Person DS/UK/37 Hall; Bernard (1921-2020); Jesuit Priest Hall Bernard 1921-2020 Jesuit Priest Male Born 17 October 1921, Leeds. Entered the British Province of the Society of Jesus 1946. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 1955. Final vows in the Society of Jesus XXXX. Died 28 September 2020, Rome.

Bernard Hall SJ was born 17 October 1921 in Leeds and was educated at St Michael's College. In March 1941 he was called up to the army, serving in Britain, India, and Burma, ending up as a Captain in the Royal Artillery. In 1946 he joined the novitiate in Roehampton. Philosophy at Heythrop, Oxfordshire was followed by regency teaching at St John's Beaumont. In 1952 he returned to Heythrop to study for his Licentiate in Sacred Theology and was ordained there in 1955. After a fourth year of theology he made his tertianship at St Beuno's and then spent a year on the parish staff at Sacred Heart, Wimbledon. In 1958 he returned to Roehampton as socius to the novice-master, then in 1961 received his first assignment in Rome, as sub-secretary to the Assistant of the English-speaking Assistancy. Between 1964 and 1967 he was back at Heythrop teaching philosophy and acting as Vice-Rector, after which he returned to Rome as Superior of the Inter-Provincial houses. In 1970 he became Provincial, attending GC32 in 1974. After his six-year term he returned to Rome, now as Rector of the Bellarmino. He represented the English Province at the Congregation of Procurators in 1978 and from 1982 to 1988 was Assistant for the English-Speaking Assistancy. In 1983 he took part in GC33, and the following year made an official visitation of the English Province. He spent a year's sabbatical as chaplain in a Jesuit Refugee Service refugee camp in the Philippines in 1988-1989 and then once again became Rector at the Bellarmino, moving to be Superior of the House of Writers in Rome in 1994. By 2001 the house had become the Province infirmary for the Roman Delegation, and he stayed on there as spiritual director, a position he held until not long before his death on 28 September 2020 in teh Residenza S. Pietro Canisio in Rome. He was 98 years old and was in the 74th year of religious life. Provincial of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (1970-1976) Member of the British Province of the Society of Jesus Jesuits & Friends issue 107, Winter 2020, Published on Nov 9, 2020 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Assistant2 22/04/2016 CURIA\mallen 15/09/2022 314c8594-2489-49fd-ab67-e53ae90e3468