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Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Praepositus Generalis la

Leader of the Society of Jesus

  • Dated from 19 April 1541 CE
  • Also called Black Pope, Jesuit Superior General
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Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 4 holders
  • 3 gaps
  1. 1st 19 April 1541 CE – 31 July 1556 CE Ignatius of Loyola Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)

  2. Gap about 9 years with no holder recorded

    3rd 2 July 1565 CE – 1 October 1572 CE Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía Grandee of Spain and Jesuit priest (1510–1572)

  3. Gap about 242 years with no holder recorded

    19th 7 August 1814 CE – 5 February 1820 CE Tadeusz Brzozowski Superior General of the Society of Jesus

  4. Gap about 95 years with no holder recorded

    26th 11 February 1915 CE – 13 December 1942 CE Wlodimir Ledóchowski 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
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