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Mikus Mátyás SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Krajna, Horvát Királyság, currently Kranjska, Slovenia — 1701 circa
According to another source: Krajna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
According to another source: Nagyszombat, Trnava
Death data:: ismeretlen
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: ismeretlen
First (temporary) vows:: ismeretlen
Perpetual vows:: ismeretlen
Priestly ordination:: ismeretlen
Place of burial:: ismeretlen
Other name used:: Mathias Mikus

Biographical data

Little is known about the details of his life. His place of birth is uncertain. The term “Krajna” found in the sources is ambiguous: it could refer to the historical province of Krajna/Carniola, but it could also be identified with Karaj, the present-day village of Krajné in Slovakia, whose former Hungarian name was Krajna; however, some sources list Nagyszombat as his place of birth.

According to the literature, he served in overseas missions from around 1730–1731, presumably in the area of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay. The year of his death is unknown.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1729 circa	1731	Paraguay			missionary

Life timeline

Birth

1701

Krajna, Horvát Királyság, currently Kranjska, Slovenia

Service abroad

1729 – 1731

Paraguay

missionary

Sources

Lukács László jezsuita katalógusa: Catalogus generalis seu Nomenclator biographicus personarum Provinciae Austriae Societatis Jesu, II., 1014
Bartusz-Dobosi László: Magyar jezsuiták a XVII-XVIII. századi Latin-Amerikában, in: https://www.tavlatok.hu/83/83centenarium.htm
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

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Citation for this entry

Mikus Mátyás 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=747 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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