Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad
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Chronology of 1997

A chronological, research-oriented overview of personal and service-history events related to the selected year.
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Events of the year
5
Ongoing entries
38
Birth
0
Death
0
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.
1997
⛪
Balogh László
Roman Catholic • priest • Vác
Priestly ordination
Beginning of domestic service
⛪
Priestly ordination
June 21, 1997
Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház, Vác, Hungary
⌂
Beginning of domestic service
1997 – 1999
Szent Kereszt templom, Nagymaros, Hungary - assistant pastor
1997
⌂
Benkő Antal SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Return home
⌂
Return home
1997 – 2000
Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem, Budapest - psychology teacher; meanwhile, in 1998 in Pécs and in 2000 at the Central Seminary, he served as a spiritual director
1997
✈
Bóday Jenő SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Transfer (previous place of service)
✈
Transfer (previous place of service)
1980 – 1997
Montréal, MB, Canada - pastor
1997
⌂
Cebula Paweł OFMConv
Roman Catholic • priest • Minorita (Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium)
Transfer (previous place of service)
Transfer (new place of service)
⌂
Transfer (previous place of service)
1993 – 1997
Nagyboldogasszony Minorita templom, Miskolc - religious instructor, then parish priest
⌂
Transfer (new place of service)
1997 – 2000
Minorita templom, Eger - head of the household, parish priest
1997
⛪
Csabafi Csaba SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Priestly ordination
Beginning of foreign service
⛪
Priestly ordination
April 26, 1997
Toronto, ON, Canada
✈
Beginning of foreign service
1997 – 2006
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - 1997–2000: Assistant Pastor; 2000–2006: Parish Priest

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Ongoing entries

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1959
✈
Balás Dávid László O.Cist, Dr.
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
1962
✈
Chladek István Menyhért O.Cist
Roman Catholic • priest • ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Service abroad
✈
1962 – 2017
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - teacher, parish secretary, assistant pastor
1965
✈
Csizmazia Lajos Placid O.Cist, dr
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
1968
✈
Antal Boldizsár Regináld OFM
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
1970
✈
Cser László SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1970 – 2003
St. James, NY, USA
1971
✈
Demkovich John, Msgr
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
✈
Bálint István József
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
1975
✈
Deák Ferenc SJ
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)
1980
✈
Balássy Géza
Roman Catholic • deacon • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1980 – 2004
Szent Imre templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - deacon
1982
✈
Ciprián Károly (OFM)
Roman Catholic • priest • Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1982 – 2007
Szentháromság templom, Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest
1983
✈
Békési István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service abroad
✈
1983 – 2000
Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - pastor
1983
✈
Dismacsek Ferenc
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Service abroad
✈
1983 – 2000
Lake City, FL, USA - retired
1985
✈
Dér-Wolff János SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service abroad
✈
1985 – 1999
Perlen, Svájc - Assistant pastor, then parish priest; meanwhile, in Lucerne – Hungarian pastor
1986
✈
Bodnár István Konstantin
Greek Catholic • priest • Hajdúdorog
Service abroad
✈
1986 – 2004
Courtland, ON, Canada - parish priest, currently in London, ON – also serves at the Roman Catholic church
1987
✈
Barna Sándor
Greek Catholic • priest • Miskolc
Service abroad
✈
1987 – 2007
Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest
1987
✈
Barter Róbert
Greek Catholic • priest • Parma, OH, USA
Service abroad
✈
1987 – 2014
Clinton Township, MI, USA
1988
✈
Antal András
Roman Catholic • priest • Gyulafehérvár
Service abroad
✈
1988 – 2018
Szent Erzsébet templom, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest
1988
✈
Csete Iván
Roman Catholic • priest • New York, NY, USA
Service abroad
✈
1988 – 2014
Aquinói Szent Tamás, Forestburgh, NY, USA - parish priest (as a diocesan priest)
1988
✈
Deák István
Greek Catholic • priest • Toronto, ON, Canada
Current place of service
✈
1988
Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest, formerly in Toronto, ON; currently retired
Current place of service.
1989
✈
Csorba László Domonkos OFM
Roman Catholic • priest • ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)
Service abroad
✈
1989 – 2006
New York, NY, USA - parish assistant, Hungarian pastor
1991
✈
Angyal Lajos
Greek Catholic • priest • Toronto, ON, Canada
Service abroad
✈
1991 – 2019
St. George Greek Catholic Church, Courtland, ON, Canada - parish priest
1991
✈
Deák Miklós, dr.
Greek Catholic • priest • Toronto, ON, Canada
Service abroad
✈
1991 – 2024
London, ON, Canada - pastor (performs Roman Catholic rites)
✈
1991 – 2024
Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest
1992
⌂
Beöthy Tamás SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1992 – 2012
Budapest - pastor
1992
✈
Csiszár István
Roman Catholic • priest • Hamilton, ON, Canada
Service abroad
✈
1992 – 1998
St. Patrick, Hamilton, ON - parish priest
1993
⌂
Bolváry Pál (OSPPE)
Roman Catholic • priest • Pittburgh, PA, USA
Service in the homeland
⌂
1993 – 2001
Farkas Edith Szeretetotthon, Budapest
⌂
1993 – 2001
Páty - pastoral work
⌂
1993 – 2001
Pécs - pastoral work, and then in retirement.
⌂
1993 – 2001
Pécs - pastoral work
1993
⌂
Bourdeux Ottó SJ, dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita
Service in the homeland
⌂
1993 – 2000
Herény, Szombathely - parish priest
1994
⌂
Ailer Gáspár
Roman Catholic • priest • Esztergom-Budapest (formerly: Esztergom)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1994 – 2004
Kelenföldi Szent Gellért Plébánia, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor
1994
⌂
Babos István SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1994 – 1999
Budapest, Hungary - retired
1994
⌂
Csókay Károly SJ
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1994 – 2003
Isteni Ige templom, Miskolc, Hungary - assistant pastor, then parish priest, and finally assistant pastor again
1995
✈
Bisztyó József, Msgr., dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Service abroad
✈
1995 – 2003
Canada - pastor to Latin American immigrants
1996
⌂
Domonkos László SVD
Roman Catholic • priest • verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1996 – 2004
Kőszeg, Hungary - retired
1996
⌂
Ádám János SJ, Dr.
Roman Catholic • priest • jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Service in the homeland
⌂
1996 – 2002
Jezsuita Tartományfőnökség, Budapest, Hungary - provincial governor