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Linka Ervin Sándor OSB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Kemenespálfa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 3, 1927
Death data:: São Paulo, Brazília — October 19, 2016
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 6, 1947
First (temporary) vows:: May 26, 1949
Perpetual vows:: September 8, 1951
Priestly ordination:: June 27, 1952

Biographical data

He entered the order on August 6, 1947. He took his simple vows on May 26, 1949, and his perpetual vows on September 8, 1951. He was ordained a priest on June 27, 1952. Outside the Order, he served in the Diocese of Győr. After his mother’s death, at the invitation of his brother, Ernő Ödön Linka, he emigrated to Brazil in 1977. From 1983, he served as assistant house master; from 1985, as house master and financial director; and from 1994, as subprior. He passed away in 2016 as the last active Hungarian Benedictine in Brazil.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Position
1952	1955	Mernye, Hungary	assistant pastor
1955	1957	Iszkáz, Hungary	assistant pastor
1957	1959	Pápa, Hungary	assistant pastor
1959	1960	Lengyeltóti, Hungary	assistant pastor
1960	1976	Tarkány, Hungary	pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1977	1978	Villa Anastacio, Brazília		assistant pastor
1978	1979	Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília		assistant pastor, prefect
1979	1985	Morumbi, Brazília		pastor
1986		Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília		pastor (first in São Paulo, then in Morumbi)
1997	2016	São Paulo, Brazília	Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság)	Hungarian Senior Pastor in Brazil

Life timeline

Birth

August 3, 1927

Kemenespálfa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 6, 1947

First (temporary) vows

May 26, 1949

Perpetual vows

September 8, 1951

Priestly ordination

June 27, 1952

Service in the homeland

1952 – 1955

Mernye, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1955 – 1957

Iszkáz, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1957 – 1959

Pápa, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1959 – 1960

Lengyeltóti, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1960 – 1976

Tarkány, Hungary

pastor

Service abroad

1977 – 1978

Villa Anastacio, Brazília

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1978 – 1979

Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília

assistant pastor, prefect

Service abroad

1979 – 1985

Morumbi, Brazília

pastor

Service abroad

1986

Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília

pastor (first in São Paulo, then in Morumbi)

Service abroad

1997 – 2016

São Paulo, Brazília

Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság)

Hungarian Senior Pastor in Brazil

Death

October 19, 2016

São Paulo, Brazília

Sources

Bencés: 228;
Jordán;
Somorjai Ádám OSB: A magyar bencések 87 éve Braziliában, MEV 2024/1–2. 70–84.

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Linka Ervin Sándor OSB: 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=660 (accessed: 2026-09-13).

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