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Porgeth Imre SDB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Dunaföldvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — October 22, 1876
Death data:: Masaya, Nicaragua — June 24, 1958
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Cavaglià, Italy — 1889
First (temporary) vows:: Lombriasco, Italy — October 18, 1908
Priestly ordination:: Oświęcim, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Poland — June 29, 1916

Biographical data

A student from Cavaglia, he completed his novitiate in Lombriasco. He took his first vows in 1908. He was ordained a priest in 1916 in Oswencim, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and now in Poland. He also served as a teacher in the mission. Toward the end of his life, he was bedridden for eight months due to paralysis. According to the MKL, he was a member of the Nicaraguan province, but his name also appears in the directory of the Hungarian Salesian province.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1916	1921 before	Péliföldszentkereszt, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Bajót, Hungary		prefect
1932		Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		visited his family back home

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1921		San Salvador, El Salvador	Colegio Don Bosco	teacher
1922	1931	Santa Tecla, El Salvador		professor of theology, director of the holiday oratorio
1933	1954 circa	Honduras		pastor
1933	1954 circa	Nicaragua		pastor
1933	1954 circa	Costa Rica		pastor
1933	1954	El Salvador		pastor
1954	1958	Masaya, Nicaragua		confessor

Life timeline

Birth

October 22, 1876

Dunaföldvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

1889

Cavaglià, Italy

First (temporary) vows

October 18, 1908

Lombriasco, Italy

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1916

Oświęcim, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Poland

Service in the homeland

1916 – 1921

Péliföldszentkereszt, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Bajót, Hungary

prefect

Service abroad

1921

San Salvador, El Salvador

Colegio Don Bosco

teacher

Service abroad

1922 – 1931

Santa Tecla, El Salvador

professor of theology, director of the holiday oratorio

Service in the homeland

1932

Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

visited his family back home

Service abroad

1933 – 1954

Honduras

pastor

Service abroad

1933 – 1954

Nicaragua

pastor

Service abroad

1933 – 1954

Costa Rica

pastor

Service abroad

1933 – 1954

El Salvador

pastor

Service abroad

1954 – 1958

Masaya, Nicaragua

confessor

Death

June 24, 1958

Masaya, Nicaragua

Sources

Miklósi László: Magyar hősök öt világrészen. Bp., 1936.;
MKL: Porgeth;
Molnár Gábor: Magyar hősök Latin-Amerikában a XX: században (1936–1997 között), MEV 2004/1–2., 217-241.;
https://db.archiviosalesiano.net/s/asc/item/13867✓

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Citation for this entry

Porgeth Imre SDB: 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=896 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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