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James Aloysius Martin SJ (August 30, 1902 – October 1, 2007) was an American Jesuit priest, professor and athletic director. Martin was the world's oldest Jesuit priest at the time of his death at the age of 105 at the Georgetown University Jesuit Residence in Washington, DC [ 1 ]
This is a list of Jesuit theologians, Roman Catholic theological writers from the Society of Jesus, taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, article list and textual allusions, for theologians up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It is chronologically arranged by date of death.
Very Rev. Diego Laynez, S.J. Diego Laynez, S.J. (sometimes spelled Laínez) (Spanish: Diego Laynez), born in 1512 (Almazán, Spain) and died on 19 January 1565 (Rome), was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, a New Christian (of converted Jewish descent), and the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus after the founder Ignatius of Loyola.
Neil McKenty – Canadian radio and television host, author, and former Jesuit priest until 1970; John McLaughlin – American television personality, political commentator, and former Jesuit priest; left the order in 1970 over disagreements with the editor of the Jesuit-produced Catholic magazine America, where he was working at the time
Born Died Country Diocese Cause Notes Stefano Gobbi: March 22, 1930 June 29, 2011 Italy: Como: Heroic Virtues Priest, Founder, Marian Movement of Priests [1] [2] Pierre Lambert de la Motte: January 16, 1624 June 15, 1679 France Vietnam: Phan Thiết: Heroic Virtues Bishop, Member, Paris Foreign Missions Society [3] [4] Luís Cecchin December 11 ...
He was born on October 4, 1644, in Manila, Philippines and became a Jesuit priest. In February 1674, Fr. Francisco Esquerra and the five Filipino (names unknown) assistants with him were brutally murdered when the priest tried to give the Last Sacraments to an elderly Chamorro woman in the northern part of Guam.
This page is a directory of articles about members of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus (Jesuits) who died as martyrs. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Segundo Llorente, Spanish-born priest in rural western Alaska; was elected by write-in vote to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1960 by residents of the Wade Hampton district, [2] becoming the first Catholic priest to serve in a U.S. state legislature [3]