François-Xavier Dumortier, S.J. (born 4 November 1948) is a

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. He was rector of the

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from 1 September 2010 to 1 September 2016, when he was succeeded by

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Biography

François-Xavier Dumortier was born on 4 November 1948 in

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, and entered the

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at the age of 25. He was ordained as a priest in 1982, and made his final vows as a Jesuit in 1990. Dumortier was a philosophy professor for twenty years; he taught in particular at the

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, 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. On 27 April 2010,

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announced that the rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Rev.

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, S.J., would be succeeded by Father Dumortier as the next rector of the university. The appointment took effect on 1 September 2010.

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named Dumortier to participate in the Synod of Bishops on the Family in October.

References

External links

Interview with Fr. Dumortier
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