Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Forrai Tamás Gergely SJ

Forrai Tamás Gergely SJ
Active Anyaországban
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 Country 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 Country Church / institution Position
2017 2024 Toronto, ON Canada Szent Erzsébet templom 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
Budapest, Hungary
Entry into religious life
Priestly ordination
Budapest, Hungary
Service in the homeland
19982010
Miskolc, Hungary
Fényi Gyula Jezsuita Gimnázium, Kollégium és Óvoda
director
Perpetual vows
Miskolc, Hungary
Service in the homeland
20102017
Budapest, Hungary
Jezsuita Tartományfőnökség
provincial governor
Service abroad
20172024
Toronto, ON, Canada
Szent Erzsébet templom
parish priest
Service in the homeland
2024 – currently active
Pécs, Hungary
Jézus Szíve templom
university chaplain, organizing chaplain
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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: 2026-05-06).