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Forrai Tamás Gergely SJ

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Birth data:: Budapest, Hungary — December 27, 1964
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 6, 1990
Perpetual vows:: Miskolc, Hungary — 2006
Priestly ordination:: Budapest, Hungary — August 8, 1998

Biographical data

He graduated in 1989 from the Faculty of Humanities at ELTE with a degree in history and Latin, and then entered the Central Seminary (Budapest) as a secular seminarian. He joined the Society of Jesus on September 6, 1990. He studied philosophy in Munich, then served as an organizer at the Faludi Ferenc Academy for a year and a half. He completed his theological studies in Dublin, Ireland. He was ordained a priest in Budapest on August 8, 1998. He took his solemn vows in 2006 in Miskolc.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Church / institution	Position
1998	2010	Miskolc, Hungary	Fényi Gyula Jezsuita Gimnázium, Kollégium és Óvoda	director
2010	2017	Budapest, Hungary	Jezsuita Tartományfőnökség	provincial governor
2024	currently active	Pécs, Hungary	Jézus Szíve templom	university chaplain, organizing chaplain

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
2017	2024	Toronto, ON, Canada		Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest

Literary activity

Közösség, érték és kultúra. Avas-déli küldetés a jezsuita pedagógia perspektívájából, Múlt és jövő, Magyar Egyháztörténeti Enciklopédia Munkaközösség (Budapest), 2010
Az életrendezés apostola – Vácz Jenő atya emlékezete, Vácz, Kárpáti, Bíró, stb., Jézus Társasága Magyarországi Rendtartománya (Budapest), 2014 Távlatok, számos publikáció

Life timeline

Birth

December 27, 1964

Budapest, Hungary

Entry into religious life

September 6, 1990

Priestly ordination

August 8, 1998

Budapest, Hungary

Service in the homeland

1998 – 2010

Miskolc, Hungary

Fényi Gyula Jezsuita Gimnázium, Kollégium és Óvoda

director

Perpetual vows

2006

Miskolc, Hungary

Service in the homeland

2010 – 2017

Budapest, Hungary

Jezsuita Tartományfőnökség

provincial governor

Service abroad

2017 – 2024

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service in the homeland

2024 – currently active

Pécs, Hungary

Jézus Szíve templom

university chaplain, organizing chaplain

Sources

Forrai Tamás Gergely SJ személyes közlése
Bikfalvi: 71.
http://arckepcsarnok.jezsuita.hu/forrai-tamas/✓
http://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/forrai-tamas-az-uj-jezsuita-tartomanyfonoek/✓
https://pecsiegyhazmegye.hu/papsag/szemely/2495✕

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Citation for this entry

Forrai Tamás Gergely 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=283 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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