The Society of Jesus, whose members are known as Jesuits, was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III, for what its founding document describes as the defence and propagation of the faith and the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine. The order became a leading force in the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation, building an extensive network of schools and universities and sending missionaries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Political pressure from several European monarchies led Pope Clement XIV to suppress the order in 1773; the Church lifted the suppression in 1814, and the order remains headquartered in Rome today.
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DissolvedPope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus in 1773 under sustained pressure from Bourbon monarchies; the order continued underground in Prussia and Russia, where Catherine the Great declined to promulgate the suppression brief, and the Church formally lifted the suppression and restored the order in full in 1814. The atlas records 1773 as the year of formal papal suppression while noting the order was never fully extinguished and has operated continuously since 1814. Organization TypeCatholic religious order (society of apostolic life) 1 Headquarters IndustryCatholic religious order; education, missionary and humanitarian work 2 Organization Type
Organization Type (category)Military / Religious Order 1 Organization Type (category)Catholic Religious Order 1 Connections
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Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, who became its first Superior General in 1540.
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is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church
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it was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III.
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Headquartered in Rome, it was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III.
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