Pope Benedict XV
Documents 26
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