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Gerlinger János SDB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Bodok, Hungary — 1909
Death data:: Santa Clara, Kuba — April 4, 1957
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1938

Biographical data

He completed his high school studies with the Priests of the Sacred Heart and then entered the Salesian Order. He was a postulant in Nyergesújfalu for a year, then a novice in Péliföldszentkereszt. He completed his theological studies in Cuba and San Salvador, and was ordained a priest in 1938. His constant work took a toll on his health. He was killed in a car accident along with his provincial superior.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1932	1957	Havanna	Kuba		missionary

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Birth

1909

Bodok, Hungary

Service abroad

1932 – 1957

Havanna, Kuba

missionary

Priestly ordination

1938

Death

April 4, 1957

Santa Clara, Kuba

Sources

Nemzeti Újság 1936-09-20.
Molnár Gábor: Magyar hősök Latin-Amerikában a XX: században (1936–1997 között), MEV 2004/1–2., 217-241.
https://www.szaleziak.hu/_static/elhunyt_szaleziak.php?id=234&name=Gerlinger%20J%C3%A1nos✓

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Gerlinger János 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=323 (accessed: 2026-05-06).