List of Jesuits - R

R

• Karl Rahner, 20th-century German theologian
• Saint Bernardino Realino, pastor of Lecce
• Joseph Redlhamer, 18th-century Austrian physics professor and textbook author
• Saint John Francis Regis, French rural missionary preacher
• Karl Leonhard Reinhold
• Franz Retz, Czech 15th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian religious leader
• Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary to Vietnam; linguist
• Servant of God Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary to China, linguist and published the first Chinese edition of Euclids Elements
• Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 17th-century Italian astronomer; devised the system for the nomenclature of lunar features that is now the international standard
• Gabriel Richard, co-founder of University of Michigan, "second founder" of Detroit, first congressional representative from Michigan (then a territory, not yet a state)
• Saint Alonso Rodriguez, martyr of the Río de la Plata
• Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit brother; mystic
• João Rodrigues, 16th century Portuguese missionary, known in Japan as João Rodrigues "Tçuzu" (interpreter), wrote several books, including a Japanese grammar work entitled Arte da Lingoa de Iapam in 1604. He was also a organizer of the Nippo Jisho or Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam, the first Japanese to Portuguese dictionary published in 1603.
• Saint José María Rubio, Spanish priest; canonized in 2003