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Megyer József SJ

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Birth data:: Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — March 31, 1922
Death data:: Mexico City, Mexikó — March 28, 1966
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 26, 1944
Perpetual vows:: August 15, 1958
Priestly ordination:: December 3, 1954
Other name used:: Monsberger

Biographical data

He entered the order on September 26, 1944, and completed his novitiate in Manréza from 1944 to 1946. From 1947 to 1949, he studied philosophy in Szeged. In 1949, he defected across the “green border”; he then wanted to request assignment to a mission in China, but was unable to do so, so he went to Mexico, where he studied Spanish and served as a boarding school supervisor from 1951 to 1952. From 1953 to 1956, he studied theology in Bogotá, Colombia. He was ordained a priest on December 3, 1954, and took his final vows on August 15, 1958. He died of heart disease at the age of 44.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1951	1952	Mexico City, Mexikó	Language learning and dorm supervisor
1953	1956	Bogota, Kolumbia	theological studies
1957		Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Brazília	tercia
1958	1959	Barranquilla, Kolumbia	economics teacher
1960	1966	Mexico City, Mexikó	teacher of economics, sociology, ethics, and religious studies, as well as a Hungarian pastor

Literary activity

Amo, lucho, murio – szeretett, küzdött, meghalt. Versek. Mexico, 1968.

Life timeline

Birth

March 31, 1922

Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

September 26, 1944

Service abroad

1951 – 1952

Mexico City, Mexikó

Language learning and dorm supervisor

Service abroad

1953 – 1956

Bogota, Kolumbia

theological studies

Priestly ordination

December 3, 1954

Service abroad

1957

Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Brazília

tercia

Perpetual vows

August 15, 1958

Service abroad

1958 – 1959

Barranquilla, Kolumbia

economics teacher

Service abroad

1960 – 1966

Mexico City, Mexikó

teacher of economics, sociology, ethics, and religious studies, as well as a Hungarian pastor

Death

March 28, 1966

Mexico City, Mexikó

Sources

A Szív, 1954. december, pp. 4.;
Gyászjelentése: KMV, 1966-04-10., pp. 8.;
https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/node/804✓

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Megyer 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=725 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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