List of Jesuits
This is an alphabetical list of historically notable members of the Society of Jesus.
Ignatius of Loyola
, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, founded the Society of Jesus in 1540.
Fr. Joseph O'Callahan (
right
), a Jesuit priest, is presented with the
Medal of Honor
by President Truman
Francis Xavier, one of the first seven Jesuits and missionary to Asia
Robert Bellarmine, one of the most important cardinals of the Catholic Reformation
Gerard Manley Hopkins, an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and priest
Athanasius Kircher, a 17th c. polymath
Saint Gabriel Lallemant
Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement
Petrus Canisius, a theologian to whom the restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is credited
Pierre-Jean De Smet, a missionary to the Native Americans in the Western United States