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3 unusual facts about Joseph Vandor


Joseph Vandor

Joseph Vandor SDB, (born as: József Wech, known too as Vándor József, José Vandor, Wech József, Father Puchner) was a Hungarian Catholic Salesian priest, missionary and Venerable * 29 October 1909, Dorog (Komárom-Esztergom County, Austria-Hungary; today: Hungary) † 8 October 1979, Santa Clara (Cuba, America).

In 1946 became administrator to the College of Arts and Trades in Camagüey on Cuba.

When the school opened, Joseph Vandor was appointed rector, a post he held until 1961, when came to power Communism and schools passed into the hands of the Minister for Education.



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