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

Chronology of 1976

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
Events of the year
20
Ongoing entries
64
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.
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1974 – 1976
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1978
North Miami, FL, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1985
Georgetown, CA, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1958 – 1976
Szent István perjelség, Woodside, CA, USA - visiting priest, choir director, Latin teacher, director of music and choir
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1990
Szent Anzelm perjelség, Woodside, CA, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1974 – 1976
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA - teacher
1976
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1969 – 1976
St. George Greek Catholic Church, Courtland, ON, Canada
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1986
Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest, archpriest, and general vicar of the Hungarian Greek Catholic parishes
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1979
Montréal, MB, Canada - parish priest
1976
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)
1973 – 1976
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - abbot
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1979
Windber, PA, USA - parish priest
1976
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)
1965 – 1976
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1978
Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1940 – 1976
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest (according to the KMVÉ, until 1980)
1976
Greek Catholic • bishop • Passaic, NJ, USA
Episcopal consecration
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Episcopal consecration
November 16, 1976
Scranton, NJ, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1976
Johnstown, PA, USA - parish priest
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1976
South Hills, PA, USA - parish priest
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1976
Pottstown, PA, USA - parish priest
Transfer (previous place of service)
1948 – 1976
Bridgeport, CT, USA - parish priest
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1981
Passaic, NJ, USA - auxiliary bishop
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • Oratóriánus
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1985
Monterey, CA, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • oratóriánus (Congregatio Oratorii)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1973 – 1976
St. Catharines, ON, Canada
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1976 – 1977
Stockholm, Svédország - Hungarian pastor
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Perpetual vows
Perpetual vows
February 2, 1976
New York, NY, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Death
Death
April 9, 1976
Caracas, Venezuela
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)
Death
Death
April 16, 1976
Montréal, MB, Canada
1976
Roman Catholic • priest
Death
Death
August 19, 1976
Hammond, IN, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Priestly ordination
Priestly ordination
August 20, 1976
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Perpetual vows
Perpetual vows
December 29, 1976
Toronto, ON, Canada
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Perpetual vows
Perpetual vows
December 29, 1976

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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.
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
1944
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1944 – 1981
Kálvária templom, Szatmárnémeti, Romania - parish priest
1947
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1947 – 1983
Detroit, MI, 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
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
1969 – 1977
Cleveland, OH, USA - the vicar general of the diocese
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
1957
Greek Catholic • priest • Munkács
Service abroad
1957 – 1983
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest, later retired
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 • 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 • 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 • Győr
Service abroad
1961 – 1985
Brooklyn, Long Island, NY, 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 • 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 – 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 • 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 • 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
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
1968
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1968 – 2007
Youngstown, OH, USA - printing press worker, the monastery cook, and later retired
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • Youngstown, OH, USA
Service abroad
1968 – 1979
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest
1968
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1968 – 1991
Buffalo, NY, USA - traveling missionary
1969
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1969 – 1991
Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - Professor at Fordham University, Hungarian assistant pastor
1969
Roman Catholic • priest • Detroit, MI, USA
Service abroad
1969 – 1985
Detroit, MI, USA - retired
1970
Roman Catholic • priest • Gyulafehérvár
Service in the homeland
1970 – 1981
Szentháromság Plébánia, Fenyéd, Romania - parish priest
1970
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service abroad
1970 – 1977
Washington DC, USA
1970
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1970 – 1979
Courtland, ON, Canada - assistant pastor, then parish priest
1970
Greek Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1970 – 1988
Brownsville, PA, USA - parish priest
1970
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1970 – 2003
St. James, NY, USA
1971
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
1971 – 1979
Milwaukee, WI, USA - parish priest
1971
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1971 – 1978
Adelaide, Ausztrália - parish priest, then retired
1971
Roman Catholic • priest • Paterson, NJ, USA
Service abroad
1971 – 2011
Mária mennybemenetele, Passaic, NJ, USA - parish priest; from June 24, 2007, to December 2, 2007, in Passaic, NJ – St. Stephen’s Hungarian Church – administrator
1971
Roman Catholic • priest • Bridgeport, CT
Service abroad
1971 (?) – 2014
St. Ladislaus Church, South Norwalk, CT, USA - Hungarian pastor and parish priest, currently serving at St. Imre Church in Fairfield, CT
1972
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
1972 – 1978
Lászlófalva - assistant pastor, cantor
1972
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1972 – 1977
Yonkers, NY, USA - Editor of the newspaper *Szív*
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • Eger
Service in the homeland
1973 – 1977
Szent Anna Plébánia, Vécs, Hungary - parish priest
1973
Greek Catholic • priest • Miskolc
Service abroad
1973 – 1978
Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • Hartford, CT, USA
Service abroad
1973 – 1988
retired
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1973 – 1993
Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1973 – 1979
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - retired
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1973 – 1979
Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor
1973
Roman Catholic • priest • Hamilton, ON, Canada
Service abroad
1973 – 1980
Our Lady of the Assumption, Brantford, ON, Canada - assistant pastor
1974
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
1974 – 1987
Istenszülő tisztelete templom, Burton, OH, USA - parish priest
1974
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1974 – 1977
Excelsior, Canada - pastor to the indigenous people
1974
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1974 – 1977
Yonkers, NY, USA - traveling missionary
1974
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1974 – 1984
Izrael - missionary, expert in Eastern languages, abbot of the Emmaus Monastery
1975
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1975 – 1986
Klagenfurt, Austria - Editor of the journal *Szolgálat*, financial officer of the monastery
1975
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1975 – 1981
Montréal, MB, Canada - assistant pastor
1975
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1975 – 2007
Montréal, MB, Canada - Hungarian pastor (parish priest from 1979 to 1985 and from 1993 to 2007; served as a pastor in between)