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Orosz László SJ

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Birth data:: Csicser, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Čičarovce, Slovakia — December 18, 1697
Death data:: Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Trnava, Slovakia — September 11, 1773
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 — February 22, 1716
Perpetual vows:: Cordoba, Perui Alkirályság, currently Argentína — March 25, 1733
Priestly ordination:: Bécs, Habsburg Birodalom, currently Austria — 1726

Biographical data

As one of the most highly educated Hungarian Jesuits of his time, he worked primarily as a teacher and scholar. He was a professor and later rector at the University of Córdoba, and he is credited with establishing the first printing press in what is now Argentina. Following the dissolution of the Jesuit Order in 1767, he was expelled from South America, then imprisoned, and eventually returned to Nagyszombat.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1767 after	1773	Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary	Trnava, Slovakia		pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1729	1767	Cordoba, Perui Alkirályság	Argentína		He was a professor and later the rector of the University of Córdoba, as well as the head of the boarding school at the College of Monserrat and the provincial secretary

Literary activity

Eucharisticon Divo Ignatio de Loyola. Dum eidem in academica soc. Jesu univ. Cassoviensis basilica, incl. facultas theologica, post 40 amplius annos redux, tanquam tutelari suo primum honorificentissime assurgeret. Bartphae, 1715
Decades (quinque) Virorum illustrium Paraquariae S. J. ex Historia Provinciae et aliunde depromptae, autore R. P. Nicolao del Techo S. J. Gallo-Belga Insulano, perpolitae. Tyrnaviae, 1759, két kötet
Kéziratban maradt egy kínai szótára, melyet spanyolból fordított latinra.
Éder X. Ferenc levelezését rendezte sajtó alá.

Life timeline

Birth

December 18, 1697

Csicser, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Čičarovce, Slovakia

Entry into religious life

February 22, 1716

Trencsén, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Trenčín, Slovakia

Priestly ordination

1726

Bécs, Habsburg Birodalom, currently Austria

Service abroad

1729 – 1767

Cordoba, Perui Alkirályság, currently Argentína

He was a professor and later the rector of the University of Córdoba, as well as the head of the boarding school at the College of Monserrat and the provincial secretary

Perpetual vows

March 25, 1733

Cordoba, Perui Alkirályság, currently Argentína

Service in the homeland

1767 – 1773

Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Trnava, Slovakia

pastor

Death

September 11, 1773

Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Trnava, Slovakia

Sources

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosz_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_(jezsuita_szerzetes)✓
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.
Lacza Tihamér: Magyar jezsuiták Latin-Amerikában, in: https://forumszemle.eu/2000/06/02/lacza-tihamer-magyar-jezsuitak-latin-amerikaban/

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Citation for this entry

Orosz László 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=842 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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