Pedro Arrupe

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Servant of God Pedro Arrupe y Gondra SJ
28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Installed	22 May 1965
Term ended	3 September 1983 due to a paralyzing stroke
Predecessor	Jean-Baptiste Janssens
Successor	Peter Hans Kolvenbach
Orders
Ordination	30 July 1936
Personal details
Born	Pedro Arrupe y Gondra (1907-11-14)14 November 1907 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Died	5 February 1991(1991-02-05) (aged 83) Rome, Italy
Buried	Church of the Gesù, Rome
Nationality	Spanish
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Motto	"Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human." & "Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything."[1][2]

Pedro Arrupe Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Basque Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.^[3] 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.^[4][3]

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.^[5]

In 1983, paralysis from a stroke caused Arrupe to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary.^[5] His cause for sainthood was opened by the Jesuits and the Diocese of Rome in 2018.