Adolfo Nicolás Pachón
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The Very Reverend Adolfo Nicolás |
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| Superior General of the Society of Jesus | |
| Installed | 19 January 2008 |
| Term ended | 3 October 2016 |
| Predecessor | Peter Hans Kolvenbach |
| Successor | Arturo Sosa |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 March 1967 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Adolfo Nicolás Pachón |
| Born |
29 April 1936 Villamuriel de Cerrato, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | |
Adolfo Pachón SJ (born 29 April 1936), is a Spanish priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the thirtieth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church.
Nicolás, after consulting with Pope Francis, determined to resign after his 80th birthday, and initiated the process of calling a Jesuit General Congregation to elect his successor. Until the resignation of his predecessor, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, it was not the norm for a Jesuit Superior General to resign; they, like the great majority of the Popes up until Benedict XVI, generally served until death. However, the Jesuit constitutions include provision for a resignation. In October 2016 the thirty-sixth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus appointed his successor.
Adolfo Nicolás was born in Villamuriel de Cerrato, Palencia, and entered the Society of Jesus, more commonly known as the Jesuits, in the novitiate of Aranjuez in 1953. He studied at the University of Alcalá, there earning his licentiate in philosophy, until 1960, whence he traveled to Japan to familiarize himself with Japanese language and culture. He began his theological studies for the priesthood at Sophia University in Tokyo in 1964, and was ordained to the priesthood on 17 March 1967.
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