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Decree 45: Visitors, General Congregation 31 (1966)
Originally in: “Decree 45: Visitors, General Congregation 31 (1966),” in Jesuit Life & Mission Today: The Decrees & Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus, ed. John W. Padberg. St. Louis, Mo.: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2009, 202 [664–65].
DOI: 10.51238/JxOs66U
Society of Jesus. “Decree 45: Visitors, General Congregation 31 (1966).” In Essential Documents: Selected Sources for Jesuit History, edited by Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies. Institute of Jesuit Sources, July 15, 2026. https://doi.org/10.51238/JxOs66U
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Jesuit Life & Mission Today
The Decrees and Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus
Open Access 
LCCN: 2009920151
ISBN (hcv): 978-1-880810-69-7
ISBN (pbk): 978-1-880810-70-0
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Institute of Jesuit Sources
1. Decree 274 of the Collection of Decrees is revised as follows:
Father General has the power to send Visitors to provinces when it shall seem good to him and for the length of time and with the authority and jurisdiction that seem good. When a General dies, the office of Visitor continues until such time as the Vicar-General, after consultation with the General Assistants, or the new General shall decide otherwise.
2. The General Congregation recommends to Father General that, while our law with regard to Visitors is to remain unchanged, they should not stay in office too long nor enjoy undefined authority or jurisdiction.
Jesuit Life & Mission Today
The Decrees and Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus
Open Access
LCCN: 2009920151
ISBN (hcv): 978-1-880810-69-7
ISBN (pbk): 978-1-880810-70-0
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Institute of Jesuit Sources