Peter Hans Kolvenbach | |
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29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus | |
Installed | 13 September 1983 |
Term ended | 14 January 2008 |
Predecessor | Pedro Arrupe |
Successor | Adolfo Nicolás Pachón |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 June 1961 by Armenian Catholic Church |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Hans Kolvenbach 30 September 1928 |
Died | 26 November 2016 Beirut, Lebanon | (aged 88)
Buried | Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour, Beirut |
Nationality | Dutch |
Denomination | Catholic |
Occupation | Jesuit professor, linguist |
Education | Canisius College, Nijmegen |
Alma mater | Université de Saint-Joseph, Beirut |
Peter Hans Kolvenbach SJ (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Jesuit priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus, the largest male Catholic religious order.