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Hemm János SJ

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Birth data:: Bácsszentiván, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Prigrevica, Serbia — March 24, 1891
Death data:: Pécs, Hungary — August 11, 1948
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Nagyszombat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Trnava, Slovakia — July 30, 1908
Perpetual vows:: October 7, 1935
Priestly ordination:: Hastings, United Kingdom — 1917

Biographical data

He entered the Society of Jesus in Nagyszombat on July 30, 1908, while in his sixth year of secondary school. He graduated from high school in Kalocsa. From 1913 to 1915, he studied philosophy at the college of the exiled French province in Jersey, England. He completed the first two years of his theological studies between 1916 and 1917, also in England, in Hastings, under the jurisdiction of the French Lyon Province. He was ordained a priest in Hastings, England, in 1917. As novice master of the order, he carried out his duties with great insight into human nature, prudence, and firm guidance; he introduced approximately one hundred and seventy young men to the monastic life.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1917	1918	Kalocsa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Hungary		Latin and Hungarian teacher
1921	1923	Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		Religion and French teacher
1923	1942	Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	Manréza	Master of novices and director of the retreat house
1942	1948	Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		principal, head of the boarding school, dorm supervisor, and religion teacher

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1919	1920	Innsbruck, Austria	pursuing studies
1923		Poughkeepsie, NY, USA	third
1923	1927	New York, NY, USA	a Hungarian pastor who also undertook missionary trips to Canada.

Literary activity

A jezsuita nevelés. Pécs, 1942.

Life timeline

Birth

March 24, 1891

Bácsszentiván, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Prigrevica, Serbia

Entry into religious life

July 30, 1908

Nagyszombat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Trnava, Slovakia

Service in the homeland

1917 – 1918

Kalocsa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Latin and Hungarian teacher

Priestly ordination

1917

Hastings, United Kingdom

Service abroad

1919 – 1920

Innsbruck, Austria

pursuing studies

Service in the homeland

1921 – 1923

Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Religion and French teacher

Service abroad

1923

Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

third

Service in the homeland

1923 – 1942

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Manréza

Master of novices and director of the retreat house

Service abroad

1923 – 1927

New York, NY, USA

a Hungarian pastor who also undertook missionary trips to Canada.

Perpetual vows

October 7, 1935

Service in the homeland

1942 – 1948

Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

principal, head of the boarding school, dorm supervisor, and religion teacher

Death

August 11, 1948

Pécs, Hungary

Sources

Máté: 210.;
Bikfalvi: 88.;
JTMR Levéltár IV.03 (Gyűjtemények, Fényképgyűjtemény)
https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/node/1171✓

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Citation for this entry

Hemm János 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=382 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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