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Hernádi Balázs Lehel OFM

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Birth data:: Paks, Hungary — June 30, 1977
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Magyarok Nagyasszonya rendtartomány)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: 2009
First (temporary) vows:: September 4, 2011
Perpetual vows:: September 26, 2015
Priestly ordination:: Budapest, Hungary — July 17, 2017
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Biographical data

He graduated from Vak Bottyán High School in Paks, then entered the seminary of the Diocese of Pécs in 2005. He was a student at the Pécs Episcopal College of Theology until 2008. He joined the Franciscan Order in 2009. He took his first vows on September 4, 2011, and his perpetual vows on September 26, 2015. He was ordained a priest on July 17, 2017, at the Parish Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Budapest. He served in Peru from 2019 to 2024 but did not participate in Hungarian pastoral ministry. According to him, he celebrated Mass for Hungarians on one occasion, though even then, due to the pandemic, it was only online.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
2024		Zalaegerszeg, Hungary			Pastor (between February and August 2005)

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Position
2017	2019	Nagyszőlős, Ukraine	Vinohragyiv (Виноградів)	deacon, then pastor
2019	2024	Satipo, Peru		Assistant pastor, then parish priest for 2023–2024
2024		Nagyszőlős, Ukraine	Vinohragyiv (Виноградів)	pastor

Life timeline

Birth

June 30, 1977

Paks, Hungary

Entry into religious life

2009

First (temporary) vows

September 4, 2011

Perpetual vows

September 26, 2015

Priestly ordination

July 17, 2017

Budapest, Hungary

Páduai Szent Antal Plébániatemplom

Service abroad

2017 – 2019

Nagyszőlős, Ukraine, currently Vinohragyiv (Виноградів)

deacon, then pastor

Service abroad

2019 – 2024

Satipo, Peru

Assistant pastor, then parish priest for 2023–2024

Service in the homeland

2024

Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

Pastor (between February and August 2005)

Service abroad

2024. augusztus –

Nagyszőlős, Ukraine, currently Vinohragyiv (Виноградів)

pastor

Sources

https://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/elet-perui-misszioban-hernadi-balazs-lehel-ferences-kepes-eloadasa-pasareten✓
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Citation for this entry

Hernádi Balázs Lehel OFM: 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=385 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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