Item 4 - Letter from Fr General Roothaan to the Irish Vice-Provincial regarding the selection of good candidates for the Society

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IE IJA ADMN/36/4

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Letter from Fr General Roothaan to the Irish Vice-Provincial regarding the selection of good candidates for the Society

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  • 10 September 1844 (Creation)

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(23 November 1785 - 8 May 1853)

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Fr Jan Philipp Roothaan SJ was a Dutch Jesuit priest who served as the twenty-first Superior General (Father General) of the Society of Jesus (1829 - 1853).

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[Copy of extract] of letter from Fr General Roothaan to the Irish Vice-Provincial Fr Robert St Leger SJ, regarding the selection of good candidates for the Society.

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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: [email protected]

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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.

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  • Latin

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