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

Chronology of 1968

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
Events of the year
16
Ongoing entries
76
Birth
0
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.
1968
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1945 – 1968
Firenze, Italy - An employee of Quaracchi Publishing
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 2007
Youngstown, OH, USA - printing press worker, the monastery cook, and later retired
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1962 – 1968
Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - Professor at Fordham University, Hungarian assistant pastor, secretary to the provincial superior
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1969
Ottawa, ON, Canada - doctoral studies
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Youngstown, OH, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1954 – 1968
Warren, OH, USA - Assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s Church, then at St. Mary’s Church
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1979
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1968
Japán - missionary and high school principal
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1970
San Francisco, CA, USA
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • St. Augustine és Orlando, FL, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1960 – 1968
Bartow, FL, USA - parish priest
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1973
Mims, FL, USA - parish priest
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1967 – 1968
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - assistant pastor
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Vancouver, BC, Canada
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1975
Vancouver, BC, Canada - parish priest
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1975
Goretti Mária Plébánia, Santiago de Chile, Chile - pastor who built a church, Hungarian pastor
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1964 – 1968
St. Mary, Morristown, NJ, USA - assistant pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1969
Holy Trinity, Passaic, NJ, USA - assistant pastor
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Szeged-Csanád (formerly: Csanád)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1947 – 1968
Szent László templom, Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, Hungarian and Spanish pastor
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1973
Szent László templom, Lorain, OH, USA - retired
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1991
Buffalo, NY, USA - traveling missionary
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1968 – 1973
Lima, Peru - pastor, theology professor, retreat leader
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Death
Death
January 15, 1968
Lansing, MI, USA
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Death
Death
August 21, 1968
Esztergom, Hungary
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Gyulafehérvár
Priestly ordination
Priestly ordination
September 22, 1968
Szent Mihály-székesegyház, Gyulafehérvár, Romania
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Kassa
Death
Death
December 15, 1968
Lansing, MI, USA

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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.
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 • 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
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
Service in the homeland
1947 – 1983
Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest
1962 – 1969
Esztergom, Hungary - prefect
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
1950
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
1950 – 1974
Szent János templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest
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 • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1952 – 1969
USA - Field Chaplain, United States Army (USAR), 37th Infantry Division, National Guard (NG)
1965 – 1971
Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA - assistant pastor
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 • Rozsnyó
Service abroad
1953 – 1985
Szent Teréz és Szent Ferenc templomok, Neligh, NE, USA - adminisztrátor, kórházlelkész, magyar lelkész
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
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
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
1957 – 1983
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest, later retired
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
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 • 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 • 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
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
Reformed • pastor
Service abroad
1959 – 1989
Ontarioi Független Magyar Református Egyház, Ontario, CA, USA - senior pastor
1960
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Service abroad
1960 – 1970
Lynnbrook, NY, USA
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 • szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)
Service abroad
1960 – 1988
NSZK - on duty
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1961 – 1974
Dallas, TX, USA - university professor, high school teacher
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Győr
Service abroad
1961 – 1985
Brooklyn, Long Island, NY, USA - parish priest
1961
Roman Catholic • priest • Oratóriánus
Service abroad
1961 – 1971
Encino, CA, USA
1962
Roman Catholic • priest • Hartford, CT, USA
Service abroad
1962 – 1973
Szt. István R. K. Egyházközség, Bridgeport, CT, USA - parish priest
1962
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1962 – 2017
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - teacher, parish secretary, assistant pastor
1962
Roman Catholic • priest • Hamilton, ON, Canada
Service abroad
1962 – 1972
Bécs, Austria - Chaplain at the Caritas refugee camp
1962
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1962 – 1976
Caracas, Venezuela - parish priest, Hungarian pastor
1962
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1962 – 1996
Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - university professor, assistant pastor, religious duties (1968–1977: Provincial Superior of Section II)
1963
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1963 – 1991
Caracas, Venezuela - English, history, and philosophy teacher
1963
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1963 – 1975
Walnut, CA, USA
1963
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Service in the homeland
1963 – 1972
Budapest - hospital aide, then sacristan in Máriaremete
1963
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1963 – 1969
Willowdale, ON, Canada - theology professor
1963
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1963 – 1970
Werribee, Ausztrália - seminar instructor (philosophy)
1963
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1963 – 1977
Strathroy-Caradoc, ON, Canada
1963
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Service abroad
1963 – 1977
Szent István Római Katolikus Magyar Templom, Passaic, NJ, USA - parish priest
1964
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1964 – 1971
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1966 to 1971
1964
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1964 – 1978
Woodside perjelség, Portola Valley, CA, USA
1964
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1964 – 1984
Carteret, NJ, USA - parish priest
1965
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Service abroad
1965 – 1969
Ottawa, ON, Canada - parish priest
1965
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1965 – 1970
London, ON, Canada - pastor
1965
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
1965 – 1999
Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher; deputy principal from 1968 to 1971; taught Latin, Greek, Russian, and Hungarian; assistant principal from 1967 to 1972; retired in 1992
1965
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1965 – 1976
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest
1966
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
1966 – 1970
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA - teacher
1966
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Service in the homeland
1966 – 1969
Beregdaróc - administrator
1966
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1966 – 1970
Northport, NY, USA
1966
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1966 – 1989
Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, then retired
1966
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1966 – 1979
USA - Chaplain at St. Edward’s Nursing Home
1967
Greek Catholic • priest • Miskolc
Service in the homeland
1967 – 1973
Felsővadász, Hungary - assistant pastor
1967
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1967 – 1969
Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - assistant pastor
1967
Roman Catholic • priest • Bridgeport, CT
Service abroad
1967 – 1970
St. Ambrose Church, Bridgeport, CT, USA - assistant pastor
1967
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Service abroad
1967 – 1970
Piarista rendház, Washington DC, USA - novice master, assistant prefect, house superior
1967
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Service abroad
1967 – 1976
Montréal, MB, Canada - parish priest
1967
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)
Service abroad
1967 – 1970
USA - Hospital chaplain (Holy Family Hospital)