Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Koncság Nándor SJ

← → PDF export

Deceased

Birth data:: Varasd, Horvát Királyság, currently Varaždin, Croatia — December 2, 1703
Death data:: Mexikó — September 10, 1759
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: October 22, 1919
Perpetual vows:: March 25, 1738
Priestly ordination:: 1728
Other name used:: Konschak, Konsag Ferdinánd

Biographical data

His name is known in several forms. The most common is Nándor Koncság, but he is listed as Ferdinánd Koncság in the Jesuit register. In addition, the variants Consag, Konsak, Kúnsági, and Konschak are also known. He moved to Buda with his family during his childhood, where he studied at the Jesuit college. He entered the order on October 22, 1719. He spent his novitiate years in Trenčín. He was ordained a priest in Graz in 1728. He took his final vows on March 25, 1738. During his missionary work, he also made geographical discoveries: he explored previously unknown regions, including the Colorado Valley, the Arizona Desert, and the area that is now New Mexico. With his map of Lower California, he proved that this area was not an island, but a peninsula.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1728	1730	Buda, Kingdom of Hungary	Budapest, Hungary		a teacher at the Jesuit college

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Position
1732	1745	A mai Kalifornia és Észak-Mexikó területe	USA	missionary at the Indian reservation
1745	1751	Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország	Mexikó	founding missionary
1752	1753	Santa Gertrudis, Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország	Mexikó	founding missionary
1753	1759	Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország	Mexikó	visitor

Literary activity

Nagadia. Buda, 1728
Diario de Californias. Párizs, 1767.

Life timeline

Birth

December 2, 1703

Varasd, Horvát Királyság, currently Varaždin, Croatia

Service in the homeland

1728 – 1730

Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Budapest, Hungary

a teacher at the Jesuit college

Priestly ordination

1728

Service abroad

1732 – 1745

A mai Kalifornia és Észak-Mexikó területe, currently USA

missionary at the Indian reservation

Perpetual vows

March 25, 1738

Service abroad

1745 – 1751

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország, currently Mexikó

founding missionary

Service abroad

1752 – 1753

Santa Gertrudis, Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország, currently Mexikó

founding missionary

Service abroad

1753 – 1759

Spanyol Birodalom Új-Spanyolország, currently Mexikó

visitor

Death

September 10, 1759

Mexikó

Entry into religious life

October 22, 1919

Sources

P. Reisz Elemér SJ: A Jézustársaság és a világmisszió, Budapest, 1942., 27.;
Miklósházy Attila SJ.: Vázlatok és adalékok a külföldi római katolikus magyar lelkipásztorkodás történetéhez, MEV 13., 2001/1–2.;
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/2000/06/02/lacza-tihamer-magyar-jezsuitak-latin-amerikaban/

Images

Click an image to enlarge. Navigation: ← →, close: Esc.

Places related to this person on the map

● birth ● priestly ordination ● domestic service ● foreign service ● death ● burial

Related persons

Similar and related clergy

Citation for this entry

Koncság Nándor 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=566 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

Last modified: June 8, 2026 14:10 | Opened: 51 times