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Chronology of 1945

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Events of the year
24
Ongoing entries
64
Birth
0
Death
4
Priestly ordination
1

Current changes in the year

Personal and service-history events that started, ended, or can otherwise be dated to this year, in chronological order.
1945
✈
Antal Boldizsár Regináld OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1968
Firenze, Italy - An employee of Quaracchi Publishing
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1939 – 1945
in military service
1945
✈
Balázskövi József SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1947
Róma, Italy - Deputy Secretary of the Nunciature
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1944 – 1945
Apostoli Nunciatúra, Budapest, Hungary - Deputy Secretary of the Nunciature
1945
✈
Bartkó Péter OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Sacred Heart Province)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1949
Oak Forest, IL, USA
1945
✈
Blihár Viktor Barnabás OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Kapisztrán Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1938 – 1945
New York, NY, USA
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1947
Milwaukee, WI, USA - parish priest
1945
⌂
Bobák Sándor Cirill, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1940 – 1945
camp chaplain
1945
✈
Borsy György Engelbert OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1946
St. Marienkirchen, Austria - the chaplain at the U.S. military base
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1942 – 1945
Helyőrségi Kórház, Szeged, Magyar Királyság - religious educator, camp chaplain
1945
⌂
Burka János Kelemen OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1948
Esztergom, Hungary - provincial governor
1945
⌂
Bátori József Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1938 – 1945
Piarista Gimnázium, Debrecen - Director, Organizer of the Business Department
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1945
is taken prisoner (first by the Americans, then by the Soviets)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1948
Piarista Gimnázium, Tata - teacher
1945
✈
Cseh Péter Dömötör OCD
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • karmelita (Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo)
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1958
Izrael
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1958
Egyiptom - on duty
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1958
Italy - on duty
1945
⛪
Cser László SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Priestly ordination
Beginning of foreign service
⛪
Priestly ordination
June 6, 1945
Shanghai, Kína
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1949
Kína - He served as a prosecutor in Zikavej, Sien-Hszien, then Shanghai, and finally Beijing
1945
⌂
Csányi Kornél László
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945
Budapest - retired
1945
✈
Denka J. Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1941 – 1945
Rocky River, OH, USA
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1949
Akron, OH, USA
1945
⌂
Dunay Antal, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1948
Kelenföldi Szent Gellért Plébánia, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor
1945
⌂
Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1938 – 1945
görög katolikus líceum, Ungvár, Magyar Királyság - Assistant principal; principal from 1939; regular religion teacher; teacher of the history of education, logic, pedagogy, psychology, history, and handicrafts
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1947
Budapest, Hungary - teacher
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1947
Kalocsa, Hungary - teacher
1945
⌂
Dám Antal Ince OFM, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1940 – 1945
Gyöngyös, Magyar Királyság - 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
1945
✈
Dénes János Gergely COr, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1943 – 1945
Róma, Italy - secretary at the Hungarian Embassy accredited to the Holy See
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1945 – 1949
Ausztria - the Vatican delegate responsible for Hungarian refugees
1945
✈
Dömötör Lajos Ede OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1957
Genova, Italy - pastor; he also worked in the Hungarian section of the Papal Relief Committee
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1941 – 1945
pursuing studies
1945
✈
Négyessy Bertalan
Reformed • pastor
Beginning of foreign service
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1945 – 1949
Heidelberg, Germany - pursuing studies
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1939 – 1945
Hungary - camp chaplain
1945
✈
Baráth Sándor Benedek OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1932 előtt – 1945 után
Kína - missionary in various locations, gardener, kitchen assistant
1945
✝
Csertő Jakab Gábor
Roman Catholic • priest • Székesfehérvár
Death
✝
Death
March 13, 1945
Gyöngyös, Hungary
1945
✧
Bendik István Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Perpetual vows
✧
Perpetual vows
July 27, 1945
1945
✝
Beretz Basil
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Death
✝
Death
December 31, 1945
Yonkers, NY, USA

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1910
✈
Biskoroványi Vilmos O.Praem
Roman Catholic • priest • premontrei (Ordo Praemonstratensis)
Service abroad
✈
1910 – 1952
szlovák templom, Guttenberg, NJ, USA - parish priest
1915
⌂
Borsányi Jenő Gáspár Balázs OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1915 – 1950
Baja
⌂
1915 – 1950
Budapest
⌂
1915 – 1950
Eger
⌂
1915 – 1950
Hatvan
⌂
1915 – 1950
Kecskemét
⌂
1915 – 1950
Szeged
⌂
1915 – 1950
Szigetvár
⌂
1915 – 1950
Szolnok
⌂
1915 – 1950
Kaplony, Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia
1921
✈
Deutsch Alcuin OSB, dr. apát
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
✈
1921 – 1950
St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, USA - abbot
1922
✈
Bíró Gergely Lőrinc OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1922 – 1946
South Bend, IN, USA - missionary pastor (in the U.S. and Baberton, OH, U.S.)
✈
1931 – 1946
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA
1924
✈
Domitrovics József SDB, püspök
Roman Catholic • bishop • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1924 – 1949
Brazília - missionary at the Rio Negro settlement in the Amazon Basin. From 1939, he worked among the Tucano Indians on the border between Venezuela and Colombia
1925
✈
Demkó Zoltán, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Szeged-Csanád (formerly: Csanád)
Service abroad
✈
1925 – 1947
Szent Antal templom, Fairport, NY, USA - parish priest
1927
✈
Annabring József, Superior, WI 7. püspöke
Roman Catholic • bishop • Superior, WI, USA
Service abroad
✈
1927 – 1954
Superior, WI, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest at the same church starting in 1936; he also taught at the church school and served as an assistant coach
1927
⌂
Barta József Leonard O.Cist
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1927 – 1950
Ciszterci rendi katolikus gimnázium, Baja, Hungary - High school teacher; deputy principal from 1946 to 1948; assistant headmaster from 1947 to 1950
1927
✈
Csáky Antal, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Kassa
Service abroad
✈
1927 – 1947
Flint, MI, USA
1927
✈
Dávid Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Service abroad
✈
1927 – 1960
Yonkers, NY, USA - church builder, founding pastor
1929
⌂
Dzubay Hilárion Vidor
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service in the homeland
⌂
1929 – 1949
Kajdanó, Szovjetunió - parish priest, retired since 1943
1931
✈
Boehnlein Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1931 – 1964
Independence, OH, USA
1931
⌂
Burka János Kelemen OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1931 – 1948
Páduai Szent Antal gimnázium, Esztergom, Hungary - regular teacher
1932
⌂
Bognár Pál
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service in the homeland
⌂
1932 – 1958
Pápa, Hungary - retired
1932
✈
Bíró József Benedek OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1932 – 1952
Fairfield, OH, USA - parish priest, including in Bridgeport, CT in 1945
1932
✈
Czezárovits Balázs SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1932 – 1954
Lorena, Brazília - catechist, later pastor to the Hungarian community in Santa Catarina and São Paulo, and subsequently a military chaplain.
1933
⌂
Antal János SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1933 – 1948
Segítő Szűz Mária Lelkészség, Budapest, Hungary - provincial governor
1933
✈
Bodnár Vince
Roman Catholic • priest • Hartford, CT, USA
Service abroad
✈
1933 – 1948
Wallingford, CT, USA
1933
⌂
Brunner Emőd László OSB, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1933 – 1948
Budapest, Hungary - high school teacher
1934
✈
Bereczky Jenő, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Eperjes
Service abroad
✈
1934 – 1960
Chicago, IL, USA - parish priest
1935
✈
András Antal Jeromos OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1935 – 1953
Holy Trinity Hungarian Roman Catholic Church:, Farrel, PA, USA
1935
✈
Bali István
Roman Catholic • priest • Detroit, MI, USA
Service abroad
✈
1935 – 1969
Szent Kereszt templom, Detroit, MI, USA - assistant pastor
1935
✈
Balogh János Benignusz OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1935 – 1955
New Brunswick, NJ, USA - Founder and Director of the St. Imre Youth Club
1935
✈
Brunner József Columbinus SVD
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
✈
1935 – 1975
Chile - monk, cook
1937
⌂
Bacsinszky Sándor
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service in the homeland
⌂
1937 – 1946
Munkács - fund administrator (1937–1942), cashier (1942–1945), field chaplain
1937
⌂
Dancsecs Imre
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Service in the homeland
⌂
1937 – 1958
Répceszentgyörgy, Hungary - parish priest
1938
✈
Csornyák Péter Oreszt
ortodox • bishop • Amerikai Kárpát-orosz ortodox egyház
Service abroad
✈
1938 – 1977
USA - Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church; Metropolitan of Agathonikeia from 1966
1938
✈
Doveson Dezső OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
✈
1938 – 1946
Hunan, Kína - missionary
1939
✈
Bor Sándor
Roman Catholic • priest • Pécs
Service abroad
✈
1939 – 1949
South River, NJ, USA - parish priest
1939
⌂
Dely Péter Brunó OSM, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1939 – 1967
Máriaremete, Budapest, Hungary - He was a rookie officer and also served in Máriaremete, Eger, Makó, and Budapest.
1939
✈
Derecskei János SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1939 – 1954
Isztambul, Törökország - Hungarian pastor
1939
✈
Domitrovics István SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1939 – 1979
Brazília - He worked in the Amazon, along the Rio Negro, and then in Manaus; eventually, he became an itinerant missionary
1939
⌂
Dudás Miklós Mihály OSBM, püspök
Greek Catholic • bishop • Hajdúdorog
Service in the homeland
⌂
1939 – 1972
Nyíregyháza, Hungary - Bishop of Hajdúdorog, Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc
1940
✈
Dismacsek Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
✈
1940 – 1976
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest (according to the KMVÉ, until 1980)
1941
⌂
Bacsóka Béla, Dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Service in the homeland
⌂
1941 – 1951
Szent Mihály Főangyal és Mennyei Seregek görögkatolikus templom, Nyíradony, Hungary - assistant pastor
1941
✈
Czibere Mihály
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
✈
1941 – 1952
Trenton, NJ, USA - pastor
1942
⌂
Bartha Károly SVD
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1942 – 1948
Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary - small group leader
1942
⌂
Barát Ferenc Benignusz OSB
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1942 – 1949
Komárom, Hungary - high school teacher
1942
⌂
Bittmann Antal
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service in the homeland
⌂
1942 – 1947
Bőszénfa, Hungary - administrator
1942
✈
Cseh Gyula Titusz OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1942 – 1960
USA - His places of service cannot be identified; he died in Roebling, NJ, USA.
1942
⌂
Deésy István Ipoly OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1942 – 1946
Csíksomlyó, Romania - assistant manager
1943
⌂
Borbély István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service in the homeland
⌂
1943 – 1948
Jezsuita Tartományfőnökség, Budapest - provincial governor
1943
⌂
Csellár Jenő István OSPPE
Roman Catholic • priest • pálos (Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1943 – 1946
Pécs, Hungary - junior master, then assistant head of house
1943
⌂
Csizmazia Lajos Placid O.Cist, dr
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1943 – 1948
Budapest, Hungary - high school teacher, spiritual director at Bernardium, the order’s educational lecturer, librarian
1943
✈
Dengl György Miklós OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1943 – 1946
Róma, Italy - Biblical studies
1944
⌂
Bali Béla (SDB)
Roman Catholic • priest • Eger
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1952
Lemezgyár - szalézi plébánia, Borsodnádasd, Hungary - parish priest
1944
⌂
Banykó Viktor SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1946
Pécs
1944
⌂
Bendik István Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1948
Budapest
1944
✈
Bognár József, Msgr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1944 – 1947
Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA - assistant pastor
1944
⌂
Békési István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1946
Hittudományi Főiskola, Szeged - theology professor
1944
⌂
Bóday Jenő SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1948
Budapest - National Association of Young Craftsmen and Workers
1944
⌂
Csatlós Ferenc, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1944 – 1946
Szentendre, Hungary - assistant pastor
1944
✈
Ecker Jenő SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1944 – 1981
Kálvária templom, Szatmárnémeti, Romania - parish priest