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Jean-Baptiste Janssens

1889 - 1964

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Jean-Baptiste Janssens (22 December 1889 – 5 October 1964) was a Belgian Catholic priest who was the 27th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Janssens is the 2,445th most popular religious figure (down from 2,265th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 505th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean-Baptiste Janssens ranks 2,445 out of 3,187Before him are Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Simão Rodrigues, Nafiʽ al-Madani, Konrad Krajewski, Joseph Barsabbas, and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. After him are John Wright, Luarsab II of Kartli, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Thomas S. Monson, Seraphim Rose, and Arsenie Boca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Jean-Baptiste Janssens ranks 182Before him are Ernest Marsden, Charles Reidpath, Edmond Privat, Julius Skutnabb, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, and Ralph H. Fowler. After him are Otto Tief, Otto Deßloch, Heinrich Campendonk, Hans Felber, Alfonso Reyes, and Grigory Levenfish. Among people deceased in 1964, Jean-Baptiste Janssens ranks 115Before him are Eugen Sänger, Sophie Liebknecht, Ernst Toch, Eugène Olivier, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, and Ólafur Thors. After him are Rudolph Maté, Ary Barroso, Seán O'Casey, Joseph Schildkraut, Eugen Varga, and Alfred Blalock.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean-Baptiste Janssens ranks 523 out of 1,190Before him are Victor Willems (1877), Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790), Theodoor Rombouts (1597), Louis Michel (1947), Reginar IV, Count of Mons (950), and Cécile de France (1975). After him are Jean Van Houtte (1907), Katherine Swynford (1350), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794), Johan Leysen (1950), Raoul Servais (1928), and Benoît Poelvoorde (1964).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Jean-Baptiste Janssens ranks 22Before him are Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), and Peter Jan Beckx (1795). After him are Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), and Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987).