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Kayling József SJ

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Birth data:: Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia — January 7, 1725
Death data:: Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia — October 6, 1791
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Trencsén, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Trenčín, Slovakia
Priestly ordination:: 1752
Other name used:: Kailing

Biographical data

He entered the order in Trenčín after leaving the college in Trnava on October 17, 1740. In 1743, he studied at the teacher training college in Győr. From 1744 to 1746, he studied philosophy in Trnava, then taught in Prešov for two years. From 1749 to 1752, he studied theology in Košice. He was ordained a priest in 1752. That same year, he volunteered for missionary service, and in 1767, after the order was dissolved in Spanish territories, he was taken captive. He was released after more than 10 years in captivity.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1777	1791	Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary	Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia		According to Bangha, the parish priest, this is also the case in Bélabánya.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1752	1767	Maranyon, Brazília	Maranhão		missionary

Literary activity

Latin nyelven megírta P. Fáy ifjúkorának eseményeit

Life timeline

Birth

January 7, 1725

Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

Service abroad

1752 – 1767

Maranyon, Brazília, currently Maranhão

missionary

Priestly ordination

1752

Service in the homeland

1777 – 1791

Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

According to Bangha, the parish priest, this is also the case in Bélabánya.

Death

October 6, 1791

Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

Sources

P. Reisz Elemér SJ: A Jézustársaság és a világmisszió, Budapest, 1942., 28.
MIKLÓSHÁZY Attila SJ.: Vázlatok és adalékok a külföldi római katolikus magyar lelkipásztorkodás történetéhez, MEV 13., 2001/1–2.
Bangha Béla.: P. Keyling József. Magyarok Pombal börtöneiben. (Ö. M. XV.) Bp., 1942. 388–9
Babarczi Dóra, Magyar jezsuiták Brazíliában a 18. század közepén, doktori értekezés, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Bölcsészettudományi Kar, Történettudományi Doktori Iskola – Modernkori program, Szeged, 2011. in: https://doktori.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/1439/1/Babarczi_MAGYAR_JEZSUIT%C3%81K_dolgozat.pdf;
Lacza Tihamér: Magyar jezsuiták Latin-Amerikában, in: https://forumszemle.eu/2016/06/02/lacza-tihamer-magyar-jezsuitak-latin-amerikaban-ii-resz/
Bartusz-Dobosi László: Magyar jezsuiták a XVII-XVIII. századi Latin-Amerikában, in: https://www.tavlatok.hu/83/83centenarium.htm

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Citation for this entry

Kayling József 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=507 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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