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Jászai Ferenc Benvenut OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Szomolnok, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Smolník, Slovakia — October 12, 1884
Death data:: New Brunswick, NJ, USA — January 23, 1942
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 4, 1901
Perpetual vows:: October 22, 1905
Priestly ordination:: July 1, 1907
Other name used:: Jászay

Biographical data

He attended school in Igló and Rozsnyó. He entered the order on September 4, 1901. He took his final vows on October 22, 1905. He was ordained a priest on July 1, 1907. He arrived in the United States in 1927.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1913 circa		Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		preacher, assistant pastor, and religious educator in Nagyárpád
1925 circa		Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		Preacher from Ágasegyháza

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1927	1931	New York, NY, USA		Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, then commissioner from 1928 to 1930
1932	1942	Alpha, NJ, USA		Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség	administrator

Life timeline

Birth

October 12, 1884

Szomolnok, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Smolník, Slovakia

Entry into religious life

September 4, 1901

Perpetual vows

October 22, 1905

Priestly ordination

July 1, 1907

Service in the homeland

1913

Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

preacher, assistant pastor, and religious educator in Nagyárpád

Service in the homeland

1925

Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Preacher from Ágasegyháza

Service abroad

1927 – 1931

New York, NY, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, then commissioner from 1928 to 1930

Service abroad

1932 – 1942

Alpha, NJ, USA

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség

administrator

Death

January 23, 1942

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Sources

http://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1933.Schem.pdf✓
Custody of St. John Capistran – Personal Directory Tabula, Roebling, NJ, 1984.;
http://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1925.Schem.pdf✓
Máté: 211.;
Török: 65, 407.;
Káldor-II: 130., 186.;
Kecskeméti Közlöny, 1934-05-01., pp. 4.;
Balázs Andrea adatai alapján

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Jászai Ferenc Benvenut OFM: 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=484 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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