According to another source: December 7, 2006 — Budapest, Hungary
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
September 14, 1934
Priestly ordination:
June 25, 1943
Place of burial:
Fiumei Úti Nemzeti Sírkert
Budapest, Hungary
Biographical data
He entered the order on September 14, 1934. From 1934 to 1936, he completed his novitiate at Manréza in Budapest, followed by his studies in philosophy in Budapest. From 1941 to 1944, he studied theology in Szeged. He was ordained a priest on June 25, 1943. He completed his tertianship at Manréza in Budapest in 1949, then left the country in 1950. He went to Canada and lived there with interruptions (1971 in Munich, 1972 in Klagenfurt; in between, he served as a missionary in Yugoslavia, in the Vojvodina region, until he was expelled).
He served as vice-postulator for the beatification of István Kaszap. In 1993, he settled in Hungary, then returned to Canada for a year, and finally returned home in 1998. From 2000 onward, he was a resident of the social care home in Pilisvörösvár.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1940
1940
Pécs
Hungary
Master’s degree
1944
1948
Budapest
Hungary
National Association of Young Craftsmen and Workers
1948
1948
Budapest
Hungary
Kispest
assistant pastor
1993
—
Budapest
Hungary
Kispest
assistant pastor
1998
2000
Budapest
Hungary
Kispest
assistant pastor
2000
2006
Pilisvörösvár
Hungary
Szent Erzsébet Otthon
retired
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1953
1953
Courtland, ON
Canada
1954
1956
Regina, SK
Canada
teacher (history, German, religious education) and Hungarian pastor
1957
1962
Toronto, ON
Canada
Szent Erzsébet templom
Hungarian pastor
1963
1963
London, ON
Canada
founding pastor, Hungarian and German pastor
1964
1964
Toronto, ON
Canada
pastor
1965
1970
London, ON
Canada
pastor
1971
1971
München
NSZK, currently Germany
pastor
1972
1972
Klagenfurt
Austria
pastor, while also making missionary trips to Yugoslavia until he was banned
1973
1979
Hamilton, ON
Canada
Magyarországi Szent István templom
pastor
1980
1997
Montréal, MB
Canada
pastor
Literary activity
Isten szolgája Kaszap István. Mozaikok életéből. Toronto, ON, 1990
The Structure of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola in the Light of the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas on the Election. Piacenza, 1990
Isten szolgája Kaszap István. Életrajz. Bp., 1992
Le jeune Etienne Kaszap, serviteur de Dieu. Montréal, 1994
The Young Stephen Kaszap, Servant of God. Montréal, 1994.
Bóday Jenő 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=93 (accessed: 2026-04-05).
