Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain

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The Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain was an 18th-century royal decree under King Charles III that forcibly removed the Jesuit order from Spanish territories as part of broader Bourbon reforms and conflicts between the monarchy and the Catholic Church.

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Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti‑Jesuit measure ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Duchy of Parma under Bourbon influence ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples under Spanish Bourbon rule ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Naples

Philippines under Spanish rule ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
chronology preceded the universal suppression of the Jesuits in 1773 ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
describedAs a secret, coordinated operation carried out simultaneously across Spanish territories ⓘ
follows Bourbon Reforms in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Reforms
hasCause Bourbon regalism and desire to control the Church ⓘ
Enlightenment‑inspired reformism at the Spanish court ⓘ
Jesuit opposition to certain royal policies ⓘ
aftermath of the Esquilache Riots ⓘ
conflict between Spanish monarchy and the Society of Jesus ⓘ
suspicion of Jesuit political influence ⓘ
hasEffect closure or transfer of Jesuit schools and colleges ⓘ
confiscation of Jesuit properties ⓘ
disruption of Jesuit missions among Indigenous peoples ⓘ
redistribution of Jesuit wealth to the Crown ⓘ
strengthening of royal control over education ⓘ
tension between the Spanish Crown and the Papacy ⓘ
weakening of Jesuit influence in Spanish politics ⓘ
implementedBy Spanish military and civil officials ⓘ
legalForm royal pragmatic sanction ⓘ
location Castile ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
New Granada (Viceroyalty of New Granada) ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
Peru (Viceroyalty of Peru) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroyalty of Peru

Philippines ⓘ
Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) ⓘ
Spanish Caribbean colonies ⓘ
orderedBy Charles III of Spain ⓘ
participant Charles III of Spain ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries in Spanish America ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries in the Philippines ⓘ
Society of Jesus ⓘ
Spanish Council of Castile ⓘ
Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
partOf Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Reforms

wider European suppression of the Jesuits ⓘ
pointInTime 1767 ⓘ
politicalContext conflict between royal authority and ecclesiastical autonomy ⓘ
relatedTo Enlightened absolutism in Spain ⓘ
Esquilache Riots ⓘ
Suppression of the Society of Jesus ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic Church in the 18th century ⓘ
significantEvent royal decree of expulsion issued in 1767 ⓘ
startTime 1767 ⓘ

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Expulsion of the Jesuits from France → relatedTo → Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain ⓘ