List of Superior General of the Jesuits
This article lists chronologically the Superior General of the Society of Jesus , which also General Superiore or within the Order Father General called. A popular nickname is "black pope" ( Spanish papa negro; Italian papa nero ).
The year after the name indicates the term of office.
- Ignatius of Loyola , 1541–1556
- Diego Laínez , 1558-1565
- Francisco de Borja , 1565-1572
- Everard Mercurian , 1573-1580
- Claudio Acquaviva , 1581-1615
- Mutio Vitelleschi , 1615-1645
- Vincenzo Carafa , 1646-1649
- Francesco Piccolomini , 1649-1651
- Luigi Gottifredi , 1652-1652
- Goswin Nickel , 1652-1664
- Giovanni Paolo Oliva , 1664–1681
- Charles de Noyelle , 1682-1686
- Thyrsus González , 1687–1705
- Michelangelo Tamburini , 1706-1730
- Franz Retz , 1730-1750
- Ignazio Visconti , 1751-1755
- Luigi Centurioni , 1755-1757
- Lorenzo Ricci , 1758–1775 (1773 dissolution of the order by Pope Clement XIV. )
- During the dissolution of the order:
- 1782–1785 Stanislaw Czerniewicz (as vicar general)
- 1785–1798 Gabriel Lenkiewicz (as vicar general)
- 1799–1802 Franciscus Kareu (1799–1801 as Vicar General, 1801–1802 as Superior General)
- 1802–1805 Gabriel Gruber (as superior general)
- Tadeusz Brzozowski , 1814-1820 (in 1814 the order was re-admitted by Pope Pius VII )
- Aloisius Fortis , 1820-1829
- Joannes Philippus Roothaan , 1829-1853
- Pierre Jean Beckx , 1853-1887
- Antonius Maria Anderledy , 1887-1892
- Luis Martín García , 1892–1906
- Franz Xaver Wernz , 1906–1914
- Vladimir Ledóchowski , 1915–1942
- Jean Baptiste Janssens , 1946–1964
- Pedro Arrupe , 1965-1983
- Paolo Dezza and Giuseppe Pittau , 1981–1983 (appointed by Pope John Paul II as deputy ( apostolic delegate ) for Pedro Arrupe because of a stroke)
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach , 1983–2008 (resignation)
- Adolfo Nicolás , 2008–2016 (resignation)
- Arturo Sosa , since 2016
literature
- Peter C. Hartmann: The Superior General of the Society of Jesus. In: ders .: The Jesuits. CHBeck, 2016, ISBN 978-3-40669133-1 , limited preview in Google Book Search.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Military service for God. In: Der Spiegel . October 27, 1965, accessed June 18, 2018 .