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Erdey Ferenc SDB

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Birth data:: Beodra, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Serbia — 1906
Death data:: Mexikóváros, Mexikó — April 28, 1983
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: 1923
Priestly ordination:: La Habana, Kuba — 1932

Biographical data

Original name: Erdmann (In Gábor Molnár’s cited work, a Salesian named Erdey and another named Erdmann are mentioned separately, but these two individuals are presumably one and the same.)
He entered the Salesian Order in Nyergesújfalu and completed his novitiate in Péliföldszentkereszt. He took his vows in 1923 and left for Cuba as a missionary in 1927. There, he edited a newspaper and founded a sports club. He was ordained a priest in Havana in 1932. He was the victim of a car accident.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1927	1960		Kuba		missionary, Hungarian pastor
1960	1983		Mexikó		missionary

Literary activity

A helyi szalézi értesítő szerkesztője, népi és hitbuzgalmi kiadványok fordítója, szerkesztője, írója.

Life timeline

Birth

1906

Beodra, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Serbia

Perpetual vows

1923

Service abroad

1927 – 1960

Kuba

missionary, Hungarian pastor

Priestly ordination

1932

La Habana, Kuba

Service abroad

1960 – 1983

Mexikó

missionary

Death

April 28, 1983

Mexikóváros, Mexikó

Sources

https://www.szaleziak.hu/_static/elhunyt_szaleziak.php?id=238&name=Erdey%20Ferenc✓
Szolgálat, 1983/60. Halottaink;
Molnár Gábor: Magyar hősök Latin-Amerikában a XX: században (1936–1997 között), MEV 2004/1–2., 217-241.;
A fényképet a Don Bosco Szalézi Társasága Magyar Szalézi Tartományfőnökség és Lengyel Erzsébet SC bocsátotta rendelkezésemre.

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Citation for this entry

Erdey Ferenc SDB: 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=235 (accessed: 2026-05-06).