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Global Mission Network of the Society of Jesus

Type Object Region Europe Time 1540–1600

The Society of Jesus (Jesuits), approved by the pope in 1540, is a Catholic order renowned for education, mission, and spiritual exercises;…

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  1. 1540Rome · RomeIgnatius of Loyola and his companions received papal approval from Paul III to establish the Society of Jesus, promulgating the Constitutions that established the organizational principles of spiritual exercises, the educational mission, and absolute obedience to the Superior General, laying the institutional foundation for subsequent global expansion.
  2. 1550–1580Goa (Asian mission hub) · GoaJesuits such as Francis Xavier traveled to India, Japan, and Brazil, with Goa becoming the center of the Asian mission region; meanwhile the Society founded colleges in Europe and participated in post-Tridentine church reform, forming an operational model integrating 'education—mission—spirituality'.
  3. 1590–1600Global missions (China, Japan, the Americas, etc.) · EuropeBy the late 1590s the Society of Jesus had established stable mission stations in China (Matteo Ricci and others), Japan, the Philippines, Brazil, and Paraguay, reporting to the Roman General Curia through the province-mission hierarchy, constituting one of the most extensive global Catholic organizational networks of the early modern period.

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