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Czezárovits Balázs SDB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Ajak, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — May 4, 1886
Death data:: Rio de Janeiro, Brazília — November 24, 1955
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: 1903 circa
Priestly ordination:: August 5, 1914
Place of burial:: Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier
Rio de Janeiro, Brazília
Other name used:: Csezerovics

Biographical data

His parents were János Czezárovits and Borbála Szopkó; he had six siblings. At the age of 17, he entered the Salesian Order; he completed his novitiate in Lombriasco in 1905 and pursued his studies in Italy, during which time he served as secretary to the universal catechist János Antal. He was ordained a priest on August 5, 1914. After completing his theological studies, he requested to go on a mission; his superiors sent him to Brazil, where he ran the meteorological station and served as chaplain to the Hungarian community.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1914 after		Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazília			Head of a weather station, then a teacher of mathematics, chemistry, and physics
1932	1954	Lorena, Brazília			catechist, later pastor to the Hungarian community in Santa Catarina and São Paulo, and subsequently a military chaplain.

Life timeline

Birth

May 4, 1886

Ajak, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

1903

Priestly ordination

August 5, 1914

Service abroad

1914

Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazília

Head of a weather station, then a teacher of mathematics, chemistry, and physics

Service abroad

1932 – 1954

Lorena, Brazília

catechist, later pastor to the Hungarian community in Santa Catarina and São Paulo, and subsequently a military chaplain.

Death

November 24, 1955

Rio de Janeiro, Brazília

Sources

https://www.szaleziak.hu/_static/elhunyt_szaleziak.php?id=242&name=Czez%C3%A1rovits%20Bal%C3%A1zs✓
Hets Aurélián: Magyar bencések a misszióban, Szolgálat 45., 44.
A fényképet a Don Bosco Szalézi Társasága Magyar Szalézi Tartományfőnökség és Lengyel Erzsébet SC bocsátotta rendelkezésemre
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection40001/familysearchcsaladfa?itemId=2101273424&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Bal%C3%A1zs+Csez%C3%A1rovics✓

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Czezárovits Balázs SDB: 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=132 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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