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

Chronology of 1961

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
Events of the year
23
Ongoing entries
84
Birth
0
Death
2
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.
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1962
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - assistant pastor
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1960 – 1961
Maracaibo, Venezuela - pastor
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1957 – 1961
Ágoston tér, Pécs - sacristan
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1963
Márianosztra - in prison
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1956 – 1961
Szent Rafael templom, Bay Village, OH, USA - assistant pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1964
Szent Edward templom, Ashland, OH, USA - Administrator of St. Edward’s Church and the St. Stephen Mission
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1964
West Salem, OH, USA - sideways
1961
Roman Catholic • priest
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1964
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - assistant pastor
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1960 – 1961
Fort Worth, TX, USA - religion teacher
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1974
Dallas, TX, USA - university professor, high school teacher
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1959 – 1961
Santiago de Chile, Chile - chemistry teacher, missionary
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1962
Concepcion, Chile - religious education teacher and retreat leader
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1985
Brooklyn, Long Island, NY, USA - parish priest
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1952 – 1961
Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1961
Fairfield, CT, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1959 – 1961
Barberton, OH, USA
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Vác
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1947 – 1961
Our Lady of Hungary Parish, South Bend, IN, USA - parish priest
1961
Roman Catholic • bishop • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1949 – 1961
Rio Negro, Brazília - coadjutor – auxiliary bishop, Bishop of Podalia
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1962
Humanita, Brazília - diocesan bishop
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Oratóriánus
Beginning of foreign service
Beginning of foreign service
1961 – 1971
Encino, CA, USA
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
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
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1961 – 1963
Santiago de Chile, Chile - minister of the parish, religion teacher
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1960 – 1961
Cleveland, OH, USA - probation
1961
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Death
Death
March 4, 1961
Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Szombathely
Death
Death
June 8, 1961
Máriaújfalu, Hungary
1961
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Priestly ordination
Priestly ordination
July 30, 1961
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Perpetual vows
Perpetual vows
August 15, 1961
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Perpetual vows
Perpetual vows
August 30, 1961
Hungary
1961
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Priestly ordination
Priestly ordination
December 6, 1961

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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.
1931
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1931 – 1964
Independence, OH, USA
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) • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
1935 – 1975
Chile - monk, cook
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 • 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)
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
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 • 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
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
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
1949
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Service abroad
1949 – 1963
Northampton, PA, USA - parish priest
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.
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
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 • 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 • ismeretlen (nincs adat)
Service abroad
1952 – 1977
St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel, Joilet, IL, USA - parish priest
1953
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
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1953 – 1981
Caracas, Venezuela - Hungarian pastor
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1953 – 1962
Cleveland, OH, USA
1953
Roman Catholic • priest • Rozsnyó
Service abroad
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)
Service abroad
1953 – 1963
Calasanctius Preparatory School, Buffalo, NY, USA - chemistry teacher
1954
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
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
1955
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1955 – 1965
Ecuador - provincial governor
1956
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1956 – 1962
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MI, USA - college student
1956
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1956 – 1965
Inisfada, NY, USA, USA - according to another source: Manhasset, NY
1956
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1956 – 1966
ciszterci apátság, Dallas, TX, USA - university professor
1956
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1956 – 1975
Chile - missionary
1957
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1957 – 1975
Rio de Janeiro, Brazília - Psychology teacher, Director of the Psychological Counseling Center, and Vice Rector from 1972 to 1975
1957
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1957 – 1970
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest
1957
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1957 – 1970
New Brunswick, NJ, USA - parish priest, currently assisting in Passaic, NJ
1957
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1957 – 1962
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - Hungarian pastor
1957
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1957 – 1963
Cleveland, OH, USA - pastor
1957
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
1957 – 1983
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest, later retired
1957
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1957 – 1964
Saint Bonaventure, NY, USA - professor of philosophy and canon law
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Sacred Heart Province)
Service abroad
1958 – 1963
Chicago, IL, USA
1958
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1958 – 1962
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1958 – 1976
Szent István perjelség, Woodside, CA, USA - visiting priest, choir director, Latin teacher, director of music and choir
1958
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1958 – 1962
Anchorage, PA, USA - pastor who builds churches
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1958 – 1964
Dublin, Írország - studies
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1958 – 1964
Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - Hungarian pastor, editor
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Service abroad
1958 – 1995
Saskatoon, SK, Canada - Hungarian pastor; from 1958 to 1980, he served as a seminary spiritual director; from 1960 to 1986, he was a university professor; and from 1980 to 1992, he also served as pastor of the Hungarian parish in Edmonton
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1958 – 1964
off duty, in civilian life (converted to the Anglican Church)
1958
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • karmelita (Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo)
Service abroad
1958 – 1978
São Paulo, Brazília - monk
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1958 – 1962
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
1958 – 1996
Plántanos, Argentína - Assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor; from 1971, senior Hungarian pastor in Argentina; later, Hungarian Institute of the English Ladies in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1958
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1958 – 1962
Argentína - pastor
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1959 – 2014
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - philosophy professor at the University of Dallas, pastor, chair of the theology department, and religion teacher
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
1959 – 1972
Farmos - assistant pastor, cantor
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1959 – 1982
Jézus Szíve R.K egyházközség, Akron, OH, USA - parish priest, then retired
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
1959 – 1965
Piarista ház, Devon, PA, USA - teacher
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1959 – 1965
Plattsburg, NY, USA - French and German language teacher at the Jesuit juniorate
1959
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1959 – 1964
New York, NY, USA
1959
Roman Catholic • priest • Reading, PA, USA
Service abroad
1959 – 1963
Ashland, PA, USA - parish priest
1959
Reformed • pastor
Service abroad
1959 – 1989
Ontarioi Független Magyar Református Egyház, Ontario, CA, USA - senior pastor
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service abroad
1960 – 1964
NSZK - pastor
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Service abroad
1960 – 1970
Lynnbrook, NY, USA
1960
Greek Catholic • priest • Miskolc
Service in the homeland
1960 – 1962
Pácin, Hungary - assistant pastor
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1960 – 1978
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - Pastor of the Hungarian community, secretary of the abbey, sacristan from 1960 to 1974
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • St. Augustine és Orlando, FL, USA
Service abroad
1960 – 1968
Bartow, FL, USA - parish priest
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Service abroad
1960 – 1964
Bredasdorp, Szváziföld - missionary
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
1960 – 1967
Washington DC, USA - Vice-Provincial (establishes four monasteries)
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1960 – 1962
Sydney, Ausztrália - pastor
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Service abroad
1960 – 1963
Ottawa, ON, Canada
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1960 – 1966
Clinton, OH, USA
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1960 – 1988
NSZK - on duty