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Wlodimir Ledóchowski

Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)

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Born
October 7, 1866
Died
December 13, 1942
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1866

About Wlodimir Ledóchowski

Włodzimierz Halka Ledóchowski was a Polish Catholic priest who served as the 26th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 11 February 1915 until his death. Prior to taking holy orders, he was briefly a page to Empress Elizabeth. Despite the serial upheavals of the First World War, the Second World War and the economic Depression of the 1930s, the Society increased in number during Ledóchowski's term of office. After the death of Franz Xavier Wernz in August 1914, 49-year-old Ledóchowski became a candidate for the leadership of his order.

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The world when Wlodimir Ledóchowski was born

Wlodimir Ledóchowski was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

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Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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