Reading Galley Slaves, and came across an entry from Victorino Matus wishing a happy birthday to one James Martin, S.J., "the oldest Jesuit in the world."

Well, that’s a cruel jab, I thought, Fr. Jim Martin ain’t that old, surely..

Oh…it’s another Jesuit Fr. Martin, who really is the oldest Jesuit in the world – at 104 years old! God bless him.

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