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Janocskó Jukund OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Bárca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kosice, Slovakia — 1891
Death data:: Ascension, Bolívia — February 5, 1986
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)

Biographical data

In other sources, his name is given as Jacundus Janocskó Varga. He spent a considerable amount of time in Italy during his youth, and later joined the order in Croatia. He trained as a cook. He was drafted as a novice and served at several locations during World War I (Italy, Transylvania, Carpathian Ruthenia) as a medic and later as a non-commissioned officer. After his discharge, he worked as a cook at the monastery in Gyöngyös and later in Szeged. He was a novice in Pécs and then transferred to Siklós. He originally wanted to be a missionary in China, but his application was rejected, and he was sent to Bolivia instead. He served as a monk in Bolivia starting in 1927. In 1971—after more than half a century—he presented his royal passport at the Hungarian Embassy in Bolivia to request a visit home, at which time he was issued a Hungarian tourist passport.

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Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1918	1927	Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1927	1930	Tarata, Bolívia	chef
1930	1940	Guarayo, Bolívia	community administrator
1940	1986	Salvatierra, Bolívia	missionary among the Native Americans, honorary tribal chief

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Birth

1891

Bárca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kosice, Slovakia

Service in the homeland

1918 – 1927

Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1927 – 1930

Tarata, Bolívia

chef

Service abroad

1930 – 1940

Guarayo, Bolívia

community administrator

Service abroad

1940 – 1986

Salvatierra, Bolívia

missionary among the Native Americans, honorary tribal chief

Death

February 5, 1986

Ascension, Bolívia

Sources

Dunántúl, 1927-08-27., pp. 5.;
Dunántúl, 1933-06-25., pp. 6.;
Oby Gyula: Egy „indián törzsfőnök” – itthon, Vigília, 1971-05-01.; pp. 356-358.;
OFM-K-1994: 43.

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Janocskó Jukund 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=475 (accessed: 2026-10-30).

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