Departed Jesuits of Karnataka Province Since 1881

No	Date of death	Name	Place of burial	DC/BC
1	30.04.1881	P. Joseph Monti	SJS, M’lore, Chapel of old Sem
2	26.04.1886	P. Franc. Godet	Calicut, Before SH Altar
3	30.05.1886	F. Franc. Pinto (Coad)	Mangalore, SAC Chapel
4	21.10.1888	P. Norbanus Stein.	Mangalore, Cath. M’lore
5	20.03.1889	P. Thomas Gallo	Erode
6	16.04.1890	P. Hugh Ryan	Mangalore, Collegi, auts act. Maj
7	07.05.1890	F. Joannes Mozzoin (Sch)	Mangalore, Seminary
8	23.07.1891	P. Joannes Patelli	Mangalore, Seminary
9	30.04.1895	Rt Rev. Dr N.M. Pagani	Mangalore
10	03.01.1899	P. Maurice Sullivan	Belgaum
11	31.05.1899	P. Angelus Maffei	Nellikunja, Kasaragod
12	28.09.1899	P. Josephus Vandelli	Farangipet, Seminary
13	24.12.1900	F. Vincent French	Kankanadi, Seminary
14	22.04.1903	P. Aloysius Colombo	Kudremuk, Bletangadi
15	14.04.1904	F. Emil. Salv. D’Souza (S)	Kurseong
16	18.07.1905	P. J.B. Berardi	Bangalore
17	15.11.1905	F. A. Moscheni (Coad)	Vagnamey (Verapoly)
18	18.05.1909	P. John B. Polese	Calicut
19	26.03.1910	Rt Rev. Abundius Cavadini	Ooty, Cath. Mangalore
20	01.11.1910	P. Augustus Muller	Mangalore, Kankanady
21	16.09.1911	P. Marian Fernandes	Mangalore, Jeppu
22	19.10.1914	P. John b. Rossi	Mangalore, Jeppu
23	17.12.1914	P. Dominic Torri	Mangalore, Jeppu
24	08.06.1915	P. Aegidius Frachetti	Mangalore, Cathedral, M’lore
25	14.01.1917	P. Pascal Rego	Mangalore, Jeppu
26	18.04.1918	P. Thomas Noronha	Mangalore, Jeppu
27	25.07.1918	P. Ludovicus Zerbinati	Mangalore, Jeppu
28	15.09.1918	P. Augustus Cavaliere	Bangalore
29	23.10.1918	P. Dionys. Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
30	25.11.1918	P. Aug. Gr. Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
31	04.10.1919	P. Aug. Diamanti	Westbrook, Kotagiri
32	20.11.1924	P. Joseph Baizini	Mangalore, Jeppu
33	28.05.1925	P. Diomedes Gioanini	at sea on his way to Europe, Neapoli
34	09.10.1926	P. Faustinus Corti	Mangalore, Jeppu
35	14.05.1928	P. Jacob Sampaoli	Kotagiri
36	24.04.1929	P. Joseph Gioanini	Solbiate (Italy)
37	14.07.1929	F. Franc. Zamboni (Coad)	Mangalore, Jeppu
38	10.01.1930	P. Alphonsus Colaco	Mangalore, Jeppu
39	20.02.1930	P. Secundo Zanetti	Mangalore, Jeppu
40	09.05.1930	P. Albert Grossi	Mattupalayam, Kotagiri
41	30.09.1930	P. Gilbert Saldanha	Mangalore, Jeppu
42	10.10.1930	P. Eugene Rossetti	Mangalore, Jeppu
43	29.11.1930	P. Michael Chiappi	Diolali
44	30.06.1931	P. Joan Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
45	28.08.1931	F. Ros. Rodrigues (Coad)	Mangalore, Jeppu
46	10.12.1931	F. John B. Foglieni (Coad)	Mangalore, Jeppu
47	29.01.1932	F. Aloysius Doneda (Coad)	Mangalore, Jeppu
48	28.06.1932	Rt Rev. Paul Perini	Bangalore, Calicut
49	12.10.1933	P. Petrus C. Rosario	Mangalore, Jeppu
50	24.05.1934	F. Aloysius Simonetti (Coad)	Mangalore, Jeppu
51	29.03.1935	F. Anselm Germiniani (Coad)	Calicut
52	06.07.1935	P. Egbert Pinto	Mangalore, Jeppu
53	16.11.1935	P. Henry Buzzoni	Mangalore, Cathed, M’lore
54	16.05.1936	F. Angelus Spada	Cannanore
55	26.11.1936	P. Denis Fernandes	Mangalore, Jeppu
56	24.01.1937	P Cajetan Gonsalves	Cannanore
57	10.04.1937	P. Angelus Bonaldi	Mangalore, Jeppu
58	15.11.1937	P. Marianus Lunazzi	Mangalore, Jeppu
59	28.12.1937	P. Petrus Repetto	Bangalore, SH Church, Bangalore
60	10.04.1938	F.Pidelis Visuvasam	Mangalore, Jeppu
61	07.05.1938	P. Angelus Gaviraghi	Mangalore, Jeppu
62	25.02.1939	Nov. Gregory D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
63	10.03.1939	P. Edwardus Lazzarini	Mangalore, Jeppu
64	25.07.1939	P. Aloysius Coelho	Calicut, Christ Hall
65	31.08.1939	Sch Francis Pais	Bangalore, SH Church, Bangalore
66	15.02.1940	Sch Aloysius Biscia	Bangalore, SH Church, Bangalore
67	25.05.1941	P. Natalis Fermi	Bangalore, SH Church, Bangalore
68	05.06.1942	P. Makil Abraham	Calicut, Christ Hall
69	08.01.1943	F. Alleluia Norbert	Bangalore, SH Church, Bangalore
70	04.08.1943	F. Aegidius Cattaneo	Calicut, Christ Hall
71	03.11.1944	P. Fernandes Norbert	Mangalore, Jeppu
72	14.01.1945	P. Coelho Martin	Mangalore, Jeppu
73	25.08.1945	P. Rosario Basil	Calicut, Christ Hall
74	08.09.1945	Rt Rev. Leo Proserpio	Bangalore, Cathedral, Calicut
75	03.10.1945	P. Nebulone Peter	Milano
76	21.06.1946	P. Airoldi Faustus	Bangalore, SH Church
77	22.12.1946	P Galanda Joannes Bapt.	Calicut, Christ Hall
78	30.08.1947	Coad. Lasrado Antonius	Mangalore, Jeppu
79	09.12.1948	P. Alborghetti Petrus	Bangalore
80	22.09.1949	Coad. Mattaini Paschalis	Vellore, SH, Bangalore
81	11.03.1950	P. Chatagnier Michael	Calicut, Christ Hall
82	19.02.1951	Coad. Rinaldus Galimberti	Calicut, Christ Hall
83	05.06.1951	P. Andreas Ronadano	Calicut, Christ Hall
84	13.11.1951	P. Manuelis Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
85	10.10.1952	P. Eugenius Belleri	Mangalore, Jeppu
86	21.03.1953	P. Beniaminus Ranzani	Mangalore, Jeppu
87	29.07.1953	Coad. Joannus B. Zamboni	Mangalore, Jeppu
88	18.10.1953	P. Josephus Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
89	11.10.1954	Sch. Kuruvilla Kathayanatt	Calicut, Christ Hall
90	17.12.1954	P. Franciscus M. Barboza	Calicut, Christ Hall
91	22.04.1955	P. Romeus Porta	Calicut, Christ Hall
92	13.07.1955	P. Aristides Macry	Mangalore, Jeppu
93	07.09.1955	P. Alexander Camisa	Mangalore, Jeppu
94	26.11.1955	P. Sebastianus Noronha	Calicut, Christ Hall
95	29.11.1955	Coad. Aemilius Danelon	Bangalore, SH Church
96	01.07.1956	P. Victor Ghilardi	Argentina
97	28.10.1956	P. Gregorius Sequeira	Mangalore, Jeppu
98	09.02.1958	Coad. Aloisius Spinelli	Calicut, Christ Hall
99	06.03.1958	Coad. Franciscus Baviera	Calicut, Christ Hall
100	01.12.1958	P. Aloisius Silva	Calicut, Christ Hall
101	21.06.1960	P. Josephus Sequeira	Mangalore, Jeppu
102	03.08.1962	P. Pancratius Zanolin	Bangalore
103	20.09.1962	P Hermanus Nana	Mangalore, Jeppu
104	02.11.1962	Coad. Sampson J. M.	Mangalore, Jeppu
105	23.11.1962	P. Georgius Albuquerque	Bangalore, MSJ
106	27.02.1966	Sch. Joannes B. Danthy	Bangalore, MSJ
107	24.01.1967	P. Thomas Gonsalves	Bangalore, MSJ
108	18.10.1967	P. Ignatius Fernandes	SAC, M’lore, Jeppu
109	19.11.1968	P. Antony J. Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ
110	12.12.1968	P. Michael Saldanha	Jamshedpur
111	23.08.1969	F. Julius Nalato	Mangalore, Jeppu
112	02.12.1969	F. Angelo Bignami	Bangalore, MSJ
113	15.01.1970	P. Andrew Lewis	Bangalore, MSJ
114	24.01.1970	P. Leo P. Lombardini	Bangalore, MSJ
115	25.04.1970	P. Bonaventure A. Pais	Mangalore, Jeppu
116	01.05.1970	P. Denis J.M. Albuquerque	Mangalore, Jeppu
117	20.05.1970	P. Thomas D’Souza	SAC, M’lore, Jeppu
118	25.09.1970	P. Eric J. Vas	Bangalore, MSJ
119	26.10.1970	P. Alexander Castelino	SAC, M’lore, Jeppu
120	19.09.1971	P. John Peter Noronha	SAC, M’lore, Jeppu
121	18.01.1972	P. Lawrence Rodrigues	Dindigul, Shembaganur
122	24.11.1972	P. John Cyril Pereira	Bangalore, MSJ
123	14.02.1973	P. Edwin Ignatius Goveas	(Tuensang) Nagaland
124	01.04.1973	Sch. Alexander D’Mello	Bangalore, MSJ
125	14.09.1974	P. Boniface D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
126	30.01.1975	P. Albert Saldanha	Bangalore, MSJ
127	07.07.1976	F. John Germek	Bangalore, MSJ
128	26.11.1976	P. John Baptist de Souza	SAC, M’lore, Jeppu
129	09.12.1976	P. Gilbert Coelho	Mangalore, Jeppu
130	02.01.1977	F. Joseph Sampson	Mangalore, Jeppu
131	17.01.1977	P. Norbert D’Souza	IHS B’lore, MSJ
132	25.01.1977	P. Jerome Lobo	Mangalore, Jeppu
133	07.07.1977	P. Justin Saldanha	Bangalore, MSJ
134	26.12.1977	P. Marian Biscaro	Bangalore, MSJ
135	22.04.1978	NS. Jose Kakkanatt	Mangalore, Jeppu
136	22.04.1978	NS. Hermon Noronha	Mangalore, Jeppu
137	22.04.1978	NS. Maxim Hubert Rego	Mangalore, Jeppu
138	11.12.1978	P. Francis Xavier Rocca	Dharwad, Jeppu
139	01.02.1979	P. John Stan D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
140	06.06.1979	P. Luigi Perego	Gallarate, Sirtori,  Italy
141	10.01.1980	P. John Aranha	Mangalore, Jeppu
142	31.03.1980	P. Mathew Rodrigues	IHS B’lore, MSJ
143	14.09.1980	P. Bertram Sequeira	SAC M’lore, Jeppu
144	18.10.1980	F. Giusto Calligaro	SJ Seminary, Jeppu
145	02.08.1982	P. Denis D’Souza	IHS B’lore, MSJ
146	04.08.1982	P. Frederick Coelho	Honawar, Jeppu
147	11.06.1985	P.William Picardo (E Africa)	SJ Seminary, Jeppu
148	04.08.1985	P. Lawrence P. Colaco	Bangalore, MSJ
149	03.01.1986	P. Thomas A. Lobo	Mangalore, Jeppu
150	02.03.1987	F. Thomas L. Madtha	Mangalore, Jeppu
151	09.04.1987	P. Augustin Agnoletto	Bangalore, MSJ
152	26.10.1987	P. Raymond Tellis	Bangalore, MSJ
153	26.05.1988	P. Eligius Cantoni	Cuomo, Italy
154	24.12.1988	P. Edwin Fernandes	Mangalore, Jeppu
155	16.04.1989	F. Alexis Sebastian	Nagaland
156	12.08.1989	P. Aloysius Farias	Kotagiri, Westbrooke
157	08.11.1989	F. Andrew Morosin	Bangalore, MSJ
158	28.09.1990	P. John B. Frank	Dharwad, Jeppu
159	14.11.1990	P. Stanislaus Coelho	Nagaland
160	21.03.1991	P. William Sequeira	Bangalore, MSJ
161	28.03.1991	P. John Sal. D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
162	04.01.1992	P. Gerald D’Rozario	Bombay
163	12.01.1992	P. Thomas Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ
164	06.05.1992	P. Emmanuel Jacques	Bangalore, MSJ
165	14.10.1992	P. Anthony Coelho	Sanbeshwar,  Cath. Belgaum
166	10.01.1993	F. Paul Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ
167	30.04.1993	P. George V. Lobo	Pune, Papal Sem, Pune
168	24.09.1993	P. Aloysius Lobo	Bangalore, MSJ
169	24.11.1993	F. Paul Lobo	Mangalore, Jeppu
170	07.01.1994	F. Andrew Coelho	Bangalore, MSJ
171	22.01.1995	P. Patrick D’Mello	Bangalore, MSJ
172	09.03.1995	P. Ferdinand M. Vegas	Bangalore, MSJ
173	20.03.1995	P. Valerian Farias	Bangalore, MSJ
174	08.04.1995	F. Stany Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ
175	24.05.1995	P. Joe Naidu (Vijay Kumar)	Bangalore, MSJ
176	01.08.1995	P. Denis Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ
177	19.11.1995	P. Aloysius Prabhu	Mangalore, Jeppu
178	08.12.1995	F. Philip Maganza	Bangalore, MSJ
179	22.09.1996	F. Dudley Pereira	Bangalore, MSJ
180	23.09.1996	P. Liguori D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
181	01.01.1997	P. Lawrence L. Colaco	Bangalore, MSJ
182	06.05.1997	F. Benedict Simonetto	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
183	06.01.1998	P. Francis Rebello	Coimbatore, Jeppu
184	21.05.1998	P. Valerian D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
185	13.09.1998	F. Archibald Cordeiro	Bangalore, MSJ
186	03.01.1999	P. Charles Andrade	Bangalore, MSJ
187	05.08.1999	P. Elias D’Souza	Died at Arsikere, MSJ
188	22.01.2000	P. James Coelho	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
189	18.11.2000	P. Louis Mascarenhas	Bangalore, MSJ
190	18.11.2000	P. Sylvester Monteiro	Mangalore, Jeppu
191	23.03.2001	Fr Joseph Nelapaty	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
192	01.04.2001	Fr Cyprian C.A. Pai	Dharwad Parish Cem
193	29.04.2001	Br Martin Goveas	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
194	05.02.2002	Fr Victor P. D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
195	07.04.2002	Fr Cecil John Saldanha	Bangalore, MSJ
196	25.04.2002	Fr Austin D’Souza	Mangalore, Jeppu
197	18.06.2002	Fr Alexis P. Menezes	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
198	24.01.2004	Fr John B. Prabhu	Bangalore, MSJ
199	22.08.2004	Fr Lawrence A. Rasquinha	Bangalore, MSJ
200	23.02.2005	Fr Apoline D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
201	05.03.2005	Fr Louis Fernandes	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
202	12.08.2005	Fr Cyril V. Silva	Mangalore, Jeppu
203	23.08.2005	Fr Devasahayam A.	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
204	18.10.2005	Br Joseph Crasta	Bangalore, MSJ
205	29.06.2006	Br Anthony M. D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
206	18.08.2006	Sch Loy M. Fernandes	Chennai, Loyola Col.
207	30.08.2006	Fr Salvadore Lobo	Mangalore, Jeppu
208	08.06.2007	Fr Lawrence F. Rasquinha	Mangalore, Jeppu
209	01.12.2007	Br Peter Prabalam J.	Bangalore, MSJ
210	01.01.2008	Fr Mathew Lewis	Bangalore, MSJ
211	12.08.2008	Fr Terence Colaco	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
212	20.10.2008	Br Rubelio Calligaro	Bangalore, MSJ
213	16.01.2009	Fr A.S. Rodrigues	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
214	16.01.2009	Fr Isidore Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
215	10.04.2009	Fr Lawrence D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
216	30.04.2009	Fr Denis Alvares	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
217	18.04.2010	Fr Ambrose D’Mello	Guwahati, Shillong	DC
218	21.02.2011	Br Mariasusai N.	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
219	27.09.2011	Fr Herbert Noronha	Mangalore, Jeppu
220	12.12.2011	Br Joseph Alvares	Mangalore, Jeppu
221	05.08.2012	Br Scaria Vadaparam	Bangalore, MSJ
222	11.08.2012	Fr Frigidian Shenoy	Bangalore, MSJ
223	27.02.2013	Br Gabriel Feruccio	Bangalore, MSJ
224	01.06.2013	Fr Arthur Rasquinha	Bangalore, MSJ
225	06.08.2013	Fr Benedict Swaminathan	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
226	26.12.2013	Fr Francis J Mathias	Mangalore, Jeppu	DC
227	01.01.2014	Fr Victor Piovesan	Gallarate, Italy
228	16.01.2014	Fr Simon Furtado	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
229	07.07.2014	Fr Stanislaus Vas	Mangalore, Jeppu	DC
230	31.12.2014	Fr Joy MT Fernandes	Bangalore, MSJ
231	18.08.2015	Fr Ronald TN Prabhu	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
232	30.08.2015	Fr Hilary Pereira	Bangalore, MSJ
233	16.11.2015	Fr Robert Cutinha	B’luru Body donated to St John’s
234	10.02.2016	Fr Sebastian Fernandes	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
235	11.02.2016	Fr Denis Coelho	Bangalore, MSJ
236	31.07.2016	Fr Henry Nunn	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
237	07.10.2016	Fr Walter Albuquerque	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
238	31.10.2016	Fr Aveline D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
239	03.01.2018	Fr Ambrose Pinto	Bangalore, MSJ	DC
240	06.07.2018	Fr Lawrence Castelino	Mangaluru, Jeppu
241	07.07.2018	Fr Claude D’Souza	Bangalore, MSJ
242	31.07.2019	Fr Hedwig Alex da Costa	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
243	01.02.2020	Br Thomas M Rama	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
244	26.08.2020	Fr Walter Stephen Andrade	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
245	08.09.2020	Fr Jayanth Kumar Padival	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
246	15.09.2020	Fr Vijay Kumar Prabhu	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
247	14.01.2021	Fr Ronald Victor Menezes	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
248	18.04.2021	Fr Francis Guntipilly	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
249	22.04.2021	Fr Praveen Hrudayaraj	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
250	12.05.2021	Fr Ambrose D’Souza	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
251	19.07.2021	Fr Stanislaus Miranda	Mangaluru, Jeppu	DC
252	13.08.2021	Fr Roshan Lobo	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
253	16.12.2021	Fr Lawrence Pinto	M’luru - Body donated to Muller’s	DC
254	03.11.2022	Fr Victor D’Silva	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
255	13.01.2024	Br Benedict Rosario	Mangaluru, FRH	DC
256	02.03.2024	Br Anthony Crasta	Mangaluru, FRH	DC
257	10.05.2024	Fr Hilario Fernandes	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC
258	01.06.2024	Fr J B de Rossi Rego	Mangaluru, FRH	DC
259	16.11.2024	Fr Devadatta Kamath	Mangaluru, FRH	DC
260	10.12.2024	Fr Scotus Fernandez	Shillong	Not received
261	10.01.2025	Fr Richard Sequeira	B’luru -Body donated to St John’s Hpl	DC
262	20.11.2025	Fr Swebert D’Silva	Bengaluru, MSJ	DC

 

 

 

Mission Superiors, Vice-Provincials & Provincials

Superiors of the Mangalore Mission and then Calicut Mission from 1878 to 1955

Father Nicolas Pagani, SJ  1878-1881 Later 1st Bishop of Mangalore	Fr John B Rossi, SJ 1881-1890 (1st term) 1896-1899 (2nd term) 1906-1913 (3rd term)
Fr Abundius Cavadini, SJ 1890-1896 Later 2nd Bishop of Mangalore	Fr Aegidius Frachetti, SJ 1899-1906 - Vice Superior 1913-1915 - Died in office
Fr Peter Ripetto, SJ 1915-1917 - Vice Superior	Fr Joachim D Alberti, SJ         1917-1926
Fr Aloysius Coelho, SJ 1926-1932	Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi, SJ 1932-1934
In Kanara District Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi, SJ 1934-1937	In Malabar District Fr Benjamin M Ranzani, SJ 1934-1937

A Brief Timeline on St Ignatius of Loyola

[See also St. Ignatius Loyola: Letters and Instructions, edited by Palmer, Padberg and McCarthy (2006), pp. xv-xx]

Compiled by Rev. Dr Ozzie Mascarenhas SJ in 2012 at AIMIT

• Ignatius was born in Loyola, October 1491, youngest of thirteen children. The same year, Henry VIII of England was born, and Ferdinand and Isabella sieged Granada.
• 1492: Marks the end of Moorish Kingdom in Spain; Columbus discovers America, and Alexander VI (Borgia) becomes Pope. 
• 1498: Girolamo Savonarola (born 1452), Italian Monk, religious and political reformer, is burnt at the stake for heresy, at age 46.
• 1500: Future Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556) Charles V is born in Spain.
• 1502: Spanish translations of Ludolph of Saxony’s Life of Christ.
• 1503: Julius II elected Pope.  Desiderius Erasmus (born 1466?), a humanist, scholar, and theologian, publishes Enchiridion of the Christian Soldier.  His next book Praise of Folly would be published in 1511.  These books might have influenced Ignatius, especially before and during his conversion (1506-1521).
• 1504: Martin Luther (born in 1483), a German scholar joins the Augustinian Order.
• 1506: age 15, Ignatius enters service at Arévalo, Spain, as page with Juan Velásquez, treasurer of Ferdinand the Catholic.  Construction of St. Peter’s Basilica begins in Rome.  Michelangelo will be painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling during 1508-1512.
• 1509: John Calvin, the future Protestant Reformer, is born in France (as Jean Caulvin). Henry VIII becomes King of England.
• 1513: Leo X (of the House of Medici, the wealthy Florentine Family that dominated Florence during the 15th and 16th century) is elected Pope.
• 1515: Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri are born.
• 1516: Charles I becomes King of Spain in 1516, and later on as Holy Emperor is called Charles V.  Erasmus’s Greek and Latin New Testament is out. Thomas More publishes Utopia.  Nicolo di Bernardo Machiavelli (1469-1527), a Florentine Statesman and writer publishes The Prince.
• 1517: At the age 26, Ignatius enters service with the Duke of Nájera, Viceroy of Navarre. (The same year, Martin Luther defects from the Church after pinning 95 theses on the Cathedral door in Wittenberg).
• 1518: We have the first extant letter of Ignatius written to Charles I of Spain on December 20.
• 1520: Luther is excommunicated. Alcalá Polyglot (i.e., multilingual) Bible of Cisneros is out.
• 1521: At the age 30, Ignatius is wounded in the Siege of Pamplona, and hence, returns to Loyola. Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566) becomes the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; with the Turks he takes Belgrade.
• 1522: At the age 31, Ignatius is at Aranzazu, Montserrat, and Manresa.  Adrian VI, the reform Pope, is elected, the last non-Italian pope until 1978.  He reigns only one year.
• 1523: At the age 32, Ignatius is in Barcelona, then in Venice, Rome, and in Cyprus on way to Jerusalem.  Clement VII (Medici) elected Pope.
• 1524: At the age 33, Ignatius begins to study Latin in Barcelona. The Order of Theatines is founded.
• 1525: The Order of Capuchins is founded.
• 1526: At the age 35, he studies at Alcalá and later (1527) is arrested by Inquisition on suspicion of being an Alumbrado. [Alumbrado (Spanish: “Enlightened”) Italian Illuminato, plural Illuminati, is a follower of a mystical Christian movement in Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries].
• 1527: At the age 36, Ignatius transfers to Salamanca for studies and is arrested there again. 
• 1528: At the age 37, Ignatius arrives in Paris.  Studies at Collège de Montaigu.
• 1529: At the age 38, Ignatius meets and rooms with Pierre Favre and Francis Xavier; the latter were studying in Paris since 1525.  Ignatius studies at College Sainte-Barbe, Paris.  Xavier received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1529. 
• 1530: Charles V is crowned emperor. Lutheran “Confession of Augsburg.” King Henry VIII breaks away with Rome.
• 1532: At the age 41, Ignatius receives Bachelors of Arts (philosophy) from the University of Paris. Calvinist reformation begins in France.
• 1533: At the age 42, Ignatius receives Licentiate degree. Begins study of theology in Venice.
• 1534: In January and February, Favre makes the Spiritual Exercises.  Xavier finally makes the Exercises too. Favre is ordained priest on May 30, 1534; he celebrates his first Mass on July 22, 1534. Three weeks later, June 1534, Montmartre, Vows of the first companions; Ignatius, Favre, Xavier, Lainez, Salmeron, Bobadilla, and Rodrigues. Favre celebrated Mass for the First Companions. Paul III elected Pope.  Michelangelo begins the Last Judgment (will continue till 1541).
• 1535: At the Ignatius receives MA diploma in theology; leaves Paris for Spain because of ill health, leaving Favre charge of the group.  In Paris, Favre receives Broët, Codure and Jay among the Companions.  This completes the First Ten Companions who will later constitute the nucleus of the Society of Jesus.  Thomas More and John Fisher martyred.
• 1536: At the Ignatius studies in Venice, while giving the Exercises.
• 1537: Ordination of the Companions at Venice. Ignatius has vision at La Storta on way to Rome with Favre and Lainez.
• 1538: All ten companions are in Rome in ministries. Ignatius celebrates his first Mass. Charles Borromeo is born.
• 1539: The “Deliberation” by the First Companions on the foundation of SJ.
• 1540: The Society of Jesus is founded upon approval of Pope Julius III.  Xavier departs for Portugal on way to the Indies. Angela Merici, founder of the Ursulines, dies.
• 1541: Ignatius is elected superior general.  First solemn professions.  Ignatius begins work on Constitutions. May 1541, Xavier docks at Goa, India.
• 1542: Three established Jesuit houses: Rome, Paris, Lisbon.
• 1544: Ignatius is ill.  Begins to write the first part of extant “Spiritual Diary.”
• 1545: Last part of “Spiritual Dairy” written.  Nadal enters the Society. Isabel Roser and two companions take Jesuit vows in Rome. Council of Trent opens.
• 1546: Jesuits (Lainez, Favre, Salmeron and Jay) are sent to Trent by Paul III.  Martin Luther dies. Favre dies in Rome before reaching Trent.  Francis Borgia secretly enters the Society while still remaining Duke of Gandia.  Isabel Roser and women companions released from vows. 
• 1547: Polanco becomes Secretary of SJ.  Peter Canisius enters SJ.  Henry VIII, King of England, dies at age 56. On May 7, 1547, Ignatius addresses the fathers and scholastics of Coimbra, Portugal, the “Letter of Perfection” urging them to advance toward perfection as per the vocation and gifts they have received from the Lord, avoiding undue excesses.
• 1548: Paul III approves the Spiritual Exercises; they are printed for the first time.  Ignatius is ill again. Suarez is born.
• 1549: Xavier in Japan.  Ignatius ill.
• 1550: Julius III elected Pope. The Pope formally confirms the Society of Jesus.  Ignatius is gravely ill.
• 1551:  Roman College is founded.  Meeting in Rome on first version of Constitutions.  Crisis in Society in Portugal.  Ignatius ill.
• 1552: Ignatius completes “Autograph” (Text B of Constitutions). Xavier dies off the coast of China. German College founded in Rome.
• 1553: March 26, Ignatius composes the “Letter of Obedience” to the Members of the Society in Portugal; it was written in the context of crisis and split in the Jesuit Province of Portugal, polarized between supporters and opponents of the former Provincial, Simão Rodrigues, and the tension brought by his successor, Diego Miró. Even an official visitor sent by Ignatius, Miguel de Torres, could not reconcile the groups.  About thirty men left the Jesuits during this restless period.  Ignatius begins to dictate the so-called Autobiography.
• 1554: Nadal elected Vicar General of SJ. Construction begins on Jesuit Church in Rome, initially entrusted to Michelangelo. Ignatius often ill. Ignatius admits Juan of Austria, daughter of Charles V, secretly as a Jesuit.
• 1555: Gonçalves de Camara writes his “Memoirs” of Ignatius.  
• 1556: Ignatius ill much of the first half of the year.  He dies on July 31, 1556. Lainez appointed Vicar General. Charles V abdicates throne as Holy Roman Emperor.  Palestrina composes Missa Papa Marcelli.  Ignatius writes his last letter to the Rectors of Italy.  Between his first and the last letter, during 1518-1556, we have 6,740 extant letters and instructions of Ignatius that provide valuable information regarding him and Jesuit governance.  These are preserved in 12 volumes and published in a series Monumenta Historica Societatis Jesu.  Some 73 others were discovered later.  Others have undoubtedly disappeared. That total of more than 6,800 letters makes it the largest collection of the sixteenth century. It is larger than the collected letters of Erasmus and larger than the combined collected of Martin Luther and John Calvin.