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Csellár Jenő István OSPPE

Csellár Jenő István OSPPE
Deceased
Birth data:
Váckisújfalú, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — 1911
Death data:
Doylestown, PA, USA — July 19, 1959
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
pálos (Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
1935
Priestly ordination:
Pécs, Hungary — January 28, 1940
Place of burial:
Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery
Doylestown, PA, USA
Biographical data
His mother’s name was Mária Lukács. He studied with the Piarists in Vác, then served as a clerk’s apprentice in his native village. He entered the Pauline Order in 1935. He was ordained a priest in Pécs on January 28, 1940. He was arrested on March 23, 1951, and was the eighth defendant in the Grősz trial, charged with the following: “He played a leading role in the illegal activities of the Pauline Order. He facilitated the defection of three monks and prepared false identification documents for them. He maintained illegal contact with Rome through the Italian embassy. He was aware of the murders committed by Ferenc P. Vezér and his associates. He harbored Vezér and several other fascists for a long time in the Rock Chapel and other buildings of the Order.” He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, released from Vác in 1956, and left the country at that time. He was killed in a car accident while traveling to New York, NY, to perform a novena at St. Stephen’s Church. Five cars collided in the accident; five people died and seven were seriously injured.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1940 1943 Budapest Hungary Sziklakápolna building manager
1943 1946 Pécs Hungary junior master, then assistant head of house
1946 1950 Budapest Hungary Sziklakápolna house superior, then provincial superior
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1957 1959 Doylestown, PA USA pastor
1957 Ausztria Hungary Hungarian pastor
Literary activity
Fehér Barát, a pálos rend barátainak értesítője 1944: szerkesztő
Life timeline
Birth
Váckisújfalú, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Entry into religious life
Priestly ordination
Pécs, Hungary
Service in the homeland
19401943
Budapest, Hungary
Sziklakápolna
building manager
Service in the homeland
19431946
Pécs, Hungary
junior master, then assistant head of house
Service in the homeland
19461950
Budapest, Hungary
Sziklakápolna
house superior, then provincial superior
Service abroad
Ausztria, Hungary
Hungarian pastor
Service abroad
19571959
Doylestown, PA, USA
pastor
Death
Doylestown, PA, USA
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Csellár Jenő István OSPPE: 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=155 (accessed: 2026-04-05).