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Herre Mihály SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nitra, Slovakia — 1690 circa
Death data:: Santiago de Chile, Chile — 1737
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)

Biographical data

Mihály Herre, S.J., was a Hungarian Jesuit priest originally from Nitra. In the first half of the 18th century, he worked in the Chilean missions. He participated in the construction of the Jesuit college in Concepción and served among the Jesuit missions in Chile. During the same period, the Hungarian Jesuit missionary Márton Hedry was also active in Chile. Mihály Herre died in Santiago de Chile in 1737. His exact year of birth is unknown; he was likely born in the early 1690s in Nitra or the surrounding area.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1725	1737	Santiago de Chile, Chile			missionary, founder of the Jesuit College in Concepción

Life timeline

Birth

1690

Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nitra, Slovakia

Service abroad

1725 – 1737 körül

Santiago de Chile, Chile

missionary, founder of the Jesuit College in Concepción

Death

1737

Santiago de Chile, Chile

Sources

https://ungerska.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=338:magyarok-chileben&catid=55&Itemid=88✓

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Citation for this entry

Herre Mihály 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=384 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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