Pedro Arrupe


Pedro Arrupe y Gondra

28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Installed22 May 1965
Term ended3 September 1983
due to a paralyzing stroke
PredecessorJean-Baptiste Janssens
SuccessorPeter Hans Kolvenbach
Orders
Ordination30 July 1936
Personal details
Born
Pedro Arrupe y Gondra

(1907-11-14)14 November 1907
Died5 February 1991(1991-02-05) (aged 83)
Rome, Italy
BuriedChurch of the Gesù, Rome
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materComplutense 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.

  1. ^ "Men and Women for Others | Fr. Pedro Arrupe S.J."
  2. ^ "Life".
  3. ^ a b "Pedro Arrupe – Arrupe". arrupe.jesuitgeneral.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  4. ^ "Pedro Arrupe, S.J." president.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ^ a b "Pedro Arrupe | The Arrupe Office of Social Formation". Retrieved 2021-01-11.

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