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Fodor Pál SJ

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Birth data:: Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Košice, Slovakia — January 31, 1918
Death data:: Toronto, ON, Canada — December 31, 1959
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: July 30, 1937
Perpetual vows:: Enghien, Belgium — February 2, 1947
Priestly ordination:: July 25, 1948
Other name used:: Jaschkó

Biographical data

His two brothers, István and Balázs Jaschkó, were also Jesuits, and his sister Hermina, who passed away at the age of 107, was a nun in the Society of the Sacred Heart. He had eight siblings in total. He entered the novitiate of the Slovak Province in Rózsahegy on July 30, 1937, but in 1938, when Košice returned to Hungary, he transferred to the Hungarian Province and was sent to Manréza, where he also completed his studies in rhetoric. From 1941 to 1943, he studied philosophy in Košice, and from 1943 to 1946, he served as a boarding school supervisor in Pécs. He left the country in 1946. He completed his theological studies in Enghien, Belgium. He took his vows there on February 2, 1947. He was ordained a priest on July 25, 1948. He lived in Canada from 1950 onward. Due to his worsening illness, his right hand had to be amputated in 1958; at that time, he received special permission from Rome to celebrate Mass with his left hand. I was unable to find a photo of him as an adult, but a childhood photo of him can be found in an article about his family.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1946	1949	Enghien, Belgium		theological studies
1949	1950	Ineuil, France		third
1950	1951	Toronto, ON, Canada	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor and missionary to the diaspora
1952	1954	Hamilton, ON, Canada		parish priest
1954	1959	Montréal, QC, Canada		assistant pastor

Life timeline

Birth

January 31, 1918

Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Košice, Slovakia

Entry into religious life

July 30, 1937

Service abroad

1946 – 1949

Enghien, Belgium

theological studies

Perpetual vows

February 2, 1947

Enghien, Belgium

Priestly ordination

July 25, 1948

Service abroad

1949 – 1950

Ineuil, France

third

Service abroad

1950 – 1951

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor and missionary to the diaspora

Service abroad

1952 – 1954

Hamilton, ON, Canada

parish priest

Service abroad

1954 – 1959

Montréal, QC, Canada

assistant pastor

Death

December 31, 1959

Toronto, ON, Canada

Sources

MKL: Hamilton
https://szemlelek.net/a-hihetetlen-szerzetescsalad-harom-jaschko-testver-306-eleteve✓
https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/node/1430✓

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Citation for this entry

Fodor Pál 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=279 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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