[ebb tide]

...it was French Jesuits in the following century who had the first significant success in winning converts and establishing a Church presence.

Isn't "winning converts" the sin of "proselytism", per the Francis?

[DuncanWaring]

The date of that was 400 BF - Before Francis.

[Steelfish]

I don’t think Pope Francis was “dissing” evangelization. A distinction needs to be drawn between proselytization and evangelization.

See
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/did-pope-francis-just-say-that-evangelization-is-nonsense-8-things-to-know

[RitaOK]

What does it mean, really, when Jesuits found churches in a region? Is it a characteristic, or a unique feature in Jesuit evangelization, as opposed to some other Order bringing the faith?

I am unfamiliar and ignorant of the Jesuits. Or, do you know of a primer on the Order that is commendable?