Szerecseny, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently m — October 9, 1877
Death data:
Pápa, Hungary — July 19, 1958
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
previously: Erdélyi
Diocese / Order:
Veszprém
previously: Erdélyi (1920-ig)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Fort Wayne, IN, USA — May 28, 1909
Other name used:
Bognár L. Pál, Bognár R. Pál
Biographical data
He began his seminary studies in Cluj, then emigrated to the United States, where he became a student at St. Merida Americas and the seminary in Cincinnati. He was ordained a priest in Fort Wayne, IN, on May 28, 1909. In 1920, he returned to Hungary, at which time he was incardinated into the Diocese of Veszprém.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1920
—
Kolozsvár
Romania
religious educator
1921
—
Vaszar
Hungary
assistant pastor
1922
—
Zalaszentbalázs
Hungary
assistant pastor
1922
—
Felsőiszkáz
Hungary
assistant pastor
1923
—
sick leave
1924
1926
Mailáthgárdony
Hungary
at the home of the family of Count Géza Mailáth, the parish chaplain
Bognár Pál: 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=98 (accessed: 2026-04-05).
