Jesuits worldwide

Like the Catholic Church itself, Jesuits are present in nearly every country in the world.  Currently, the Society of Jesus numbers around 20,000 members, engaged in a wide variety of ministries. 

For the purposes of administration, the worldwide Society is divided into 'Provinces'.  In many cases, a Province covers an entire country (as in the Irish Province, the French Province, the Colombian Province).  In some cases, a Province covers more than one country (for instance, the East African Province).  But, where a country has a very large number of Jesuits, it may be divided into a number of Provinces (as is the case in India, Spain and the United States).

Some Provinces are listed on our links page.  For a comprehensive guide to the Society of Jesus all over the world, you can use the clickable world map of the sjweb.info site, based in Rome.