Editing Jesuits (section)

====Britain====
Whereas Jesuits were active in [[Great Britain|Britain]] in the 1500s, due to the [[Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom|persecution of Catholics]] in the Elizabethan times, an English province was only established in 1623.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jesuit.org.uk/history/timeline |title=Jesuits in Britain Timeline – Our history |website=jesuit.org.uk |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528013351/https://www.jesuit.org.uk/history/timeline |url-status=live }}</ref> The first pressing issue for early Jesuits in what today is the [[United Kingdom]], was to establish places for training priests. In 1579, an [[English College, Rome|English College was opened in Rome]]. In 1589, a [[English College, Valladolid|Jesuit seminary was opened at Valladolid]].

In 1592, an [[English College of St Gregory|English College was opened in Seville]]. In 1614, an English college opened in Louvain. This was the earliest foundation of what was later [[Heythrop College, University of London|Heythrop College]]. [[Campion Hall, Oxford|Campion Hall]], founded in 1896, has been a presence within [[Oxford University]] since then.

16th and 17th-century Jesuit institutions intended to train priests were hotbeds for the persecution of Catholics in Britain, where men suspected of being Catholic priests were routinely imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Jesuits were among those killed, including [[Edmund Campion|the namesake of Campion Hall]], as well as Brian Cansfield, [[Ralph Corbie|Ralph Corbington]], and many others. A number of them were canonized among the [[Forty Martyrs of England and Wales]].

In 2022, four Jesuit churches existed in [[London]], with three other places of worship in [[England]] and two in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jesuit.org.uk/our-work/parishes-outreach |title=Parishes & Outreach – Our work |website=jesuit.org.uk |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822141452/https://www.jesuit.org.uk/our-work/parishes-outreach |url-status=live }}</ref>