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

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

Herre Mihály SJ

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Herre Mihály SJ

Deceased

Birth data:: Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nitra, Slovakia — 1697 circa
Death data:: Santiago de Chile, Chile — 1737
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)

Biographical data

Biographical information about him is scarce. He was a Hungarian Jesuit lay brother from Nitra. He served as a missionary in Chile and participated in the construction of the Jesuit college in Concepción. The Hungarian Jesuit missionary Márton Hedry was also active there at the same time. He died in Santiago de Chile in 1737, at the age of about forty.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1725	1737	Santiago de Chile, Chile			missionary, founder of the Jesuit College in Concepción

Life timeline

Birth

1697

Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nitra, Slovakia

Service abroad

1725 – 1737 körül

Santiago de Chile, Chile

missionary, founder of the Jesuit College in Concepción

Death

1737

Santiago de Chile, Chile

Sources

https://ungerska.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=338:magyarok-chileben&catid=55&Itemid=88✓

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Citation for this entry

Herre Mihály 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=384 (accessed: 2026-05-09).