Time Line 1917
Births
- Blessed Abilio Ramos y Ramos
- Blessed Angelo Reguilón Lobato
- Blessed Arturo Donoso Murillo
- Blessed Bruna Pellesi
- Blessed Carles Brengaret Pujol
- Blessed Carles Canyes Santacana
- Blessed Dedë Malaj
- Blessed Ejëll Deda
- Blessed Emilio Huidobro Corrales
- Blessed Enrique Palacios Monrabá
- Blessed Eusebio Alonso Uyarra
- Blessed Ezequiel Álvaro de La Fuente
- Blessed Francisco Fernández Escosura
- Blessed Francisco Marco Martínez
- Blessed Francisco Pérez y Pérez
- Blessed Joan Roig i Diggle
- Blessed José Delgado Pérez
- Blessed José Mulet Velilla
- Blessed Lucie Khambang
- Blessed Manuel Collellmir Sentíes
- Blessed Marcos Pérez Andrés
- Blessed Narciso Pascual y Pascual
- Blessed Nicomedes Andrés Vecilla
- Blessed Pascual Aláez Medina
- Blessed Petro Pavlo Oros
- Blessed Rafael Lluch Garín
- Blessed Victor Cuesta Villalba
- Blessed Zacarías Fernández Crespo
- Brother Félix Saiz Iglesias
- Brother José Francisco Paniagua Cuadrado
- Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly
- Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez
- Sister Pauline Wilkinson
- Venerable Giuseppe Marrazzo
- Venerable Manuel Martín del Campo
- Blessed Ciriaco Olarte Pérez de Mendiguren
- Blessed Francisco Carlés González
- Blessed Jaume Bonet Nadal
- Blessed Joan Romeu y Canadell
- Venerable Carlo Crespi Croci
- Venerable Quirico Pignalberi
- Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- Saint Mutien Marie Wiaux
- Saint Vincenzo Grossi
- Venerable Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito
- Venerable Francesca Farolfi
- Venerable José Ramón Ibarra y González
Founded
Elevations
- A Youthful Hero of Sanctity, by Father Reginald Lummer, C.P.
- An Apostle of Mary in the 19th Century, by Brother John E Garvin, S.M.
- Camillus de Lellis, the Hospital Saint, by Sister Mary Camilla Lyons
- Franciscans in England, by Father Francis Borgia, O.F.M.
- Great Wives and Mothers, by Father Hugh Francis Blunt
- Humani Generis Redemptionem – On Preaching the Word of God, by Pope Benedict XV, 15 June 1917
- Jesus of Nazareth, by Mother Mary Loyola
- Life of Mother Pauline von Mallinckrodt
- The Heart of Revelation, by Father Francis Patrick Donnelly, S.J.
- The Life of Saint Teresa, by Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes
- The Mystical Knowledge of God, by Father Savinien Louismet
- The Mystical Life, by Father Savinien Louismet
- The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn
- The Sacrament of Duty, by Father Joseph McSorley
Other Events
- Bethlehem assumed into the British Empire
- United States declares war on Germany, and enters World War I
- vision of the Virgin Mary appears to three children at Fatima, Portugal; later known as Our Lady of Fatima
- papal approval of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence
| 1916 | 1918 |