Portal:Catholic Church/Selected anniversaries/May 9

May 9

 * 328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.
 * 348 - Death of Pachomius.
 * 1980  - The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Ghana.
 * 2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries.