What year did the Catholic Church change Mass from Latin to English?

Answer 1

Never, actually, the Mass is still in Latin. Latin is the official language of the Church and when a new Missal is issued, it is in Latin. Most countries have permission to say the Mass in their vernacular language, and that permission is discussed below. But the Mass, itself, is still in Latin. So the Catholic Church never authorized the Mass, itself, to be changed, they only authorized translations to be used in place of the Latin for different areas.

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That would be in 1970 when it became official in the Roman Missal. However, English was authorized to be used in the mid to late 1960's in direct translation from the Latin. For example in the late 60's we said "and with your spirit" from the Latin "et cum spiritu tuo". In 1970 it was changed to "and also with you" and in 2011 changed back to "and with your spirit".

Answer 2

The liturgy, as described by St. Justin Martyr (d. c. 165) was still in Greek, the Roman Mass is not an easy question (see article at the link below), we only know for sure that the surviving Roman Sacramentaries

from the sixth century are in Latin. The period in between is not well documented, so we don't know for sure, exactly when the Mass began to be celebrated in Latin. We do know that St. Jerome was tasked with making a new Latin translation of The Bible in the fourth century, so it is a fairly good guess that Latin was fairly widespread in its use by then.

Answer 3

In the first couple centuries of the Church, the language mostly used was Greek. As the Church was persecuted and underground during most of the first three centuries, there really wasn't an official language as such. After Constantine legalized the Church at the beginning of the fourth century, it had several official languages depending on the Rite. There are four parents Rites in the Church: Antiochene, Alexandrine, Roman (Latin), and Gallican. Each Rite has its own language.

You are probably thinking of Latin, which is the largest Rite in the Church, and since the reign of Pope Paul VI has allowed the Mass and other sacraments to be celebrated in the vernacular - for instance, in the English speaking world, we currently hear Mass in English. What you have to keep in mind is that the Latin Rite's official language is still Latin, and the Mass, as well as the sacraments, and all official documents are still in Latin. Here in the United States we have an English translation of the Mass and sacraments, as well as an English translation of the Catechism, and other things - but the official language of the Latin Rite remains Latin - and all of these things are still in Latin. We only celebrate Mass in English under an Indult.

Answer 4

The official language has not changed and is still Latin. However, most countries allowed the Mass to be said in the native tongue in 1964 after Vatican II

Answer 5

1970

Answer 6

1965