Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad
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Chronology of 1955

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Events of the year
20
Ongoing entries
87
Birth
1
Death
1
Priestly ordination
2

Current changes in the year

Personal and service-history events that started, ended, or can otherwise be dated to this year, in chronological order.
1955
✈
Antal János SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1955
Torino, Italy - the spiritual director of the congregation
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1965
Ecuador - provincial governor
1955
✈
Balogh János Benignusz OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1935 – 1955
New Brunswick, NJ, USA - Founder and Director of the St. Imre Youth Club
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955
Dewitt, MI, USA - monk
1955
✈
Balogh Sándor SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1953 – 1955
Róma, Italy - doctoral studies
1955
✈
Bartos G. József
Roman Catholic • priest
Beginning of foreign service
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1955 – 1956
Moline, IL, USA
1955
✈
Bobák János Iréneusz, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1955
McKeesport, PA, USA - parish priest
1955
✈
Borsy György Engelbert OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1954 – 1955
Rio de Janeiro, Brazília - Hungarian pastor
1955
✈
Bárd Imre Norbert O.Cist, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1955
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA - college student
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1957
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA - college student
1955
✈
Cak Stanley A.
Roman Catholic • priest
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955
Lakeville, IN, USA - parish priest
1955
⛪
Chladek István Menyhért O.Cist
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Priestly ordination
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⛪
Priestly ordination
May 14, 1955
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1954 – 1955
Saint Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI, USA - theology student
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1956
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA - college student, member of the Perjel Council
1955
✈
Choibert Ottó
Roman Catholic • priest
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1953 – 1955
Bayside, CA, USA
1955
✈
Cser László SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1954 – 1955
South Norwalk, CO, USA - in other sources: Keyser Island (however, there is no town by that name in the U.S.)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955
Buffalo, NY, USA
1955
✈
Demén László Dózsa O.Cist, dr
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1956
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MI, USA - doctoral studies (mathematics)
1955
✈
Denka J. Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1955
Lorain, OH, USA
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1960
USA - hospital chaplain
1955
✈
Derecskei János SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
✈
Transfer (new place of service)
1955 – 1956
Detroit, MI, USA - pastor
1955
✈
Doveson Dezső OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1955
Roebling, NJ, USA
1955
✈
Dám Antal Ince OFM, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1950 – 1955
Róma, Italy
1955
★
Angyal Lajos
Greek Catholic • priest • Toronto, ON, Canada
Birth
★
Birth
March 13, 1955
Nyírbogdány, Hungary
1955
⛪
Dér-Wolff János SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Priestly ordination
⛪
Priestly ordination
August 15, 1955
Leuven, Belgium
1955
•
Beöthy Tamás SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Rendbe lépés
•
Rendbe lépés
August 23, 1955
1955
✝
Czezárovits Balázs SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Death
✝
Death
November 24, 1955
Rio de Janeiro, 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
✈
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
1934
✈
Bereczky Jenő, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Eperjes
Service abroad
✈
1934 – 1960
Chicago, IL, USA - parish priest
1935
✈
Bali István
Roman Catholic • priest • Detroit, MI, USA
Service abroad
✈
1935 – 1969
Szent Kereszt templom, Detroit, MI, USA - assistant pastor
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
✈
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
✈
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
✈
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
✈
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
✈
Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
✈
1948 – 1956
Szent József templom, New Brunswick, NJ, USA - parish priest
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
✈
Brunner Emőd László OSB, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
✈
1949 – 1958
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN, 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
✈
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
✈
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
✈
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
1952
⌂
Bacsóka Béla, Dr.
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
⌂
Bali Béla (SDB)
Roman Catholic • priest • Eger
Service in the homeland
⌂
1952 – 1973
Szent Anna Plébánia, Tiszadada, Hungary - parish priest
1952
✈
Bartkó Péter OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Sacred Heart Province)
Service abroad
✈
1952 – 1957
Ashland, IL, USA
1952
✈
Bognár József, Msgr.
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
⌂
Bolváry Pál (OSPPE)
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Service in the homeland
⌂
1952 – 1956
Komló - warehouse worker at a mine
1952
✈
Borbély István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
✈
1952 – 1962
Montréal, MB, Canada - theology professor
1952
✈
Búza János
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
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)
Service abroad
✈
1952 – 1957
Montréal, MB, Canada - university student (Latin-French)
1952
✈
Dengl György Miklós OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
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)
Service in the homeland
Service abroad
⌂
1952 – 1956
Budapest - in a civilian capacity, mainly in Budapest
✈
1953 – 1963
Calasanctius Preparatory School, Buffalo, NY, USA - chemistry teacher
1952
⌂
Domonkos László SVD
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
✈
Ádám József
Roman Catholic • priest • ismeretlen (nincs adat)
Service abroad
✈
1952 – 1977
St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel, Joilet, IL, USA - parish priest
1953
✈
Aubermann Miklós, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1960
Hospital Notre Dame, Montréal, MB, Canada - hospital chaplain
1953
✈
Bartók Alajos Károly, Msgr.
Roman Catholic • priest • St. Augustine és Orlando, FL, USA
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1960
Bishop Moore High School, Orlando, FL, USA - director
1953
✈
Baráth Sándor Benedek OFM
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1989
USA - Brother, whose primary place of service was Dewitt, MI, USA.
1953
✈
Bielek József SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1957
Montréal, MB, Canada - college student (Latin and history)
1953
✈
Bisztyó József, Msgr., dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1956
Biggar, SK, Canada - assistant pastor
1953
✈
Bittmann Antal
Roman Catholic • priest • Veszprém
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1958
Cleveland, OH, USA - in civilian life
1953
✈
Borbély Honor OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1981
Caracas, Venezuela - Hungarian pastor
1953
⌂
Báránszky Tibor
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1953 – 1956
Szent Kereszt templom, Nagymaros - assistant pastor
1953
✈
Demetzky Sándor
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1962
Cleveland, OH, USA
1953
✈
Diczky Pál
Roman Catholic • priest • Rozsnyó
Service abroad
✈
1953 – 1985
Szent Teréz és Szent Ferenc templomok, Neligh, NE, USA - adminisztrátor, kórházlelkész, magyar lelkész
1954
✈
Babis G. Dániel
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1956
Jackson Heights, NY, USA
1954
✈
Bakos István
Roman Catholic • priest • Youngstown, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1968
Warren, OH, USA - Assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s Church, then at St. Mary’s Church
1954
✈
Balázskövi József SDB
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1980
Edmonton, AB, Canada - 1954–1957 – Principal. 1957–1960 – Parish priest, 1960–1980 Don Bosco Technical Institute – Academic Supervisor
1954
⌂
Banykó Viktor SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1954 – 1959
Újszász - assistant pastor, cantor
1954
✈
Benkő Antal SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1957
Nova Friburgo, Brazília - philosophy and psychology teacher
1954
✈
Bogláry Miklós OSM
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1959
Róma, Italy - Asylum chaplain in Italy
1954
✈
Bujdos Ernő OMI
Roman Catholic • priest • Szeplőtelen Szűz Missziós Oblátusai (Congregatio Missionariorum Oblatorum BMV Immaculatae)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1957
Ottawa, ON, Canada
1954
✈
Békési István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1956
Szent Imre templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest
1954
✈
Bóday Jenő SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1956
Regina, SK, Canada - teacher (history, German, religious education) and Hungarian pastor
1954
✈
Csányi Dániel Apor (O.Cist), Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
✈
1954 – 1959
Róma, Italy - studies; meanwhile, he studied in Jerusalem in 1956
1954
⌂
Csánó László
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Service in the homeland
⌂
1954 – 1956
Mocsa, Hungary - assistant pastor