Pedro Arrupe
Pedro Arrupe y Gondra | |
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| 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus | |
Arrupe in 1965 | |
| 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." |
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Pedro Arrupe y 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. 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.
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.
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. His cause for sainthood was opened by the Jesuits and the Diocese of Rome in 2018.