Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1983-2008) died in Beirut Lebanon on November 26. He would have completed 88 years on November 30. May he rest in peace! Fr. Kolvenbach inherited the mantle of the leadership of the Jesuits from the visionary andContinue Reading
By: A. Elango . Indian Jesuits mourned the death of their former Superior General Peter – Hans Kolvenbach. Fr. Kolvenbach was elected as Superior General of the Society of Jesuits on September 13, 1983 and stepped down as General on January 14, 2008. He died at the age of 87 onContinue Reading
Beirut: Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, who led the worldwide Jesuit order for a quarter century from 1983 to 2008, and who broke with tradition by voluntarily resigning what had once been a lifetime job, died on Sunday in Beirut four days shy of his 88th birthday. An internal Jesuit emailContinue Reading