Former Jesuit leader Peter Hans Kolvenbach dies at 87

Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach. (Credit: Image courtesy of the Society of Jesus.)

Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, who led the worldwide Jesuit order for a quarter century from 1983 to 2008, and who broke with tradition by voluntarily resigning what had once been a lifetime job, died on Sunday in Beirut four days shy of his 88th birthday.                  Cruxnow