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Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr John Kobina Ghansah as the new Regional Assistant for Africa and Madagascar and General Counsellor. Fr Ghansah, currently Provincial of the North-West Africa Province (ANW), will assume his new role on 6 January 2027...

In April 2026, Pope Leo XIV made the first-ever papal visit to Algeria. Two weeks later, Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, travelled to Algeria to visit the small Jesuit community there for the first time since his election in 2016. The land of St Augustine, bishop of Hippo...

On 12 May 2026, Father General Arturo Sosa appointed Fr Francis Xavier Manasan Wongvarn, SJ, as the new Regional Superior of Thailand. Born on 4 October 1981 in Bangkok, Fr Manasan entered the Society of Jesus in 2001. He studied philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University where he obtained...

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Father Bart van Emmerik, as the Regional Superior of the Independent Region of the European Low Countries (ELC). Fr van Emmerik currently serves as the socius of the ELC Region and as delegate for spirituality...

In a special letter to Jesuit Major Superiors released for Pentecost 2026, Father General Sosa calls for a “new intensity, coherence, and depth” in Jesuit work with young adults. “Our apostolates are privileged spaces of encounter with the young”, says Fr Sosa...

Father Francis Pudhicherry, SJ, has been appointed Provincial of the Gujarat Province by Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ. Since 2021, he has been rector of De Nobili College in Pune, where Jesuit scholastics study philosophy and theology. He also teaches spiritual theology...

Superior General Arturo Sosa, SJ, has appointed Father Jorge William Hernández Díaz, SJ, as Provincial of the Caribbean Province. He currently serves as superior of the San Ignacio Residence–Provincial Curia, as vicar of the Santísima Trinidad University Parish...

Superior General Arturo Sosa has convoked the 72^nd Congregation of Procurators, bringing representatives from across the Society of Jesus to Indonesia in October 2027. The gathering will examine how the Society’s structures must be reshaped to carry its mission forward...

On 30-31 March 2026, the Board of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) met at the General Curia in Rome to review the ongoing implementation of the Strategic Agenda (2024-2028) and the priorities defined at the Assembly in Bogotá in July 2025...

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr Albertus Bagus Laksana as the new Provincial of the Indonesian Province of the Society of Jesus. He will formally assume office on 27 July 2026. Born in 1972, Fr Bagusentered the Society of Jesus in 1992 and was ordained to the priesthood...

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr Arturo Sosa, has appointed Fr Marek Cieślik as the new Provincial of the Near East and Maghreb Province (PRO). The Province comprises Algeria, Egypt, the Holy Land, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Turkey...

Father General has appointed Fr Dominique Dhedya Bamunoba, SJ, as the new Provincial of the Central Africa Province of the Society of Jesus. Fr Dhedya was born on 27 June 1976 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. He had his primary education and part of his secondary education at Collège Imara in Lubumbashi...