Provincial Superiors of the California Province, Society of Jesus

Blessed Sacrament Parish
April 5, 2010

http://blessedsacramenthollywood.org/jesuits/provincials_california.htm

1st	Herman J. Goller	1909 to 1910
2nd	James A. Rockliff	1910 to 1914
3rd	Richard A. Gleeson	1914 to 1918
4th	Francis C. Dillon	1918 to 1924
5th	Joseph M. Piet	1924 to 1932
6th	Zacheus J. Maher	1932 to 1935
7th	Francis J. Seeliger	1935 to 1943
8th	Joseph J. King	1943 to 1948
9th	Joseph D. O'Brien	1948 to 1954
10th	Carroll M. O'Sullivan	1954 to 1960
11th	John F. Connolly	1960 to 1962
12th	John F.X. Connolly	1963 to 1968
13th	Patrick A. Donohoe	1968 to 1971
14th	Richard P. Vaughan	1971 to 1976
15th	Terrance L. Mahan	1976 to 1982
16th	John W. Clark	1982 to 1988
17th	Paul Belcher	1988 to 1993
18th	John A. Privett	1993 to 1999
19th	Thomas Smolich	1999 to 2005
20th	John McGarry	Sept. 2005 to Present

Society of Jesus: Superiors General of the Society of Jesus | Presidents of the U.S. Jesuit Conference | Provincial Superiors of the California Province | Jesuit Pastors & Associate Pastors of Blessed Sacrament Church.

Notes:

- In the early 18th Century Fr. Eusebio Kino, S.J., and his fellow missionaries ventured into what is now Arizona.

- On December 8, 1849, Jesuit Fathers Michael Accolti and John Nobili arrived in San Francisco, California from the Oregon territory.

- In 1909, the California Province of the Society of Jesus was officially incorporated. It was previously a mission of the Turin Province.

- Today, California Province encompasses missions in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

- For a more detailed history of the province, please go to the California Province webpage