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Walter H. Halloran SJ (September 21, 1921 – March 1, 2005) was a Catholic priest [1] of the Society of Jesus who, at the age of twenty-six, assisted in the exorcism of Roland Doe in Washington, D.C. and St. Louis, Missouri.
From 1928 to 1931, Martin taught English, Latin and Greek at the Ateneo de Manila High School, a Jesuit-run school in Manila, the Philippines. [1] [2] He is credited with introducing modern basketball to the Philippines, [2] and coaching the Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball team to two NCAA championships, an accomplishment he spoke of fondly until near the end of his life. [2]
Marshall D. Moran was born in Chicago on May 29, 1906, and died April 14, 1992, in Delhi, India.He was an American Jesuit priest, missionary in India and Nepal, where he founded several schools, amongst them the St. Xavier's High School, Patna, and the St. Xavier's School school of Lalitpur.
Joseph Mary Pignatelli, SJ (Spanish: José María Pignatelli) (27 December 1737 – 15 November 1811) was a Spanish priest who was the unofficial leader of the Jesuits in exile in Sardinia, after the suppression of the Society. Supervising its restoration, he is considered the second founder of the Society of Jesus.
This category lists Roman Catholic priests who died for their faith, whether as a Christian or specifically for maintaining their Catholic beliefs. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Roman Catholic priests .
In such cases they remain only nominally Jesuit, as they lose active and passive voice within the Order and are no longer under the obedience of the Superior General. [1] In 2013 the first Jesuit pope was elected, Pope Francis. The following is a complete list of contemporary living Jesuit cardinals. [2]
On 14 July 1979 Bernard Darke, a British-born, Guyana-based Jesuit priest and photographer for the Catholic Standard, was stabbed to death by members of the House of Israel, a religious cult closely tied to the People's National Congress, while photographing Working People's Alliance demonstrations of the PNC.
Francis Browne died in Dublin in 1960 and was buried in the Jesuit plot in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. His negatives lay forgotten for 25 years after his death; they were found by chance in 1985 when Father Edward E. O'Donnell, SJ, discovered them in a large metal trunk, once belonging to Browne, in the Irish Jesuit archives.