François-Xavier Dumortier

François-Xavier Dumortier, S.J.
Born 4 November 1948
Levroux, Indre, France
Church Roman Catholic Church
Ordained 1982
Offices held
Superior of the French province of the Society of Jesus
2003–2009

Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University
(Since 1 September 2010)

François-Xavier Dumortier, S.J. (born 4 November 1948) is a French Roman Catholic priest. Since 1 September 2010 he has been rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Biography

François-Xavier Dumortier was born on 4 November 1948 in Levroux, France, and entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 25.[1] He was ordained as a priest in 1982, and made his final vows as a Jesuit in 1990.[2]

Dumortier was a philosophy professor for twenty years; he taught in particular at the Centre Sèvres, the Jesuit faculty of philosophy and theology in France. He was rector of that faculty from 1997 to 2003. Afterwards, Dumortier was superior of the French province of the Society of Jesus until 2009.[1]

On 27 April 2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Rev. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., would be succeeded by Father Dumortier as the next rector of the university. The appointment took effect on 1 September 2010.[1]

On Saturday, 14 March 2015, Pope Francis named Father Dumortier to serve as a Consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.[3][4]

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Preceded by
Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J.
Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University
2010 – present
Succeeded by