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Plantich Miklós SJ

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Birth data:: Zágráb, Horvát Királyság, currently Zagreb, Croatia — 1700 circa
Death data:: 1768 after
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest

Biographical data

His ethnicity was recorded as half Croatian and half Hungarian. His ancestors were border guard officers; he chose an academic career and studied at the Jesuit college in Nagyszombat and later at the Jesuit training school in Trencsén. We do not know exactly when he arrived in the New World—specifically, in Uruguay—where he taught at the Jesuit colleges in Córdoba and later in Montevideo, eventually serving as rector of the latter institution. He did not engage in missionary work, but we do not know what subjects he taught. He was likely an influential man with extensive connections, as he was accused of attempting—under his leadership—to establish a political entity from the Paraguayan Indian reductions that would have become an independent kingdom. This, of course, was a complete fabrication, since Miklós Plantich rarely visited the Indian settlements of the Paraguayan province. In 1768, he returned home along with his fellow friars, but no further details about the rest of his life have come to light.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
	1768 before	Cordoba, Perui Alkirályság	Argentína		college professor, university president (later in Montevideo, Uruguay)

Life timeline

Birth

1700

Zágráb, Horvát Királyság, currently Zagreb, Croatia

Death

1768

Sources

Bartusz-Dobosi László: Magyar jezsuiták a XVII-XVIII. századi Latin-Amerikában, in: https://www.tavlatok.hu/83/83centenarium.htm
Lacza Tihamér: Magyar jezsuiták Latin-Amerikában, in: https://forumszemle.eu/2016/06/02/lacza-tihamer-magyar-jezsuitak-latin-amerikaban-ii-resz

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Citation for this entry

Plantich Miklós 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=885 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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