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Mandl Károly SBD

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Deceased

Birth data:: Károlyháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — August 29, 1905
Death data:: Moca, Dominikai Köztársaság — December 4, 1995
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: 1923
Priestly ordination:: 1931

Biographical data

He completed his high school studies in Péliföldszentkereszt and Nyergesújfalu. He took his vows in Péliföldszentkereszt in 1923. After studying in Turin (1928–1931), he was ordained a priest in 1931. In 1944, he was forced to leave the country. He died of complications (a heart attack) following a broken collarbone. He was an outstanding organist.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1931	1944	Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		caretaker at several monasteries

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1944	1951	Germany
1951	1955	Kuba	missionary
1955		Santurce, Puerto Rico	missionary
1956	1967	San Juan, Puerto Rico	missionary
	1995 before	Moca, Dominikai Köztársaság	missionary

Life timeline

Birth

August 29, 1905

Károlyháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Perpetual vows

1923

Service in the homeland

1931 – 1944

Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

caretaker at several monasteries

Priestly ordination

1931

Service abroad

1944 – 1951

Germany

Service abroad

1951 – 1955

Kuba

missionary

Service abroad

1955

Santurce, Puerto Rico

missionary

Service abroad

1956 – 1967

San Juan, Puerto Rico

missionary

Death

December 4, 1995

Moca, Dominikai Köztársaság

Sources

KMVÉ: 1955-1967.;
Molnár Gábor: Magyar hősök Latin-Amerikában a XX: században (1936–1997 között), MEV 2004/1–2., 217-241.;
A fényképet a Don Bosco Szalézi Társasága Magyar Szalézi Tartományfőnökség és Lengyel Erzsébet SC bocsátotta rendelkezésemre.;
https://www.szaleziak.hu/_static/elhunyt_szaleziak.php?id=220&name=M%C3%A1ndly%20K%C3%A1roly✓

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Mandl Károly SBD: 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=691 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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