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Pedro Arrupe y Gondra | |
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| 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus | |
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| Installed | 22 May 1965 |
| Term ended | 3 September 1983 due to a paralyzing stroke |
| Predecessor | Jean-Baptiste Janssens |
| Successor | Peter Hans Kolvenbach |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 July 1936 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pedro Arrupe y Gondra 14 November 1907 |
| Died | 5 February 1991 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Church of the Gesù, Rome |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Motto | "Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human." & "Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything."[1][2] |
Pedro Arrupe Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.[3] He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.[4][3]
Born in 1907 in Bilbao, Arrupe joined the Jesuits in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1936. While serving as a novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[5]
In 1983, paralysis from a stroke caused Arrupe to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary.[5] His cause for sainthood was opened by the Jesuits and the Diocese of Rome in 2018.
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