Győr, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — May 27, 1926
Death data:
Budapest, Hungary — August 19, 2011
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
June 30, 1944
Perpetual vows:
August 15, 1961
Priestly ordination:
Toronto, ON, Canada — June 19, 1955
Biographical data
Born into a family of Catholic clergy, he entered the order at the age of 18 on June 30, 1944, after graduating from the Cistercian high school in Buda. He completed his novitiate in Manréza. From 1947 to 1949, he studied philosophy in Szeged, then left for abroad. He volunteered to serve as a missionary in Japan. His decision was influenced by the fact that the two atomic bombs dropped had caused immense suffering to the Japanese people. He was the first Hungarian Jesuit to go directly to Japan; he did not arrive in the country via China. From 1950 to 1952, he studied Japanese in Yokosuka, and in his second year there, he also taught English at the college. From 1952, he studied for five years in Canada and then in the United States. He was ordained a priest in Canada on June 19, 1955. He took his final vows on August 15, 1961. He returned to Hungary in 1993. He played a significant role in the reestablishment of the Jesuit Order in Hungary, the introduction of the “Married Couples’ Weekend” movement, and the founding of the pastoral care training program at Semmelweis University.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1996
2002
Budapest, Hungary
Sordás utcai rendház
the district chief and the provincial governor’s wife
2002
2011
Budapest, Hungary
Sodrás utcai rendház
retired, spiritual director, retreat leader
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1952
1956
Toronto, ON, Canada
theological studies
1957
1957
USA
pastor
1957
1961
Kóbé (神戸市), Japán
English teacher, head of the Congregation of Mary
1961
1968
Jokohama (神戸市), Japán
Eikó Gakuen középiskola
English teacher
1968
1972
Tokió (神戸市), Japán
Rector of the Jesuit Scholasticate
1972
1977
Kamakura (鎌倉市), Japán
retreat leader
1977
1982
Tokió (神戸市), Japán
retreat leader
1983
1983
Tokió (神戸市), Japán
Komaba rendház
prelude
1984
1993
Tokió (神戸市), Japán
a missionary among the poor
1993
1996
Gyulafehérvár, Romania
Alba Iulia
seminary spiritual
Literary activity
Cukaaru tame ni. (Nyolcnapos lelkigyakorlat szerzetes elöljárók számára, és előadások szerzeteseket képzők számára.) Tokió, 1970;
Szeisho to Vatasitacsi. I–III. (Lukács evangélium magyarázata három kötetben.) Tokió, 1972;
Reitekisido no tame no workbook. (Lelki vezetők számára tartott műhelyek és gyakorlatok.) Tokió, 1977;
Vatsi no rekisi o kanszo suru. (Élettörténetemet szemlélve.) Tokió, 1980;
Sakai no tadanaka de misza o ikiru. (A szentmise megélése a szociális valóságokban.) Tokió, 1987;
Siavase na kekkom e no micsi. (Boldog házasság felé vezető út.) Tokió, 1987;
Dai jon kjorei ni motozuku jokakan no mokuso. (A XXXII. általános rendgyűlés négy határozatán alapuló nyolcnapos lelkigyakorlat jezsuiták számára.) Tokió, 1991;
Hogyan születik, nevelkedik és dolgozik egy japán misszionárius? MJV I. 304–26;
Seikacu kara inoru. I–V. (Az életből imádkozva. A mindennapok lelkigyakorlata öt kötetben.) Tokió, 1994;
Ima és élet. I–V. Bp., 2002–5;
Párbeszélgetés. Kapcsolatépítő munkafüzet jegyes- és házaspároknak. Tokió, 2009.
Nemes Ödön 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=803 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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