The superior general of the Society of Jesus is the leader of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father General. The position so
Arturo Sosa in January 2017
Ignatius of Loyola, first Superior General
Pedro Arrupe
Saint Francis Borgia, depicted performing an exorcism, served as the third Superior General.
Adolfo Nicolás
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Adolfo Nicolás Pachón was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. He previously taught at Sophia University in Tokyo for twenty yea
Superior general of the Society of Jesus
…The exceptions being Father Pedro Arrupe (resigned for reasons of failing health) and both his successors, Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach and Father Adolfo Nicolás. On 2 October 2016, General Congregation 36 convened in Rome, convoked by Superior General Nicolás, and it elected Father Arturo Sosa as the thirty-first…
Nicolás in 2008