What is Adolfo Nicolás?
[[File:AdolfoNicolas.jpg|right|200px]] '''Adolfo Nicolás Pachón''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of Jesus|SJ]]}} (29 April 1936 – 20 May 2020) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was the thirtieth [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus|Superior General of the]] [[Society of Jesus]] from 2008 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gc36.org/first-session-aula-father-nicolas-resignation/|title=The first session in the aula and Father Nicolás' resignation - General Congregation 36|date=2016-10-03|work=General Congregation 36|access-date=2017-03-15|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710025607/http://gc36.org/first-session-aula-father-nicolas-resignation/|archive-date=2017-07-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Villamuriel de Cerrato]], [[Spain]]. Nicolás Pachón died on 20 May 2020 at a hospital in [[Tokyo]] from a long-illness, aged 84.<ref>[https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2020/05/20/muere-en-japon-el-espanol-adolfo-nicolas-superior-general-de-los-jesuitas-entre-2008-y-2016/ Muere en Japón el español Adolfo Nicolás, superior general de los jesuitas entre 2008 y 2016] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2008/01/habemus-papam.html Habemus Papam: Jesuits Go Ad Orientem – Whispers in the Loggia] *[http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11507 Spaniard Adolfo Nicolás elected new Superior General of the Jesuits – Catholic News Agency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214001726/http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11507 |date=2009-02-14 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080123095554/http://www.express.org.au/article.aspx?aeid=3921 What should GC35 do? Adolfo Nicolas:Six hopes for the General Congregation] {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolas, Adolfo}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Jesuits]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholic priests]] {{bio-stub}}