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Balogh Sándor SJ

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Birth data:: Misefa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — November 1, 1912
Death data:: Caracas, Venezuela — June 24, 1991
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 24, 1928
Priestly ordination:: July 21, 1941

Biographical data

He entered the order on August 24, 1928. He completed his novitiate and rhetoric studies in Budapest at the Manréza, while also finishing his high school education. Between 1934 and 1937, he studied philosophy in Szeged, and then studied theology in Innsbruck beginning in 1939. On July 21, 1941—or, according to the Jesuit directory, on the 26th—he was ordained a priest. From 1943, he studied biblical studies in Rome, then completed his tertianship in Szeged in 1944, after which he returned to Rome. From 1949, he lived in South America.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1944	1944	Szeged	Hungary		third

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1949	1953	Bogota	Kolumbia	professor of biblical studies
1953	1955	Róma	Italy	doctoral studies
1956	1960	Merida	Venezuela	English, philosophy, and geology teacher
1960	1961	Maracaibo	Venezuela	pastor
1962	1962	Valparaiso	Chile	missionary
1963	1991	Caracas	Venezuela	English, history, and philosophy teacher

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Birth

November 1, 1912

Misefa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 24, 1928

Priestly ordination

July 21, 1941

Service in the homeland

1944 – 1944

Szeged, Hungary

third

Service abroad

1949 – 1953

Bogota, Kolumbia

professor of biblical studies

Service abroad

1953 – 1955

Róma, Italy

doctoral studies

Service abroad

1956 – 1960

Merida, Venezuela

English, philosophy, and geology teacher

Service abroad

1960 – 1961

Maracaibo, Venezuela

pastor

Service abroad

1962 – 1962

Valparaiso, Chile

missionary

Service abroad

1963 – 1991

Caracas, Venezuela

English, history, and philosophy teacher

Death

June 24, 1991

Caracas, Venezuela

Sources

https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/node/1191✓
Miklósházy Attila SJ.: Vázlatok és adalékok a külföldi római katolikus magyar lelkipásztorkodás történetéhez, MEV 13., 2001/1–2., 223-262.
Bikfalvy: 25.
A fényképet a Jezsuita Levéltár és Rendtörténeti Könyvtár bocsátotta rendelkezésemre.

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Balogh Sándor SJ: 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=42 (accessed: 2026-04-05).