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

Gulyás Ferenc SVD

Gulyás Ferenc SVD
Deceased
Birth data:
Mohács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — May 24, 1916
Death data:
Mödling, Austria — January 29, 2009
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Bécs, Hungary — July 12, 1942
Biographical data
He graduated from high school in 1936 at the Benedictine High School in Kőszeg. He studied in St. Gabriel (Austria) and was ordained a priest in Vienna on July 12, 1942. He lived in Brazil from 1947, then returned to Europe in 1977 and settled in Austria.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1942 1945 Kőszeg Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary pastor
1942 1945 Budatétény Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary pastor
1945 1947 Dunajánosháza Hungary detention center
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1947 1977 Brazília in various roles: caretaker in Belo Horizonte, assistant pastor in Rio de Janeiro, assistant pastor and later parish priest in Volta Redonda, and parish priest in Tres Rios
1977 1981 Fendels Austria the chaplain of the Sisters of Mercy
1981 1985 Fürstenfeld Austria Pastor of St. Severen Mission House
1985 2009 Mayerling Austria He served as chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters and later lived at the St. Gabriel Mission House retirement home in Mödling
Literary activity
Elmélyült kutatómunkát végzett a mohácsi csata körüli történelmi időszak levéltári anyaginak itthon és külföldön való felderítésében. Aprólékos, igényes adatgyűjtése és feldolgozása tette lehetővé az SVD magyarországi történetének megírását.
Life timeline
Birth
Mohács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
Bécs, Hungary
Service in the homeland
19421945
Kőszeg, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
pastor
Service in the homeland
19421945
Budatétény, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
pastor
Service in the homeland
19451947
Dunajánosháza, Hungary
detention center
Service abroad
19471977
Brazília
in various roles: caretaker in Belo Horizonte, assistant pastor in Rio de Janeiro, assistant pastor and later parish priest in Volta Redonda, and parish priest in Tres Rios
Service abroad
19771981
Fendels, Austria
the chaplain of the Sisters of Mercy
Service abroad
19811985
Fürstenfeld, Austria
Pastor of St. Severen Mission House
Service abroad
19852009
Mayerling, Austria
He served as chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters and later lived at the St. Gabriel Mission House retirement home in Mödling
Death
Mödling, Austria
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Citation for this entry
Gulyás Ferenc SVD: 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=346 (accessed: 2026-05-06).