Council of Trent Timeline of Events

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Council of Trent

The Council of Trent was the 16th-century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to be one of the Church's most important councils. It convened in Trent between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods...

Timeline of Events

1539

6.10.1539

Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.

1545

3.15.1545

First meeting of the Council of Trent.

12.13.1545

Council of Trent begins.

1562

1.18.1562

Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.

1563

12.4.1563

The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).

1564

1.26.1564

The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.