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Guornieri Placido Ferdando Farkas OSB

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Birth data:: Brazília — February 2, 1968
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: December 8, 1989
Priestly ordination:: November 5, 1995

Biographical data

He is of Hungarian descent on his mother’s side. He took his vows on December 8, 1989. He was ordained a priest on November 5, 1995. In 2017, he was appointed pastor to the Hungarian community in São Paulo. He learned a basic level of Hungarian, spending a month in Pannonhalma for this purpose.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1995 after		Brazília			Benedictine monk
2017 after		São Paulo, Brazília			pastor to the Hungarians, and at the same time prior of the Abbey of São Geraldo in Morumbi and master of novices

Life timeline

Birth

February 2, 1968

Brazília

Perpetual vows

December 8, 1989

Priestly ordination

November 5, 1995

Service abroad

1995

Brazília

Benedictine monk

Service abroad

2017

São Paulo, Brazília

pastor to the Hungarians, and at the same time prior of the Abbey of São Geraldo in Morumbi and master of novices

Sources

A Külföldi Katolikus Magyar Lelkipásztori Szolgálat papjainak név- és címtára, 2019. 78–79.;
Ismertető 22., 2018. február 2. 23.;
http://www.ldysinger.com/@abbeys/@confederation/Catologus_2015.pdf✕
https://www.mnspaz.com/jubileu-de-25–anos-de-ordenacao-sacerdotal-de-d-placido-guarnieriosb/✕
https://osboblatus.hu/sites/default/files/csatolmanyok/direktorium-nevtar-2018/direktorium2018v.pdf✓
https://www.asg.org.br/Abadia/Hungara✓

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Guornieri Placido Ferdando Farkas OSB: 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=350 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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