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Superior Generals of the Jesuit Order

  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Apr 19, 1541

    Ignatius of Loyola

    Saint Ignatius founds the Society of Jesus and is named Superior General. He stays in this position for 5,582 days.
  • Period: Apr 19, 1542 to

    Superior Generals

  • Diego Laynez
    Jul 2, 1558

    Diego Laynez

    Diego Laynez takes up Superior General after Saint Ignatius and stays in this position for 2,393 days.
  • Francis Borgia
    Jul 2, 1565

    Francis Borgia

    Francis Borgia takes up Superior General after Diego Laynez and stays a total of 2,648 days.
  • Everard Mercurian
    Apr 23, 1573

    Everard Mercurian

    Everard Mercurian takes up Superior General after Francis Borgia and stays a total of 2,656 days.
  • Claudio Acquaviva
    Feb 19, 1581

    Claudio Acquaviva

    Claudio Acquaviva takes up Superior General after Everard Mercurian staying a total of 12,399 days.
  • Mutio Vitelleschi

  • Vincenzo Carafa

    Vincenzo Carafa

  • Francesco Piccolomini

  • Aloysius Gottifredi

  • Goschwin Nickel

    Goschwin Nickel

  • Giovanni Paolo Oliva

    Giovanni Paolo Oliva

  • Charles de Noyelle

    Charles de Noyelle

  • Thyrsus González de Santalla

  • Michelangelo Tamburini

    Michelangelo Tamburini

  • Franz Retz

    Franz Retz

  • Ignacio Visconti

    Ignacio Visconti

  • Aloysius Centurione

    Aloysius Centurione

  • Lorenzo Ricci

    Lorenzo Ricci

  • Start Period of Suppression

  • End Suppression

  • Tadeusz Brzozowski

    Tadeusz Brzozowski

  • Luigi Fortis

    Luigi Fortis

  • Jan Roothaan

    Jan Roothaan

  • Peter Jan Beckx

    Peter Jan Beckx

  • Anton Anderledy

    Anton Anderledy

  • Luis Martín

    Luis Martín

  • Franz Xavier Wernz

    Franz Xavier Wernz

  • Wlodimir Ledochowski

  • Jean-Baptiste Janssens

    Jean-Baptiste Janssens

  • Pedro Arrupe

    Pedro Arrupe

  • Peter Hans Kolvenbach

    Peter Hans Kolvenbach

  • Adolfo Nicolás

    Adolfo Nicolás