Everything about Peter Hans Kolvenbach totally explained
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach,
S.J.,
S.T.D. (born in
Druten,
30 November,
1928), was the 29th
Superior General of the
Society of Jesus, the largest
religious order of the
Catholic Church.
Kolvenbach's childhood was spent in
Druten, near
Nijmegen in the
Netherlands. There, he attended
Canisius College for his secondary studies. At Canisius, he concentrated on modern languages. He entered the
novitiate at
Mariendaal on
7 September,
1948. After completing
philosophy studies at Berchmans Institute in Nijmegen, he was assigned to
Lebanon, where he completed his
doctorate in Sacred
Theology at
Université de Saint-Joseph in
Beirut. Soon after, in 1961, he was
ordained a
priest in the
Armenian Catholic Church, an Eastern-rite church in communion with Rome.
The next years of his life were spent in academia, specifically in linguistics. From 1963 to 1976, he taught general and Oriental linguistics at
The Hague,
Paris, and Beirut. Eventually, he was appointed Professor of General Linguistics at Université de Saint-Joseph. He served in that capacity until 1981, when he became
rector of the
Pontifical Oriental Institute.
During his time on the Faculty of Saint-Joseph, he also served as
provincial superior of the Jesuit vice-
province of the
Middle East.
During the 33rd General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, which was summoned to receive the resignation of Father
Pedro Arrupe owing to ill-health (though the Vatican leadership was concerned about the direction the Society of Jesus was taking), Father Kolvenbach was elected Superior General. His election took place on
13 September 1983.
On 2 February 2006, Fr. Kolvenbach informed members of the Society of Jesus that, with the consent of
Pope Benedict XVI, he intended to step down in 2008, the year he'll turn 80. The 35th
General Congregation of the Society of Jesus convened on
5 January 2008 in
Rome to elect a new superior general, and to decide other important policies for the Jesuit order in the years to come.
On
14 January,
2008, at the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, Kolvenbach's resignation was officially accepted and he became Superior General
emeritus.
While the Jesuit superior general is elected for life, the order's constitutions allow a superior to step down.
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