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Bourdeux Ottó SJ, dr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: Atkár, Hungary — March 25, 1922
Death data:: Szombathely, Hungary — July 13, 2001
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
previously: Rotenburg, Németország
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita
previously: Rotenburg, Németország (1970-tól)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: October 16, 1970
Perpetual vows:: September 8, 1983
Priestly ordination:: July 6, 1969
Place of burial:: Fiumei Úti Nemzeti Sírkert
Budapest, Hungary
Other name used:: Bordeaux

Biographical data

He earned a law degree and practiced as a lawyer until his mother’s death in 1963. At that time, he traveled to West Germany with a passport, where he was ordained a priest on July 6, 1969, for service in the Diocese of Rotenburg.
He entered the order on October 16, 1970. He completed his novitiate in Nuremberg. He completed his tertianship in Tullamore. He took his final vows on September 8, 1983. He lived in Canada from 1972 to 1984. He served as a pastor in Mariazell in 1985, in Vienna from 1986 to 1987, and in Seefeld from 1988 to 1992, after which he returned to Hungary.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1993	2000	Szombathely	Hungary	Herény	parish priest
2001	2001	Pilisvörösvár	Hungary	Szent Erzsébet Otthon	retired

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1969	1970		NSZK, currently Germany	A rotenburgi egyházmegye szolgálatában	pastor
1970	1972	Nürnberg	NSZK, currently Germany		Jesuit novice
1972	1972	Toronto, ON	Canada		assistant pastor
1973	1973	Wikwemikong, ON	Canada		assistant pastor
1974	1977	Excelsior	Canada		pastor to the indigenous people
1978	1979	Armstrong, BC	Canada		pastor to the indigenous people
1980	1980	Tullamore	Írország		third
1980	1983	Courtland, ON	Canada		Hungarian and English pastor
1983	1984	Montréal, MB	Canada		pastor at a French parish
1985	1985	Mariazell	Austria		Hungarian pastor
1986	1987	Bécs	Austria		pastor
1988	1992	Seefeld-Kadolz	Austria		parish priest

Literary activity

Szent uralkodó a 20. században? Tiszteletreméltó Habsburg Károly, Magyarország Királya és Ausztria Császára. Vallás és Élet, Hamilton, ON, 1982. (Példaképek századunknak 16.)

Life timeline

Birth

March 25, 1922

Atkár, Hungary

Priestly ordination

July 6, 1969

Service abroad

1969 – 1970

NSZK, currently Germany

A rotenburgi egyházmegye szolgálatában

pastor

Entry into religious life

October 16, 1970

Service abroad

1970 – 1972

Nürnberg, NSZK, currently Germany

Jesuit novice

Service abroad

1972 – 1972

Toronto, ON, Canada

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1973 – 1973

Wikwemikong, ON, Canada

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1974 – 1977

Excelsior, Canada

pastor to the indigenous people

Service abroad

1978 – 1979

Armstrong, BC, Canada

pastor to the indigenous people

Service abroad

1980 – 1980

Tullamore, Írország

third

Service abroad

1980 – 1983

Courtland, ON, Canada

Hungarian and English pastor

Perpetual vows

September 8, 1983

Service abroad

1983 – 1984

Montréal, MB, Canada

pastor at a French parish

Service abroad

1985 – 1985

Mariazell, Austria

Hungarian pastor

Service abroad

1986 – 1987

Bécs, Austria

pastor

Service abroad

1988 – 1992

Seefeld-Kadolz, Austria

parish priest

Service in the homeland

1993 – 2000

Szombathely, Hungary

Herény

parish priest

Death

July 13, 2001

Szombathely, Hungary

Service in the homeland

2001 – 2001

Pilisvörösvár, Hungary

Szent Erzsébet Otthon

retired

Sources

Diós: 73.;
KMVÉ: 1972-1984;
A jezsuita levéltár szíves közlése;
Bikfalvi: 38.;
Keresztény élet, 1994. december 18., pp. 4.;
JTMR Levéltár IV.03 (Gyűjtemények, Fényképgyűjtemény);
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10147/billiongraves?itemId=64362577-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=P.+Ott%C3%B3+Bourdeaux%2C+Sj.✓

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Bourdeux Ottó SJ, dr.: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=109 (accessed: 2026-04-05).