He attended high school in Pécs and Jászberény. He entered the Franciscan Order on August 28, 1927. He took his solemn vows on August 29, 1928, and was ordained a priest on October 15, 1933. He earned doctorates in theology and canon law. He left the country in 1950, traveling through Yugoslavia, where he was captured and interned. He escaped from there and made his way to Rome via Greece. He emigrated to the United States in 1955. He was a member of the St. Stephen Academy from 1947 and secretary of the Hungarian Catholic Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1952. He served as an ecclesiastical advisor to Actio Catholica in Exteris from 1952. He was a religious writer, newspaper editor, and one of the founders of the Anonymus publishing house. According to Kamill Varga OFM, he died in a hospital in Trento; according to the MKL, he died in Roebling, NJ.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1933
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Szeged
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
1934
1939
Jászberény
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
preacher, religious educator, editor of *Szív*
1940
1945
Gyöngyös
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Doctor of Canon Law and Philosophy, lecturer in theology, regular and Lenten preacher, confessor to the clergy and spiritual director to the laity, editor of *Magyar Barát* and *Ferences Kiadványok*, director of the Third Order
1946
1950
Budapest
Hungary
Lecturer in Philosophy and Secretary at the Theological Academy of the Parishes of North Buda
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1950
1955
Róma
Italy
1956
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New York, NY
USA
1957
1964
Saint Bonaventure, NY
USA
professor of philosophy and canon law
1965
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Dewitt, MI
USA
1966
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New Brunswick, NJ
USA
1967
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Roebling, NJ
USA
Literary activity
1928-1941 Ferences Közlöny, Gyöngyös – szerkesztő
1942-1944 Magyar Barát – szerkesztő
A lélek útjai Istenhez. Írta Szt Bonaventura. Ford. és jegyz. Bp., 1940. (A lelki élet ferences mesterei 1.)
Ferences szemmel. Ferences témák - mai feladatok. Gyöngyös, 1943.
Krisztus a világegyetem kir-a. Uo., 1943.
Duns Scotus műveinek kritikai kiad-a. Uo., 1944.
A "Hordozó Mária" valláséleti szerepe a Mátraalján. Uo., 1944.
Ecclesiae sanctae lumen. Beszédek és vázlatok Páduai Szt Antal egyhtanító tiszt. Bp., 1946.
A létfogalom Duns Scotus rendszerében. Uo., 1947. (Gyöngyösi ferences kv-ek 4.)
Szeráfi lángok. Kat. hívek imakv-e. A "Szt vagy Uram" énekeivel. Uo., 1948.
Assziszi Szt Ferenc Világi (Harmadik) Rendjének vezérkv-e. Majsai Mórral. 8. bőv. kiad. Uo., 1948.
A szeplőtelen fogantatás védelme Mo-on a Hunyadiak és Jagellók korában. Róma, 1955.
Kiadta a Bibliotheca Academiae Catholicae (Róma, 1964-től), szerk. a Civitas Dei (Wisconsin, 1956-tól) c. sorozatot.
Doctor of Canon Law and Philosophy, lecturer in theology, regular and Lenten preacher, confessor to the clergy and spiritual director to the laity, editor of *Magyar Barát* and *Ferences Kiadványok*, director of the Third Order
Dám Antal Ince OFM, 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=179 (accessed: 2026-04-05).