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 Spanish Basque 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, as he led the Jesuits in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.^[4][3]

Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.^[5]

In 1983, a paralysis from a stroke caused him 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.