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Nagy Sándor

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Nagy Sándor
Deceased
Birth data:
Csorna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — February 23, 1910
Death data:
Sopron, Hungary — September 3, 1972
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Szombathely
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 2, 1935
Place of burial:
Acsalag, Hungary
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest on June 23, 1935. He left the country sometime after 1947, as the diocesan bishop of Szombathely—along with several other priests—called on him in a circular letter in 1958 to return and take up his assigned post, otherwise he would be suspended. According to the file in the ABTL, he was in South Africa before the 1970s. The 1972 directory of the Diocese of Szombathely lists him as being in the United States. This is also the case in the 1977 and 1984 yearbooks; however, this information is incorrect, as he served in the Republic of South Africa after Austria.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1936 1937 Csorna, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor (in the Diocese of Győr)
1938 Páka, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
1939 Zalaegerszeg, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor (later in Letenye)
1940 Egervár, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
1941 1944 Győr, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary Vár assistant pastor
1944 1947 after Sárvár, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1948 1956 Linz, Austria Hungarian pastor
1956 1960 Spittal an der Drau, Austria Hungarian pastor
1960 1972 Pretoria, Dél-afrikai Köztársaság missionary pastor (in the Durban, Pretoria, Vanderbijlpark, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Vereeniging, and Windhoek areas, among others)
Life timeline
Birth
February 23, 1910
Csorna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
June 2, 1935
Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Service in the homeland
1936 – 1937
Csorna, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor (in the Diocese of Győr)
Service in the homeland
1938
Páka, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1939
Zalaegerszeg, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor (later in Letenye)
Service in the homeland
1940
Egervár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1941 – 1944
Győr, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Vár
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1944 – 1947
Sárvár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1948 – 1956
Linz, Austria
Hungarian pastor
Service abroad
1956 – 1960
Spittal an der Drau, Austria
Hungarian pastor
Service abroad
1960 – 1972
Pretoria, Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
missionary pastor (in the Durban, Pretoria, Vanderbijlpark, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Vereeniging, and Windhoek areas, among others)
Death
September 3, 1972
Sopron, Hungary
Sources
  • Schematismus Venerabilis Cleri Dioecesis Sabariensis et Administraturae AP. Muravidék pro anno domini 1943., 164.;
  • Schematismus Venerabilis Cleri Dioecesis Sabariensis pro anno domini 1947.;
  • A Szombathelyi Egyházmegye Hivatalos Közleményei 1958., 1314/1958. Monitio et suspensio;
  • A Szombathelyi Egyházmegye névtára 1972., 195.;
  • ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 2061-2062.
  • MKL: Nagy
  • Borovi József: Magyar katolikus lelkipásztori szolgálat Dél-Afrikában, 29-40.
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Citation for this entry
Nagy Sándor: 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=799 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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