Kihívások és megoldások
Challenges and Solutions

On Jesuit Penitential Missions in the 18th Century Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: In the period between 1708 and 1730, known in the literature on the history of Transylvania as “the second establishment of Habsburg rule”, Catholics were gradually acquiring majority in all governmental, administrative and judicial bodies. Thanks to Habsburg support, which often adversely affected other denominations, the Catholic Church gained more and more ground in Transylvania. After Bishop Mártonffy had taken possession of his episcopal seat in 1716, the restoration of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Transylvania could begin. Religious orders, including the Jesuits, were actively involved in this process. This article, through the examination of three Jesuit popular missions (from 1727, 1728, 1729), aims to present how Jesuit missionaries tackled the ethnic, linguistic and denominational diversity of Transylvania and how they contributed to the strengthening of Catholicism in this region.

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