Superior General of the Society of Jesus

#	Superior General		Took office	Left office	Birthplace	Length of term (in days)
1	Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus.The compiler of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatius was described by Pope Benedict XVI as being above all a man of God, who gave the first place of his life to God, and a man of profound prayer....		April 19, 1541	July 31, 1556	Azpeitia Azpeitia Azpeitia is a town and municipality within the Provinces of Spain of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain, located on the Urola River a few kilometers east of Azkoitia.... , Spain Spain Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....	5,582
2	Diego Laynez Diego Laynez Several spellings of his names are in use and some of them can be found in other Wikipedia articlesJames Laynez , was a Spanish Society of Jesus priest and theology, and the 2nd Superior General of the Society of Jesus....		July 2, 1558	January 19, 1565	Almazán Almazán Almaz?n is a municipality located in the Soria , Castile and Le?n, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 5,755 inhabitants.... , Spain	2,393
3	Francis Borgia Francis Borgia Saint Francis Borgia was a Spain Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on June 20, 1670....		July 2, 1565	October 1, 1572	Gandia Gandia Gandia , with population over 77,000, is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia, Spain and 96 km north of Alicante.... , Spain	2,648
4	Everard Mercurian Everard Mercurian Everard Mercurian was the fourth Superior General of the Society of Jesus of the Society of Jesus....		April 23, 1573	August 1, 1580	La Roche-en-Ardenne La Roche-en-Ardenne La Roche-en-Ardenne is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg .On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 147.52 km?, had 4,348 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29.5 inhabitants per km?.... , Belgium Belgium * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....	2,657
5	Claudio Acquaviva Claudio Acquaviva Claudio Acquaviva was an Italy Jesuit priest elected the 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Jesuit membership increased from 5,000 to 13,000 during his office....		February 19, 1581	January 31, 1615	Atri Atri, Italy Atri is a comune in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It has a population of over 11,500 . Atri is the setting of the story The Bell of Atri.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....	12,399
6	Mutio Vitelleschi Mutio Vitelleschi Mutio Vitelleschi was the 6th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was the son of a noble Roman family. Although he was destined for a general ecclesiastical career, a growing desire to enter the Society of Jesus culminated in his taking private vows to enter the novitiate....		November 15, 1615	February 9, 1645	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some .... , Italy	10,679
7	Vincenzo Carafa Vincenzo Carafa Vincenzo Carafa or Caraffa was an Italian Jesuit priest and spiritual writer, elected the 7th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. He is a Servant of God....		January 7, 1646	June 8, 1649	Naples Naples Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old.... , Italy	1,248
8	Francesco Piccolomini Francesco Piccolomini (1582-1651) Francesco Piccolomini was an Italian Jesuit, elected the 8th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.After Vincenzo Carafa, the 7th Superior General of the Order, died on 8 February 1649, a General Congregation made of representatives of the various Jesuit provinces, met on 21 December of the same year and chose Piccolomini as his success...		December 21, 1649	June 17, 1651	Siena Siena Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site.... , Italy	543
9	Aloysius Gottifredi Aloysius Gottifredi Aloysius Gottifredi was an Italian Jesuit, elected the 9th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. He was in office less than two months.Father Gottifredi died at the house of the professed Fathers, Rome, within two months of his election, and before the Fathers assembled in General Congregation for the election had concluded their labo...		January 21, 1652	March 12, 1652	Rome, Italy	51
10	Goschwin Nickel Goschwin Nickel Goswin Nickel was a German Jesuit priest, elected the 10th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.He was chosen less than a week after the death of his predecessor Aloysius Gottifredi, on 17 March 1652....		March 17, 1652	July 31, 1664	Jülich Jülich J?lich is a town in the district of D?ren , in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. J?lich is well known as location of a world-famous research centre, the Forschungszentrum J?lich and as shortwave transmitter J?lich of Deutsche Welle.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....	4,519
11	Giovanni Paolo Oliva Giovanni Paolo Oliva Giovanni Paolo Oliva was an Italian Jesuit priest, elected 11th Superior General of the Society of Jesus.Oliva was born at Genoa in 1600, and in 1616, he entered the Society of Jesus....		July 31, 1664	November 26, 1681	Genoa Genoa Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000.... , Italy	6,327
12	Charles de Noyelle Charles de Noyelle Charles de Noyelle was a Belgian Jesuit priest, elected the 12th Superior General of the Society of Jesus....		July 5, 1682	December 12, 1686	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium.... , Belgium	1,621
13	Thyrsus González de Santalla Thyrsus González de Santalla Tirso Gonz?lez de Santalla, was a Spanish Theologian, elected, in 1687, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus....		July 6, 1687	October 27, 1705	Arganza Arganza Arganza is a municipality located in the Le?n , Castile and Le?n, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 883 inhabitants.... , Spain	6,688
14	Michelangelo Tamburini Michelangelo Tamburini Michelangelo Tamburini , was an Italian Jesuit, who was elected fourteenth Superior General of the Society of Jesus from January 31, 1706 to February 28, 1730....		January 31, 1706	February 28, 1730	Modena Modena Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and... , Italy	8,521
15	Franz Retz Franz Retz Franz Retz was an Bohemian Jesuit, elected fifteenth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, which he governed from 7 March 1730 to 19 November 1750....		March 7, 1730	November 19, 1750	Prague Prague Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City.... , Bohemia Bohemia History...	7,562
16	Ignacio Visconti		July 4, 1751	May 4, 1755	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy.... , Italy	1,389
17	Aloysius Centurione		November 30, 1755	October 2, 1757	Genoa, Italy	672
18	Lorenzo Ricci Lorenzo Ricci Lorenzo Ricci , was an Italian Jesuit, elected the 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was also the last before the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773....		May 21, 1758	August 16, 1773	Florence Florence Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 .... , Italy	5,566
--	Stanislaus Czerniewicz Stanislaus Czerniewicz Stanislaus Czerniewicz was temporary Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes of the Society of Jesus from 1782 until 1785....		October 17, 1782	October 21, 1785	Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania and a Temporary capital of Lithuania. It is served by the freeways European route E67 and A1 highway .... , Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....	1,100
--	Gabriel Lenkiewicz		October 8, 1785	October 21, 1798	Polotsk, Belarus Belarus Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....	4,761
--	Franciszek Kareu Franciszek Kareu Franciszek Kareu was Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus in Russia from 1799 to 1801. After Pope Pius VII?s official approval of the Jesuits? existence in Russia, he was declared Superior General of the Society of Jesus ...		February 12, 1799	August 11, 1802	Orsha Orsha Orsha is a city in Belarus in Vitebsk voblast on the fork of the Dnieper River and Arshytsa rivers.... , Belarus	1,275
--	Gabriel Gruber Gabriel Gruber Gabriel Gruber was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes....		October 22, 1802	April 6, 1805	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....	897
19	Tadeusz Brzozowski Tadeusz Brzozowski Tadeusz Brzozowski was a Poland Jesuit, elected 19th Superior General of the Society of Jesus....		August 7, 1814	February 5, 1820	Kaliningrad Kaliningrad Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.... , Russia Russia Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....	2,008
20	Luigi Fortis Luigi Fortis Luigi Fortis was an Italian Jesuit elected 20th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus....		October 18, 1820	January 27, 1829	Verona Verona Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans.... , Italy	3,023
21	Jan Roothaan Jan Roothaan Jan Philipp Roothaan was a Dutch Jesuit, elected 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus....		July 9, 1829	May 8, 1853	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country.... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....	8,704
22	Peter Jan Beckx Peter Jan Beckx Peter Jan Beckx...		August 2, 1853	March 4, 1887	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem Scherpenheuvel-Zichem Scherpenheuvel-Zichem is a municipality located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium, encompassing the towns of Averbode, Messelbroek, Okselaar, Scherpenheuvel, Testelt and Zichem, Belgium .... , Belgium	12,267
23	Anton Anderledy Anton Anderledy Anton Maria Anderledy, was a Swiss Jesuit, elected the 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus....		March 4, 1887	January 18, 1892	Berisal Berisal Berisal is a town in the Cantons of Switzerland of Valais, Switzerland. The town is part of the municipality of Ried-Brig and lies on the auto route E62 between the city of Brig, Switzerland to the northwest and the town of Rothwald to the southwest.... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....	1,781
24	Luis Martín Luis Martín Luis Mart?n Garc?a was a Spanish Society of Jesus, elected the 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus.Early years and formation...		October 2, 1892	April 18, 1906	Melgar de Fernamental Melgar de Fernamental Melgar de Fernamental is a municipality lying by the Pisuerga river, located in the Burgos , Castile and Le?n, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the municipality has a population of 1,898 inhabitants.... , Spain	4,945
25	Franz Xavier Wernz Franz Xavier Wernz Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J. was the twenty-fifth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Rottweil, W?rttemberg .Father Wernz was the first of the eight children of parents with deep faith and piety....		September 8, 1906	August 20, 1914	Rottweil Rottweil Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-W?rttemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants.... , Germany	2,903
26	Wlodimir Ledochowski Wlodimir Ledochowski Wlodzimierz Led?chowski, S.J. was the twenty-sixth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.He was born on the family estate Sitzenthal in Loosdorf, near St....		February 11, 1915	December 13, 1942	Loosdorf Loosdorf Loosdorf is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.... , Austria	10,167
27	Jean-Baptiste Janssens Jean-Baptiste Janssens Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J. was the twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium....		September 15, 1946	October 5, 1964	Mechelen Mechelen Mechelen is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in the province of Antwerp , Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen proper, some quarters at its outskirts, the hamlets of Nekkerspoel and Battel , as well as the villages of Walem, Heffen, Leest, Hombeek, and Muizen.... , Belgium	6,595
28	Pedro Arrupe Pedro Arrupe Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. was the twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain....		May 22, 1965	September 3, 1983	Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao, is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay .The city has 354,145 inhabitants and is the most financially and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country?s population lives.... , Spain	6,678
29	Peter Hans Kolvenbach Peter Hans Kolvenbach Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, Society of Jesus, Doctor of Sacred Theology , was the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus of the Society of Jesus, the largest Catholic order of the Catholic Church....		September 13, 1983	January 14, 2008	Druten Druten Media:Nl-Druten.ogg is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal region of the province of Gelderland.... , Netherlands	8,889
30	Adolfo Nicolás Adolfo Nicolás The Reverend Adolfo Nicol?s Pach?n, Society of Jesus, Doctor of Sacred Theology is a Spain Priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the thirtieth and current Superior General of the Society of Jesus Society of Jesus, the largest male Roman Catholic religious order of the Roman Catholic Church....		January 19, 2008	—	Villamuriel de Cerrato Villamuriel de Cerrato Villamuriel de Cerrato is a municipality located in the Palencia , Castile and Le?n, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 5,304 inhabitants.... , Spain

Leadership during suppression

• Stanislaus Czerniewicz
  Stanislaus Czerniewicz
  
  Stanislaus Czerniewicz was temporary Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes of the Society of Jesus from 1782 until 1785....
   (October 17, 1782–October 21, 1785)
• Gabriel Lenkiewicz (October 8, 1785–October 21, 1798)
• Franciszek Kareu
  Franciszek Kareu
  
  Franciszek Kareu was Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus in Russia from 1799 to 1801. After Pope Pius VII?s official approval of the Jesuits? existence in Russia, he was declared Superior General of the Society of Jesus ...
   (February 12, 1799–March 7, 1801)

• Franciszek Kareu (March 7 1801–August 11 1802)
• Gabriel Gruber
  Gabriel Gruber
  
  Gabriel Gruber was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes....
   (October 22 1802–April 6 1805)
• Tadeusz Brzozowski (September 14 1805–August 7 1814)

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