Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Chronology of 1953

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
Events of the year
28
Ongoing entries
76
Birth
1
Death
3
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.
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1960
Hospital Notre Dame, Montréal, MB, Canada - hospital chaplain
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1953
Bogota, Kolumbia - professor of biblical studies
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1955
Róma, Italy - doctoral studies
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1953
Egerág - assistant pastor, bell ringer
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1953
Pécs - manual laborer
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1953
Kaposvár - manual laborer
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1950 – 1953
Olaszfalu, Eplény, Hungary - assistant pastor, day laborer
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • St. Augustine és Orlando, FL, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1950 – 1953
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Orlando, FL, USA - assistant pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1960
Bishop Moore High School, Orlando, FL, USA - director
1953
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1989
USA - Brother, whose primary place of service was Dewitt, MI, USA.
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1953
Wépion, Belgium - studies, third year
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1957
Montréal, MB, Canada - college student (Latin and history)
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1951 – 1953
St. Aloysius templom, Allan, SK, Canada - German pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1956
Biggar, SK, Canada - assistant pastor
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1947 – 1953
Burghausen, NSZK (Bajorország)
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1958
Cleveland, OH, USA - in civilian life
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953
Trieszt, Italy - pastor to Hungarian refugees
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1952 – 1953
Paso del Rey, Argentína - The founder of the Mindszenty Memorial Chapel
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1981
Caracas, Venezuela - Hungarian pastor
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1953
Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey, Spirit Bank, WI, USA - clothing store
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1954
Canisius College (jelenleg: Külső nézet Canisius University), Buffalo, NY, USA - college student
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1953
off duty (imprisonment)
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1956
Szent Kereszt templom, Nagymaros - assistant pastor
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1953
South Norwalk, CT, USA - Hungarian pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1953
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - parish priest
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1953
Courtland, ON, Canada
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1950 – 1953
Róma, Italy - theology student
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1954
Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey, Spirit Bank, WI, USA - theology student
1953
Roman Catholic • priest
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1955
Bayside, CA, USA
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1947 – 1953
Pápai Magyar Intézet, Róma, Italy - pursuing studies
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1953
Courtland, ON, Canada - Meanwhile, here are some details: 1950 Toronto, ON; 1951: Delhi, ON
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Priestly ordination
Beginning of foreign service
Priestly ordination
December 19, 1953
Cleveland, OH, USA
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1962
Cleveland, OH, USA
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1953
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, USA - college student
Transfer (new place of service)
1953 – 1954
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA - college student
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Rozsnyó
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1985
Szent Teréz és Szent Ferenc templomok, Neligh, NE, USA - adminisztrátor, kórházlelkész, magyar lelkész
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1963
Calasanctius Preparatory School, Buffalo, NY, USA - chemistry teacher
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • ismeretlen egyházmegye
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1953 – 1956
Essexville, MI, USA
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Death
Death
January 12, 1953
Budapest, Hungary
1953
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Death
Death
October 20, 1953
Farrel, PA, USA
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Guarulhos, Brazília
Birth
Birth
November 22, 1953
Santo Anastácio, Brazília

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Ongoing entries

Service locations that can be shown to have existed during the selected year, but did not begin and did not end in that year.
1927
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
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Service abroad
1927 – 1960
Yonkers, NY, USA - church builder, founding pastor
1931
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1931 – 1964
Independence, OH, USA
1932
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service in the homeland
1932 – 1958
Pápa, Hungary - retired
1932
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
Greek Catholic • priest • Eperjes
Service abroad
1934 – 1960
Chicago, IL, USA - parish priest
1935
Roman Catholic • priest • Detroit, MI, USA
Service abroad
1935 – 1969
Szent Kereszt templom, Detroit, MI, USA - assistant pastor
1935
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
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
1935 – 1975
Chile - monk, cook
1937
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Service in the homeland
1937 – 1958
Répceszentgyörgy, Hungary - parish priest
1938
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
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
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1939 – 1954
Isztambul, Törökország - Hungarian pastor
1939
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
Greek Catholic • bishop • Hajdúdorog
Service in the homeland
1939 – 1972
Nyíregyháza, Hungary - Bishop of Hajdúdorog, Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc
1940
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1940 – 1976
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest (according to the KMVÉ, until 1980)
1942
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
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1944 – 1981
Kálvária templom, Szatmárnémeti, Romania - parish priest
1945
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
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
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
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1946 – 1956
Cleveland, OH, USA - pastor (church not specified)
1946
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Service abroad
1946 – 1975
Róma, Italy - Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1947 – 1954
Jacket River, NB, Canada
1947
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1947 – 1983
Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest
1947
Roman Catholic • priest • Szeged-Csanád (formerly: Csanád)
Service abroad
1947 – 1968
Szent László templom, Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, Hungarian and Spanish pastor
1947
Roman Catholic • priest • Vác
Service abroad
1947 – 1961
Our Lady of Hungary Parish, South Bend, IN, USA - parish priest
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1948 – 1955
Torino, Italy - the spiritual director of the congregation
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Service abroad
1948 – 1954
Howard Beach, NY, USA
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
1948 – 1968
Japán - missionary and high school principal
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • Hartford, CT, USA
Service abroad
1948 – 1962
Bridgeport, CT, USA
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1948 – 1961
Fairfield, CT, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest
1948
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1948 – 1960
Kuba - missionary
1948
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
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1948 – 1955
Roebling, NJ, USA
1948
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
1948 – 1956
Szent József templom, New Brunswick, NJ, USA - parish priest
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1949 – 1958
Portola Valley, CA, USA - (According to KMVÉ, between 1960 and 1989)
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
1949 – 1958
Bécs, Austria - teacher
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1949 – 1954
Leuven, Belgium - studies
1949
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1949 – 1955
McKeesport, PA, USA - parish priest
1949
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
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1949 – 1958
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN, USA
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1949 – 1955
Lorain, OH, USA
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1949 – 1956
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
1949
Roman Catholic • bishop • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1949 – 1961
Rio Negro, Brazília - coadjutor – auxiliary bishop, Bishop of Podalia
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Service abroad
1949 – 1963
Northampton, PA, USA - parish priest
1950
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
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
1950 – 1974
Szent János templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest
1950
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1950 – 1964
Lima, Peru - Hungarian pastor
1950
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
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Service abroad
1950 – 1959
Calgary, AB, Canada - pastor who builds churches
1950
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1950 – 1955
Róma, Italy
1950
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
Reformed • pastor
Service abroad
1950 – 1958
San Francisco, CA, USA - church-planting pastor
1951
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
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
Roman Catholic • priest • Kassa
Service abroad
1951 – 1968
Grand Ledge, MI, USA
1951
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi
Service abroad
1951 – 1966
Marrero, LA, USA
1952
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Service in the homeland
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
Roman Catholic • priest • Eger
Service in the homeland
1952 – 1973
Szent Anna Plébánia, Tiszadada, Hungary - parish priest
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Sacred Heart Province)
Service abroad
1952 – 1957
Ashland, IL, USA
1952
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
1952 – 1977
Cleveland, OH, USA - parish pastor; in 1958, associate pastor in New York, NY, and founding pastor in Bedford, OH
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Service in the homeland
1952 – 1956
Komló - warehouse worker at a mine
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1952 – 1962
Montréal, MB, Canada - theology professor
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1952 – 1969
USA - Field Chaplain, United States Army (USAR), 37th Infantry Division, National Guard (NG)
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1952 – 1957
Montréal, MB, Canada - university student (Latin-French)
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1952 – 1961
Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service in the homeland
1952 – 1956
Budapest - in a civilian capacity, mainly in Budapest
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service in the homeland
1952 – 1956
Kőszeg, Hungary - Conductor of the Kőszeg Symphony Orchestra and the Church Choir
1952
Roman Catholic • priest • ismeretlen (nincs adat)
Service abroad
1952 – 1977
St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel, Joilet, IL, USA - parish priest