The Third Pius Dea Crusade was a religious crusade orchestrated by Contispex II, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, and the Pius Dea religious cult against the Hutts. Not long after the Second Pius Dea Crusade, Contispex II ordered a third Republic-sanctioned invasion of Hutt Space in 11,939 BBY, playing off of Republic citizens' fear of the Hutts as he and his father had done to instigate the First and Second Pius Dea Crusades against the Hutts.