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Burka János Kelemen OFM

Burka János Kelemen OFM
Deceased
Birth data:
Tápiógyörgye, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — June 5, 1895
Death data:
Esztergom, Hungary — August 21, 1968
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 26, 1910
Perpetual vows:
July 1, 1916
Priestly ordination:
January 31, 1918
Place of burial:
Ferences templom kriptája
Esztergom, Hungary
Biographical data
He completed his secondary education in Budapest and then in Esztergom. He entered the Franciscan Order on August 26, 1910. He took his solemn vows on July 1, 1916. He was ordained a priest on January 31, 1918. He pursued theological studies in Pozsony, then earned a doctorate in philosophy and a teaching certificate in history and Hungarian at Pázmány Péter Catholic University. He served as a missionary priest in Canada from 1928 to 1931.
He died suddenly.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1922 1925 Budapest Hungary A professor at the Order’s college
1925 1926 Veszprém Hungary house manager
1926 1928 Nagykanizsa Hungary assistant manager
1931 1931 Szombathely Hungary preacher
1931 1948 Esztergom Hungary Páduai Szent Antal gimnázium regular teacher
1945 1948 Esztergom Hungary provincial governor
Hungary After the dissolution of the religious order, he worked as a manual laborer and a nursery heating technician
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1928 1931 Welland, ON Canada He is a missionary and conducts missions in the United States as well.
Literary activity
Marchiai Szent Jakab. 1–2. Életrajz. (Magyar Katholikus Szemle, 1924)
Buttykay Antal. Életrajzi monográfia. (Pápa, 1941)
Buttykay Antal: Beszédek és írások. 1–5. köt. Sajtó alá rend. 1. Vasárnapok és ünnepek. 2. Sorozatos beszédek. 3. Az eucharisztika dogmatikájából. Liturgikus megbeszélések. 4. Alkalmi beszédek, írások. 5. Írás-mozaikok. (Bp., 1943)
ford.: XI. Pius pápa körlevele Assisi Szent Ferenc halálának 700. évfordulója alkalmából. (Bp., 1926)
Katolikus szertartáskönyv, különös tekintettel a világi hívek és a ferencesek életére. Ford., vál. (Esztergom, 1942)
Szent a Szentről. Assisi Szent Ferenc életrajza. (Esztergom, 1942)
Life timeline
Birth
Tápiógyörgye, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Entry into religious life
Perpetual vows
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
19221925
Budapest, Hungary
A professor at the Order’s college
Service in the homeland
19251926
Veszprém, Hungary
house manager
Service in the homeland
19261928
Nagykanizsa, Hungary
assistant manager
Service abroad
19281931
Welland, ON, Canada
He is a missionary and conducts missions in the United States as well.
Service in the homeland
19311931
Szombathely, Hungary
preacher
Service in the homeland
19311948
Esztergom, Hungary
Páduai Szent Antal gimnázium
regular teacher
Service in the homeland
19451948
Esztergom, Hungary
provincial governor
Death
Esztergom, Hungary
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Citation for this entry
Burka János Kelemen OFM: 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=118 (accessed: 2026-04-05).