Nagyléta, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — February 4, 1928
Death data:
Nyíregyháza, Hungary — June 19, 2022
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
bazilita (Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
1949
Perpetual vows:
Róma, Italy — 1964
Priestly ordination:
Róma, Italy — April 27, 1958
Biographical data
In 1949, he entered the Basilian Order, but was able to spend only one year in the novitiate because the order was banned. He studied briefly in Nyíregyháza, then studied theology in Budapest as a layman while working as a factory laborer. He left the country in 1956; he was ordained a priest in Rome on April 27, 1958, and was then assigned to Canada.
He made his solemn perpetual vows in 1964, also in Rome.
From 2016, he lived in Máriapócs as a retiree.
Erdei János József OSBM: 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=243 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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