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Domonkos László SVD

Domonkos László SVD
Deceased
Birth data:
Gyarmat, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — March 27, 1920
Death data:
Székesfehérvár, Hungary — May 8, 2005
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
1939
Priestly ordination:
1946
Biographical data
He attended elementary school in Gyarmat; in 1931, he began his high school studies at the Benedictine high school in Pápa, and in his sophomore year, he transferred to the Benedictine high school in Kőszeg. In 1939, he joined the Divine Word Missionaries (Verbites) and completed his studies at the order’s college in Mödling, near Vienna. In 1941, he became a student at the Pázmáneum, and from 1943, he studied in Szeged and served as assistant cantor at the Vow Church. Meanwhile, he also trained as a military chaplain and a cooper. In 1945, he went to Austria to study, and was ordained a priest in 1946. He was summoned by state security agencies on numerous occasions, and in 1951, his license to teach religion was revoked. In 1956, he was a member of the National Revolutionary Council and the Transdanubian Revolutionary Council in Győr. He left the country on November 13, 1956. In 1971, he founded the Argentine Hungarian Catholic Association with five parishes. In 1979, he founded the Mindszentynum in Buenos Aires. He wrote about the Kodály method in numerous books, organized many concerts, and composed a Mass-oratorio. He served as a missionary throughout Argentina. Due to severe diabetes, he returned to Hungary in 1996.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1947 Kiskunfélegyháza Hungary Caretaker and teacher at St. Stephen’s Missionary Seminary, as well as a religion teacher at the State Teacher Training College and a teacher at the Cantor Training School
1952 1956 Kőszeg Hungary Conductor of the Kőszeg Symphony Orchestra and the Church Choir
1996 2004 Kőszeg Hungary retired
2004 2005 Székesfehérvár Hungary on sick leave
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1956 Austria Head of the Sankt Daniel Mission House – Refugee Shelter, Camp Chaplain
1957 Apostoles Argentína pastor
1958 1996 Plántanos Argentína, Assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor; from 1971, senior Hungarian pastor in Argentina; later, Hungarian Institute of the English Ladies in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Literary activity
Katolikus Közlöny szerkesztője, Magyar Lelkiség szerkesztője, zeneelméleti tanulmányok
Life timeline
Birth
Gyarmat, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Entry into religious life
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary
Caretaker and teacher at St. Stephen’s Missionary Seminary, as well as a religion teacher at the State Teacher Training College and a teacher at the Cantor Training School
Service in the homeland
19521956
Kőszeg, Hungary
Conductor of the Kőszeg Symphony Orchestra and the Church Choir
Service abroad
Austria
Head of the Sankt Daniel Mission House – Refugee Shelter, Camp Chaplain
Service abroad
Apostoles, Argentína
pastor
Service abroad
19581996
Plántanos, Argentína,
Assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor; from 1971, senior Hungarian pastor in Argentina; later, Hungarian Institute of the English Ladies in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Service in the homeland
19962004
Kőszeg, Hungary
retired
Service in the homeland
20042005
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
on sick leave
Death
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
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Domonkos László SVD: 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=214 (accessed: 2026-04-05).