Arturo Sosa Abascal
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The Very Reverend Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J. |
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| Superior General of the Society of Jesus (XXXI) |
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| Installed | 14 October 2016 |
| Predecessor | Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J. |
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| Ordination | 30 July 1977 |
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| Birth name | Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal |
| Born |
12 November 1948 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
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Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal, SJ, (born 12 November 1948) is the thirty-first and present Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest male religious institute in the Roman Catholic Church. As a Venezuelan, he was the first Latin American person to lead the Society of Jesus. He was elected Superior General by the Society's 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016, succeeding Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J., who served as Superior General for eight years.
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on 12 November 1948. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1966 and was ordained to the priesthood on 30 July 1977. He earned a Licenciate in Philosophy from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (1972) and a doctorate in Political Science from the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Fr. Arturo Sosa had a long career in teaching and research, and has held a number of positions in the university environment. He was a professor and member of the Foundation Council of the Andrés Bello Catholic University and for 10 years the rector of the Catholic University in Táchira, both Jesuit universities. He did most of his research and teaching in the area of political science, in a number of centres and institutions. He published a number of works, mainly about the history and politics of Venezuela.
Between 1996 and 2004, Sosa was Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Venezuela. Before that he was coordinator of the social apostolate in that country and director of Centro Gumilla in Venezuela, a Jesuit centre of research and social action.
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