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
Current name, country
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
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1919
1920
Innsbruck, Austria
pursuing studies
1923
1927
New York, NY, USA
a Hungarian pastor who also undertook missionary trips to Canada.
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: 2026-05-09).
