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- 14 January 1955 - 6 June 1957 (Creation)
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21 items
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Fr Jean-Baptiste Janssens SJ was a Belgian Jesuit priest who served as the twenty-seventh Superior General (Father General) of the Society of Jesus (1946-1964).
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Circulars and letters to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ and Vice-Provincial Fr John Coyne SJ from Fr General John Baptist Janssens SJ, Fr Joseph Bolland SJ, English Assistant, Fr Friedrich Schwendimann SJ and others. Includes letters concerning the appointment of Iacobus Martegani as Italian Assistant (14 January 1955); the use of contraceptive devices by married couples (19 May 1955); the fourth centenary of the death of Ignatius Loyola (31 July 1955); the situation of the Society of Jesus in Poland (28 January 1957).
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: archivessj@gmail.com
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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- Latin
- English
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- Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830- (Subject)
- O'Grady, Michael A, 1911-1969, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Coyne, John J, 1889-1978, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Schwendimann, Friedrich, 1900-1978, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Bolland, Joseph, 1882-1957, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Van Gestel, Peter, 1897-1972, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Naughton, James W, 1915-1979, Jesuit priest (Subject)