The "conclave" of the Jesuits elected the "black pope", the new superior general of the Society founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the largest religious order of the Catholic Church is Fr Adolfo Nicolás, 71, of English origin, who spent most of his life in the East and was designated the second ballot.
Just as often happens in the real conclave that elects the Pope, even in this case the appointment was a surprise: no candidate data to help us for the succession to the outgoing Peter-Hans Kolvenbach was elected. In contrast to the conclave true, for the appointment of General of the Jesuits just an absolute majority quorum (for the Pope while serving two-thirds). The similarity with the papacy was given until now by the fact that the general of the Society shall be elected for life, just as the bishop of Rome. But the choice of Kolvenbach to leave for reasons related to age and health is an important precedent.
Nicolás, appointed shortly after noon by the 217 delegates participating at the 35th General Congregation is the twenty-ninth successor of St. Ignatius. Is described as a loving person and her CV is typical of the Jesuit expert in the government, the training of novices, teaching theology. Born in Palencia, Spain, is a graduate of the philosophy, then studied theology in Tokyo, where he was ordained a priest, he obtained a master's degree at the Gregorian University in Rome, he directed "Scholasticate" are formed where the Jesuits in the Japanese capital , and was provincial of Japan and then moderator of the Jesuit Conference of East Asia and Oceania. Crucial is its origin: although Western birth, the new general looks to the East.
Nicolás father's experience is therefore to indicate the attention of the Jesuits in Asia, where now half are from the order of vocations, a border for Catholicism in comparison with other religions.
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