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Bende György Szaniszló OFM, dr

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Deceased

Birth data:: Rozsnyó, Hungary — May 29, 1882
Death data:: New Brunswick, NJ, USA — February 19, 1932
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Kapisztrán Kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: June 22, 1913
Priestly ordination:: January 25, 1915
Place of burial:: Szent Péter temető
New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Biographical data

He entered the Franciscan Order on September 5, 1907, and took his perpetual vows on June 22, 1913. He completed his theological studies in Gyöngyös and his legal studies in Szeged. He holds a doctorate in philosophy. He was ordained a priest on January 25, 1915. In 1927, he was elected to the Budapest City Council on the United Party ticket. He arrived in the United States in 1931. He lost his life in a devastating fire at the parish, although he was already suffering from stomach cancer at the time.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1915	1921	Siklós	Hungary	Ferences templom	Assistant pastor; deputy head of the household from 1918
1921	1925	Szécsény	Hungary	Szécsényi Ferences templom és kolostor	philosophy and church music teacher
1925	1931	Budapest	Hungary		lecturer in philosophy, assistant pastor, office manager, deputy house superior from 1926, house superior and parish priest from 1927, confessor at the Hospital of the Order of Mercy, principal of the Ursuline nuns’ school, pastor of the Rock Chapel

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1931	1932	New Brunswick, NJ	USA	Szent László templom	parish priest

Literary activity

Ferences Közlöny, Bp., 1924. dec.-1941. dec.: a Kapisztrán Szent Jánosról nevezett Ferences Rendtartomány, a ferences mozgalmak, terciáriusok és a ferences missziók hivatalos lapja. - Megj. havonta 1-jén. Főszerk. 1926: Bende Szaniszló. Betűzene, Bp., 1927. Plébániánk, a buda-országúti ferencrendi egyházközség hivatalos lapja, szerk: 1927: Bende Szaniszló

Life timeline

Birth

May 29, 1882

Rozsnyó, Hungary

Perpetual vows

June 22, 1913

Priestly ordination

January 25, 1915

Service in the homeland

1915 – 1921

Siklós, Hungary

Ferences templom

Assistant pastor; deputy head of the household from 1918

Service in the homeland

1921 – 1925

Szécsény, Hungary

Szécsényi Ferences templom és kolostor

philosophy and church music teacher

Service in the homeland

1925 – 1931

Budapest, Hungary

lecturer in philosophy, assistant pastor, office manager, deputy house superior from 1926, house superior and parish priest from 1927, confessor at the Hospital of the Order of Mercy, principal of the Ursuline nuns’ school, pastor of the Rock Chapel

Service abroad

1931 – 1932

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László templom

parish priest

Death

February 19, 1932

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

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Bende György Szaniszló 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=65 (accessed: 2026-04-05).