Feast of Christ the King
| Solemnity of Christ the King | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | Roman Catholic Church and most Anglican and mainstream Protestant churches |
| Liturgical Color | White or Gold |
| Observances | Eucharistic adoration for a full day |
| Date | Final Sunday of the Liturgical Calendar (being the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent); from 20–27 November, inclusive or final Sunday of October |
| 2016 date | 20 November (ordinary form); 30 October (extraordinary form) |
| 2017 date | 26 November (ordinary form); 29 October (extraordinary form) |
| 2018 date | 25 November (ordinary form); 28 October (extraordinary form) |
| 2019 date | 24 November (ordinary form); 27 October (extraordinary form) |
| Frequency | annual |
| First time | 31 October 1926 |
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly referred to as the Feast of Christ the King, is a relatively recent addition to the Western liturgical calendar, having been instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Catholic Church. In 1970 its Roman Catholic observance was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time. Therefore, the earliest date on which it can occur is 20 November and the latest is 26 November. Traditional Catholics observe it on its original date, the last Sunday of October. The Anglican, Lutheran, and many other Protestant churches adopted it along with the Revised Common Lectionary. It is also observed on the same computed date as the final Sunday of the ecclesiastical year, the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent, by Western rite parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Roman Catholics adhering to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite as permitted under the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum use the General Roman Calendar of 1960, and as such continue to observe the Solemnity on its original date of the final Sunday of October.
Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in his encyclical letter Quas primas of 1925, in response to growing secularism and in the context of the unresolved Roman Question.
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