Records, 1772-1835.

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Records, 1772-1835.

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Letters sent by the American hierarchy and various missionaries to correspondents in Europe (primarily England) concerning the activities, suppression, and restoration of the Jesuits; including letters from Jesuit Archbishops John Carroll (1735-1815) and Leonard Neale (1746-1817). With a printed copy of a Maryland bill entitled "An Act for Securing Certain Estates and Property for the Support and Uses of the Ministers of the Roman Catholic Religion" (no date) and a pamphlet entitled "A Short Account of the Establishment of the New See of Baltimore" (1791). A list of Carroll letters appears at the end of the reel.

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University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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Jesuits

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In 1534 Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque and former soldier, met in Paris with six companions to take a private vow of poverty and one to place themselves at the disposition of the pope. On September 27, 1540, Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, canonically establishing the Society of Jesus. The constitutions of the society were drawn up by Ignatius who submitted his work for approval in 1550. Along with working toward the spiritual benefits of its members, the aim of the order w...

Carroll, John, 1735-1815

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Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States and first Archbishop of Baltimore, was born 8 January 1735 in Upper Marlborough, Maryland, to Daniel and Eleanor Carroll. He was educated at Saint Omer's in Flanders as a Jesuit and returned to Maryland in 1774 where he resided until his death in 1815. He served for twenty five years as bishop and archbishop and contributed greatly to the growth of the American church. During his reign the clergy more than doubled its numbers and thre...

Neale, Leonard, 1746-1817

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