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Balogh János Benignusz OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Kecskemét, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — March 26, 1903
Death data:: Lansing, MI, USA — March 23, 1970
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: April 5, 1924
Perpetual vows:: September 1, 1929
Place of burial:: Roebling, NJ, USA

Biographical data

He entered the order on April 5, 1924. He began his novitiate on August 28, 1925. He took his final vows on September 1, 1929. He lived in the United States from 1931 onward.
His grave is located in Roebling, NJ, USA.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1929	1931	Baja	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary		monk

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1935	1955	New Brunswick, NJ	USA	Szent László templom	Founder and Director of the St. Imre Youth Club
1955 after	—	Dewitt, MI	USA		monk

Life timeline

Birth

March 26, 1903

Kecskemét, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

April 5, 1924

Perpetual vows

September 1, 1929

Service in the homeland

1929 – 1931

Baja, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

monk

Service abroad

1935 – 1955

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László templom

Founder and Director of the St. Imre Youth Club

Service abroad

1955

Dewitt, MI, USA

monk

Death

March 23, 1970

Lansing, MI, USA

Sources

OFM-K-1994: 40.
KMV: 1954-10-17.; pp. 3.
Szolgálat 6. (1970), pp. 96.
https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/FERENCES_tabula_1942/?pg=26&layout=s✓

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Balogh János Benignusz 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=39 (accessed: 2026-04-07).