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Chronology of 1952

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Events of the year
20
Ongoing entries
78
Birth
0
Death
2
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.
1952
⌂
Bacsóka Béla, Dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1987
Szent Atanáz Görögkatolikus Hittudományi Főiskola, Nyíregyháza, Hungary - Professor at the College of Theology; served as rector from 1952 to 1984 and as director of the bishop’s office from 1975 to 1980
1952
⌂
Bali Béla (SDB)
Roman Catholic • priest • Eger
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1944 – 1952
Lemezgyár - szalézi plébánia, Borsodnádasd, Hungary - parish priest
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1973
Szent Anna Plébánia, Tiszadada, Hungary - parish priest
1952
✈
Bartkó Péter OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Sacred Heart Province)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1957
Ashland, IL, USA
1952
✈
Bognár József, Msgr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1947 – 1952
Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1977
Cleveland, OH, USA - parish pastor; in 1958, associate pastor in New York, NY, and founding pastor in Bedford, OH
1952
⌂
Bolváry Pál (OSPPE)
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1952
Váci Börtön, Vác - in prison
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1952
Budapest - in prison
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1956
Komló - warehouse worker at a mine
1952
✈
Borbély Honor OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Beginning of foreign service
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1952 – 1953
Paso del Rey, Argentína - The founder of the Mindszenty Memorial Chapel
1952
✈
Borbély István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1962
Montréal, MB, Canada - theology professor
1952
⛪
Bárd Imre Norbert O.Cist, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Priestly ordination
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
⛪
Priestly ordination
August 6, 1952
Feldkirch, Austria
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1952
Mehrerau, Austria - studies
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1952
Róma, Italy - studies
1952
✈
Bátori József Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1952
establishes the Piarist Student Association
1952
✈
Búza János
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1952
Szent Fülöp és Jakab templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - assistant pastor
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1969
USA - Field Chaplain, United States Army (USAR), 37th Infantry Division, National Guard (NG)
1952
✈
Chilla Raymond SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Perpetual vows
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1952
Leuven, Belgium - studies, third year
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1952
Wépion, Belgium - third
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1957
Montréal, MB, Canada - university student (Latin-French)
✧
Perpetual vows
August 15, 1952
1952
✈
Czibere Mihály
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1941 – 1952
Trenton, NJ, USA - pastor
1952
✈
Demén László Dózsa O.Cist, dr
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1952
Cistercian Monastery of Gerowval, Jasper, MI, USA - assistant pastor
1952
✈
Dengl György Miklós OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1952
Cleveland, OH, USA - editor and publisher
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1961
Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
1952
⌂
Divald István Sch.P, dr
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1956
Budapest - in a civilian capacity, mainly in Budapest
1952
⌂
Domonkos László SVD
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1956
Kőszeg, Hungary - Conductor of the Kőszeg Symphony Orchestra and the Church Choir
1952
✈
Ádám József
Roman Catholic • priest • ismeretlen (nincs adat)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1946 – 1952
Chicago, IL, USA
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1952 – 1977
St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel, Joilet, IL, USA - parish priest
1952
✝
Bíró József Benedek OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Szent István Kusztódia)
Death
✝
Death
January 17, 1952
Fairfield, CT, USA
1952
✝
Biskoroványi Vilmos O.Praem
Roman Catholic • priest • premontrei (Ordo Praemonstratensis)
Death
✝
Death
August 21, 1952
Guttenberg, NJ, USA
1952
•
Almásy Alkuin OSB
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Rendbe lépés
•
Rendbe lépés
September 8, 1952

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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
✈
Dávid Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Service abroad
✈
1927 – 1960
Yonkers, NY, USA - church builder, founding pastor
1931
✈
Boehnlein Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1931 – 1964
Independence, OH, USA
1932
⌂
Bognár Pál
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service in the homeland
⌂
1932 – 1958
Pápa, Hungary - retired
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.
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
⌂
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
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)
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.
1944
✈
Ecker Jenő SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1944 – 1981
Kálvária templom, Szatmárnémeti, Romania - parish priest
1945
✈
Antal Boldizsár Regináld OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1945 – 1968
Firenze, Italy - An employee of Quaracchi Publishing
1945
✈
Cseh Péter Dömötör OCD
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • karmelita (Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo)
Service abroad
✈
1945 – 1958
Egyiptom - on duty
✈
1945 – 1958
Izrael
✈
1945 – 1958
Italy - on duty
1945
✈
Dömötör Lajos Ede OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
✈
1945 – 1957
Genova, Italy - pastor; he also worked in the Hungarian section of the Papal Relief Committee
1946
✈
Bartkó Alajos
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1946 – 1956
Cleveland, OH, USA - pastor (church not specified)
1946
✈
Dalos Patrik COr, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Service abroad
✈
1946 – 1975
Róma, Italy - Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947
✈
Balázskövi József SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1954
Jacket River, NB, Canada
1947
✈
Bittmann Antal
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1953
Burghausen, NSZK (Bajorország)
1947
✈
Csatlós Ferenc, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1953
Pápai Magyar Intézet, Róma, Italy - pursuing studies
1947
✈
Csorba László Domonkos OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1983
Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest
1947
✈
Demkó Zoltán, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Szeged-Csanád (formerly: Csanád)
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1968
Szent László templom, Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, Hungarian and Spanish pastor
1947
✈
Dobó István
Roman Catholic • priest • Vác
Service abroad
✈
1947 – 1961
Our Lady of Hungary Parish, South Bend, IN, USA - parish priest
1948
✈
Antal János SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1955
Torino, Italy - the spiritual director of the congregation
1948
✈
Babis G. Dániel
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1954
Howard Beach, NY, USA
1948
✈
Bartha Károly SVD
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1968
Japán - missionary and high school principal
1948
✈
Bodnár Vince
Roman Catholic • priest • Hartford, CT, USA
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1962
Bridgeport, CT, USA
1948
⌂
Báránszky Tibor
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1948 – 1953
off duty (imprisonment)
1948
✈
Deésy István Ipoly OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1961
Fairfield, CT, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest
1948
✈
Dlusztus János SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1960
Kuba - missionary
1948
✈
Dolinay Tamás, püspök, dr.
Greek Catholic • bishop • Passaic, NJ, USA
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1976
Bridgeport, CT, USA - parish priest
✈
1948 – 1976
Johnstown, PA, USA - parish priest
✈
1948 – 1976
Pottstown, PA, USA - parish priest
✈
1948 – 1976
South Hills, PA, USA - parish priest
1948
✈
Doveson Dezső OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1955
Roebling, NJ, USA
1948
✈
Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1956
Szent József templom, New Brunswick, NJ, USA - parish priest
1949
✈
Balogh Sándor SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1953
Bogota, Kolumbia - professor of biblical studies
1949
✈
Barát Ferenc Benignusz OSB
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1958
Portola Valley, CA, USA - (According to KMVÉ, between 1960 and 1989)
1949
✈
Bendik István Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1958
Bécs, Austria - teacher
1949
✈
Benkő Antal SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1954
Leuven, Belgium - studies
1949
✈
Bobák János Iréneusz, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1955
McKeesport, PA, USA - parish priest
1949
✈
Borsy György Engelbert OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1954
Az Angliai Római Katolikus Magyarok Szent István Király Egyesülete, Woodford Green, United Kingdom - pastor
1949
✈
Brunner Emőd László OSB, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1958
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN, USA
1949
✈
Békési István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1953
South Norwalk, CT, USA - Hungarian pastor
1949
✈
Cser László SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1953
Courtland, ON, Canada - Meanwhile, here are some details: 1950 Toronto, ON; 1951: Delhi, ON
1949
✈
Denka J. Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1955
Lorain, OH, USA
1949
✈
Dohányos Domonkos OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1956
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
1949
✈
Domitrovics József SDB, püspök
Roman Catholic • bishop • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1961
Rio Negro, Brazília - coadjutor – auxiliary bishop, Bishop of Podalia
1949
✈
Dunay Antal, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1963
Northampton, PA, USA - parish priest
1950
✈
Balás Dávid László O.Cist, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1957
Róma, Italy - completed his studies, then became a philosophy professor at St. Anselm University
1950
⌂
Barta József Leonard O.Cist
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1950 – 1953
Olaszfalu, Eplény, Hungary - assistant pastor, day laborer
1950
✈
Bartók Alajos Károly, Msgr.
Roman Catholic • priest • St. Augustine és Orlando, FL, USA
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1953
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Orlando, FL, USA - assistant pastor
1950
✈
Bobák Sándor Cirill, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1974
Szent János templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest
1950
✈
Borsányi Jenő Gáspár Balázs OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1964
Lima, Peru - Hungarian pastor
1950
✈
Czakó Ambró Lajos (O.Cist)
Roman Catholic • priest • ismeretlen egyházmegye
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1967
St. Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada - art history teacher; by 1957, he was listed as a priest.
1950
✈
Dallos Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1959
Calgary, AB, Canada - pastor who builds churches
1950
✈
Dám Antal Ince OFM, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1955
Róma, Italy
1950
✈
Dénes János Gergely COr, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1961
Bogota, Kolumbia - pastor of the Hungarian community; from 1956 to 1957, pastor in Rome, Italy, entrusted with the care and coordination of Hungarian refugees on behalf of the Italian Red Cross
1950
✈
Négyessy Bertalan
Reformed • pastor
Service abroad
✈
1950 – 1958
San Francisco, CA, USA - church-planting pastor
1951
⌂
Banykó Viktor SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1951 – 1953
Egerág - assistant pastor, bell ringer
1951
✈
Bielek József SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1951 – 1953
Wépion, Belgium - studies, third year
1951
✈
Bisztyó József, Msgr., dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Service abroad
✈
1951 – 1953
St. Aloysius templom, Allan, SK, Canada - German pastor
1951
✈
Bátori József Sch.P
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
✈
1951 – 1960
Piarista rendház, Derby, NY, USA - house superior, parish priest, delegate
1951
⌂
Csizmazia Lajos Placid O.Cist, dr
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1951 – 1965
Ménfőcsanak, Győr, Hungary - elementary school teacher, teaches Russian (in addition to his church duties), while secretly serving as a tutor to the order’s students
1951
✈
Csáky Antal, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Kassa
Service abroad
✈
1951 – 1968
Grand Ledge, MI, USA
1951
✈
Csík Pál SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi
Service abroad
✈
1951 – 1966
Marrero, LA, USA