The Very Reverend Anton Maria Anderledy, S. J.

Anton Maria Anderledy, (June 3, 1819, Berisal (Valais), Switzerland - January 18, 1892, Fiesole (Florence), Italy) was a Swiss Jesuit, elected the 23d Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus &mdashthe Roman Catholic religious order also known

Religious and academic formation

Son of a director of the postal services, Anderledy entered the Jesuit novitiate at Brig in 1838. Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects wherein written Documents typically enclosed in Envelopes and also The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Brig (Brigue Briga is the capital of the municipality of Brig-Glis in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common After the novitiate, he taught for 2 years (1842-44) the classics at the college of Fribourg, where he excelled as a Latin scholar. Fribourg ( French) (Freiburg or de Freiburg im [[Üechtland]], often Fribourg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Philosophy was done in Rome (1844-47) where he began also his theological studies. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 For reason of health, however he moved back to Fribourg. When the Jesuits were expelled from Switzerland (November 1847), Anderledy carried on his theological studies for a while in Chambéry (Savoy) from where another expulsion order (March 1848) drove him with fifty others to the United States. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Chambéry (Ciamberì or Sciamberì) is the capital of the department of Savoie, France. For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Still a student of Theology he completed the course in St. Louis, Missouri, and was finally ordained priest (29 September 1848) there, by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities Peter Richard Kenrick ( August 17, 1806 - March 4, 1896) was the first Catholic Archbishop west of the Mississippi River

Missionary, Rector, Provincial

For two years (1848-50) Anderledy took care of the pastoral needs of the German migrants at Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he devoted himself with great energy to his flock. Green Bay is a city in and the County seat of Brown County in the U He was recalled to Europe in 1850, first in order to make his final year of formation (called 'Tertianship') in Drongen, Belgium and soon after (1851), in Germany, to be a member of the 'missionary band' led by Father Peter Roh. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Drongen ( French, ancient Tronchiennes) is a submunicipality of the city of Ghent ( Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Peter Roh (born at Conthey (Gunthis in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland 14 August[[ 811]] d With him he took part in more than 40 popular missions in different German towns. In 1853, he was chosen to be rector of Jesuit students in Cologne. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He accompanied them to Paderborn and remained in charge of their studies until 1859, when he was appointed Provincial of the German Province. Paderborn (paːdɐˈbɔʁn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During Anderledy's term of office, which lasted six years, he purchased the splendid medieval abbey of Maria Laach, near Bonn, where he established the province-house of higher studies. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Maria Laach Abbey (in German: Abtei Maria Laach, in Latin: Abbatia Maria Lacensis or Abbatia Maria ad Lacum) is a Benedictine Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia In 1865, he was himself sent to Maria-Laach as professor of moral theology. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ethics is a branch of Philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behavior From there he launched the well-known Theological journal Stimmen aus Maria-Laach. In 1870, Anderledy was called to Rome as Assistant to the Jesuit Superior-General, for the German-speaking provinces. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

General Congregation XXIII

Superior General Pieter Beckx, 88 years old and infirm, had called a General Congregation in order that a Vicar General (with rights of succession) be given him. Peter Jan Beckx (also Pieter Jan Beckx, in French Pierre Jean Beckx, ( February 8, 1795, Sichem, Belgium - Due to the great uncertainty of the political situation in Italy, General Congregation XXIII did not meet in Rome but at Fiesole (Firenze) in 1883. Fiesole is a town and Comune of the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The electors chose with near unanimity Anton Anderledy as Vicar-General (and Successor to be) of Pieter Beckx. Peter Jan Beckx (also Pieter Jan Beckx, in French Pierre Jean Beckx, ( February 8, 1795, Sichem, Belgium - The same Congregation passed also a decree that condemned 'Liberalism in the Church' and strengthened Theological and scientific formation in the Society. It did express also strong support for the Gregorian University.

Vicar General, General

In January 1884 Anderledy assumed all the duties of the Superior-General as Beckx went into retirement in Rome. On Beckx's death in 1887, Anderledy became in title the Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus &mdashthe Roman Catholic religious order also known

• The few circular letters he wrote to the Society are largely on religious and spiritual themes: the canonization of Edmund Campion (and others), promotion of the devotion to the Sacred-Heart, and again canonizations of Alphonsus Rodriguez, John Berchmans and Aloysius Gonzaga. Saint Edmund Campion SJ ( January 24 1540 &ndash December 1 1581) was an English Jesuit priest For other people with this name see Alfonso Rodriguez Saint Alphonsus (Alonso Rodríguez ( July 25, 1532 &ndash Saint John Berchmans ( March 13, 1599, Diest, Belgium - August 13, 1621, Rome, Italy) was a Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga ( Italian: Luigi Gonzaga, Portuguese and Spanish: Luís de Gonzaga, March 9, 1568 &ndash
• He expressed strong support to Pope Leo XIII, first by backing strongly (in a letter of 1884) the Pope's condemnation of freemasonry in Humanum Genus, and later by condemning vicious anti-papal writings that were circulating in France. Pope Leo XIII ( March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903) born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the 256th Pope Humanum Genus was a Papal encyclical promulgated on April 20 1884 by Pope Leo XIII.
• During this time, the Jesuits were banned in many of the nations of Europe; indirectly this promoted apostolic work overseas. The Canadian mission was upgraded and made independent from England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland New missions were started in Moldavia (1885), Pune (India, 1886), El Minya (Egypt, 1887). Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians Pune (ˈpuːneɪ Marathi: पुणे Hindi: पूना formerly Poona, is the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Minya is the capital of Minya Governorate in Egypt. The name of the city is derived from its Egyptian name Men'at This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Several Theologates and Universities were founded too: Enghien (French Jesuits in exile in Belgium, 1887), Los Gatos (California), Kurseong (India, 1888), Tananarive (Malagasy, 1888), etc
• He edited and published a new edition of Reuter's Neo-Confessarius, which he annotated. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects For the suburb of Paris, France, see Enghien-les-Bains. For the title of nobility see Duke of Enghien. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Kurseong (कार्सिय़ां is a hill station (and sub-divisional town situated in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Antananarivo (ˌtəˌnænəˈriːv or /ˌtəˌnɑːnəˈriːv/ is the Capital and largest city in Madagascar.

Appreciation

• Anderledy's term is characterized by its brevity, coming as it does after his immediate predecessors' long terms of office. He had to run the Society also from a situation of exile: his headquarter (Curia Generalizia) was at Fiesole (Firenze) and not Rome. Fiesole is a town and Comune of the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany This caused much inconveniences to his government. For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government.
• In his handling of the Jesuits he was known for great firmness of character. He showed also a modern interest in scientific studies in Jesuit schools.
• In spite of very difficult circumstances - at one point all Jesuit schools of France and Italy were confiscated and their staff sent into exile - the number of members of the Society continued to increase: from 11481 when he was elected, to 13275 in 1892. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

References

• BAUMGARTNER, A. , A. R. P. Antonius Anderledy, in Stimmen aus Maria-Laach, vol. 42 (1892), pp. 241-265.
• STAEHELIN, E. , Der Jesuitenorde und die Schweiz, Basel, 1923.
• SYRE, O. J. (ed), Jesuiten, Graz, 1954.