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unusual facts about Superior General



Crisóstomo Henríquez

During this time his parents had left Spain to take up their residence at the court of the Archduke Albert, Hapsburg Governor of Flanders, and at their request this prince wrote to the Abbot General of the Cistercian Congregation of Spain to ask that Henríquez be sent to the Low Countries.

Jeanne Jugan

Jugan, however, was been forced out of her leadership role by the Abbé Auguste Le Pailleur, the priest who had been appointed Superior General of the congregation by the local bishop.

Mark Pivarunas

A coalition of the priests elected the 30-year-old Pivarunas to the post of Superior General of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen in August 1989.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne

Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv, auxiliary bishop for the western region and former assistant superior general for the Conventual Franciscans for Asia and Oceania


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Battle of Fort Smith

Several days later Gano's superior, General Douglas Cooper, led a Confederate division several miles north to Fort Smith.

Black Pope

Adolfo Nicolás, 30th (and current) Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Bulan, Sorsogon

of the Congregation of the Mission, now Representative of the Superior General of the CM to the Vincentian Family (the Congregation of the Mission is a Roman Catholic community of Priests and Brothers founded by St. Vincent de Paul)

Carmen Sammut

Mother Marie-Salomé (Marie-Renée Roudaut), the first Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa

Feast of the Most Precious Blood

When Pope Pius IX went into exile at Gaeta in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1849), he had as his companion Father Giovanni Merlini, third superior general of the Fathers of the Most Precious Blood.

Fetterman Fight

On November 25, 1866, Carrington was ordered by his superior, General Philip St. George Cooke at Fort Laramie to take the offensive against the Indians in response to their "murderous and insulting attacks".

Gregorio Petrocchini

In response to general expectations, Pope Sixtus V appointed Petrocchini superior general of his order in a ceremony in Rome in 1587, after the death of P. Spirito Vicentini.

Kainakary

Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, one of the founding fathers and the first Superior General of C.M.I., born here.

Manstein Plan

Von Manstein, chief of staff of Army Group A, had originally formulated his plan in October 1939 in Koblenz on instigation of his superior General Gerd von Rundstedt, who rejected Halder's plan, both because of professional jealousy and because it wouldn't lead to a decisive victory over France.

Marcel Lefebvre – Archbishop in Stormy Times

Following a career as an Apostolic Delegate for West Africa and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, he took the lead in opposing the changes within the Church associated with the Second Vatican Council.

Mary Clare Millea

Mother Mary Clare Millea is the superior general of the Catholic Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Matteo Bassi

Matteo Serafini (Matteo da Bascio) (b. in 1495, at Molino di Bascio, Diocese of Montefeltro, in the Duchy of Urbino; d. at Venice in 1552) was the co-founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, the principal branch of the Franciscans issued from the Reform of the Observance.

Mutio

Mutio Vitelleschi, the 6th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Paolo Manna

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872, Avellino - 15 September 1952, Naples) was an Italian Catholic missionary in Burma (now Myanmar) who was the superior general of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions.

Paul Tan Chee Ing

In Rome, he served as the Jesuit superior general's regional assistant for East Asia and Oceania.

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus—the Roman Catholic religious order, also known as the Jesuits.

William Detré

After his admission to the Society of Jesus, he was sent by his superiors to the missions of South America in 1706, and seven years later was appointed superior-general and visitor of all the missions of the Amazon embracing a tract of over 3000 miles.