John Fazekas | ANZ Clergy


About Help Contact login Rev John Fazekas SJ Title: Rev First Name: János Middle Names: Preferred Name: John Surname: Fazekas Order: SJ Date of Birth: 23-May-1918 Place of Birth: Bodrogkisfalud Country of Birth: Hungary Date of Ordination: 15-Jul-1950 Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 31-Jul-1975 Place of Death: Perth WA Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1975 Place of Burial: Karrakatta, Perth WA Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213739224 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Fazekas, János Hungarian migrant chaplain; born Bodrogkisfalud, Hungary, 23 May 1918; died Perth, Western Australia, 31 July 1975, aged 57. Janos Fazekas was educated in the Schola Piarum, Satoralijaushely, 1930-34, and at the Jesuit school at Kalocsa, 1934-38. He entered the Society at 'Manresa', Budapest, 14 August, 1938, completed his juniorate there, 1940-41. Philosophy was at Kassa (Cassovia), Czechoslovakia, regency at Kalocsa and Pecs, 1944-47, and theology in three places, Szeged, Hungary; Innsbruck, Austria; and Chieri, Italy, 1947-51. He was ordained on 15 July 1950. Tertianship followed at Rathfarnham, Dublin. He was sent to Australia to care for the Hungarian people, first at St Mary's parish, North Sydney, 1951-54, then at the Toowong parish, 1954, again at St Mary's, 1955-61, and finally he went to Perth in 1962, ministering especially to a group of Hungarian nuns who came to Australia from China. Fazekas was a quiet, charming and obliging person. He had suffered much during the Communist occupation of his country, and, in later life, would wake at night with a nightmare that the Communists were arriving to arrest him. He died of a heart attack. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

János

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

John

Surname:

Fazekas

Order:

Date of Birth:

23-May-1918

Place of Birth:

Bodrogkisfalud

Country of Birth:

Hungary

Date of Ordination:

15-Jul-1950

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

31-Jul-1975

Place of Death:

Perth WA

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1975

Place of Burial:

Karrakatta, Perth WA

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213739224

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Fazekas, János

Hungarian migrant chaplain; born Bodrogkisfalud, Hungary, 23 May 1918; died Perth, Western Australia, 31 July 1975, aged 57.

Janos Fazekas was educated in the Schola Piarum, Satoralijaushely, 1930-34, and at the Jesuit school at Kalocsa, 1934-38. He entered the Society at 'Manresa', Budapest, 14 August, 1938, completed his juniorate there, 1940-41. Philosophy was at Kassa (Cassovia), Czechoslovakia, regency at Kalocsa and Pecs, 1944-47, and theology in three places, Szeged, Hungary; Innsbruck, Austria; and Chieri, Italy, 1947-51. He was ordained on 15 July 1950. Tertianship followed at Rathfarnham, Dublin.

He was sent to Australia to care for the Hungarian people, first at St Mary's parish, North Sydney, 1951-54, then at the Toowong parish, 1954, again at St Mary's, 1955-61, and finally he went to Perth in 1962, ministering especially to a group of Hungarian nuns who came to Australia from China.

Fazekas was a quiet, charming and obliging person. He had suffered much during the Communist occupation of his country, and, in later life, would wake at night with a nightmare that the Communists were arriving to arrest him. He died of a heart attack.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev John Fazekas SJ

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