Jesuit Estates Controversy
- Jesuit Estates Controversy
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Canadian dispute between Protestants and Roman Catholics after reestablishment of the
Jesuit order.
After the pope suppressed the Jesuits in 1773, their landholdings in Canada were transferred to the British government. The pope restored the order in 1814, and some Jesuits returned to Canada in 1842. Restitution for their land was discussed, and the Jesuits' Estates Act (1888) gave $400,000 in compensation.
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in Canadian history, dispute that arose between Protestants and Roman Catholics after the re-establishment of the
Jesuit order.
When the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit order) was suppressed by the papacy in 1773, its extensive landholdings in Canada were transferred to the British government, with any revenues derived from them to be applied to educational programs. Popular demand for the educational and missionary services of the Jesuits forced Pope Pius VII to restore the order in 1814. In 1842 a number of Jesuits returned to Canada. The idea of granting them restitution was discussed for many years; finally the Jesuits' Estates Act of 1888 was passed, and they were given $400,000 in compensation for the loss of their estates.
The restitutionary measures aroused anti-Catholic feeling among Protestants in neighbouring Ontario, where in 1889 a motion was introduced into the House of Commons urging the Dominion government to disallow the measure on the grounds that its endowment of the Society of Jesus was a threat to civil and religious liberties. This motion and subsequent attempts were defeated.
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