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Holócsi István SDB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Illésháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Nový Život, Slovakia — July 24, 1898
Death data:: Callao, Peru — November 17, 1929
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: seminarian
Entry into religious life:: Péliföldszentkereszt, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Bajót, Hungary
Perpetual vows:: 1924

Biographical data

István Holócsi, a Salesian novice, was born in Illésháza in 1898. He served in the artillery during World War I, then entered the Salesian Order in Péliföldszentkereszt. He took his religious vows in 1924 and subsequently departed for the mission in Peru. He had difficulty coping with the high-altitude climate, but he is remembered as a helpful and prayerful monk. He began his theological studies in Lima, and after a brief stay in the hospital, he passed away in Callao on November 17, 1929. Before his death, he received the last rites.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
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Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1924	1929	Lima, Peru			seminarian

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Birth

July 24, 1898

Illésháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Nový Život, Slovakia

Service abroad

1924 – 1929

Lima, Peru

seminarian

Perpetual vows

1924

Death

November 17, 1929

Callao, Peru

Sources

https://szaleziak.hu/_static/elhunyt_szaleziak.php?id=228&name=Hol%C3%B3csi%20Istv%C3%A1n✓

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Holócsi István 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=405 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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