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Counter-reformation was more or less success. It managed to keep the majority of Europe under Catholic rule including France and most of the Holy Roman Empire. During the reformation, Catholic church experienced significant reduction of its power and wealth. Majority of the Europe north of the Alps became Protestant. Bohemia was 90% Protestant till 1620. Majority of Germany, Austria, Hungary was also Protestant. Protestants also made significant chunk of population in France and Poland. When Counter-reformation program was implemented, it started to weaken the Protestant strongholds around Europe and Protestants were never unified as were Catholic powers. From ideological warfare under Jesuits, the Catholic church decided to go through direct military intervention. Before 1600, Protestant power was eliminated in Alps lands like Austria and Germany, and direct class between these two christian ideologies culminated in 30Y War, from which Catholic Hapsburg became victorious. Bohemia was conquered in 1620 and Protestantism was thoroughly exterminated within next 20 years. Palatine and Central Germany followed as well. Catholic church also became victorious in Lusitania, and Hungary while France kicked them out. Anti-Hapsburg uprising in Hungary in 1681 and 1710 eventually eliminated last Protestant strongholds in present day Slovakia. Catholic church also rejuvenated in Poland, which was rather very cosmopolitan country in the 17th century with destination of many Slavic Protestants from Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Silesia and Lusitania. Under Swedish invasion and destruction of Poland, Protestants were kicked out from there as well. The counter-reformation pushed Catholic stronghold by 500 miles north and this was not challenged ever since. Only significant Protestant power in Europe was England, United Netherlands, and Sweden.

Catholic counter-reformation between 1560-1640 was also success on cultural and ideological grounds. Protestantism was not able to challenge educational quality of the Jesuits. The cultural and educational centers of Europe and academia with exception of England were thoroughly Catholic and this had significant influence on development of Europe for next several hundreds of years. Baroque culture was also manifestation of the victory of the counter-reformation and Catholic Church made very thorough offensive to use it in art, music, drama, sculpture, architecture, and a live style. This enabled to entice people who would be rather vague over christian interpretation of the Scripture. When common man was confronted with a beauty and power of the Catholic church, it was enough for him to reject simplicity of the Reformation. Catholic church was not able stage a comeback in England and Netherlands due various reasons, but the bourgeois revolutions in both countries at the time of the counter-reformation were probably the biggest obstacles for it. Rest of the Catholic Europe had to wait till 18 and 19 century for eliminating the power of the Roman Church.