RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pedro Arrupe

1907 - 1991

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Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Arrupe is the 1,430th most popular religious figure (down from 1,299th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Spain (up from 649th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pedro Arrupe ranks 1,430 out of 3,187. Before him are Yohanan ben Zakkai, Ippolito d'Este, Ludovico Ludovisi, Dymphna, Odilo Scherer, and Dionysius of Corinth. After him are Simon of Trent, João Braz de Aviz, Zanabazar, Antipope Theodoric, Mario Zenari, and Luigi Orione.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pedro Arrupe ranks 100. Before him are Mahadevi Varma, Herbert Kappler, Run Run Shaw, Pavel Sudoplatov, Cesar Romero, and Manfred von Ardenne. After him are Frithjof Schuon, Takeo Miki, Johann Trollmann, Álvaro Gestido, Chūya Nakahara, and Theodor Wisch. Among people deceased in 1991, Pedro Arrupe ranks 78. Before him are André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Gene Roddenberry, John Kerr, Eric Carr, Joachim Kroll, and Héctor Rial. After him are Cassandra Harris, Brad Davis, Jean Bruller, Yevgeny Dragunov, Rudolf Serkin, and Shintaro Abe.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Arrupe ranks 636 out of 3,355. Before him are Liuva II (583), Borrell II, Count of Barcelona (927), Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (1571), Lorenzo Fernández (1900), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), and Alonso de Ercilla (1533). After him are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825), Fermin (272), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305), Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Isco (1992), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Pedro Arrupe ranks 45. Before him are Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Peter Claver (1581), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Diego de Landa (1524), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), and Hermenegild (564). After him are Fermin (272), Paschal Baylón (1540), Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Adolfo Nicolás (1936), Juan José Omella (1946), and Eulogius of Córdoba (810).

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