Jesuits Worldwide
Province Twinnings
Jesuit provinces in Canada and the United States and their counterparts overseas often enter into agreements of cooperation or “twinnings” as they are called. These agreements are designed to build solidarity among Jesuits worldwide, as well as to advance common goals of global mission.

Many of the relationships began during “missionary” times when Canadian and U.S. Jesuit provinces first began reaching out to different countries. These days, interprovincial cooperation involves far fewer placements of North American Jesuits abroad. Instead, the cooperation builds on relationships that have proliferated between Jesuits in foreign lands and their North American counterparts.

Contemporary examples of interprovincial cooperation range from cultural exchanges and joint advocacy programs to financial support and academic training for international Jesuits at Jesuit colleges and universities in Canada and the United States. Listed below are the formal “twinning” relationships between Jesuit provinces in Canada and the U.S. and Jesuit provinces overseas.

California Province

Portugal (for missions in Mozambique, Angola and Macao) (1980)
Uruguay (1986)

Central and Southern Province

Sri Lanka (1946)
Central Brazil (1960s)
Paraguay (1960s)
Central America (1982)
Belize mission

Chicago-Detroit Province

India: Patna (1928), Nepal (1928), Dehli (1928), Buxar
Peru (1980s)
East Africa (1983)
Central America (1994)
Nepal/Dehli regions (1991)

Northeast Province

Micronesia (1949)
Brazil (1960s)
Near East (1969)
Poland (1998)
Indonesia (2000)
Antilles (2004)
Nigeria (2005)
Brazil (2005)

Oregon Province

Colombia (2001)

Wisconsin Province

Korea (1955)
Eastern Africa (1987) 
Kohima (2002)
Ecuador (2005)


America - 7/20/15

America - 7/6/15

America - 6/22/15

International Works Province Twinnings

Manresa House of Retreats