List of Jesuits

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Ignatius of Loyola, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, founded the Society of Jesus in 1540.

This is an alphabetical list of historically notable members of the

Society of Jesus
.

A

B

Pope Francis
Blessed Jan Beyzym, Missionary in Madagascar
Tadeusz Brzozowski (1749-1820) first post-restoration General

C

D

Fr. Joseph O'Callahan (right), a Jesuit priest, is presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman

E

F

Francis Xavier, one of the first seven Jesuits and missionary to Asia

G

Robert Bellarmine, one of the most important cardinals of the Catholic Reformation
Saint Melchior Grodziecki, martyr

H

Gerard Manley Hopkins, an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and priest

I

J

K

Athanasius Kircher, a 17th c. polymath
Adam Kozlowiecki
Saint Gabriel Lallemant

L

Superior General
1915-1942
  • Saint Jean de Lalande, North American martyr
  • Saint Gabriel Lalemant, North American martyr
  • Hegel
    scholar
  • Antoine Lavalette, French priest, slave-owning missionary in Martinique whose unpaid debts contributed to the Jesuits being banned in France in 1764
  • Pierre de Lauzon, superior of the Jesuits in New France
  • Superior General of the Society of Jesus
  • Gabriel Lenkiewicz, Polish teacher and architect, elected Vicar General of the Russian province during there suppression of the Society
  • Leonardus Lessius, Belgian moral theologian and writer on economics
  • Saint
    David Lewis
    , Welsh martyr
  • Constant Lievens, Apostle of Chotanagpur, Flemish Jesuit who worked among the Adivasis of Central India
  • Wade Hampton district,[2] becoming the first Catholic priest to serve in a U.S. state legislature[3]
  • William Lonc, professor of physics and translator of French-Canadian Jesuit records into English
  • Bernard Lonergan, Canadian philosopher and theologian, Companion of the Order of Canada
  • Cardinal Henri de Lubac, French theologian, and patrologist

M

Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement
Petrus Canisius, a theologian to whom the restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is credited

N

O

P

R

S

Pierre-Jean De Smet, a missionary to the Native Americans in the Western United States

T

Teilhard in 1955

U

V

W

X

  • Georges Xenopulos
    , Greek bishop

Z

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Father Gabriel Richard was briefly in the U.S. Congress in the 1820s, but as a territorial representative. Under guidelines released by Pope John Paul II, Catholic clergy are expected not to serve in positions of civil authority. Drinan did not seek re-election as a result of the issuance of these guidelines.

References

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  2. Alaska Secretary of State
    . 1960. p. 27. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Tsong, Nicole (December 30, 2004). "Abuse claims breathe life into dead priests' past". Anchorage Daily News. Anchorage. p. A1. A popular Jesuit priest -- the country's first Roman Catholic priest to serve in a state Legislature
  4. ^ O’Conner, Thomas H. "Breaking the religious barrier", The Boston Globe, 10 May 2004.

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