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.
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
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).