirming and extending Pius IV's constitution against solicitation in confession
Pope Urban VIII 6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644 17 documents
16 bulls · 1 constitution
- 10 January 1624 Bull In supremo — On the dress and customs of the Friars Minor of strict observance
- 20 November 1624 Bull Pietatis et christianae charitatis — Of perpetual approval of the Congregation of Musicians of Rome under the invocation of St. Cecilia
- 16 November 1625 Bull Pastoralis officii nobis — Establishing the General Archive in Rome
- 1 August 1627 Bull Immortalis Dei Filius — Establishing the Urbanian College of Propaganda Fide
- 1 October 1627 Bull Debitum — Erecting the Congregation for the Borders of the Papal States
- 9 August 1628 Bull Urbani — Prohibiting transfer of Capuchin friars to other orders
- 13 January 1630 Bull Pastoralis Romani Pontificis — Of Urban VIII excommunicating those who impede ecclesiastical jurisdiction
- 1 April 1631 Bull Inscrutabilis iudiciorum — On astrology and predictions about the state and princes
- 22 February 1633 Bull Ex debito — Granting faculty to preach the Gospel in China, Japan and adjacent regions to all religious orders
- 2 September 1634 Bull Si quid est — On the correction and publication of the Roman Missal
- 12 December 1634 Bull Sancta Synodus — On the residence of bishops and cardinals
- 18 February 1636 Bull Pro excellenti praeminentia — Erecting the dioceses of Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado
- 20 June 1637 Bull Magnum in Christo — Against bigamous marriages under a false name
- 6 June 1638 Bull Super universas — On the endowment of the Church of Baghdad (Babylon) in Persia
- 6 March 1642 Bull In eminenti — Confirming the constitutions of Pius V and Gregory XIII and condemning the Augustinus of Jansenius
- 13 September 1642 Bull Universa — On the observance of feast days
- 17 June 1644 Constitution Quamvis alias — On the republication of the Roman Pontifical
Pope Innocent X 15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655 7 documents
7 bulls
- 20 November 1645 Bull In supereminenti — Founding the University of Santo Tomas in Manila
- 19 February 1646 Bull Cum iusta — On cardinals' residence in the Roman Curia and penalties for leaving the Papal States without permission
- 18 January 1647 Bull Grata familiaritatis — Granting privileges to the chaplains of the papal chapel
- 20 November 1648 Bull Zelo domus Dei — Declaration of nullity of the articles of the recent Peace of Germany prejudicial to the Catholic religion
- 13 September 1649 Bull In supremo — Transferring the episcopal see from Castro to Acquapendente
- 15 October 1652 Bull Instaurandae — On the restoration of regular discipline and the prohibition of erecting new regular houses in Italy
- 31 May 1653 Bull Cum occasione — Condemnation of the Five Propositions of Jansenius
Pope Alexander VII 7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667 8 documents
7 bulls · 1 brief
- 1 January 1655 Bull Pro pastoralis officii — On the assignment of the offices of assistant priest, deacon, and subdeacon in papal chapels to the canons of the Lateran, St. Peter's, and St. Mary Major
- 22 September 1655 Bull Ex commissa nobis — Confirming the Congregation of the Mission in France with resolution of doubts
- 31 May 1656 Bull Ad Sacram beati Petri Sedem — Confirming the condemnation of the five Jansenist propositions
- 4 September 1656 Bull Ex Romani Pontificis Supremi — Confirming the privileges of the College of Protonotaries de numero participantium
- 13 June 1659 Bull Inter coeteros — Erecting the college of referendaries of both Signatures
- 9 September 1659 Brief Super cathedra — Erecting apostolic vicariates in Tonkin, Cochinchina and Nanking
- 8 December 1661 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — On the preservation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from original sin
- 19 April 1666 Bull In suprema — On the reform of the Cistercian Order
Pope Clement IX 20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669 4 documents
3 bulls · 1 constitution
- 11 April 1668 Bull Iniuncti — Establishing the Congregation for the State of Regulars
- 10 December 1668 Bull Crediti nobis — Confirming decrees of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide on the study of Arabic and controversies at the Convent of St. Peter in Montorio
- 6 July 1669 Constitution In Ipsis — Erecting the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics
- 13 September 1669 Bull In excelsa — Confirming and extending decrees on abuses by ecclesiastics in the East Indies
Pope Clement X 29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676 1 document
1 bull
- 6 April 1673 Bull Creditae nobis — Prohibiting the publication of writings on the missions without the permission of Propaganda Fide
Pope Innocent XI 21 September 1676 – 12 August 1689 7 documents
6 bulls · 1 decree
- 16 November 1676 Bull Ad sacram beati Petri — Erecting the Diocese of Olinda and separating it from the Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia
- 16 November 1676 Bull Inter pastoralis officii curas — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of San Salvador da Bahia
- 29 August 1677 Bull Super universas — Erecting the Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- 1 April 1678 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Suppressing the College of Apostolic Secretaries
- 12 February 1679 Decree Cum ad aures — On frequent and daily Communion
- 22 January 1687 Bull Alias felicis — Applying the plenary indulgence of the Portiuncula to the souls in purgatory
- 20 November 1687 Bull Caelestis Pastor — Condemning Quietism (Miguel de Molinos)
Pope Alexander VIII 6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691 1 document
1 bull
- 4 August 1690 Bull Inter multiplices — Condemning the Gallican Declaration of 1682
Pope Innocent XII 12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700 9 documents
8 bulls · 1 constitution
- 3 January 1692 Bull Constantis fidei — On the erection of the Congregation of Fermo
- 22 June 1692 Bull Romanum decet Pontificem — Against Nepotism
- 3 September 1692 Bull Romanus Pontifex — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary and the office of the Major Penitentiary
- 23 May 1693 Bull Ad exercitium pietatis — On the hospice for poor invalids of Rome
- 4 December 1693 Bull Ut debitus — On the reform of the fees of the Roman Rota
- 16 February 1694 Bull Christifidelium — On the protection and governance of religious orders
- 4 August 1698 Bull Debitum pastoralis — Confirming and re-establishing the Congregation on Regular Discipline
- 10 August 1698 Constitution Sacrosancta Redemptionis — On the Congregation of Loreto
- 12 March 1699 Bull Cum alias — Condemning Fénelon's 'Explication des maximes des saints'
Pope Clement XI 23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721 11 documents
8 bulls · 3 constitutions
- 16 July 1705 Constitution Vineam Domini — Condemning Jansenist doctrine on respectful silence
- 13 July 1708 Bull Universis — Condemning the French translation of the New Testament and the Abrégé de la morale de l'Évangile
- 6 December 1708 Constitution Commissi nobis — Extending the feast of the Immaculate Conception to the whole Church
- 25 September 1710 Bull Ex illa die — Condemning the Chinese rites
- 8 September 1713 Bull Unigenitus — Condemnation of the Errors of Paschasius Quesnel
- 19 March 1715 Bull Ex illa die — On the Chinese Rites and the Missionaries' Oath
- 9 September 1716 Bull Ad pastoralis dignitatis officium — Confirming new statutes of the Congregation of Musicians of Rome
- 7 November 1716 Bull In supremo apostolatus solio — Erecting the western Lisbon collegiate church into a metropolitan and patriarchal church
- 24 May 1718 Constitution Supereminenti — On a Benefice for the Maronite Hospice in Rome
- 28 August 1718 Bull Pastoralis officii — Confirming the constitution Unigenitus against its opponents
- 20 September 1720 Bull Sacrosancti apostolatus — Granting the Patriarch of Lisbon the faculty to consecrate kings
18th century
Pope Innocent XIII 8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724 1 document
1 bull
- 23 May 1723 Bull Apostolici ministerii — On the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline in the kingdoms of Spain
Pope Benedict XIII 29 May 1724 – 23 February 1730 3 documents
2 bulls · 1 motu proprio
- 28 April 1725 Bull Pastoralis officii — On funeral fees and the privileges of regular orders
- 9 May 1725 Motu proprio Creditae nobis coelitus — On the erection of diocesan seminaries in Italy
- 30 August 1728 Bull Fideli — On ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Kingdom of Sicily
Pope Clement XII 12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740 8 documents
4 briefs · 2 bulls · 2 constitutions
- 10 January 1731 Bull Pastorale officium — On the precedence of the Dean of the College of Cardinals
- 31 March 1731 Brief Apostolatus — Approving the rules and constitutions of the Lebanese Maronite Order
- 17 January 1732 Brief Misericordiarum Pater — Approving the rules and constitutions of the Syrian Maronite monks of the Order of St. Anthony Abbot
- 22 July 1732 Bull In supremo — Establishing three general assistants for the Conventual Franciscans
- 5 October 1732 Constitution Apostolatus officium — On the good direction of the conclave and matters to be handled while the Apostolic See is vacant
- 26 September 1734 Brief Compertum exploratumque — On the Malabar Rites controversy and the decrees of Cardinal de Tournon
- 28 April 1738 Constitution In eminenti apostolatus specula — Condemning Freemasonry
- 13 May 1739 Brief Concredita nobis — On the Chinese Rites controversy and missionary obedience
Pope Benedict XIV 17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758 48 documents
19 bulls · 12 constitutions · 7 briefs · 6 encyclicals · 2 instructions · 1 motu proprio · 1 letter
- 17 October 1740 Constitution Ad apostolicae — Re-establishing the Congregation for the Election of Bishops
- 23 November 1740 Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem — Erection of the Particular Congregation on the State of Churches
- 5 April 1741 Constitution Saepe Romanorum — Ending the jurisdiction of the Commendatore of Santo Spirito over distant hospices
- 1 June 1741 Constitution Sacramentum Poenitentiae — On the crime of solicitation in confession
- 29 August 1741 Constitution In sublimi — On simoniacal conferral of benefices
- 1 September 1741 Bull Singularis — Confirming the Maronite Synod of 1736
- 3 November 1741 Constitution Dei miseratione — On the nullity of marriage and the office of the defender of the bond
- 17 November 1741 Encyclical Satis vobis — On Secret Marriages (Marriages of Conscience)
- 3 January 1742 Bull Regularis disciplinae — On the reform of regular discipline for the Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona
- 13 April 1742 Bull Ad militantis — On appeals and inhibitions to be granted or denied
- 1 June 1742 Constitution Etsi pastoralis — On the Greek rite in southern Italy and Sicily
- 11 July 1742 Bull Ex quo singulari — Condemning Chinese rites and prescribing the missionary oath
- 3 December 1742 Brief Et si dubitare — Urging the Basilian monks of Poland to unite with the Lithuanian Congregation
- 14 December 1742 Bull Cum illud — On the selection of parish priests and the conduct of competitions
- 15 February 1743 Bull Ad supremum — On the union of the metropolitan see of Amasea with Pavia
- 24 December 1743 Constitution Demandatam — On the Greek Rite of the Melkite Catholics of the Patriarchate of Antioch
- 24 December 1743 Bull Demandatum — On the right of Regular Canons to obtain secular parish churches without apostolic indult
- 13 April 1744 Bull Pastor bonus — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 11 May 1744 Brief Inter plures — Approving the resolutions of the Basilian General Chapter and establishing governance
- 19 August 1744 Encyclical Pastorali — On the application of Masses and the obligation of choral prayer
- 29 August 1744 Bull Inter conspicuos — On the College of Consistorial Advocates
- 12 September 1744 Bull Omnium sollicitudinum — On the Malabar Rites
- 11 April 1745 Constitution Inter sollicitas — On the reduction of prohibited servile works on feast days
- 4 May 1745 Instruction Eo quamvis tempore — On doubts concerning the rites of the Coptic nation (confirmation, ordination of infants, clerical continence)
- 1 November 1745 Encyclical Vix pervenit — On usury and other unjust profits
- 2 June 1746 Bull Suprema omnium ecclesiarum sollicitudo — Condemning abuses in the administration of the sacrament of penance in Portugal
- 25 June 1746 Bull Ecclesiastica — On the resignation of benefices and pensions
- 3 September 1746 Encyclical Ad universae — On the residence of bishops
- 6 December 1746 Bull Candor lucis aeternae — Erection of the bishopric of Mariana (Ribeirão do Carmo), Brazil
- 13 December 1747 Motu proprio Quamvis — On the office of the scribes of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 4 March 1748 Constitution Si datam — On Cases of Nullity of Religious Profession
- 27 September 1748 Bull Gloriosae Dominae — Praising Marian Congregations and granting indulgences and privileges
- 23 December 1748 Brief In sacrosancta — Erecting the Diocese of Pinerolo
- 9 February 1749 Brief Singulari Nobis — On the validity of marriage between a baptized non-Catholic and a converted infidel
- 13 August 1749 Brief Impensa — On the regulation of ricettizie churches
- 19 June 1750 Instruction Anno vertente — On the Rite of the Copts
- 18 March 1751 Constitution Providas Romanorum — Renewing the condemnation of Freemasonry
- 8 September 1751 Brief Quo tibi — Extending aggregation faculty to female Marian Congregations in Jesuit churches
- 15 November 1751 Bull Quanta curarum — Establishing a particular congregation for the economic affairs and Fabric of St. Peter's Basilica
- 25 March 1752 Letter Quam ardenti studio — Promulgating the new edition of the Roman Pontifical, Ritual, and Ceremonial of Bishops
- 5 October 1752 Bull In apostolicae dignitatis apice — Elevating the Abbey of Fulda to a bishopric
- 26 January 1753 Brief Ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in apostolic vicariates
- 9 July 1753 Constitution Sollicita ac provida — On the reform of the Congregation of the Index and the censorship of books
- 17 March 1754 Constitution Inter curat — Establishing the Academy of the Nude (Life Drawing) on the Capitol
- 26 July 1755 Bull Allatae sunt — On the preservation of Eastern rites and calendar in the missions
- 8 August 1755 Bull Quam ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in the Eastern Indies
- 1 March 1756 Encyclical Ex quo primum — On the corrected edition of the Greek Euchologion
- 16 October 1756 Encyclical Ex omnibus — To the Bishops of France on Refusing the Sacraments to Opponents of Unigenitus
Pope Clement XIII 6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769 3 documents
1 constitution · 1 brief · 1 bull
- 28 December 1762 Constitution Licet curandum — On the abolition of vacable notarial offices of the Rota
- 16 November 1763 Brief Quantopere — On mixed marriages in Alsace
- 30 March 1765 Bull Superni dispositione consilii — Confirming the statutes of the College of Patrons of Causes of the Apostolic Palace and granting new privileges
Pope Clement XIV 19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774 6 documents
6 bulls
- 16 November 1769 Bull Supremi Apostolatus — Approving and erecting the Congregation of the Discalced Clerics of the Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- 27 April 1770 Bull Ex commisso Nobis — Confirming the privileges of the Theological Academy of the Sapienza University
- 10 July 1770 Bull Pastoris aeterni — Erecting the Diocese of Bragança
- 1 June 1772 Bull Praecipua demandati nobis — Erecting the Episcopal See of Bugella and separating it from the Diocese of Vercelli
- 8 August 1772 Bull Quod nobis — Erecting the Diocese of Secusio (Susa) from the Abbey of San Giusto
- 21 July 1773 Bull Dominus ac Redemptor — Suppressing the Society of Jesus
Pope Pius VI 15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799 4 documents
3 bulls · 1 apostolic letter
- 6 February 1784 Bull Commissa nobis divinitus — On the Italo-Greek College at Corsiopo and the Greek Rite in Sicily and Calabria
- 28 January 1785 Bull Romanus Pontifex — On the restoration of the diocese of Miranda
- 19 September 1786 Apostolic letter Cum sicut — On the reduction of feast days in the city and diocese of Rimini
- 28 August 1794 Bull Auctorem fidei — Condemnation of the Synod of Pistoia
Pope Pius VII 14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823 21 documents
14 bulls · 3 briefs · 2 motu proprio · 1 letter · 1 constitution
- 27 January 1801 Letter Perlatum ad Nos — To the Archbishop of Myra on a society for the defense of the Catholic religion
- 7 March 1801 Brief Catholicae fidei — Approving the Society of Jesus in the Russian Empire
- 15 August 1801 Brief Tam multa — On the resignation of Old Regime French bishops
- 29 November 1801 Bull Qui Christi Domini vices — On the reorganization of ecclesiastical circumscriptions in France
- 8 April 1808 Brief Pontificii muneris — Erecting Baltimore as a metropolitan see and assigning suffragan dioceses
- 7 August 1814 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — On the restoration of the Society of Jesus
- 8 February 1816 Bull Pervetustam locorum originem — Erecting the Diocese of Treia and restoring its city status
- 6 July 1816 Motu proprio Quando per admirabile — On the provisional government and administration of the recovered provinces
- 27 July 1817 Bull Commissa divinitus — On the reorganization of the dioceses of France
- 1 January 1818 Bull De salute dominici gregis — On the reorganization of dioceses in the Venetian and Austrian territories
- 3 April 1818 Bull Dei ac Domini — On the reorganization of the Church in Germany and the Bavarian Concordat
- 2 May 1818 Bull Ex imposito — On the new distribution of dioceses in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg
- 27 June 1818 Bull De utiliori — On the new circumscription of dioceses in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 2 July 1818 Bull Ex imposita nobis — On the redistribution of dioceses in the Kingdom of Poland
- 13 August 1819 Motu proprio Impensa — On the method for admitting priests and clerics to receptitious churches in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 15 February 1821 Bull Beati Petri — On the establishment of the Diocese of Annecy
- 17 July 1821 Bull De salute animarum — On the reorganization of the Catholic Church in Prussia
- 16 August 1821 Bull Provida solersque — On the establishment of dioceses in Germany
- 15 February 1822 Bull Sollicita catholici gregis — Erecting the Diocese of Annecy
- 30 August 1822 Constitution Ex quo aeternae — Approving the Diramazione degli ecclesiastici studenti dell'Unione di S. Paolo
- 6 October 1822 Bull Paternae charitatis — On the reorganization of the dioceses of France
19th century
Pope Leo XII 28 September 1823 – 10 February 1829 11 documents
8 bulls · 1 apostolic letter · 1 encyclical · 1 motu proprio
- 17 May 1824 Bull Cum multa — Restoring the Roman College to the Society of Jesus
- 28 August 1824 Apostolic letter Quod divina sapientia — On the Method of Studies in the Pontifical Domain
- 25 January 1825 Encyclical Ad plurimas atque gravissimas — On the rebuilding of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
- 13 March 1825 Bull Quo graviora — Condemning the Carbonari and secret societies
- 10 December 1825 Bull De dominici gregis salute — On the restoration of the episcopal see of Civitavecchia and its union with Porto-Santa Rufina
- 11 July 1826 Bull Plura inter — Restoring privileges and faculties to the Society of Jesus
- 22 December 1826 Bull In supremo — Approving the constitutions of the Society of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- 11 April 1827 Bull Ad dominici gregis custodiam — On the reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces of Upper Germany (Freiburg, Rottenburg, Mainz, Limburg, Fulda)
- 29 December 1827 Motu proprio Laureti civitas — On the governance of the city of Loreto
- 7 May 1828 Bull Inter praecipua — Transferring the episcopal see of Basel to Solothurn
- 30 June 1828 Bull Locum beati Petri — Suppressing and uniting bishoprics in Dalmatia and Istria
Pope Pius VIII 31 March 1829 – 30 November 1830 2 documents
1 brief · 1 motu proprio
- 25 March 1830 Brief Litteris altero abhinc — To the Archbishop of Cologne and the Bishops of Trier, Paderborn and Münster on mixed marriages
- 24 August 1830 Motu proprio Quoniam vero vocum concentus — On the reform of sacred music and the Congregation of St. Cecilia
Pope Gregory XVI 2 February 1831 – 1 June 1846 20 documents
6 apostolic letters · 6 bulls · 4 encyclicals · 2 briefs · 1 proclamation · 1 apostolic constitution
- 9 February 1831 Proclamation Chiamati dalla divina provvidenza — To the subjects of the Papal States on internal unrest
- 1 September 1831 Apostolic letter Quod summis quibusque — Establishing the Equestrian Order of Saint Gregory the Great
- 15 August 1832 Encyclical Mirari vos — On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism
- 5 December 1833 Bull In vinea Domini — Restoring the Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani
- 18 April 1834 Apostolic letter Latissimi terrarum tractus — Appointing Robert St. Leger as Vicar Apostolic of Calcutta
- 25 June 1834 Encyclical Singulari nos — On the Errors of Lamennais
- 26 September 1835 Encyclical Dum acerbissimus — Condemning the works of Georg Hermes
- 29 April 1836 Apostolic letter Omnium gentium — Approving the Marian Society in France
- 13 May 1836 Bull Apostolici ministerii manus — Erecting the Diocese of Montreal
- 6 February 1838 Apostolic constitution Neminem certe latet — Restoring the College of Protonotaries Apostolic to its original number and splendor
- 24 April 1838 Bull Multa praeclare — On the abolition of the Portuguese Padroado in the East Indies
- 3 December 1839 Apostolic letter In supremo apostolatus — Condemning the slave trade
- 1 July 1840 Bull Ubi primum — Erecting the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud and dismembering the Diocese of Concepción
- 1 January 1841 Apostolic letter Cum hominum mentes — On the Order of the Golden Militia
- 22 February 1842 Apostolic letter Catholicae religionis — On the religious situation in Spain and the proclamation of public prayers
- 11 August 1843 Brief Universi Dominici gregis — Erecting the Diocese of Pittsburgh
- 7 May 1844 Encyclical Inter praecipuas — On the Bible societies
- 31 May 1844 Bull Ut animarum pastores — Erecting the Diocese of Trapani
- 19 July 1844 Brief Ex debito — Erecting the apostolic vicariates of Melanesia and Micronesia
- 26 September 1845 Bull Monachorum instituta — Confirming the institute of the Chaldean monks of St. Hormisdas
Pope Pius IX 16 June 1846 – 7 February 1878 28 documents
7 bulls · 7 briefs · 5 apostolic letters · 3 encyclicals · 2 apostolic constitutions · 1 letter · 1 allocution · 1 concordat · 1 syllabus
- 9 November 1846 Encyclical Qui pluribus — On faith and religion
- 6 January 1848 Letter In suprema Petri apostoli sede — To the Orientals
- 7 May 1848 Bull Ad oves dominicas — Erecting the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre)
- 17 June 1849 Brief Cum hominum mentes — On the Order of Pius (Pian Order of Knighthood)
- 4 March 1853 Brief Ex qua die arcano — Restoring the Catholic hierarchy in the Netherlands
- 21 March 1853 Encyclical Inter multiplices — To the French Episcopate on the flourishing of Catholic religion in France
- 29 July 1853 Brief Ad animarum regimen — Dividing the Diocese of Monterey and erecting the Archdiocese of San Francisco
- 6 June 1854 Bull Gravissimum sollicitudinis — Erecting the Diocese of Diamantina
- 6 June 1854 Bull Pro animarum salute — Erecting the Diocese of Fortaleza
- 8 December 1854 Bull Ineffabilis Deus — Defining the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
- 9 December 1854 Allocution Singulari quadam — On the Immaculate Conception and the errors of the age
- 18 August 1855 Concordat Deus humanae salutis auctor — Between the Holy See and the Austrian Empire
- 15 June 1857 Apostolic letter Eximiam tuam — To the Archbishop of Cologne on the condemnation of Anton Günther's works
- 10 April 1859 Bull In excelsa militantis Ecclesia — Erecting the Diocese of Pasto and dividing the Diocese of Popayán
- 28 January 1864 Apostolic letter Suprema — Abolishing the Apostolic Legation and Tribunal of the Monarchy in Sicily
- 8 December 1864 Encyclical Quanta cura — Condemning Current Errors
- 8 December 1864 Syllabus Syllabus errorum — The Syllabus of the Principal Errors of Our Time
- 12 July 1867 Apostolic constitution Reversurus — Reversurus on the election and confirmation of patriarchs and the reform of the Eastern Churches
- 2 May 1868 Brief Dum filii Belial — Approving and blessing the Italian Catholic Youth Society
- 8 September 1868 Apostolic letter Arcano divinae providentiae — Convoking the First Vatican Council and inviting the Eastern Churches
- 12 October 1869 Apostolic constitution Apostolicae Sedis — On the reform of censures (Apostolicae Sedis moderationi)
- 6 March 1870 Apostolic letter Apostolicum in Universas Orbis Ecclesias — Erecting the Diocese of Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria)
- 12 March 1870 Brief Dolendum profecto est — To Abbot Prosper Guéranger praising his defense of papal infallibility
- 23 August 1871 Bull In hac sublimis — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 8 September 1874 Brief Licet per apostolicas — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 19 March 1875 Apostolic letter Ecclesiasticis viris — Granting the Abbot of Solesmes the use of the cappa magna and a seat among the Consultors of the Sacred Congregation of Rites
- 15 May 1876 Bull Inter varias sollicitudines — Erecting the Catholic University of Laval in Quebec
- 10 October 1877 Brief Consulturi — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
Pope Leo XIII 20 February 1878 – 20 July 1903 88 documents
52 encyclicals · 14 apostolic letters · 5 bulls · 5 apostolic constitutions · 4 letters · 3 briefs · 2 decrees · 2 motu proprio · 1 constitution
- 4 March 1878 Bull Ex supremo Apostolatus apice — Restoring the Scottish Episcopal Hierarchy
- 21 April 1878 Encyclical Inscrutabili Dei consilio — On the evils of society
- 28 December 1878 Encyclical Quod apostolici muneris — On socialism
- 4 August 1879 Encyclical Aeterni Patris — On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy
- 10 February 1880 Encyclical Arcanum — On Christian Marriage
- 30 September 1880 Encyclical Grande munus — On Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 3 December 1880 Encyclical Sancta Dei civitas — On mission societies
- 29 June 1881 Encyclical Diuturnum illud — On the Origin of Civil Power
- 3 August 1881 Encyclical Licet multa — On Catholics in Belgium
- 5 August 1881 Apostolic letter Ex hac augusta — Establishing the ecclesiastical hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 15 February 1882 Encyclical Etsi nos — On conditions in Italy
- 12 May 1882 Apostolic letter Singulare praesidium — On the reform of the Ruthenian Basilian Order in Galicia
- 24 May 1882 Constitution Praedecessores Nostri — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 17 September 1882 Encyclical Auspicato concessum — On St. Francis of Assisi
- 8 December 1882 Encyclical Cum multa — On conditions in Spain
- 1 March 1883 Brief Benigna hominum — Establishing the Armenian College in Rome
- 30 May 1883 Apostolic letter Misericors Dei Filius — On the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
- 1 September 1883 Encyclical Supremi apostolatus officio — On devotion of the Rosary
- 8 February 1884 Encyclical Nobilissima Gallorum gens — To the Bishops of France on the Church in France
- 20 April 1884 Encyclical Humanum genus — On Freemasonry
- 30 August 1884 Encyclical Superiore anno — On the recitation of the Rosary
- 10 November 1884 Apostolic letter Materna Ecclesiae caritas — On the restoration of the Archiepiscopal See of Carthage
- 1 November 1885 Encyclical Immortale Dei — On the Christian Constitution of States
- 27 November 1885 Encyclical Spectata fides — On Christian education
- 22 December 1885 Encyclical Quod auctoritate — Proclaiming an extraordinary jubilee
- 6 January 1886 Encyclical Iampridem — On Catholicism in Germany
- 22 August 1886 Encyclical Quod multum — On the liberty of the Church
- 1 September 1886 Apostolic letter Humanae salutis Auctor — On the establishment of the episcopal hierarchy in the East Indies
- 14 September 1886 Encyclical Pergrata — On the Church in Portugal
- 20 September 1887 Encyclical Vi è ben noto — On the Rosary and public life
- 22 December 1887 Encyclical Officio sanctissimo — On the Church in Bavaria
- 1 April 1888 Letter Quod anniversarius — Appointing a Day of Suffrage for the Souls in Purgatory
- 5 May 1888 Letter In plurimis — On the abolition of slavery
- 20 June 1888 Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum — On the Nature of Human Liberty
- 24 June 1888 Encyclical Saepe nos — On boycotting in Ireland
- 17 July 1888 Apostolic letter Quod singulari Dei concessu — Instituting the Cross 'Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice'
- 7 September 1888 Bull Ad universam catholicam Ecclesiam — Erecting the Diocese of Lugano in Switzerland
- 10 December 1888 Letter Quam aerumnosa — On Italian immigrants
- 21 December 1888 Encyclical Etsi cunctas — On the Church in Ireland
- 25 December 1888 Encyclical Exeunte iam anno — On the right ordering of Christian life
- 2 February 1889 Apostolic constitution Jamdudum — On Laval University at Quebec
- 7 March 1889 Letter Magni nobis — On the Catholic University of America
- 15 August 1889 Encyclical Quamquam pluries — On devotion to St. Joseph
- 10 December 1889 Apostolic letter In magna — On the establishment of the Faculty of Sacred Theology at the Catholic University of Paris
- 20 December 1889 Apostolic letter Eximia sacrarum — On the canonical erection of the Catholic University of Toulouse
- 10 January 1890 Encyclical Sapientiae christianae — On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens
- 15 October 1890 Encyclical Dall'alto dell'Apostolico Seggio — On Freemasonry in Italy
- 20 November 1890 Encyclical Catholicae Ecclesiae — On slavery in the missions
- 16 December 1890 Brief Sempiternam dominici gregis — On the Pontifical University of Comillas
- 3 March 1891 Encyclical In ipso — On episcopal reunions in Austria
- 15 May 1891 Encyclical Rerum novarum — On the Condition of the Working Classes
- 23 June 1891 Apostolic letter Illud in primis — On the reorganization of the hierarchy in Mexico
- 12 September 1891 Encyclical Pastoralis officii — On the morality of duelling
- 22 September 1891 Encyclical Octobri mense — On the Rosary
- 15 February 1892 Decree Consensus mutus — Of the Holy Office on carnal copulation following betrothal
- 16 February 1892 Encyclical Au milieu des sollicitudes — On the Church and State in France
- 27 April 1892 Bull Ad universas orbis Ecclesias — On the erection of the Diocese of Niterói
- 14 June 1892 Brief Neminem fugit — On the institution of the universal Association of the Holy Family
- 16 July 1892 Encyclical Quarto abeunte saeculo — On the Columbus quadricentennial
- 8 September 1892 Encyclical Magnae Dei Matris — On the Rosary
- 8 December 1892 Encyclical Custodi di quella fede — On Freemasonry
- 24 June 1893 Encyclical Ad extremas Orientis oras — On the establishment of clerical colleges in the East Indies
- 12 July 1893 Apostolic letter Summum semper — Confirming the Benedictine Confederation
- 2 September 1893 Encyclical Constanti Hungarorum — On the Church in Hungary
- 8 September 1893 Encyclical Laetitiae sanctae — On the Rosary
- 18 November 1893 Encyclical Providentissimus Deus — On the Study of Holy Scripture
- 20 June 1894 Apostolic letter Praeclara gratulationis — On Christian Unity to All Princes and Peoples
- 2 July 1894 Encyclical Litteras a vobis — On the clergy in Brazil
- 8 September 1894 Encyclical Jucunda semper — On the Rosary and the Mediation of Mary
- 24 December 1894 Encyclical Christi nomen — On the propagation of the faith and the Eastern Churches
- 5 September 1895 Encyclical Adiutricem populi — On the Marian Rosary
- 19 March 1896 Motu proprio Auspicia rerum — On promoting Catholic unity among the Eastern Churches
- 29 June 1896 Encyclical Satis cognitum — On the Unity of the Church
- 13 September 1896 Apostolic letter Apostolicae curae — On the Nullity of Anglican Orders
- 25 January 1897 Apostolic constitution Officiorum ac munerum — On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books
- 9 May 1897 Encyclical Divinum illud munus — On the Holy Spirit
- 12 September 1897 Encyclical Augustissimae Virginis — On the Rosary
- 4 October 1897 Apostolic constitution Felicitate quadam — On restoring the unity of the Order of Friars Minor
- 4 May 1898 Bull Cum ex hac Beati Petri Cathedra — Erecting the Diocese of Pembroke from the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac
- 22 January 1899 Apostolic letter Testem benevolentiae — To Cardinal Gibbons on Americanism
- 2 July 1900 Decree Postremis hisce temporibus — Erecting the Diocese of Alagoas in Brazil
- 8 December 1900 Apostolic constitution Conditae a Christo — On religious institutes with simple vows
- 18 January 1901 Encyclical Graves de communi re — On Christian Democracy
- 20 February 1901 Bull Supremum Catholicum Ecclesiam — Erecting the Diocese of Piauí (Teresina)
- 1 August 1901 Apostolic letter Slavorum gentem — Extinguishing the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Jerome of the Illyrians and erecting the Collegium Hieronymianum in Rome
- 28 May 1902 Encyclical Mirae caritatis — On the Holy Eucharist
- 25 November 1902 Motu proprio Litteras ante annos duos — Establishing the Council for the Work of the Preservation of the Faith
- 20 February 1903 Apostolic constitution Actum praeclare — Erecting the dioceses of Pinar del Río and Cienfuegos in Cuba
20th century
Pope Pius X 4 August 1903 – 20 August 1914 41 documents
12 motu proprio · 8 decrees · 6 encyclicals · 6 apostolic letters · 4 apostolic constitutions · 2 constitutions · 2 briefs · 1 bull
- 22 November 1903 Motu proprio Tra le sollecitudini — On the restoration of sacred music
- 17 December 1903 Motu proprio Romanis pontificibus — Transferring the election of bishops to the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
- 20 January 1904 Constitution Commissum nobis — On the abolition of the civil veto in papal elections
- 2 February 1904 Encyclical Ad diem illum laetissimum — On the Immaculate Conception
- 19 March 1904 Motu proprio Arduum sane munus — On the codification of canon law
- 11 May 1904 Decree Ut debita — On the observance and avoidance of abuses in manual Mass stipends
- 22 May 1904 Apostolic letter Ex quo tempore — Praising the Abbey of Solesmes for the restoration of Gregorian chant
- 25 December 1904 Constitution Vacante Sede Apostolica — On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff
- 7 February 1905 Apostolic letter Multum ad excitandos — On the reform of the Pontifical Equestrian Orders
- 21 February 1905 Motu proprio Inter multiplices — On the privileges of protonotaries apostolic and urban prelates
- 15 April 1905 Encyclical Acerbo nimis — On Teaching Christian Doctrine
- 11 June 1905 Encyclical Il fermo proposito — To the Bishops of Italy on the restoration of all things in Christ
- 20 December 1905 Decree Sacra Tridentina Synodus — On the dispositions required for frequent and daily Eucharistic Communion
- 11 February 1906 Encyclical Vehementer nos — On the French Law of Separation
- 27 March 1906 Apostolic letter Quoniam in re biblica — On the teaching of Sacred Scripture in seminaries
- 1 May 1906 Decree Sempiternum humani generis — Consistorial decree erecting new ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses in Brazil
- 10 August 1906 Encyclical Gravissimo officio — On the separation of Church and State in France
- 22 May 1907 Decree Recenti — On the satisfaction of Mass obligations
- 8 September 1907 Encyclical Pascendi dominici gregis — On the Doctrines of the Modernists
- 18 November 1907 Motu proprio Praestantia Scripturae — On the Pontifical Biblical Commission and penalties for Modernists
- 29 June 1908 Apostolic constitution Sapienti consilio — On the reform of the Roman Curia
- 21 November 1908 Decree De eleemosynis — On the collection of alms by religious
- 11 April 1909 Bull Omnipotens ac misericors Deus — Declaring the Church of S. Maria degli Angeli at Portiuncula a patriarchal basilica and papal chapel
- 4 October 1909 Apostolic letter Septimo iam pleno — On the First Order of Saint Francis
- 1 November 1909 Apostolic letter Paucis ante diebus — On the unity and historical identity of the three families of the Franciscan Order
- 8 August 1910 Decree Quam singulari — On the age for admission to first Communion
- 20 August 1910 Decree Maxima cura — On the administrative removal from office and benefice of parish priests
- 1 September 1910 Motu proprio Sacrorum Antistitum — On measures against Modernism (Sacrorum Antistitum)
- 2 July 1911 Motu proprio Supremi disciplinae — On the reduction of holy days of obligation
- 9 October 1911 Motu proprio Quantavis diligentia — On clerics summoned before lay tribunals
- 28 October 1911 Apostolic constitution Si qua est — Establishing new ecclesiastical provinces in England
- 1 November 1911 Apostolic constitution Divino afflatu — On the new arrangement of the Psalter in the Roman Breviary
- 4 November 1911 Brief Expleverunt — Approving the Higher School of Sacred Music
- 1 January 1912 Apostolic constitution Etsi nos — On the Vicariate of Rome
- 15 August 1912 Motu proprio Cum omnes — On the spiritual care of emigrants
- 15 August 1912 Decree Quo propositum — On the Postulate in Monasteries of Solemn Vows
- 2 April 1913 Apostolic letter Quae nuper — On the Catholic Institute of Toulouse
- 15 August 1913 Brief Officiosissimis litteris — To the Bishops of Angers on the University of Angers
- 23 October 1913 Motu proprio Abhinc duos annos — On the reform of the Divine Office
- 24 June 1914 Motu proprio Praeclara inter — Granting the power to confer academic degrees to the Anselmian College
- 29 June 1914 Motu proprio Doctoris Angelici — On the study of the doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas in Catholic schools for Italy and adjacent islands
Pope Benedict XV 3 September 1914 – 22 January 1922 26 documents
6 motu proprio · 6 bulls · 5 apostolic letters · 4 encyclicals · 3 apostolic constitutions · 2 briefs
- 1 November 1914 Encyclical Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum — On the outbreak of the First World War
- 1 February 1915 Motu proprio Ex actis — On the governance of the suburbicarian dioceses
- 10 August 1915 Apostolic constitution Incruentum — On the three Masses to be celebrated on All Souls' Day
- 4 November 1915 Motu proprio Seminaria clericorum — Establishing the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities
- 20 December 1915 Bull Apostolatus officium — Erecting the Diocese of Porto Nacional by dividing the Diocese of Goiás
- 25 March 1917 Motu proprio Alloquentes — On the merger of the Congregation of the Index into the Holy Office and the transfer of indulgences to the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 1 May 1917 Motu proprio Dei providentis — Establishing the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 27 May 1917 Apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia — Promulgating the Code of Canon Law
- 28 June 1917 Bull Quandocumque se praesens — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina
- 15 September 1917 Motu proprio Cum iuris canonici — Establishing the Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
- 15 October 1917 Motu proprio Orientis Catholici — Establishing the Pontifical Oriental Institute
- 17 January 1918 Bull Quo vehementius — On the restoration of the Diocese of Leiria
- 22 March 1918 Apostolic letter Inter sodalicia — Granting Indulgences to the Confraternity of Our Lady of a Good Death
- 26 July 1918 Apostolic letter Cum urbe Recife — Raising the church of St. Peter in Recife to co-cathedral rank and renaming the archdiocese of Olinda
- 13 February 1919 Bull Catholici fideles — On the governance of Greek-rite faithful in southern Italy and the establishment of a new diocese
- 10 April 1919 Brief Communes litteras — Establishing the National Catholic Welfare Conference
- 14 May 1919 Apostolic constitution Sedis huius — Approving a new breviary for the Braga rite
- 4 October 1919 Bull Universae regimen — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of San Pellegrino Laziosi in Alto Acre and Alto Purus
- 30 November 1919 Apostolic letter Maximum illud — On the Propagation of the Faith
- 23 May 1920 Encyclical Pacem Dei munus — On the reconciliation of peace among Christians
- 15 September 1920 Encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus — On St. Jerome
- 6 January 1921 Apostolic letter Sacra propediem — On the Seventh Centenary of the Third Order of St. Francis
- 11 February 1921 Bull Pastoralis sollicitudo — Dividing the Archdiocese of Marianna and erecting the Diocese of Belo Horizonte
- 16 April 1921 Brief Constat apprime — Extending the daily plenary indulgence of the Portiuncula
- 30 April 1921 Apostolic letter In praeclara summorum — On Dante Alighieri
- 29 June 1921 Encyclical Fausto appetente die — On the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the death of St. Dominic
Pope Pius XI 6 February 1922 – 10 February 1939 63 documents
22 encyclicals · 13 motu proprio · 11 bulls · 11 apostolic constitutions · 3 apostolic letters · 2 decrees · 1 constitution
- 1 March 1922 Motu proprio Cum proxime — Amending the constitution Vacante Sede Apostolica on the papal election
- 20 April 1922 Bull Apostolica praedecessorum nostrorum — Erecting the Diocese of Vila Real
- 3 May 1922 Motu proprio Romanorum Pontificum — On the enlargement of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith
- 5 May 1922 Apostolic constitution Praedecessorum nostrorum — Dividing the Diocese of Saint-Germain and erecting the Diocese of Gaspé
- 25 July 1922 Apostolic constitution Summorum Pontificum — Declaring St. Ignatius of Loyola heavenly patron of spiritual exercises
- 4 December 1922 Bull Ad supremae Apostolicae Sedis solium — Erecting the dioceses of Barra do Pirahy and Campos
- 23 December 1922 Encyclical Ubi arcano Dei consilio — On the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ
- 26 January 1923 Encyclical Rerum omnium — On St. Francis de Sales on the third centenary of his death
- 20 April 1923 Motu proprio Post datam — On the granting of quinquennial faculties to ordinaries
- 29 June 1923 Motu proprio Orbem catholicum — On the institution of catechetical teaching throughout the Catholic world
- 29 June 1923 Encyclical Studiorum ducem — On St. Thomas Aquinas
- 12 November 1923 Encyclical Ecclesiam Dei — On the tercentenary of the martyrdom of St. Josaphat and the reunion of the Eastern Churches
- 18 January 1924 Encyclical Maximam gravissimamque — On the abolition of the Concordat in France and the resolution of the diocesan associations question
- 1 February 1924 Bull Ad munus Nobis — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte
- 27 April 1924 Motu proprio Bibliorum scientiam — On biblical studies and academic degrees
- 24 July 1925 Bull Ad Sacram Petri sedem — Erecting the Diocese of Bragança in Brazil
- 18 October 1925 Bull Apostolici muneris — Dividing the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile and erecting new dioceses
- 11 December 1925 Encyclical Quas primas — On the Feast of Christ the King
- 28 February 1926 Encyclical Rerum Ecclesiae — On the Catholic Missions
- 21 June 1926 Bull Ea est in praesenti — Erecting the Diocese of Cafelândia by dismembering the Diocese of Botucatu
- 4 October 1927 Apostolic letter Rerum conditio — Approving the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
- 6 January 1928 Encyclical Mortalium animos — On Religious Unity
- 8 May 1928 Encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor — On Reparation to the Sacred Heart
- 8 September 1928 Encyclical Rerum orientalium — On the Promotion of Oriental Studies
- 20 December 1928 Apostolic constitution Divini cultus sanctitatem — On the promotion of the sacred liturgy, Gregorian chant and sacred music
- 25 January 1929 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — Dividing the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and erecting the Dioceses of Jaboticabal and Rio Preto
- 1 May 1929 Bull Universi Dominici gregis — Dividing the Diocese of Paraguay and erecting the ecclesiastical province of Asunción with the dioceses of Concepción and Villarrica
- 24 June 1929 Motu proprio Decessor noster — On the coordination of the Pontifical Missionary Works
- 24 June 1929 Motu proprio Vix ad summi — Granting statutes to the Pontifical Work of St. Peter the Apostle for the formation of the native clergy
- 20 December 1929 Encyclical Mens nostra — On the promotion of spiritual exercises
- 31 December 1929 Encyclical Divini illius magistri — On Christian Education
- 12 February 1930 Apostolic constitution Curis ac laboribus — On the Pontifical Ethiopian Seminary or College
- 6 April 1930 Motu proprio Inde ab initio — Separating the Commission for Russia from the Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 23 April 1930 Apostolic constitution Ubi primum — On the Pontifical Nepomucene College in Rome
- 5 June 1930 Constitution Solemni conventione — On the hierarchical organization of the dioceses of the Latin and Greek-Romanian rites in the Kingdom of Romania
- 1 August 1930 Apostolic constitution Apostolicis litteris — Transferring the episcopal see of Lead to Rapid City
- 5 August 1930 Motu proprio In allocutione — Establishing the Pontifical Work for the Preservation of the Faith and the Construction of New Churches in Rome
- 13 August 1930 Bull Pastoralis officii nostri — On the reorganization of dioceses in Prussia
- 31 December 1930 Encyclical Casti connubii — On Christian Marriage
- 15 May 1931 Encyclical Quadragesimo anno — On Reconstruction of the Social Order
- 24 May 1931 Apostolic constitution Deus scientiarum Dominus — On universities and faculties of ecclesiastical studies
- 29 June 1931 Encyclical Non abbiamo bisogno — On Catholic Action in Italy
- 2 October 1931 Encyclical Nova impendet — On the economic crisis and unemployment
- 16 December 1931 Apostolic letter In thesauris sapientiae — Proclaiming Saint Albert the Great a Doctor of the Church and extending his cult to the universal Church
- 3 May 1932 Encyclical Caritate Christi compulsi — On prayers and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the present afflictions of humanity
- 12 January 1933 Apostolic letter Inter instituta — Suppressing the Congregation of the Hermits of St. Jerome of Blessed Peter of Pisa
- 6 April 1933 Bull Ad aptius Christi fidelium regimini — Erecting the Diocese of Bonfim and dismembering the Archdiocese of São Salvador in Brazil
- 15 June 1933 Apostolic constitution Inter praecipua — On the Abbey of Saint Jerome in Rome
- 25 January 1934 Motu proprio Monasterium — On the affiliation of the Abbey of Saint Jerome in Rome to the Benedictine Confederation
- 15 August 1934 Apostolic constitution Ad incrementum — On certain prelates of the Roman Curia and their various ranks
- 16 August 1934 Decree Animarum bonum — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of Xingu
- 21 December 1934 Motu proprio Quam sollicite — On the Commission for Russia and the publication of liturgical books in the Slavonic rite
- 25 March 1935 Apostolic constitution Quae divinitus — On the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 2 July 1935 Decree Inter religiosos — Uniting the Camaldolese Coenobites with the Camaldolese Hermits of Etruria
- 20 December 1935 Encyclical Ad catholici sacerdotii — On the Catholic Priesthood
- 29 June 1936 Encyclical Vigilanti cura — On the Motion Picture Industry
- 11 July 1936 Bull Ad spirituale christianae plebis regimen — Dividing the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego and erecting the Diocese of San Diego
- 14 March 1937 Encyclical Mit brennender Sorge — On the Church and the German Reich
- 19 March 1937 Encyclical Divini Redemptoris — On Atheistic Communism
- 26 September 1937 Apostolic constitution Pervetustum Cryptaferratae coenobium — Erecting the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata as an abbey nullius and entrusting it to Basilian monks of the Byzantine rite
- 29 September 1937 Encyclical Ingravescentibus malis — On the Rosary
- 25 March 1938 Motu proprio Sancta Dei Ecclesia — On the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 8 December 1938 Motu proprio Qua cura — On the organization of ecclesiastical tribunals in Italy for deciding marriage nullity cases
Pope Pius XII 2 March 1939 – 9 October 1958 68 documents
40 encyclicals · 6 bulls · 6 decrees · 6 motu proprio · 4 apostolic constitutions · 3 briefs · 2 letters · 1 apostolic exhortation
- 22 July 1939 Bull Supremae — Erecting the Archdiocese of Washington and separating it from Baltimore
- 20 October 1939 Encyclical Summi Pontificatus — On the Unity of Human Society
- 1 November 1939 Encyclical Sertum laetitiae — On the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the hierarchy in the United States
- 11 November 1939 Brief Litteris suis — Abolishing the Privilege of Nobility of the Pian Order
- 9 April 1940 Decree Quo intra fines — Erecting the Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra
- 13 June 1940 Encyclical Saeculo exeunte octavo — On the eighth centenary of the independence of Portugal
- 13 July 1940 Decree Quo Christi fidelium — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of Chapada, suffragan of Cuiabá
- 4 November 1941 Motu proprio Cum nobis — Establishing the Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations
- 16 December 1941 Brief Ad Deum — Declaring St. Albert the Great Patron of Students of Natural Sciences
- 23 May 1943 Bull Inter praecipuas — Erecting the ecclesiastical provinces of Arequipa, Cusco and Trujillo
- 29 June 1943 Encyclical Mystici Corporis Christi — On the Mystical Body of Christ
- 30 September 1943 Encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu — On Promoting Biblical Studies
- 19 November 1943 Decree Maxima inter munera — Declaring Blessed Margaret of Hungary a saint
- 9 April 1944 Encyclical Orientalis Ecclesiae — On St. Cyril of Alexandria
- 4 May 1944 Decree Cultus liturgicus — Extending the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the universal Church
- 15 April 1945 Encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum — Appealing for prayers for peace during May
- 8 December 1945 Apostolic constitution Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis — On the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 23 December 1945 Encyclical Orientales omnes — On the Eastern Churches and the Ruthenian Church
- 6 January 1946 Encyclical Quemadmodum — Pleading for the care of the world’s destitute children
- 1 May 1946 Encyclical Deiparae Virginis Mariae — On the possibility of defining the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a dogma of faith
- 2 February 1947 Apostolic constitution Provida Mater Ecclesia — On Canonical Status and Secular Institutes for Acquiring Christian Perfection
- 21 March 1947 Encyclical Fulgens radiatur — On St. Benedict
- 9 July 1947 Decree Cum transactis — On the five-yearly report to be made by religious institutes
- 10 August 1947 Bull Ex Petri cathedra — Erecting the new Eparchy of Lycopolis for Copts in Egypt
- 15 November 1947 Bull Ad animarum bonum — Erecting the Diocese of Austin
- 15 November 1947 Decree Universi Dominici gregis — Separating the Archdiocese of Washington from Baltimore
- 20 November 1947 Encyclical Mediator Dei — On the Sacred Liturgy
- 16 December 1947 Motu proprio Animarum studio compulsi — Extending faculties for hearing confessions to priests traveling by air
- 18 December 1947 Encyclical Optatissima pax — Prescribing public prayers for social peace and for the end of war
- 12 March 1948 Motu proprio Primo feliciter — On the praise and confirmation of secular institutes
- 1 May 1948 Encyclical Auspicia quaedam — On public prayers for world peace and the solution of the problem of Palestine
- 7 August 1948 Bull Quae maiori — Erecting the Diocese of Caruaru
- 27 September 1948 Apostolic constitution Bis saeculari — On the Marian Congregations
- 24 October 1948 Encyclical In multiplicibus curis — On prayers for peace in Palestine
- 22 February 1949 Motu proprio Crebrae allatae — On the discipline of the sacrament of marriage for the Eastern Church
- 15 April 1949 Encyclical Redemptoris nostri cruciatus — On the holy places in Palestine
- 6 January 1950 Motu proprio Sollicitudinem nostram — On judicial procedure for the Eastern Church
- 12 March 1950 Encyclical Anni sacri — On a programme for combating atheistic propaganda
- 22 March 1950 Brief Romanorum Pontificum — On the donation of the Chapel of Eternal Wisdom to the University of Rome
- 13 May 1950 Letter Excultioribus templis — Elevating the church of St. Maternus in Walcourt to a minor basilica
- 19 July 1950 Encyclical Summi maeroris — On public prayers for peace
- 12 August 1950 Encyclical Humani generis — Concerning Some False Opinions Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine
- 23 September 1950 Apostolic exhortation Menti nostrae — On the development of holiness in priestly life
- 1 November 1950 Apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus — Defining the Dogma of the Assumption
- 4 December 1950 Letter Praeses consilii — On the institution of the Holy Childhood Day
- 6 December 1950 Encyclical Mirabile illud — On the crusade of prayers for peace
- 2 June 1951 Encyclical Evangelii praecones — On Promotion of Catholic Missions
- 23 June 1951 Bull Divina Providentia — Erecting the Diocese of Yakima
- 8 September 1951 Encyclical Sempiternus Rex Christus — On the Council of Chalcedon
- 15 September 1951 Encyclical Ingruentium malorum — On reciting the Rosary
- 9 February 1952 Motu proprio Postquam apostolicis Litteris — On religious, temporal goods of the Church, and the meaning of words for the Eastern Churches
- 24 May 1953 Encyclical Doctor mellifluus — On St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the last of the Fathers
- 8 September 1953 Encyclical Fulgens corona — Proclaiming a Marian Year to commemorate the centenary of the definition of the Immaculate Conception
- 25 March 1954 Encyclical Sacra virginitas — On consecrated virginity
- 5 June 1954 Encyclical Ecclesiae fastos — On St. Boniface
- 7 October 1954 Encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem — On the supranationality of the Church
- 11 October 1954 Encyclical Ad caeli Reginam — On proclaiming the Queenship of Mary
- 25 December 1955 Encyclical Musicae sacrae — On sacred music
- 15 May 1956 Encyclical Haurietis aquas — On devotion to the Sacred Heart
- 28 October 1956 Encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus — Urging public prayers for peace and freedom for the people of Hungary
- 1 November 1956 Encyclical Laetamur admodum — Renewing exhortation for prayers for peace for Poland, Hungary and the Middle East
- 5 November 1956 Encyclical Datis nuperrime — Lamenting the sorrowful events in Hungary and condemning the ruthless use of force
- 21 April 1957 Encyclical Fidei donum — On the present condition of the Catholic missions, especially in Africa
- 16 May 1957 Encyclical Invicti athletae — On St. Andrew Bobola
- 2 July 1957 Encyclical Le pèlerinage de Lourdes — Warning against materialism on the centenary of the apparitions at Lourdes
- 8 September 1957 Encyclical Miranda prorsus — On the communications field: motion pictures, radio, television
- 29 June 1958 Encyclical Ad Apostolorum Principis — On Communism and the Church in China
- 14 July 1958 Encyclical Meminisse iuvat — On prayers for the persecuted Church
Councils
The canons of 95 councils, from antiquity to Trent →
Council of Constance
- 22 May 1418 Decree Fidem catholicam — Fidem catholicam condemning Wycliffite heresy
Council of Trent
- 11 November 1563 Decree Tametsi — On the Reformation of Marriage (Council of Trent, Session XXIV)
- 4 December 1563 Council Concilium Tridentinum — The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
First Vatican Council
- 24 April 1870 Constitution Dei Filius — Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
- 18 July 1870 Council Pastor aeternus — First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ
Roman congregations
Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
- 11 August 1889 Decree Ecclesia catholica — On pious associations of the faithful without public vows
- 4 November 1892 Decree Auctis admodum — On the admission of religious to holy orders
- 27 March 1896 Decree Singulari — On the collection of alms by sisters in institutes of simple vows
Congregation of the Council
- 25 May 1893 Decree Vigilanti — On abuses in Mass offerings and the trading of goods for Masses
- 2 August 1907 Decree Ne temere — On Betrothal and Marriage
- 12 January 1935 Decree Provido sane consilio — On the promotion of catechetical instruction
Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide
- 12 September 1896 Decree Excelsum — On the jurisdiction of Apostolic Delegates and Mission Superiors in the Eastern missions
Holy Office (approved by Pius X)
- 3 July 1907 Decree Lamentabili sane exitu — Syllabus condemning the errors of the Modernists
Sacred Congregation for Religious
- 1 January 1911 Decree Inter reliquas — On religious bound to military service
- 10 September 1912 Decree Spirituali consolatione — On permitting religious profession in danger of death
Sacred Congregation of the Consistory
- 25 April 1918 Decree Proxima sacra — On the faculties of local ordinaries
- 30 December 1918 Decree Magni semper negotii — On clerics emigrating to certain regions
Sacred Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
- 29 June 1941 Instruction Sacrosanctum — On the pre-nuptial investigation (can. 1020)
- 14 September 1946 Decree Spiritus Sancti — On administering Confirmation to those in danger of death from serious illness
Other
Justinian I
- 15 December AD 530 Constitution Deo auctore — On the compilation of the Digest
Holy See
- 20 July 1933 Concordat Reichskonkordat — Between the Holy See and the German Reich
- 15 December AD 530 Constitution Deo auctore — On the compilation of the Digest
- 19 March 1133 Bull Iustus Dominus — Elevating Genoa to an archbishopric and subjecting three Corsican bishoprics
- 27 November 1154 Bull Sicut iniusta poscentibus — Confirming the boundaries and privileges of the Diocese of Ascoli
- 4 January 1156 Bull Laudabiliter — Granting the Kingdom of Ireland to Henry II of England
- 1179 Decree Licet de vitanda — On papal elections (Licet de vitanda)
- 27 July 1179 Bull Veniens — Granting privileges to the canons of Benevento
- 4 November 1184 Decretal Ad abolendam — On the Suppression of Heresy
- 13 March 1192 Bull In Apostolicae — Confirming the possessions and privileges of the Church of Scala
- 1198 Decretal Odoardus clericus — On the insolvent cleric Odoardus (Liber Extra 3.23.3)
- 17 December 1198 Bull Operante divinae — Approving the rule of the Trinitarian Order
- 1 July 1199 Bull In causa duorum — On the metropolitan jurisdiction over the dioceses of Lisbon and Évora
- 19 June 1204 Bull Inter opera — Establishing and protecting the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Saxia
- 1207 Decretal Si adversus nos — On advocates and notaries who assist heretics (Liber Extra 5.7.11)
- 22 December 1216 Bull Religiosam vitam eligentibus — Confirming the protection and privileges of the Priory of Saint-Roman of Toulouse
- 21 January 1217 Bull Gratiarum omnium — Approving the apostolic purpose of the Order of Preachers
- 22 November 1219 Bull Super speculum — On the study of theology and the removal of residence obligation for professors and students
- 1227 Decretal Is qui fidem — On betrothal followed by carnal union (Liber Extra 4.1.30)
- 17 October 1230 Bull Quo elongati — On the interpretation of the Rule of the Friars Minor
- 27 April 1233 Bull Olim operante Illo — Granting privileges to the University of Toulouse
- 14 June 1233 Bull Vox in Rama — Condemning the Luciferian heresy in Germany
- 3 July 1234 Bull Fons sapientiae — Canonizing St. Dominic
- 5 September 1234 Bull Rex pacificus — Promulgating the Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
- 5 April 1250 Bull Cum tamquam veri — On the naming of the Friars Minor as Conventuals
- 15 May 1252 Bull Ad extirpanda — On the suppression of heretical depravity in Lombardy
- 1 January 1264 Bull Transiturus — Instituting the Feast of Corpus Christi
- 9 June 1265 Bull Parvus fons — On the privileges and statutes of the Cistercian Order
- 1274 Decretal Religionum diversitatem — On the prohibition of new religious orders and mendicants
- July 1274 Constitution Ubi periculum — On the conclave for papal elections
- 14 August 1279 Bull Exiit qui seminat — On the confirmation of the Franciscan Rule
- 17 August 1289 Bull Supra montem — Approving the rule of the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Third Order of St. Francis)
- 9 August 1290 Bull De statu regni Portugaliae — Establishing privileges for the University of Lisbon
- 27 September 1294 Bull Etsi cunctos — Exempting the Benedictine Order from episcopal jurisdiction
- 17 October 1294 Bull Pridem — On the observance of the Gregorian conclave constitution
- 25 February 1296 Bull Clericis laicos — On Taxation of the Clergy by Lay Rulers
- 31 July 1297 Bull Etsi de statu — On the compromise in the conflict with Philip IV over taxation of the clergy
- 3 March 1298 Bull Liber Sextus — Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, Promulgating the Liber Sextus
- 3 March 1298 Bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae — Promulgating the Liber Sextus of Decretals
- 5 December 1301 Bull Ausculta fili — 'Ausculta fili' to King Philip IV of France
- 1302 Bull Verba delirantis filiae — Rebuking the French clergy
- 18 November 1302 Bull Unam sanctam — On the One Holy Church
- 6 June 1303 Bull In supremae praeminentia dignitatis — Founding the University of Rome (La Sapienza)
- 1 July 1303 Bull Conditoris omnium — Founding the University of Avignon
- 8 September 1303 Bull Super Petri solio — On the excommunication of King Philip IV of France
- 11 February 1304 Bull Dum levamus — Confirming the rule of the Augustinian Servants of Mary
- 12 August 1308 Letter Regnans in coelis — Summoning King Philip IV of France to the Council of Vienne
- 14 April 1310 Bull Dudum ad Apostolatus — On the reform of the Franciscan Order
- 2 September 1311 Bull Dignum est — Mandate on reducing the number of writers of the Sacred Penitentiary to twelve
- 2 May 1312 Bull Ad providam — On the suppression of the Order of the Temple
- 6 May 1312 Constitution Exivi de paradiso — On the Observance of the Franciscan Rule
- 6 May 1312 Constitution Fidei catholicae fundamento — Dogmatic constitution on the faith approved at the Council of Vienne
- 11 July 1317 Bull Salvator noster — Dividing the diocese of Toulouse and reserving benefices
- 7 October 1317 Bull Quorumdam exigit — On the interpretation of the Rule of the Friars Minor
- 25 October 1317 Bull Quoniam nulla iuris — Promulgating the Clementine Constitutions
- 30 December 1317 Bull Sancta Romana — Against the Fraticelli and other pseudo-religious
- 3 March 1322 Bull Sacratissimo uti culmine — On the Sabbatine Privilege
- 8 December 1322 Bull Ad conditorem canonum — On the poverty of Christ and the Franciscan Order
- 2 November 1323 Bull Ex debito — Reserving ecclesiastical benefices to the Apostolic See
- 1 December 1323 Constitution Antiquae concertationi — Declaring that Sacred Orders Do Not Dissolve an Unconsummated Marriage
- 12 December 1323 Bull Cum inter nonnullos — Declaring heretical the assertion that Christ and the apostles had no possessions
- 1324 Bull Docta sanctorum — On church music reform
- 5 April 1327 Bull Ratio iuris exigit — On the regulation of auditors and notaries of the Roman Curia
- 10 January 1335 Bull Ad regimen — Reserving ecclesiastical benefices to the Apostolic See
- 12 July 1335 Bull Fulgens sicut stella — On the reform of the Cistercian Order
- 1 October 1335 Constitution Cum sicut accepimus — Confirming the status of the Auditors of the Apostolic Palace as officials of the Apostolic See
- 29 January 1336 Apostolic constitution Benedictus Deus — On the Beatific Vision and the Damnation of Souls
- 20 June 1336 Constitution Summi Magistri — Constitutions on the reform of the Black Monks (Benedictine Order)
- 28 November 1336 Bull Redemptor noster — On the reform of the Order of Friars Minor
- 8 April 1338 Constitution In agro dominico — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 26 October 1340 Decree Decens et necessarium — Reforming the advocates and procurators of the Roman Curia
- 6 December 1351 Bull Licet in constitutione — Regulating the conclave and cardinals' servants and meals
- 6 July 1353 Bull Sollicitudo pastoralis — On the observance of agreements made in conclave
- 21 June 1360 Bull Quasi lignum vitae — Establishing the faculty of theology at the University of Bologna
- 12 October 1363 Bull Apostolatus officium — On the punishment of pirates and those imposing new tolls
- 30 August 1369 Bull Cum illius — Erecting the Diocese of Montefiascone
- 18 December 1372 Bull Res sanctissima — Founding the Collegio di Spagna in Bologna
- 21 April 1379 Bull Pia devotorum — Erecting the College of St. Martial, Avignon
- 9 November 1389 Bull Superni benignitas conditoris — Instituting the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1 October 1391 Bull Ab origine mundi — Instituting the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 16 March 1412 Bull Hodie ad — Confirming privileges of the University of Angers
- 1 January 1418 Constitution In apostolicae — Constitutions on the Roman Curia and the Audientia contradictarum
- 22 February 1418 Bull Inter cuncta — On the trial of Wycliffite and Hussite heretics
- 22 May 1418 Decree Fidem catholicam — Fidem catholicam condemning Wycliffite heresy
- 12 December 1435 Bull Sacrosancta Romana Ecclesia — On the union of the dioceses of Sutri and Nepi
- 1 January 1437 Bull Inter cetera gravia — Reducing the number of clerics of the Apostolic Camera to seven
- 6 July 1439 Bull Laetentur caeli — Of union with the Greeks (Laetentur caeli)
- 22 November 1439 Bull Exultate Deo — Of Union with the Armenians (Exultate Deo)
- 8 July 1440 Bull Fide digna — On the obligation of Easter Communion
- 4 February 1442 Bull Cantate Domino — Of union with the Jacobites at the Council of Florence
- 1 January 1446 Bull Ut sacra — On the separation of the Observant Franciscans from the Conventuals
- 26 March 1451 Bull Romanorum gesta Pontificum — Confirming Boniface IX's letters on the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- 8 January 1455 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Granting the Portuguese crown rights over newly discovered lands in Africa
- 6 August 1457 Bull Inter divinae dispositionis arcana — On the Feast of the Transfiguration
- 13 October 1458 Bull Vocavit nos — Convoking Christian princes to the Diet of Mantua
- 12 June 1459 Bull Cum servare in rebus ordinem — On the Precedence of Bishops over the Apostolic Protonotaries
- 18 January 1460 Bull Execrabilis — Condemning appeals to a future council
- 5 June 1475 Bull Cum rationis — On the reform of the University of Avignon
- 29 August 1475 Bull Quemadmodum operosa — Reducing the Jubilee year to a 25-year interval
- 4 September 1483 Bull Grave nimis — On the Immaculate Conception condemning those who call it heretical
- 9 May 1484 Bull Quoniam nonnulli — On the authority and letters of the Major Penitentiary
- 5 December 1484 Bull Summis desiderantes affectibus — Against Witchcraft
- 18 August 1485 Bull Cum sicut accepimus — On summary procedure in cases of the Apostolic Camera
- 22 December 1485 Bull Apprime ad devotionis — Appointing a general auditor of the causes of the Apostolic Camera
- 31 December 1487 Bull Non debet reprehensibile — On the reform of the papal secretaries and the redemption of the papal mitre
- 9 April 1489 Bull Exposcit tuae devotionis — Granting the Abbot of Cîteaux and Its First Four Daughter Abbeys Faculties to Ordain Subdeacons and Deacons and to Bless Abbots
- 24 February 1492 Bull Meritis religiosae vitae — Confirming the statutes of the Hermits of St. Francis of Paola
- 3 May 1493 Bull Eximiae devotionis — Extending to the Catholic Monarchs the privileges granted to Portugal for overseas discoveries
- 4 May 1493 Bull Inter caetera — Of Demarcation
- 1494 Bull Cum acceperimus — Appointing an inquisitor for Lombardy against witchcraft and superstition
- 1 June 1501 Constitution Inter multiplices — On the censorship of books
- 13 April 1502 Bull In eminent — On the protection of litigants and officials of the Roman Curia
- 29 April 1502 Bull Etsi ex pastoralis — On the exemption of the castles of the Duchy of Spoleto from the jurisdiction of Spoleto and Interamna
- 14 January 1505 Bull Cum tam divino — On the prohibition of simony in papal elections
- 28 July 1508 Bull Universalis Ecclesiae — Granting patronage over the Church in the Indies to the King of Spain
- 24 February 1509 Bull Regis pacifici — Prohibiting duels in lands subject to the Roman Church
- 11 January 1510 Bull Liquet Omnibus — Declaring indulgences for the souls in purgatory and granting privileges for the construction of St. Peter's Basilica
- 18 July 1511 Bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae — On the schismatic cardinals and the Council of Pisa
- 16 February 1513 Bull Si summus rerum — Confirming the election of the Roman Pontiff and the decrees of the Fifth Lateran Council
- 19 February 1513 Bull In altissimo militantis Ecclesiae — On the Foundation of the Cappella Giulia
- 5 November 1513 Bull Dum suavissimo — On the reform of the Roman Studium
- 13 December 1513 Bull Pastoralis officii — On the reform of the Roman Curia
- 5 May 1514 Bull Supernae dispositionis — On the reform of ecclesiastical discipline and promotions to prelatures
- 7 June 1514 Bull Dum Fidei constantiam — Extending the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Militia Christi over recent and future conquests
- 3 November 1514 Bull Praecelsae devotionis — Confirming privileges of the King of Portugal
- 4 May 1515 Bull Inter sollicitudines — On the censorship and printing of books
- 11 July 1515 Bull Pro excellenti praeminentia — Making the Archbishop of Gniezno legatus natus
- 29 May 1517 Bull Ite et vos — On the reform of the Franciscan Order
- 12 June 1517 Bull Omnipotens Deus — On the union and reform of the Franciscan Order
- 3 January 1518 Bull Sicut prudens — On the reform of the Apostolic Camera
- 24 January 1518 Bull Sacri apostolatus ministerio — Erecting the Diocese of Yucatán
- 15 June 1520 Bull Exsurge Domine — Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther
- 20 January 1521 Bull Inter cetera — Confirming the Third Order of St. Francis (Tertiary Rule)
- 11 October 1521 Bull Ex supernae dispositionis arbitrio — Conferring the title Defender of the Faith on Henry VIII
- 12 December 1523 Bull Admonet Nos suscepti — On the construction of the Basilica of St. Peter
- 1 June 1526 Bull Super universas Ecclesias — Erecting the cathedral church of Chieti into a metropolitan archbishopric
- 3 July 1528 Bull Religionis zelus — Approving the Capuchin congregation
- 28 March 1530 Bull Exponi nobis nuper fecistis — On the establishment of the Rota of Perugia
- 12 August 1530 Bull Ex clementi — On the privileges and statutes of the Carmelite confraternities
- 5 July 1532 Bull Etsi ad singula — On the office of Vice-Chancellor of the Roman Church and its union with the title of St. Lawrence in Damaso
- 3 November 1534 Bull Aequum reputamus — Confirming the Erection of the Diocese of León in Nicaragua
- 4 June 1536 Bull Ad Dominici gregis curam — Convoking the Ecumenical Council of Mantua
- 1 June 1537 Bull Altitudo — On the pastoral care and customs of the faithful in the West and South Indies
- 2 June 1537 Bull Sublimis Deus — On the enslavement and evangelization of the Indians
- 2 June 1537 Bull Veritas ipsa — On the enslavement of the Indians
- 28 October 1538 Bull In Apostolatus culmine — Erecting the University of Santo Domingo
- 5 June 1540 Bull Ex iniuncto nobis — Approving the society of the hospitals of St. Mary Magdalene and the converted women
- 27 September 1540 Bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae — Approving the founding of the Society of Jesus
- 21 March 1542 Bull Cupientes — On the privileges of converted Jews and infidels
- 22 May 1542 Bull Initio nostri huius pontificatus — Of Indiction of the Council of Trent
- 21 July 1542 Bull Licet ab initio — Establishing the Roman Inquisition
- 19 February 1543 Bull Illius qui — Erecting the House of Catechumens in Rome
- 4 July 1548 Bull Ad onus — On the jurisdiction and faculties of prelates and officials for the visitation of prisons in Rome
- 31 July 1548 Brief Pastoralis officii — Approving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- 21 August 1549 Bull Pro excellenti Apostolicae Sedis — Erecting the Diocese of Portalegre
- 18 October 1549 Bull Licet debitum — On the office and authority of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- 22 February 1550 Bull Rationi congruit — On the authority and power of the Supreme Penitentiary
- 21 November 1550 Bull Cum ad tollenda — Convoking the resumption of the Council of Trent
- 22 October 1552 Bull Sacrae religionis — Confirming the privileges of the Society of Jesus
- 22 August 1555 Bull Cum venerabiles — On the precedence and residence of cardinals and the appointment of the Dean of the College of Cardinals
- 12 May 1559 Bull Super universas — Erecting new archbishoprics and bishoprics in the Low Countries
- 4 September 1560 Bull De salute gregis — On the residence of bishops and pastors
- 13 November 1560 Bull Ea quae a praedecessoribus — Confirming and renewing prohibitions of duels
- 1 May 1561 Bull Ad eximiae devotionis — Restoring the office of Auditor of the Apostolic Camera
- 1 November 1561 Bull Cum sicut — On the protection of witnesses and the inquisitor of Avignon
- 30 June 1562 Bull Cum ab ipso — On the reform of the tribunals of the Roman Curia
- 1 July 1562 Bull Cum super nos — On the reform of the Signatura Iustitiae
- 9 October 1562 Bull In eligendis — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 11 November 1563 Decree Tametsi — On the Reformation of Marriage (Council of Trent, Session XXIV)
- 4 December 1563 Council Concilium Tridentinum — The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
- 26 January 1564 Bull Benedictus Deus — Confirming the Council of Trent
- 24 March 1564 Bull Dominici gregis custodiae — On the Rules of the Index of Forbidden Books
- 2 August 1564 Bull Alias nos — Establishing the Congregation of Cardinals for the Execution and Observance of the Council of Trent
- 27 August 1564 Bull Cum inter crimina — Establishing the Congregation of the Inquisition and granting it faculties over prohibited books
- 24 October 1566 Bull Regularium — On the prohibition of women entering regular monasteries
- 18 March 1567 Bull In conferendis — On the nullity of parish appointments made without the Tridentine examination
- 29 March 1567 Bull Admonet nos — Forbidding the alienation and enfeoffment of cities and lands of the Roman Church
- 1 October 1567 Bull Ex omnibus afflictionibus — Condemning the Baianist propositions
- 3 October 1567 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Declaring the Mendicant Orders exempt from seminary contributions
- 9 July 1568 Bull Quod a nobis — Approving the Roman Breviary
- 13 July 1568 Bull Cupientes — On the reform of ecclesiastical promotions and benefices
- 17 November 1568 Bull Lubricum vitae genus — On the solemn profession of the three substantial vows by regulars
- 6 December 1568 Bull Iniunctum nobis — Confirming the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of St. Maiolus (Somaschi)
- 1569 Bull Ut bonus — Limiting the faculties of officials of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 26 February 1569 Bull Hebraeorum gens — Expelling Jews from all places of the Papal States except Rome and Ancona
- 25 February 1570 Bull Regnans in excelsis — Of Excommunication of Elizabeth I of England
- 24 June 1570 Bull Pontifice dignum — On the reform of the office of the Summator of Apostolic Letters
- 14 July 1570 Bull Quam primum — Promulgating the Roman Missal (Quo primum)
- 14 July 1570 Bull Quo primum — Promulgating the Roman Missal
- 10 July 1571 Bull Illius fulciti praesidio — Erecting the town of Ripatransone as a city and its church of San Benigno as a cathedral
- 21 July 1571 Bull Romani Pontificis — On the use of the Crusade privilege for choosing confessors by Dominicans
- 1 January 1572 Bull Licet ex debito — On the Hospital of John of God in Granada
- 13 September 1572 Constitution Ut pestiferarum — Confirming and strengthening the Congregation of the Index
- 5 December 1572 Bull In supereminenti — Founding the Jesuit college and general university at Pont-à-Mousson
- 13 June 1575 Bull Ubi gratiae — Revoking permissions for women to enter monasteries
- 13 January 1577 Bull In Apostolicae Sedis specula — Establishing the Greek College in Rome
- 1 September 1577 Bull Vice eius — Erecting the College of Neophyte Adolescents
- 29 January 1580 Bull Provisionis nostrae — Confirming the condemnation of Michael Baius's propositions
- 1 July 1580 Bull Cum pro munere — On the correction and printing of the Corpus Iuris Canonici
- 2 June 1582 Bull Emendationem decretorum — On the emendation of Gratian's Decretum
- 5 December 1582 Bull Ad tollendum — Extending the Council of Trent's prohibition of duels to private duels
- 27 June 1584 Bull Humana sic ferunt — On the Maronite hospice in Rome and the dissolution of the parish of St. John de Ficocia
- 5 December 1584 Bull Omnipotentis Dei — Establishing the primary Marian Congregation at the Roman College
- 1 September 1585 Bull Intemeratae Matris Dei Mariae — On the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1 January 1586 Bull Etsi pro debito — Uniting the hospitals of the Congregation of St. John of God into one body
- 5 January 1586 Bull Coeli et terra — On the condemnation of judicial astrology and divination
- 5 February 1586 Bull Laudabilis sedis — Confirming privileges of the seven notaries of the Roman Curia
- 24 November 1586 Bull Super universas — Erecting the collegiate church of Montalto delle Marche into a cathedral
- 26 November 1586 Bull Suprema dispositione — Erecting the town of San Severino and its collegiate church into a city and cathedral church
- 3 December 1586 Bull Postquam verus — On the reform of the College of Cardinals
- 13 April 1587 Bull Religiosa — Assigning titles and deaconries to the cardinal priests and deacons of the Holy Roman Church
- 27 April 1587 Bull Eam semper — Establishing the Vatican Typography
- 23 August 1587 Bull Sacri apostolatus — Revoking the office of rector of the Gymnasium of the Alma Urbs and uniting it to the College of Consistorial Advocates
- 22 January 1588 Constitution Immensa aeterni Dei — On the Roman Congregations
- 5 April 1588 Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem — On the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Ávila over the cathedral chapter
- 1 August 1588 Bull Sollicitudo pastoralis — On the institution of archives in the Papal States
- 5 January 1589 Apostolic constitution Sanctum et salutare — On the canonical promotion of clerics and ordinands
- 9 January 1589 Bull Cum sacrosanctam — On the dress and tonsure of clerics holding ecclesiastical benefices
- 24 May 1589 Bull Universi Orbis — Raising the See of Fermo to an Archbishopric
- 23 January 1590 Bull In conferendis praecipuis — On the office of the Treasurer General of the Apostolic Camera
- 19 February 1590 Bull Suprema cura regiminis — On the care of the Aqua Felice and the duties of the Roman citizens as visitors of the aqueduct
- 1 March 1590 Bull Aeternus ille — On the Vulgate edition and biblical translations
- 4 March 1590 Bull Cum ex debito — Granting jurisdiction to the archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica
- 8 May 1591 Bull Regimini Universae — On the dissolution of the union of the dioceses of Brindisi and Oria
- 8 June 1592 Bull Speculatores — On the reform of the clergy and people of Rome
- 15 August 1592 Bull Pro commissa nobis — On the administration of public finances in the Papal States
- 3 November 1592 Bull Illius vices — On the pardon for outlaws and bandits who repent
- 25 November 1592 Bull Graves et diuturnae — Instituting the Forty Hours' Devotion in Rome
- 6 November 1595 Brief Exponi nobis — On the irrigation works of Aragon and Navarre
- 29 May 1599 Bull In supremo iustitiae throno — Establishing the Rota of Ferrara
- 25 July 1599 Decree Nullus omnino — General Decrees for the Reform of Regulars of All Orders
- 12 December 1600 Bull Onerosa — On the faculties of missionaries in the East Indies and Japan
- 19 March 1603 Decree Cum ad regularem — On the reception and education of religious novices
- 7 July 1604 Bull Cum Sanctissimum — Confirming the Roman Missal of Pius V
- 6 October 1607 Bull Ex credito nobis — Erecting the Archconfraternity of Christian Doctrine in Rome
- 21 January 1612 Bull In supereminenti — Erecting the Vicariate of Mozambique
- 1 March 1612 Bull Universi agri — On the reform of the tribunals of Rome
- 23 September 1617 Bull Sanctorum virorum — On the cult and new church of St. Sylvester Guzzolini
- 31 January 1622 Bull Sacri apostolatus — Confirming the constitutions of the Clerics Regular Poor of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools
- 22 June 1622 Bull Inscrutabili — Erecting the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
- 30 August 1622 Bull Universi — Confirming and extending Pius IV's constitution against solicitation in confession
- 20 March 1623 Bull Omnipotentis Dei — On sorcerers, witches, and those who make a pact with the devil
- 10 January 1624 Bull In supremo — On the dress and customs of the Friars Minor of strict observance
- 20 November 1624 Bull Pietatis et christianae charitatis — Of perpetual approval of the Congregation of Musicians of Rome under the invocation of St. Cecilia
- 16 November 1625 Bull Pastoralis officii nobis — Establishing the General Archive in Rome
- 1 August 1627 Bull Immortalis Dei Filius — Establishing the Urbanian College of Propaganda Fide
- 1 October 1627 Bull Debitum — Erecting the Congregation for the Borders of the Papal States
- 9 August 1628 Bull Urbani — Prohibiting transfer of Capuchin friars to other orders
- 13 January 1630 Bull Pastoralis Romani Pontificis — Of Urban VIII excommunicating those who impede ecclesiastical jurisdiction
- 1 April 1631 Bull Inscrutabilis iudiciorum — On astrology and predictions about the state and princes
- 22 February 1633 Bull Ex debito — Granting faculty to preach the Gospel in China, Japan and adjacent regions to all religious orders
- 2 September 1634 Bull Si quid est — On the correction and publication of the Roman Missal
- 12 December 1634 Bull Sancta Synodus — On the residence of bishops and cardinals
- 18 February 1636 Bull Pro excellenti praeminentia — Erecting the dioceses of Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado
- 20 June 1637 Bull Magnum in Christo — Against bigamous marriages under a false name
- 6 June 1638 Bull Super universas — On the endowment of the Church of Baghdad (Babylon) in Persia
- 6 March 1642 Bull In eminenti — Confirming the constitutions of Pius V and Gregory XIII and condemning the Augustinus of Jansenius
- 13 September 1642 Bull Universa — On the observance of feast days
- 17 June 1644 Constitution Quamvis alias — On the republication of the Roman Pontifical
- 20 November 1645 Bull In supereminenti — Founding the University of Santo Tomas in Manila
- 19 February 1646 Bull Cum iusta — On cardinals' residence in the Roman Curia and penalties for leaving the Papal States without permission
- 18 January 1647 Bull Grata familiaritatis — Granting privileges to the chaplains of the papal chapel
- 20 November 1648 Bull Zelo domus Dei — Declaration of nullity of the articles of the recent Peace of Germany prejudicial to the Catholic religion
- 13 September 1649 Bull In supremo — Transferring the episcopal see from Castro to Acquapendente
- 15 October 1652 Bull Instaurandae — On the restoration of regular discipline and the prohibition of erecting new regular houses in Italy
- 31 May 1653 Bull Cum occasione — Condemnation of the Five Propositions of Jansenius
- 1 January 1655 Bull Pro pastoralis officii — On the assignment of the offices of assistant priest, deacon, and subdeacon in papal chapels to the canons of the Lateran, St. Peter's, and St. Mary Major
- 22 September 1655 Bull Ex commissa nobis — Confirming the Congregation of the Mission in France with resolution of doubts
- 31 May 1656 Bull Ad Sacram beati Petri Sedem — Confirming the condemnation of the five Jansenist propositions
- 4 September 1656 Bull Ex Romani Pontificis Supremi — Confirming the privileges of the College of Protonotaries de numero participantium
- 13 June 1659 Bull Inter coeteros — Erecting the college of referendaries of both Signatures
- 9 September 1659 Brief Super cathedra — Erecting apostolic vicariates in Tonkin, Cochinchina and Nanking
- 8 December 1661 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — On the preservation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from original sin
- 19 April 1666 Bull In suprema — On the reform of the Cistercian Order
- 11 April 1668 Bull Iniuncti — Establishing the Congregation for the State of Regulars
- 10 December 1668 Bull Crediti nobis — Confirming decrees of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide on the study of Arabic and controversies at the Convent of St. Peter in Montorio
- 6 July 1669 Constitution In Ipsis — Erecting the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics
- 13 September 1669 Bull In excelsa — Confirming and extending decrees on abuses by ecclesiastics in the East Indies
- 6 April 1673 Bull Creditae nobis — Prohibiting the publication of writings on the missions without the permission of Propaganda Fide
- 16 November 1676 Bull Ad sacram beati Petri — Erecting the Diocese of Olinda and separating it from the Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia
- 16 November 1676 Bull Inter pastoralis officii curas — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of San Salvador da Bahia
- 29 August 1677 Bull Super universas — Erecting the Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- 1 April 1678 Bull Romanus Pontifex — Suppressing the College of Apostolic Secretaries
- 12 February 1679 Decree Cum ad aures — On frequent and daily Communion
- 22 January 1687 Bull Alias felicis — Applying the plenary indulgence of the Portiuncula to the souls in purgatory
- 20 November 1687 Bull Caelestis Pastor — Condemning Quietism (Miguel de Molinos)
- 4 August 1690 Bull Inter multiplices — Condemning the Gallican Declaration of 1682
- 3 January 1692 Bull Constantis fidei — On the erection of the Congregation of Fermo
- 22 June 1692 Bull Romanum decet Pontificem — Against Nepotism
- 3 September 1692 Bull Romanus Pontifex — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary and the office of the Major Penitentiary
- 23 May 1693 Bull Ad exercitium pietatis — On the hospice for poor invalids of Rome
- 4 December 1693 Bull Ut debitus — On the reform of the fees of the Roman Rota
- 16 February 1694 Bull Christifidelium — On the protection and governance of religious orders
- 4 August 1698 Bull Debitum pastoralis — Confirming and re-establishing the Congregation on Regular Discipline
- 10 August 1698 Constitution Sacrosancta Redemptionis — On the Congregation of Loreto
- 12 March 1699 Bull Cum alias — Condemning Fénelon's 'Explication des maximes des saints'
- 16 July 1705 Constitution Vineam Domini — Condemning Jansenist doctrine on respectful silence
- 13 July 1708 Bull Universis — Condemning the French translation of the New Testament and the Abrégé de la morale de l'Évangile
- 6 December 1708 Constitution Commissi nobis — Extending the feast of the Immaculate Conception to the whole Church
- 25 September 1710 Bull Ex illa die — Condemning the Chinese rites
- 8 September 1713 Bull Unigenitus — Condemnation of the Errors of Paschasius Quesnel
- 19 March 1715 Bull Ex illa die — On the Chinese Rites and the Missionaries' Oath
- 9 September 1716 Bull Ad pastoralis dignitatis officium — Confirming new statutes of the Congregation of Musicians of Rome
- 7 November 1716 Bull In supremo apostolatus solio — Erecting the western Lisbon collegiate church into a metropolitan and patriarchal church
- 24 May 1718 Constitution Supereminenti — On a Benefice for the Maronite Hospice in Rome
- 28 August 1718 Bull Pastoralis officii — Confirming the constitution Unigenitus against its opponents
- 20 September 1720 Bull Sacrosancti apostolatus — Granting the Patriarch of Lisbon the faculty to consecrate kings
- 23 May 1723 Bull Apostolici ministerii — On the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline in the kingdoms of Spain
- 28 April 1725 Bull Pastoralis officii — On funeral fees and the privileges of regular orders
- 9 May 1725 Motu proprio Creditae nobis coelitus — On the erection of diocesan seminaries in Italy
- 30 August 1728 Bull Fideli — On ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Kingdom of Sicily
- 10 January 1731 Bull Pastorale officium — On the precedence of the Dean of the College of Cardinals
- 31 March 1731 Brief Apostolatus — Approving the rules and constitutions of the Lebanese Maronite Order
- 17 January 1732 Brief Misericordiarum Pater — Approving the rules and constitutions of the Syrian Maronite monks of the Order of St. Anthony Abbot
- 22 July 1732 Bull In supremo — Establishing three general assistants for the Conventual Franciscans
- 5 October 1732 Constitution Apostolatus officium — On the good direction of the conclave and matters to be handled while the Apostolic See is vacant
- 26 September 1734 Brief Compertum exploratumque — On the Malabar Rites controversy and the decrees of Cardinal de Tournon
- 28 April 1738 Constitution In eminenti apostolatus specula — Condemning Freemasonry
- 13 May 1739 Brief Concredita nobis — On the Chinese Rites controversy and missionary obedience
- 17 October 1740 Constitution Ad apostolicae — Re-establishing the Congregation for the Election of Bishops
- 23 November 1740 Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem — Erection of the Particular Congregation on the State of Churches
- 5 April 1741 Constitution Saepe Romanorum — Ending the jurisdiction of the Commendatore of Santo Spirito over distant hospices
- 1 June 1741 Constitution Sacramentum Poenitentiae — On the crime of solicitation in confession
- 29 August 1741 Constitution In sublimi — On simoniacal conferral of benefices
- 1 September 1741 Bull Singularis — Confirming the Maronite Synod of 1736
- 3 November 1741 Constitution Dei miseratione — On the nullity of marriage and the office of the defender of the bond
- 17 November 1741 Encyclical Satis vobis — On Secret Marriages (Marriages of Conscience)
- 3 January 1742 Bull Regularis disciplinae — On the reform of regular discipline for the Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona
- 13 April 1742 Bull Ad militantis — On appeals and inhibitions to be granted or denied
- 1 June 1742 Constitution Etsi pastoralis — On the Greek rite in southern Italy and Sicily
- 11 July 1742 Bull Ex quo singulari — Condemning Chinese rites and prescribing the missionary oath
- 3 December 1742 Brief Et si dubitare — Urging the Basilian monks of Poland to unite with the Lithuanian Congregation
- 14 December 1742 Bull Cum illud — On the selection of parish priests and the conduct of competitions
- 15 February 1743 Bull Ad supremum — On the union of the metropolitan see of Amasea with Pavia
- 24 December 1743 Constitution Demandatam — On the Greek Rite of the Melkite Catholics of the Patriarchate of Antioch
- 24 December 1743 Bull Demandatum — On the right of Regular Canons to obtain secular parish churches without apostolic indult
- 13 April 1744 Bull Pastor bonus — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 11 May 1744 Brief Inter plures — Approving the resolutions of the Basilian General Chapter and establishing governance
- 19 August 1744 Encyclical Pastorali — On the application of Masses and the obligation of choral prayer
- 29 August 1744 Bull Inter conspicuos — On the College of Consistorial Advocates
- 12 September 1744 Bull Omnium sollicitudinum — On the Malabar Rites
- 11 April 1745 Constitution Inter sollicitas — On the reduction of prohibited servile works on feast days
- 4 May 1745 Instruction Eo quamvis tempore — On doubts concerning the rites of the Coptic nation (confirmation, ordination of infants, clerical continence)
- 1 November 1745 Encyclical Vix pervenit — On usury and other unjust profits
- 2 June 1746 Bull Suprema omnium ecclesiarum sollicitudo — Condemning abuses in the administration of the sacrament of penance in Portugal
- 25 June 1746 Bull Ecclesiastica — On the resignation of benefices and pensions
- 3 September 1746 Encyclical Ad universae — On the residence of bishops
- 6 December 1746 Bull Candor lucis aeternae — Erection of the bishopric of Mariana (Ribeirão do Carmo), Brazil
- 13 December 1747 Motu proprio Quamvis — On the office of the scribes of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 4 March 1748 Constitution Si datam — On Cases of Nullity of Religious Profession
- 27 September 1748 Bull Gloriosae Dominae — Praising Marian Congregations and granting indulgences and privileges
- 23 December 1748 Brief In sacrosancta — Erecting the Diocese of Pinerolo
- 9 February 1749 Brief Singulari Nobis — On the validity of marriage between a baptized non-Catholic and a converted infidel
- 13 August 1749 Brief Impensa — On the regulation of ricettizie churches
- 19 June 1750 Instruction Anno vertente — On the Rite of the Copts
- 18 March 1751 Constitution Providas Romanorum — Renewing the condemnation of Freemasonry
- 8 September 1751 Brief Quo tibi — Extending aggregation faculty to female Marian Congregations in Jesuit churches
- 15 November 1751 Bull Quanta curarum — Establishing a particular congregation for the economic affairs and Fabric of St. Peter's Basilica
- 25 March 1752 Letter Quam ardenti studio — Promulgating the new edition of the Roman Pontifical, Ritual, and Ceremonial of Bishops
- 5 October 1752 Bull In apostolicae dignitatis apice — Elevating the Abbey of Fulda to a bishopric
- 26 January 1753 Brief Ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in apostolic vicariates
- 9 July 1753 Constitution Sollicita ac provida — On the reform of the Congregation of the Index and the censorship of books
- 17 March 1754 Constitution Inter curat — Establishing the Academy of the Nude (Life Drawing) on the Capitol
- 26 July 1755 Bull Allatae sunt — On the preservation of Eastern rites and calendar in the missions
- 8 August 1755 Bull Quam ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in the Eastern Indies
- 1 March 1756 Encyclical Ex quo primum — On the corrected edition of the Greek Euchologion
- 16 October 1756 Encyclical Ex omnibus — To the Bishops of France on Refusing the Sacraments to Opponents of Unigenitus
- 28 December 1762 Constitution Licet curandum — On the abolition of vacable notarial offices of the Rota
- 16 November 1763 Brief Quantopere — On mixed marriages in Alsace
- 30 March 1765 Bull Superni dispositione consilii — Confirming the statutes of the College of Patrons of Causes of the Apostolic Palace and granting new privileges
- 16 November 1769 Bull Supremi Apostolatus — Approving and erecting the Congregation of the Discalced Clerics of the Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- 27 April 1770 Bull Ex commisso Nobis — Confirming the privileges of the Theological Academy of the Sapienza University
- 10 July 1770 Bull Pastoris aeterni — Erecting the Diocese of Bragança
- 1 June 1772 Bull Praecipua demandati nobis — Erecting the Episcopal See of Bugella and separating it from the Diocese of Vercelli
- 8 August 1772 Bull Quod nobis — Erecting the Diocese of Secusio (Susa) from the Abbey of San Giusto
- 21 July 1773 Bull Dominus ac Redemptor — Suppressing the Society of Jesus
- 6 February 1784 Bull Commissa nobis divinitus — On the Italo-Greek College at Corsiopo and the Greek Rite in Sicily and Calabria
- 28 January 1785 Bull Romanus Pontifex — On the restoration of the diocese of Miranda
- 19 September 1786 Apostolic letter Cum sicut — On the reduction of feast days in the city and diocese of Rimini
- 28 August 1794 Bull Auctorem fidei — Condemnation of the Synod of Pistoia
- 27 January 1801 Letter Perlatum ad Nos — To the Archbishop of Myra on a society for the defense of the Catholic religion
- 7 March 1801 Brief Catholicae fidei — Approving the Society of Jesus in the Russian Empire
- 15 August 1801 Brief Tam multa — On the resignation of Old Regime French bishops
- 29 November 1801 Bull Qui Christi Domini vices — On the reorganization of ecclesiastical circumscriptions in France
- 8 April 1808 Brief Pontificii muneris — Erecting Baltimore as a metropolitan see and assigning suffragan dioceses
- 7 August 1814 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — On the restoration of the Society of Jesus
- 8 February 1816 Bull Pervetustam locorum originem — Erecting the Diocese of Treia and restoring its city status
- 6 July 1816 Motu proprio Quando per admirabile — On the provisional government and administration of the recovered provinces
- 27 July 1817 Bull Commissa divinitus — On the reorganization of the dioceses of France
- 1 January 1818 Bull De salute dominici gregis — On the reorganization of dioceses in the Venetian and Austrian territories
- 3 April 1818 Bull Dei ac Domini — On the reorganization of the Church in Germany and the Bavarian Concordat
- 2 May 1818 Bull Ex imposito — On the new distribution of dioceses in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg
- 27 June 1818 Bull De utiliori — On the new circumscription of dioceses in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 2 July 1818 Bull Ex imposita nobis — On the redistribution of dioceses in the Kingdom of Poland
- 13 August 1819 Motu proprio Impensa — On the method for admitting priests and clerics to receptitious churches in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 15 February 1821 Bull Beati Petri — On the establishment of the Diocese of Annecy
- 17 July 1821 Bull De salute animarum — On the reorganization of the Catholic Church in Prussia
- 16 August 1821 Bull Provida solersque — On the establishment of dioceses in Germany
- 15 February 1822 Bull Sollicita catholici gregis — Erecting the Diocese of Annecy
- 30 August 1822 Constitution Ex quo aeternae — Approving the Diramazione degli ecclesiastici studenti dell'Unione di S. Paolo
- 6 October 1822 Bull Paternae charitatis — On the reorganization of the dioceses of France
- 17 May 1824 Bull Cum multa — Restoring the Roman College to the Society of Jesus
- 28 August 1824 Apostolic letter Quod divina sapientia — On the Method of Studies in the Pontifical Domain
- 25 January 1825 Encyclical Ad plurimas atque gravissimas — On the rebuilding of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
- 13 March 1825 Bull Quo graviora — Condemning the Carbonari and secret societies
- 10 December 1825 Bull De dominici gregis salute — On the restoration of the episcopal see of Civitavecchia and its union with Porto-Santa Rufina
- 11 July 1826 Bull Plura inter — Restoring privileges and faculties to the Society of Jesus
- 22 December 1826 Bull In supremo — Approving the constitutions of the Society of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- 11 April 1827 Bull Ad dominici gregis custodiam — On the reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces of Upper Germany (Freiburg, Rottenburg, Mainz, Limburg, Fulda)
- 29 December 1827 Motu proprio Laureti civitas — On the governance of the city of Loreto
- 7 May 1828 Bull Inter praecipua — Transferring the episcopal see of Basel to Solothurn
- 30 June 1828 Bull Locum beati Petri — Suppressing and uniting bishoprics in Dalmatia and Istria
- 25 March 1830 Brief Litteris altero abhinc — To the Archbishop of Cologne and the Bishops of Trier, Paderborn and Münster on mixed marriages
- 24 August 1830 Motu proprio Quoniam vero vocum concentus — On the reform of sacred music and the Congregation of St. Cecilia
- 9 February 1831 Proclamation Chiamati dalla divina provvidenza — To the subjects of the Papal States on internal unrest
- 1 September 1831 Apostolic letter Quod summis quibusque — Establishing the Equestrian Order of Saint Gregory the Great
- 15 August 1832 Encyclical Mirari vos — On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism
- 5 December 1833 Bull In vinea Domini — Restoring the Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani
- 18 April 1834 Apostolic letter Latissimi terrarum tractus — Appointing Robert St. Leger as Vicar Apostolic of Calcutta
- 25 June 1834 Encyclical Singulari nos — On the Errors of Lamennais
- 26 September 1835 Encyclical Dum acerbissimus — Condemning the works of Georg Hermes
- 29 April 1836 Apostolic letter Omnium gentium — Approving the Marian Society in France
- 13 May 1836 Bull Apostolici ministerii manus — Erecting the Diocese of Montreal
- 6 February 1838 Apostolic constitution Neminem certe latet — Restoring the College of Protonotaries Apostolic to its original number and splendor
- 24 April 1838 Bull Multa praeclare — On the abolition of the Portuguese Padroado in the East Indies
- 3 December 1839 Apostolic letter In supremo apostolatus — Condemning the slave trade
- 1 July 1840 Bull Ubi primum — Erecting the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud and dismembering the Diocese of Concepción
- 1 January 1841 Apostolic letter Cum hominum mentes — On the Order of the Golden Militia
- 22 February 1842 Apostolic letter Catholicae religionis — On the religious situation in Spain and the proclamation of public prayers
- 11 August 1843 Brief Universi Dominici gregis — Erecting the Diocese of Pittsburgh
- 7 May 1844 Encyclical Inter praecipuas — On the Bible societies
- 31 May 1844 Bull Ut animarum pastores — Erecting the Diocese of Trapani
- 19 July 1844 Brief Ex debito — Erecting the apostolic vicariates of Melanesia and Micronesia
- 26 September 1845 Bull Monachorum instituta — Confirming the institute of the Chaldean monks of St. Hormisdas
- 9 November 1846 Encyclical Qui pluribus — On faith and religion
- 6 January 1848 Letter In suprema Petri apostoli sede — To the Orientals
- 7 May 1848 Bull Ad oves dominicas — Erecting the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre)
- 17 June 1849 Brief Cum hominum mentes — On the Order of Pius (Pian Order of Knighthood)
- 4 March 1853 Brief Ex qua die arcano — Restoring the Catholic hierarchy in the Netherlands
- 21 March 1853 Encyclical Inter multiplices — To the French Episcopate on the flourishing of Catholic religion in France
- 29 July 1853 Brief Ad animarum regimen — Dividing the Diocese of Monterey and erecting the Archdiocese of San Francisco
- 6 June 1854 Bull Gravissimum sollicitudinis — Erecting the Diocese of Diamantina
- 6 June 1854 Bull Pro animarum salute — Erecting the Diocese of Fortaleza
- 8 December 1854 Bull Ineffabilis Deus — Defining the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
- 9 December 1854 Allocution Singulari quadam — On the Immaculate Conception and the errors of the age
- 18 August 1855 Concordat Deus humanae salutis auctor — Between the Holy See and the Austrian Empire
- 15 June 1857 Apostolic letter Eximiam tuam — To the Archbishop of Cologne on the condemnation of Anton Günther's works
- 10 April 1859 Bull In excelsa militantis Ecclesia — Erecting the Diocese of Pasto and dividing the Diocese of Popayán
- 28 January 1864 Apostolic letter Suprema — Abolishing the Apostolic Legation and Tribunal of the Monarchy in Sicily
- 8 December 1864 Encyclical Quanta cura — Condemning Current Errors
- 8 December 1864 Syllabus Syllabus errorum — The Syllabus of the Principal Errors of Our Time
- 12 July 1867 Apostolic constitution Reversurus — Reversurus on the election and confirmation of patriarchs and the reform of the Eastern Churches
- 2 May 1868 Brief Dum filii Belial — Approving and blessing the Italian Catholic Youth Society
- 8 September 1868 Apostolic letter Arcano divinae providentiae — Convoking the First Vatican Council and inviting the Eastern Churches
- 12 October 1869 Apostolic constitution Apostolicae Sedis — On the reform of censures (Apostolicae Sedis moderationi)
- 6 March 1870 Apostolic letter Apostolicum in Universas Orbis Ecclesias — Erecting the Diocese of Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria)
- 12 March 1870 Brief Dolendum profecto est — To Abbot Prosper Guéranger praising his defense of papal infallibility
- 24 April 1870 Constitution Dei Filius — Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
- 18 July 1870 Council Pastor aeternus — First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ
- 23 August 1871 Bull In hac sublimis — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 8 September 1874 Brief Licet per apostolicas — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 19 March 1875 Apostolic letter Ecclesiasticis viris — Granting the Abbot of Solesmes the use of the cappa magna and a seat among the Consultors of the Sacred Congregation of Rites
- 15 May 1876 Bull Inter varias sollicitudines — Erecting the Catholic University of Laval in Quebec
- 10 October 1877 Brief Consulturi — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 4 March 1878 Bull Ex supremo Apostolatus apice — Restoring the Scottish Episcopal Hierarchy
- 21 April 1878 Encyclical Inscrutabili Dei consilio — On the evils of society
- 28 December 1878 Encyclical Quod apostolici muneris — On socialism
- 4 August 1879 Encyclical Aeterni Patris — On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy
- 10 February 1880 Encyclical Arcanum — On Christian Marriage
- 30 September 1880 Encyclical Grande munus — On Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 3 December 1880 Encyclical Sancta Dei civitas — On mission societies
- 29 June 1881 Encyclical Diuturnum illud — On the Origin of Civil Power
- 3 August 1881 Encyclical Licet multa — On Catholics in Belgium
- 5 August 1881 Apostolic letter Ex hac augusta — Establishing the ecclesiastical hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 15 February 1882 Encyclical Etsi nos — On conditions in Italy
- 12 May 1882 Apostolic letter Singulare praesidium — On the reform of the Ruthenian Basilian Order in Galicia
- 24 May 1882 Constitution Praedecessores Nostri — On the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 17 September 1882 Encyclical Auspicato concessum — On St. Francis of Assisi
- 8 December 1882 Encyclical Cum multa — On conditions in Spain
- 1 March 1883 Brief Benigna hominum — Establishing the Armenian College in Rome
- 30 May 1883 Apostolic letter Misericors Dei Filius — On the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
- 1 September 1883 Encyclical Supremi apostolatus officio — On devotion of the Rosary
- 8 February 1884 Encyclical Nobilissima Gallorum gens — To the Bishops of France on the Church in France
- 20 April 1884 Encyclical Humanum genus — On Freemasonry
- 30 August 1884 Encyclical Superiore anno — On the recitation of the Rosary
- 10 November 1884 Apostolic letter Materna Ecclesiae caritas — On the restoration of the Archiepiscopal See of Carthage
- 1 November 1885 Encyclical Immortale Dei — On the Christian Constitution of States
- 27 November 1885 Encyclical Spectata fides — On Christian education
- 22 December 1885 Encyclical Quod auctoritate — Proclaiming an extraordinary jubilee
- 6 January 1886 Encyclical Iampridem — On Catholicism in Germany
- 22 August 1886 Encyclical Quod multum — On the liberty of the Church
- 1 September 1886 Apostolic letter Humanae salutis Auctor — On the establishment of the episcopal hierarchy in the East Indies
- 14 September 1886 Encyclical Pergrata — On the Church in Portugal
- 20 September 1887 Encyclical Vi è ben noto — On the Rosary and public life
- 22 December 1887 Encyclical Officio sanctissimo — On the Church in Bavaria
- 1 April 1888 Letter Quod anniversarius — Appointing a Day of Suffrage for the Souls in Purgatory
- 5 May 1888 Letter In plurimis — On the abolition of slavery
- 20 June 1888 Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum — On the Nature of Human Liberty
- 24 June 1888 Encyclical Saepe nos — On boycotting in Ireland
- 17 July 1888 Apostolic letter Quod singulari Dei concessu — Instituting the Cross 'Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice'
- 7 September 1888 Bull Ad universam catholicam Ecclesiam — Erecting the Diocese of Lugano in Switzerland
- 10 December 1888 Letter Quam aerumnosa — On Italian immigrants
- 21 December 1888 Encyclical Etsi cunctas — On the Church in Ireland
- 25 December 1888 Encyclical Exeunte iam anno — On the right ordering of Christian life
- 2 February 1889 Apostolic constitution Jamdudum — On Laval University at Quebec
- 7 March 1889 Letter Magni nobis — On the Catholic University of America
- 11 August 1889 Decree Ecclesia catholica — On pious associations of the faithful without public vows
- 15 August 1889 Encyclical Quamquam pluries — On devotion to St. Joseph
- 10 December 1889 Apostolic letter In magna — On the establishment of the Faculty of Sacred Theology at the Catholic University of Paris
- 20 December 1889 Apostolic letter Eximia sacrarum — On the canonical erection of the Catholic University of Toulouse
- 10 January 1890 Encyclical Sapientiae christianae — On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens
- 15 October 1890 Encyclical Dall'alto dell'Apostolico Seggio — On Freemasonry in Italy
- 20 November 1890 Encyclical Catholicae Ecclesiae — On slavery in the missions
- 16 December 1890 Brief Sempiternam dominici gregis — On the Pontifical University of Comillas
- 3 March 1891 Encyclical In ipso — On episcopal reunions in Austria
- 15 May 1891 Encyclical Rerum novarum — On the Condition of the Working Classes
- 23 June 1891 Apostolic letter Illud in primis — On the reorganization of the hierarchy in Mexico
- 12 September 1891 Encyclical Pastoralis officii — On the morality of duelling
- 22 September 1891 Encyclical Octobri mense — On the Rosary
- 15 February 1892 Decree Consensus mutus — Of the Holy Office on carnal copulation following betrothal
- 16 February 1892 Encyclical Au milieu des sollicitudes — On the Church and State in France
- 27 April 1892 Bull Ad universas orbis Ecclesias — On the erection of the Diocese of Niterói
- 14 June 1892 Brief Neminem fugit — On the institution of the universal Association of the Holy Family
- 16 July 1892 Encyclical Quarto abeunte saeculo — On the Columbus quadricentennial
- 8 September 1892 Encyclical Magnae Dei Matris — On the Rosary
- 4 November 1892 Decree Auctis admodum — On the admission of religious to holy orders
- 8 December 1892 Encyclical Custodi di quella fede — On Freemasonry
- 25 May 1893 Decree Vigilanti — On abuses in Mass offerings and the trading of goods for Masses
- 24 June 1893 Encyclical Ad extremas Orientis oras — On the establishment of clerical colleges in the East Indies
- 12 July 1893 Apostolic letter Summum semper — Confirming the Benedictine Confederation
- 2 September 1893 Encyclical Constanti Hungarorum — On the Church in Hungary
- 8 September 1893 Encyclical Laetitiae sanctae — On the Rosary
- 18 November 1893 Encyclical Providentissimus Deus — On the Study of Holy Scripture
- 20 June 1894 Apostolic letter Praeclara gratulationis — On Christian Unity to All Princes and Peoples
- 2 July 1894 Encyclical Litteras a vobis — On the clergy in Brazil
- 8 September 1894 Encyclical Jucunda semper — On the Rosary and the Mediation of Mary
- 24 December 1894 Encyclical Christi nomen — On the propagation of the faith and the Eastern Churches
- 5 September 1895 Encyclical Adiutricem populi — On the Marian Rosary
- 19 March 1896 Motu proprio Auspicia rerum — On promoting Catholic unity among the Eastern Churches
- 27 March 1896 Decree Singulari — On the collection of alms by sisters in institutes of simple vows
- 29 June 1896 Encyclical Satis cognitum — On the Unity of the Church
- 12 September 1896 Decree Excelsum — On the jurisdiction of Apostolic Delegates and Mission Superiors in the Eastern missions
- 13 September 1896 Apostolic letter Apostolicae curae — On the Nullity of Anglican Orders
- 25 January 1897 Apostolic constitution Officiorum ac munerum — On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books
- 9 May 1897 Encyclical Divinum illud munus — On the Holy Spirit
- 12 September 1897 Encyclical Augustissimae Virginis — On the Rosary
- 4 October 1897 Apostolic constitution Felicitate quadam — On restoring the unity of the Order of Friars Minor
- 4 May 1898 Bull Cum ex hac Beati Petri Cathedra — Erecting the Diocese of Pembroke from the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac
- 22 January 1899 Apostolic letter Testem benevolentiae — To Cardinal Gibbons on Americanism
- 2 July 1900 Decree Postremis hisce temporibus — Erecting the Diocese of Alagoas in Brazil
- 8 December 1900 Apostolic constitution Conditae a Christo — On religious institutes with simple vows
- 18 January 1901 Encyclical Graves de communi re — On Christian Democracy
- 20 February 1901 Bull Supremum Catholicum Ecclesiam — Erecting the Diocese of Piauí (Teresina)
- 1 August 1901 Apostolic letter Slavorum gentem — Extinguishing the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Jerome of the Illyrians and erecting the Collegium Hieronymianum in Rome
- 28 May 1902 Encyclical Mirae caritatis — On the Holy Eucharist
- 25 November 1902 Motu proprio Litteras ante annos duos — Establishing the Council for the Work of the Preservation of the Faith
- 20 February 1903 Apostolic constitution Actum praeclare — Erecting the dioceses of Pinar del Río and Cienfuegos in Cuba
- 22 November 1903 Motu proprio Tra le sollecitudini — On the restoration of sacred music
- 17 December 1903 Motu proprio Romanis pontificibus — Transferring the election of bishops to the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
- 20 January 1904 Constitution Commissum nobis — On the abolition of the civil veto in papal elections
- 2 February 1904 Encyclical Ad diem illum laetissimum — On the Immaculate Conception
- 19 March 1904 Motu proprio Arduum sane munus — On the codification of canon law
- 11 May 1904 Decree Ut debita — On the observance and avoidance of abuses in manual Mass stipends
- 22 May 1904 Apostolic letter Ex quo tempore — Praising the Abbey of Solesmes for the restoration of Gregorian chant
- 25 December 1904 Constitution Vacante Sede Apostolica — On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff
- 7 February 1905 Apostolic letter Multum ad excitandos — On the reform of the Pontifical Equestrian Orders
- 21 February 1905 Motu proprio Inter multiplices — On the privileges of protonotaries apostolic and urban prelates
- 15 April 1905 Encyclical Acerbo nimis — On Teaching Christian Doctrine
- 11 June 1905 Encyclical Il fermo proposito — To the Bishops of Italy on the restoration of all things in Christ
- 20 December 1905 Decree Sacra Tridentina Synodus — On the dispositions required for frequent and daily Eucharistic Communion
- 11 February 1906 Encyclical Vehementer nos — On the French Law of Separation
- 27 March 1906 Apostolic letter Quoniam in re biblica — On the teaching of Sacred Scripture in seminaries
- 1 May 1906 Decree Sempiternum humani generis — Consistorial decree erecting new ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses in Brazil
- 10 August 1906 Encyclical Gravissimo officio — On the separation of Church and State in France
- 22 May 1907 Decree Recenti — On the satisfaction of Mass obligations
- 3 July 1907 Decree Lamentabili sane exitu — Syllabus condemning the errors of the Modernists
- 2 August 1907 Decree Ne temere — On Betrothal and Marriage
- 8 September 1907 Encyclical Pascendi dominici gregis — On the Doctrines of the Modernists
- 18 November 1907 Motu proprio Praestantia Scripturae — On the Pontifical Biblical Commission and penalties for Modernists
- 29 June 1908 Apostolic constitution Sapienti consilio — On the reform of the Roman Curia
- 21 November 1908 Decree De eleemosynis — On the collection of alms by religious
- 11 April 1909 Bull Omnipotens ac misericors Deus — Declaring the Church of S. Maria degli Angeli at Portiuncula a patriarchal basilica and papal chapel
- 4 October 1909 Apostolic letter Septimo iam pleno — On the First Order of Saint Francis
- 1 November 1909 Apostolic letter Paucis ante diebus — On the unity and historical identity of the three families of the Franciscan Order
- 8 August 1910 Decree Quam singulari — On the age for admission to first Communion
- 20 August 1910 Decree Maxima cura — On the administrative removal from office and benefice of parish priests
- 1 September 1910 Motu proprio Sacrorum Antistitum — On measures against Modernism (Sacrorum Antistitum)
- 1 January 1911 Decree Inter reliquas — On religious bound to military service
- 2 July 1911 Motu proprio Supremi disciplinae — On the reduction of holy days of obligation
- 9 October 1911 Motu proprio Quantavis diligentia — On clerics summoned before lay tribunals
- 28 October 1911 Apostolic constitution Si qua est — Establishing new ecclesiastical provinces in England
- 1 November 1911 Apostolic constitution Divino afflatu — On the new arrangement of the Psalter in the Roman Breviary
- 4 November 1911 Brief Expleverunt — Approving the Higher School of Sacred Music
- 1 January 1912 Apostolic constitution Etsi nos — On the Vicariate of Rome
- 15 August 1912 Motu proprio Cum omnes — On the spiritual care of emigrants
- 15 August 1912 Decree Quo propositum — On the Postulate in Monasteries of Solemn Vows
- 10 September 1912 Decree Spirituali consolatione — On permitting religious profession in danger of death
- 2 April 1913 Apostolic letter Quae nuper — On the Catholic Institute of Toulouse
- 15 August 1913 Brief Officiosissimis litteris — To the Bishops of Angers on the University of Angers
- 23 October 1913 Motu proprio Abhinc duos annos — On the reform of the Divine Office
- 24 June 1914 Motu proprio Praeclara inter — Granting the power to confer academic degrees to the Anselmian College
- 29 June 1914 Motu proprio Doctoris Angelici — On the study of the doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas in Catholic schools for Italy and adjacent islands
- 1 November 1914 Encyclical Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum — On the outbreak of the First World War
- 1 February 1915 Motu proprio Ex actis — On the governance of the suburbicarian dioceses
- 10 August 1915 Apostolic constitution Incruentum — On the three Masses to be celebrated on All Souls' Day
- 4 November 1915 Motu proprio Seminaria clericorum — Establishing the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities
- 20 December 1915 Bull Apostolatus officium — Erecting the Diocese of Porto Nacional by dividing the Diocese of Goiás
- 25 March 1917 Motu proprio Alloquentes — On the merger of the Congregation of the Index into the Holy Office and the transfer of indulgences to the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 1 May 1917 Motu proprio Dei providentis — Establishing the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 27 May 1917 Apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia — Promulgating the Code of Canon Law
- 28 June 1917 Bull Quandocumque se praesens — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina
- 15 September 1917 Motu proprio Cum iuris canonici — Establishing the Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
- 15 October 1917 Motu proprio Orientis Catholici — Establishing the Pontifical Oriental Institute
- 17 January 1918 Bull Quo vehementius — On the restoration of the Diocese of Leiria
- 22 March 1918 Apostolic letter Inter sodalicia — Granting Indulgences to the Confraternity of Our Lady of a Good Death
- 25 April 1918 Decree Proxima sacra — On the faculties of local ordinaries
- 26 July 1918 Apostolic letter Cum urbe Recife — Raising the church of St. Peter in Recife to co-cathedral rank and renaming the archdiocese of Olinda
- 30 December 1918 Decree Magni semper negotii — On clerics emigrating to certain regions
- 13 February 1919 Bull Catholici fideles — On the governance of Greek-rite faithful in southern Italy and the establishment of a new diocese
- 10 April 1919 Brief Communes litteras — Establishing the National Catholic Welfare Conference
- 14 May 1919 Apostolic constitution Sedis huius — Approving a new breviary for the Braga rite
- 4 October 1919 Bull Universae regimen — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of San Pellegrino Laziosi in Alto Acre and Alto Purus
- 30 November 1919 Apostolic letter Maximum illud — On the Propagation of the Faith
- 23 May 1920 Encyclical Pacem Dei munus — On the reconciliation of peace among Christians
- 15 September 1920 Encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus — On St. Jerome
- 6 January 1921 Apostolic letter Sacra propediem — On the Seventh Centenary of the Third Order of St. Francis
- 11 February 1921 Bull Pastoralis sollicitudo — Dividing the Archdiocese of Marianna and erecting the Diocese of Belo Horizonte
- 16 April 1921 Brief Constat apprime — Extending the daily plenary indulgence of the Portiuncula
- 30 April 1921 Apostolic letter In praeclara summorum — On Dante Alighieri
- 29 June 1921 Encyclical Fausto appetente die — On the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the death of St. Dominic
- 1 March 1922 Motu proprio Cum proxime — Amending the constitution Vacante Sede Apostolica on the papal election
- 20 April 1922 Bull Apostolica praedecessorum nostrorum — Erecting the Diocese of Vila Real
- 3 May 1922 Motu proprio Romanorum Pontificum — On the enlargement of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith
- 5 May 1922 Apostolic constitution Praedecessorum nostrorum — Dividing the Diocese of Saint-Germain and erecting the Diocese of Gaspé
- 25 July 1922 Apostolic constitution Summorum Pontificum — Declaring St. Ignatius of Loyola heavenly patron of spiritual exercises
- 4 December 1922 Bull Ad supremae Apostolicae Sedis solium — Erecting the dioceses of Barra do Pirahy and Campos
- 23 December 1922 Encyclical Ubi arcano Dei consilio — On the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ
- 26 January 1923 Encyclical Rerum omnium — On St. Francis de Sales on the third centenary of his death
- 20 April 1923 Motu proprio Post datam — On the granting of quinquennial faculties to ordinaries
- 29 June 1923 Motu proprio Orbem catholicum — On the institution of catechetical teaching throughout the Catholic world
- 29 June 1923 Encyclical Studiorum ducem — On St. Thomas Aquinas
- 12 November 1923 Encyclical Ecclesiam Dei — On the tercentenary of the martyrdom of St. Josaphat and the reunion of the Eastern Churches
- 18 January 1924 Encyclical Maximam gravissimamque — On the abolition of the Concordat in France and the resolution of the diocesan associations question
- 1 February 1924 Bull Ad munus Nobis — Erecting the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte
- 27 April 1924 Motu proprio Bibliorum scientiam — On biblical studies and academic degrees
- 24 July 1925 Bull Ad Sacram Petri sedem — Erecting the Diocese of Bragança in Brazil
- 18 October 1925 Bull Apostolici muneris — Dividing the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile and erecting new dioceses
- 11 December 1925 Encyclical Quas primas — On the Feast of Christ the King
- 28 February 1926 Encyclical Rerum Ecclesiae — On the Catholic Missions
- 21 June 1926 Bull Ea est in praesenti — Erecting the Diocese of Cafelândia by dismembering the Diocese of Botucatu
- 4 October 1927 Apostolic letter Rerum conditio — Approving the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
- 6 January 1928 Encyclical Mortalium animos — On Religious Unity
- 8 May 1928 Encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor — On Reparation to the Sacred Heart
- 8 September 1928 Encyclical Rerum orientalium — On the Promotion of Oriental Studies
- 20 December 1928 Apostolic constitution Divini cultus sanctitatem — On the promotion of the sacred liturgy, Gregorian chant and sacred music
- 25 January 1929 Bull Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum — Dividing the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and erecting the Dioceses of Jaboticabal and Rio Preto
- 1 May 1929 Bull Universi Dominici gregis — Dividing the Diocese of Paraguay and erecting the ecclesiastical province of Asunción with the dioceses of Concepción and Villarrica
- 24 June 1929 Motu proprio Decessor noster — On the coordination of the Pontifical Missionary Works
- 24 June 1929 Motu proprio Vix ad summi — Granting statutes to the Pontifical Work of St. Peter the Apostle for the formation of the native clergy
- 20 December 1929 Encyclical Mens nostra — On the promotion of spiritual exercises
- 31 December 1929 Encyclical Divini illius magistri — On Christian Education
- 12 February 1930 Apostolic constitution Curis ac laboribus — On the Pontifical Ethiopian Seminary or College
- 6 April 1930 Motu proprio Inde ab initio — Separating the Commission for Russia from the Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 23 April 1930 Apostolic constitution Ubi primum — On the Pontifical Nepomucene College in Rome
- 5 June 1930 Constitution Solemni conventione — On the hierarchical organization of the dioceses of the Latin and Greek-Romanian rites in the Kingdom of Romania
- 1 August 1930 Apostolic constitution Apostolicis litteris — Transferring the episcopal see of Lead to Rapid City
- 5 August 1930 Motu proprio In allocutione — Establishing the Pontifical Work for the Preservation of the Faith and the Construction of New Churches in Rome
- 13 August 1930 Bull Pastoralis officii nostri — On the reorganization of dioceses in Prussia
- 31 December 1930 Encyclical Casti connubii — On Christian Marriage
- 15 May 1931 Encyclical Quadragesimo anno — On Reconstruction of the Social Order
- 24 May 1931 Apostolic constitution Deus scientiarum Dominus — On universities and faculties of ecclesiastical studies
- 29 June 1931 Encyclical Non abbiamo bisogno — On Catholic Action in Italy
- 2 October 1931 Encyclical Nova impendet — On the economic crisis and unemployment
- 16 December 1931 Apostolic letter In thesauris sapientiae — Proclaiming Saint Albert the Great a Doctor of the Church and extending his cult to the universal Church
- 3 May 1932 Encyclical Caritate Christi compulsi — On prayers and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the present afflictions of humanity
- 12 January 1933 Apostolic letter Inter instituta — Suppressing the Congregation of the Hermits of St. Jerome of Blessed Peter of Pisa
- 6 April 1933 Bull Ad aptius Christi fidelium regimini — Erecting the Diocese of Bonfim and dismembering the Archdiocese of São Salvador in Brazil
- 15 June 1933 Apostolic constitution Inter praecipua — On the Abbey of Saint Jerome in Rome
- 20 July 1933 Concordat Reichskonkordat — Between the Holy See and the German Reich
- 25 January 1934 Motu proprio Monasterium — On the affiliation of the Abbey of Saint Jerome in Rome to the Benedictine Confederation
- 15 August 1934 Apostolic constitution Ad incrementum — On certain prelates of the Roman Curia and their various ranks
- 16 August 1934 Decree Animarum bonum — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of Xingu
- 21 December 1934 Motu proprio Quam sollicite — On the Commission for Russia and the publication of liturgical books in the Slavonic rite
- 12 January 1935 Decree Provido sane consilio — On the promotion of catechetical instruction
- 25 March 1935 Apostolic constitution Quae divinitus — On the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 2 July 1935 Decree Inter religiosos — Uniting the Camaldolese Coenobites with the Camaldolese Hermits of Etruria
- 20 December 1935 Encyclical Ad catholici sacerdotii — On the Catholic Priesthood
- 29 June 1936 Encyclical Vigilanti cura — On the Motion Picture Industry
- 11 July 1936 Bull Ad spirituale christianae plebis regimen — Dividing the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego and erecting the Diocese of San Diego
- 14 March 1937 Encyclical Mit brennender Sorge — On the Church and the German Reich
- 19 March 1937 Encyclical Divini Redemptoris — On Atheistic Communism
- 26 September 1937 Apostolic constitution Pervetustum Cryptaferratae coenobium — Erecting the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata as an abbey nullius and entrusting it to Basilian monks of the Byzantine rite
- 29 September 1937 Encyclical Ingravescentibus malis — On the Rosary
- 25 March 1938 Motu proprio Sancta Dei Ecclesia — On the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church
- 8 December 1938 Motu proprio Qua cura — On the organization of ecclesiastical tribunals in Italy for deciding marriage nullity cases
- 22 July 1939 Bull Supremae — Erecting the Archdiocese of Washington and separating it from Baltimore
- 20 October 1939 Encyclical Summi Pontificatus — On the Unity of Human Society
- 1 November 1939 Encyclical Sertum laetitiae — On the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the hierarchy in the United States
- 11 November 1939 Brief Litteris suis — Abolishing the Privilege of Nobility of the Pian Order
- 9 April 1940 Decree Quo intra fines — Erecting the Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra
- 13 June 1940 Encyclical Saeculo exeunte octavo — On the eighth centenary of the independence of Portugal
- 13 July 1940 Decree Quo Christi fidelium — Erecting the Territorial Prelature of Chapada, suffragan of Cuiabá
- 29 June 1941 Instruction Sacrosanctum — On the pre-nuptial investigation (can. 1020)
- 4 November 1941 Motu proprio Cum nobis — Establishing the Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations
- 16 December 1941 Brief Ad Deum — Declaring St. Albert the Great Patron of Students of Natural Sciences
- 23 May 1943 Bull Inter praecipuas — Erecting the ecclesiastical provinces of Arequipa, Cusco and Trujillo
- 29 June 1943 Encyclical Mystici Corporis Christi — On the Mystical Body of Christ
- 30 September 1943 Encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu — On Promoting Biblical Studies
- 19 November 1943 Decree Maxima inter munera — Declaring Blessed Margaret of Hungary a saint
- 9 April 1944 Encyclical Orientalis Ecclesiae — On St. Cyril of Alexandria
- 4 May 1944 Decree Cultus liturgicus — Extending the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the universal Church
- 15 April 1945 Encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum — Appealing for prayers for peace during May
- 8 December 1945 Apostolic constitution Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis — On the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff
- 23 December 1945 Encyclical Orientales omnes — On the Eastern Churches and the Ruthenian Church
- 6 January 1946 Encyclical Quemadmodum — Pleading for the care of the world’s destitute children
- 1 May 1946 Encyclical Deiparae Virginis Mariae — On the possibility of defining the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a dogma of faith
- 14 September 1946 Decree Spiritus Sancti — On administering Confirmation to those in danger of death from serious illness
- 2 February 1947 Apostolic constitution Provida Mater Ecclesia — On Canonical Status and Secular Institutes for Acquiring Christian Perfection
- 21 March 1947 Encyclical Fulgens radiatur — On St. Benedict
- 9 July 1947 Decree Cum transactis — On the five-yearly report to be made by religious institutes
- 10 August 1947 Bull Ex Petri cathedra — Erecting the new Eparchy of Lycopolis for Copts in Egypt
- 15 November 1947 Bull Ad animarum bonum — Erecting the Diocese of Austin
- 15 November 1947 Decree Universi Dominici gregis — Separating the Archdiocese of Washington from Baltimore
- 20 November 1947 Encyclical Mediator Dei — On the Sacred Liturgy
- 16 December 1947 Motu proprio Animarum studio compulsi — Extending faculties for hearing confessions to priests traveling by air
- 18 December 1947 Encyclical Optatissima pax — Prescribing public prayers for social peace and for the end of war
- 12 March 1948 Motu proprio Primo feliciter — On the praise and confirmation of secular institutes
- 1 May 1948 Encyclical Auspicia quaedam — On public prayers for world peace and the solution of the problem of Palestine
- 7 August 1948 Bull Quae maiori — Erecting the Diocese of Caruaru
- 27 September 1948 Apostolic constitution Bis saeculari — On the Marian Congregations
- 24 October 1948 Encyclical In multiplicibus curis — On prayers for peace in Palestine
- 22 February 1949 Motu proprio Crebrae allatae — On the discipline of the sacrament of marriage for the Eastern Church
- 15 April 1949 Encyclical Redemptoris nostri cruciatus — On the holy places in Palestine
- 6 January 1950 Motu proprio Sollicitudinem nostram — On judicial procedure for the Eastern Church
- 12 March 1950 Encyclical Anni sacri — On a programme for combating atheistic propaganda
- 22 March 1950 Brief Romanorum Pontificum — On the donation of the Chapel of Eternal Wisdom to the University of Rome
- 13 May 1950 Letter Excultioribus templis — Elevating the church of St. Maternus in Walcourt to a minor basilica
- 19 July 1950 Encyclical Summi maeroris — On public prayers for peace
- 12 August 1950 Encyclical Humani generis — Concerning Some False Opinions Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine
- 23 September 1950 Apostolic exhortation Menti nostrae — On the development of holiness in priestly life
- 1 November 1950 Apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus — Defining the Dogma of the Assumption
- 4 December 1950 Letter Praeses consilii — On the institution of the Holy Childhood Day
- 6 December 1950 Encyclical Mirabile illud — On the crusade of prayers for peace
- 2 June 1951 Encyclical Evangelii praecones — On Promotion of Catholic Missions
- 23 June 1951 Bull Divina Providentia — Erecting the Diocese of Yakima
- 8 September 1951 Encyclical Sempiternus Rex Christus — On the Council of Chalcedon
- 15 September 1951 Encyclical Ingruentium malorum — On reciting the Rosary
- 9 February 1952 Motu proprio Postquam apostolicis Litteris — On religious, temporal goods of the Church, and the meaning of words for the Eastern Churches
- 24 May 1953 Encyclical Doctor mellifluus — On St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the last of the Fathers
- 8 September 1953 Encyclical Fulgens corona — Proclaiming a Marian Year to commemorate the centenary of the definition of the Immaculate Conception
- 25 March 1954 Encyclical Sacra virginitas — On consecrated virginity
- 5 June 1954 Encyclical Ecclesiae fastos — On St. Boniface
- 7 October 1954 Encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem — On the supranationality of the Church
- 11 October 1954 Encyclical Ad caeli Reginam — On proclaiming the Queenship of Mary
- 25 December 1955 Encyclical Musicae sacrae — On sacred music
- 15 May 1956 Encyclical Haurietis aquas — On devotion to the Sacred Heart
- 28 October 1956 Encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus — Urging public prayers for peace and freedom for the people of Hungary
- 1 November 1956 Encyclical Laetamur admodum — Renewing exhortation for prayers for peace for Poland, Hungary and the Middle East
- 5 November 1956 Encyclical Datis nuperrime — Lamenting the sorrowful events in Hungary and condemning the ruthless use of force
- 21 April 1957 Encyclical Fidei donum — On the present condition of the Catholic missions, especially in Africa
- 16 May 1957 Encyclical Invicti athletae — On St. Andrew Bobola
- 2 July 1957 Encyclical Le pèlerinage de Lourdes — Warning against materialism on the centenary of the apparitions at Lourdes
- 8 September 1957 Encyclical Miranda prorsus — On the communications field: motion pictures, radio, television
- 29 June 1958 Encyclical Ad Apostolorum Principis — On Communism and the Church in China
- 14 July 1958 Encyclical Meminisse iuvat — On prayers for the persecuted Church
- Bull Cum de diversis partibus — Granting privileges to students at the Roman Studium
- Bull Etsi mendicantes — On the privileges and jurisdiction concerning the Mendicant Orders
- Bull Etsi pro cunctarum — Appointing a governor of Rome and vice-camerarius
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