JESUIT ESTATES CONTROVERSY


Meaning of JESUIT ESTATES CONTROVERSY in English

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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