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Neuhaus András SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Érsekújvár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nové Zámky, Slovakia — 1683
Death data:: Venezuela — 1741
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: 1704
Other name used:: Neuhauser András

Biographical data

András Neuhaus/Andreas Neuhaus was born around 1683 and died in Venezuela in 1741. According to the literature, he was born in Hungary and may have been of Turkish descent; at the age of two, he and his mother were taken captive by Christian soldiers. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1704 and subsequently served as a missionary in Mexico, Santo Domingo, and Venezuela.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1730 circa		Mexikó	missionary
1730 circa		Santo Domingo, Dominikai Köztársaság	missionary
	1741 before	Venezuela	missionary

Life timeline

Birth

1683

Érsekújvár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Nové Zámky, Slovakia

Entry into religious life

1704

Service abroad

1730

Mexikó

missionary

Service abroad

1730

Santo Domingo, Dominikai Köztársaság

missionary

Death

1741

Venezuela

Sources

P. Reisz Elemér SJ: A Jézustársaság és a világmisszió, Budapest, 1942., 27.;
Bartusz-Dobosi László: Magyar jezsuiták a XVII-XVIII. századi Latin-Amerikában, in: https://www.tavlatok.hu/83/83centenarium.htm
Bernd Hausberger: Jesuiten aus Mitteleuropa im kolonialen Mexiko, München–Wien, 1995, 348–349.
Stierlin Szabó Henriette: Neuhaus(er) András. Egy „ismeretlen” magyar jezsuita a 18. századi trópusokon, Magyar Egyháztörténeti Vázlatok, 37. évf. 3–4. sz., 2025, 5–19

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Citation for this entry

Neuhaus András 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=805 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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