Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1928–2016)
The Very Reverend
Peter Hans Kolvenbach
SJ
29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Kolvenbach in 1984
Installed
13 September 1983
Term ended
14 January 2008
Predecessor
Pedro Arrupe
Successor
Adolfo Nicolás Pachón
Orders
Ordination
29 June 1961 by Armenian Catholic Church
Personal details
Born
Peter Hans Kolvenbach
(1928-09-30)30 September 1928
Druten, Netherlands
Died
26 November 2016(2016-11-26) (aged 88) Beirut, Lebanon
Buried
Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour, Beirut
Nationality
Dutch
Denomination
Catholic
Occupation
Jesuit professor, linguist
Education
Canisius College, Nijmegen
Alma mater
Université de Saint-Joseph, Beirut
Peter Hans KolvenbachSJ (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Jesuit priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus, the largest male Catholic religious order.
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