Father Smolich named next president of Jesuit Conference

Published: 2005-10-11

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jesuit Father Thomas H. Smolich, who is completing a six-year term as provincial of the Jesuits of the California province, has been named the next president of the Jesuit Conference. The conference, based in Washington, is the national liaison office coordinating the work of 10 Jesuit provinces in the United States. Its president is appointed by the Jesuit superior general in Rome. Father Smolich, who is expected to take office next June, is replacing Jesuit Father Bradley M. Schaeffer, president since 1998.

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