James II of England James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland. The second surviving son of Charles I, he ascended the throne upon the death of his brother, Charles II. Members of Britain's Protestant political elite increasingly suspected him of being pro-French and pro-Catholic and of having designs on becoming an absolute monarch. When
Christ the King Christ Our Sovereign King", was written by Msgr. Martin B. Hellrigel in 1941 to the tune "Ich Glaub An Gott". The Feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pius XI in 1925. In the General Roman Calendar of 1969, its observance in the Roman Rite was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time which is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It is observed in the same position by most Anglicans and some Protestant denominations. Those Catholics who observe the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite with the General Roman Calendar of 1960, and the Anglican Catholic