Jesuits Reestablished in 1814

August 7, 2009 By patmcnamara




On this day in 1814, Pope Pius VII issued the papal bull Solicitudo omnium ecclesiarum, which reestablished the Society of Jesus on a worldwide basis. Back in 1773, Pope Clement XIV, bowing to political pressure from Europe’s Catholic monarchs, dissolved the Jesuits. However, the order stayed alive in Prussia and Russia thanks to Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great, who allowed the Jesuits to operate in their boundaries. Both monarchs contended that the Jesuits provided a public service through their schools, and since they weren’t Catholic, the decree didn’t apply to them. (Seen above is Fordham’s Jesuit community in 1859.)




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