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Horányi Lajos SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Budapest, Hungary — November 26, 1912
Death data:: Toronto, ON, Canada — May 8, 1978
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 14, 1939
Perpetual vows:: Münster, NSZK, currently Germany — September 12, 1952
Priestly ordination:: Szeged, Hungary — June 29, 1948
Place of burial:: St Ladislaus Cemetery
Norfolk County, ON, Canada

Biographical data

He earned his teaching degree at the Budapest Teacher Training College. He entered the order on August 14, 1939. He completed his novitiate in Budapest, at Manréza. He studied philosophy in Košice and theology in Szeged. He was ordained a priest in Szeged on June 29, 1948. He was the last Jesuit to be ordained in Hungary before the change of regime. He left the country after 1949, then completed his third probationary year in Münster in 1951, and took his final vows on September 12, 1952. In 1971, he suffered a stroke, after which he was unable to speak properly.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1946	1949	Szeged, Hungary			dormitory director

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1949	1952	Münster, NSZK	Germany		pastor, probation
1952		Courtland, ON, Canada			assistant pastor
1953	1964	Toronto, ON, Canada		Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, and from 1958 on, head of the Hungarian mission stations and parishes in Canada
1964	1971	Vancouver, BC, Canada			parish priest
1971	1978	Toronto, ON, Canada		Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	as a hospital chaplain at Wellesley Hospital, then at Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Hospital, and finally at the LaSalle Institute in Scarborough, run by the Christian Brothers

Literary activity

A Hírnök, a Szív és a Szolgálat c. újságok szerkesztője

Life timeline

Birth

November 26, 1912

Budapest, Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 14, 1939

Service in the homeland

1946 – 1949

Szeged, Hungary

dormitory director

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1948

Szeged, Hungary

Service abroad

1949 – 1952

Münster, NSZK, currently Germany

pastor, probation

Perpetual vows

September 12, 1952

Münster, NSZK, currently Germany

Service abroad

1952

Courtland, ON, Canada

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1953 – 1964

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, and from 1958 on, head of the Hungarian mission stations and parishes in Canada

Service abroad

1964 – 1971

Vancouver, BC, Canada

parish priest

Service abroad

1971 – 1978

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

as a hospital chaplain at Wellesley Hospital, then at Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Hospital, and finally at the LaSalle Institute in Scarborough, run by the Christian Brothers

Death

May 8, 1978

Toronto, ON, Canada

Sources

KMVÉ: 1953-1979.; http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/756962?PHPSESSID=12675e8c4b94
1bfef88720b91f7928fc;
KMV 1983-12-18., pp. 8.;
Török: 367, 369, 371.; Szolgálat: 39. (1978//3), 90.;
Bikfalvi: 94.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1156-1157.

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Horányi Lajos 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=416 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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