Asian-based Spanish priest is new Jesuit superior general

The Jesuits, also known as the Society of Jesus, have elected a 71-year-old Spanish-born priest who spent most of his adult life in Asia as the superior general of the order, considered one of the most influential in the Roman Catholic Church, reports Ecumenical News International. The Rev. Adolfo Nicolás was elected on 19 January in Rome by 217 Jesuits attending the order's 35th General Congregation and succeeds 80-year-old Dutch priest the Rev. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach as head of the worldwide order, which has 19 564 members.

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