1793Convention Bans Religious Instruction by Clergy

October 28: The Convention forbids religious instruction by ...
Timelines Logo
Year
1790
1792
1793
1794

⛪ Assembly Suppresses Contemplative Religious Orders

February 13: The Assembly forbids the taking of religious vows and suppresses the contemplative religious orders.
French RevolutionReligionChurchClergyReligious OrdersSuppressionSecularizationAssemblyVows

✝️ Assembly Abolishes Remaining Religious Orders

August 18: The Assembly abolishes the religious teaching orders and those running hospitals, the last remaining religious orders in France.
Religious OrdersSecularizationFrench RevolutionAnti-clericalismClergyHospitalsEducationNational AssemblyReligious ReformChurch and State

⛪ Convention Bans Religious Instruction by Clergy

October 28: The Convention forbids religious instruction by clerics.
French RevolutionDechristianizationReligionClergyConventionEducationSecularismAnti-clericalismInstruction

⛪ Convention Ends State Funding of Clergy and Church Property Maintenance

September 18: The Convention stops paying officially sanctioned priests and stops maintaining church properties.
ReligionChurchStateSecularizationClergyPropertyFrench RevolutionConventionDechristianizationAnti-clericalism