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Láng Imre SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Magyarlak, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — December 6, 1911
Death data:: Róma, Italy — March 30, 1982
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: September 7, 1935
Perpetual vows:: February 2, 1946

Biographical data

He entered the order on September 7, 1935, at the age of twenty-four. He spent his probationary years in Budapest, at the Manréza. He took his vows on February 2, 1946. He completed a nursing course. In 1949, he participated in the escape of novice members to the West. Since he was from the border region, he returned home to organize the escape of more novices, but was captured near Kondorfa. During the interrogation, he was severely tortured, and he bore the consequences of this for the rest of his life. After his release, around 1950, he himself fled to the West. In 1951, he requested to transfer to the Discalced Carmelite Order, but returned from there within two years. In 1980, he moved to Canada, but he could not acclimate to the climate, so he soon returned to Italy. He was a brother beloved by all. At his funeral Mass, held at the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome, more than fifty priests concelebrated.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1940		Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary	Košice, Slovakia	nurse
1941	1947	Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	nurse
1948		Szeged, Hungary		nurse

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1950		Chieri, Italy
1951	1952			in the Discalced Carmelite Order
1952	1955	Chieri, Italy		within the Italian religious community
1955	1957	Jeruzsálem (ירושלים), Izrael	Pápai Szentírástudományi Intézet	nurse
1957	1980	Róma, Italy		nurse at the Pontifical Institute of Biblical Studies, and later at the Pontifical Oriental Institute
1980		Montréal, QC, Canada
1981	1982	Róma, Italy	Bellarmino

Life timeline

Birth

December 6, 1911

Magyarlak, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

September 7, 1935

Service in the homeland

1940

Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Košice, Slovakia

nurse

Service in the homeland

1941 – 1947

Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

nurse

Perpetual vows

February 2, 1946

Service in the homeland

1948

Szeged, Hungary

nurse

Service abroad

1950

Chieri, Italy

Service abroad

1951 – 1952

in the Discalced Carmelite Order

Service abroad

1952 – 1955

Chieri, Italy

within the Italian religious community

Service abroad

1955 – 1957

Jeruzsálem (ירושלים), Izrael

Pápai Szentírástudományi Intézet

nurse

Service abroad

1957 – 1980

Róma, Italy

nurse at the Pontifical Institute of Biblical Studies, and later at the Pontifical Oriental Institute

Service abroad

1980

Montréal, QC, Canada

Service abroad

1981 – 1982

Róma, Italy

Bellarmino

Death

March 30, 1982

Róma, Italy

Sources

https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/node/1388✓
Igen, 1990-02-14.
Földvári Katalin: Sorsfordító bazilita szerzetesek a kommunista diktatúrában, MEV, 2019/1-4., pp. 197.;
A fényképet a Jezsuita Levéltár és Rendtörténeti Könyvtár bocsátotta rendelkezésemre.

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Láng Imre 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=637 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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