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Csáki Benjámin, Dr.

Csáki Benjámin, Dr.
Deceased
Birth data:
Csíkajnád, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania — November 3, 1885
Death data:
Abbotsford, BC, Canada — July 7, 1975
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
previously: Gyulafehérvár
Diocese / Order:
Vancouver, BC, Kanada
previously: Gyulafehérvár
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
October 28, 1910
Biographical data
He completed his secondary education in Csíksomlyó and then in Gyulafehérvár. He studied theology in Rome as a student of the CHG at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest on October 28, 1910, and later earned doctorates in philosophy and theology. In 1924, he was convicted of defamation, but by then he had already emigrated.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1911 Beszterce Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania assistant pastor
1912 Kolozsvár Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania assistant pastor
1913 1914 Gyulafehérvár Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania assistant pastor
1915 Volkány Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania parish priest
1916 Gyergyóújfalu Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania parish priest
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1918 Canada missionary
1918 after Qualicum Beach, BC Canada
1925 circa Abbotsford, BC Canada administrator
1940 circa Vancouver, BC Canada seminary professor, listed here as a Benedictine
1948 1950 Abbotsford, BC Canada pastor (according to the KMVÉ, until 1975)
1968 1975 Vancouver, BC Canada parish priest
Life timeline
Birth
Csíkajnád, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
Beszterce, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Kolozsvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
19131914
Gyulafehérvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Volkány, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
parish priest
Service in the homeland
Gyergyóújfalu, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Romania
parish priest
Service abroad
Canada
missionary
Service abroad
Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada
Service abroad
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
administrator
Service abroad
Vancouver, BC, Canada
seminary professor, listed here as a Benedictine
Service abroad
19481950
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
pastor (according to the KMVÉ, until 1975)
Service abroad
19681975
Vancouver, BC, Canada
parish priest
Death
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Citation for this entry
Csáki Benjámin, Dr.: 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=140 (accessed: 2026-04-05).