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Peter Hans Kolvenbach
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Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1928-2016)
Key facts
- Installed
- 13 September 1983
- Term ended
- 14 January 2008
- Predecessor
- Pedro Arrupe
- Successor
- Adolfo Nicolás Pachón
- Ordination
- 29 June 1961, by Armenian Catholic Church
- Born
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach , ( 1928-09-30 ) 30 September 1928, Druten , Netherlands
- Died
- 26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) (aged 88), Beirut , Lebanon
- Buried
- Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour , Beirut
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Occupation
- Jesuit professor, linguist
- Education
- Canisius College, Nijmegen
- Alma mater
- Université de Saint-Joseph , Beirut
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Druten
- Place of death
- Beirut
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Employer
- Pontifical Oriental Institute
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Theology
- Image
- Peterhanskolvenbach.jpg
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Hans Kolvenbach (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Catholic priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1983 to 2008.
Early years
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