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Endrédy Ferenc Csanád OSB

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Deceased

Birth data:: Fertőendréd, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — September 29, 1926
Death data:: Sopron, Hungary — January 13, 2009
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 29, 1944
Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája
First (temporary) vows:: Pannonhalma, Hungary — November 5, 1946
Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája
Perpetual vows:: Pannonhalma, Hungary — September 8, 1949
Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája
Priestly ordination:: July 11, 1952

Biographical data

He entered the order on December 29, 1944. He took his simple vows on November 5, 1946, and his solemn vows on September 8, 1949. He completed his theological studies between 1947 and 1955 at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology. He was ordained a priest on July 11, 1952.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1992	2006	Sopron, Hungary		Szent Benedek Idősek Háza	church administrator, founder of the St. Benedict Retirement Home
2006	2009	Sopron, Hungary		Szent Benedek Idősek Háza	retired

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Position
1955	1966	São Paulo, Brazília		high school teacher
1966	1980	Burg Kastl, NSZK	Germany	teacher at a Hungarian high school
1980	1983	Diestedde-Wadersloh, NSZK	Germany	caregiver
1983	1992	Bad Abbach, NSZK	Germany	hospital chaplain

Literary activity

doktori dolgozata kéziratban Pannonhalmán

Life timeline

Birth

September 29, 1926

Fertőendréd, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

December 29, 1944

Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája

First (temporary) vows

November 5, 1946

Pannonhalma, Hungary

Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája

Perpetual vows

September 8, 1949

Pannonhalma, Hungary

Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Bazilikája

Priestly ordination

July 11, 1952

Service abroad

1955 – 1966

São Paulo, Brazília

high school teacher

Service abroad

1966 – 1980

Burg Kastl, NSZK, currently Germany

teacher at a Hungarian high school

Service abroad

1980 – 1983

Diestedde-Wadersloh, NSZK, currently Germany

caregiver

Service abroad

1983 – 1992

Bad Abbach, NSZK, currently Germany

hospital chaplain

Service in the homeland

1992 – 2006

Sopron, Hungary

Szent Benedek Idősek Háza

church administrator, founder of the St. Benedict Retirement Home

Service in the homeland

2006 – 2009

Sopron, Hungary

Szent Benedek Idősek Háza

retired

Death

January 13, 2009

Sopron, Hungary

Sources

Somorjai Ádám OSB: A magyar bencések 87 éve Braziliában, MEV 2024/1–2. 70–84.;
Bencés: 225.;
Pannonhalmi Főapátsági Múzeum, Fotótár;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 661-662.;
https://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/elhunyt-endredy-ferenc-csanad-osb✓

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Endrédy Ferenc Csanád OSB: 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=238 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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