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

Chronology of 1981

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
Events of the year
11
Ongoing entries
55
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.
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • Gyulafehérvár
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1970 – 1981
Szentháromság Plébánia, Fenyéd, Romania - parish priest
Transfer (new place of service)
1981 – 1987
Szent István Király Plébánia, Székelyszentkirály, Romania - parish priest
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1981 – 1989
Piarista ház, Devon, PA, USA - teacher
Transfer (new place of service)
1981 – 1989
Martin, KY, USA - teacher
1981
Greek Catholic • priest
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1977 – 1981
Cleveland, OH, USA
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
1981
Roebling, NJ, USA - pastor
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1978 – 1981
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - assistant pastor
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • New York, NY, USA
Priestly ordination
Beginning of foreign service
Priestly ordination
October 31, 1981
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, NY, USA
Beginning of foreign service
1981 – 1985
assistant pastor (at multiple locations)
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1975 – 1981
Montréal, MB, Canada - assistant pastor
1981
Greek Catholic • bishop • Passaic, NJ, USA
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
Transfer (previous place of service)
1976 – 1981
Passaic, NJ, USA - auxiliary bishop
Transfer (new place of service)
1981 – 1990
Van Nuys, CA, USA - the first bishop of the diocese
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Death
Death
January 31, 1981
Szatmárnémeti, Romania
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Death
Death
April 28, 1981
Szolnok
1981
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány)
Death
Death
November 25, 1981
Caracas, Venezuela

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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.
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
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 • Rozsnyó
Service abroad
1953 – 1985
Szent Teréz és Szent Ferenc templomok, Neligh, NE, USA - adminisztrátor, kórházlelkész, magyar lelkész
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 • 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 • 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
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
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 • 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
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 • 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
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
1974
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
1974 – 1987
Istenszülő tisztelete templom, Burton, OH, USA - parish priest
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
1979 – 1984
Tripoli, Líbia - 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 – 2007
Montréal, MB, Canada - Hungarian pastor (parish priest from 1979 to 1985 and from 1993 to 2007; served as a pastor in between)
1976
Roman Catholic • priest
Service abroad
1976 – 1985
Georgetown, CA, USA
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1976 – 1990
Szent Anzelm perjelség, Woodside, CA, USA
1976
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Service abroad
1976 – 1986
Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest, archpriest, and general vicar of the Hungarian Greek Catholic parishes
1976
Roman Catholic • priest • Oratóriánus
Service abroad
1976 – 1985
Monterey, CA, USA
1977
Roman Catholic • deacon • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1977 – 1986
Jézus Szíve R.K egyházközség, Akron, OH, USA - parish administrator
1980 – 2004
Szent Imre templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - deacon
1978
Greek Catholic • priest • Miskolc
Service abroad
1978 – 1987
Szent Mihály templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest
1978
Roman Catholic • priest • bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Service abroad
1978 – 1985
Szent Anzelm perjelség, Portola Valley, CA, USA - as a member of the Hungarian congregation, but living outside the monastery
1978
Roman Catholic • religious brother (not ordained priest) • karmelita (Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo)
Service abroad
1978 – 1988
São Roque, Brazília - monk
1978
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)
Service abroad
1978 – 1989
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest
1979
Greek Catholic • priest • Toronto, ON, Canada
Service in the homeland
1979 – 1982
Nyíradony, Hungary - assistant pastor
1979
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1979 – 1987
Szent Erzsébet Otthon, Hamilton, ON, Canada - retired
1979
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1979 – 1984
Kriens, Svájc - pastor
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1980 – 1987
St. Mary Hospital, London, ON, Canada - pastor
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
1980 – 1983
Courtland, ON, Canada - Hungarian and English pastor
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1980 – 1997
Montréal, MB, Canada - pastor
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
1980 – 1985
Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor, then parish priest from 1982 to 1985
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1980 – 1982
Our Lady of Angels, Cleveland, OH, USA - administrator
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • Hamilton, ON, Canada
Service abroad
1980 – 1983
St. John, Dundalk, ON, Canada - parish priest
1980
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
1980 – 1983
Lake City, FL, USA - pastor