Fiume, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Grad Rijeka, Hungary — October 26, 1915
Death data:
Dallas, TX, USA — October 30, 1999
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 29, 1933
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
First (temporary) vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 29, 1937
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Perpetual vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 30, 1939
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Priestly ordination:
June 23, 1940
Place of burial:
rend dallasi mauzóleuma
Dallas, TX, USA
Biographical data
His parents were Lajos Csizmazia, a teacher, and Gizella Gocsal. He completed his secondary education at the Cistercian High School in Budapest. He entered the Cistercian Order on August 29, 1933. He studied philosophy and theology in Zirc, then earned a teaching degree in Latin, Greek, and German at Pázmány Péter Royal University, and in 1943, he received his doctorate in Latin from the same institution. He took his simple vows on August 29, 1934, and his perpetual vows on December 30, 1939. He was ordained a priest on June 23, 1940, by Bishop Gyula Czapik of Veszprém. At the time the Cistercian Order was banned, he studied Russian, taught the Russian language, and secretly assisted those interested in the Cistercian Order. He left Hungary in 1965. He transferred his vow of stability to the Abbey of Dallas on January 5, 1969.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1940
1941
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
student teacher
1942
1943
Előszállás, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
1943
1948
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
high school teacher, spiritual director at Bernardium, the order’s educational lecturer, librarian
1948
1950
Budapest, Hungary
Emmausz kápolna
assistant pastor
1950
Előszállás, Hungary
imprisoned
1950
1951
Győr, Hungary
seminar instructor
1951
1965
Győr, Hungary
Ménfőcsanak
elementary school teacher, teaches Russian (in addition to his church duties), while secretly serving as a tutor to the order’s students
High school teacher; deputy principal from 1968 to 1971; taught Latin, Greek, Russian, and Hungarian; assistant principal from 1967 to 1972; retired in 1992
Literary activity
Nagy Szent Leó beszédei. Irodalotörténeti és stilisztikai tanulmány. Bp. 1942. (Ciszterci dri értek. 85.)
Keresztény remekírók. In. Egyetemes Filológiai Közlöny 64 (1946), 102–107.
Clausularitmus a római liturgia oratióiban. In. Primitiae 1939-1949. 40–54. (kézirat)
A monasztikus élet mai irányai. In. Szolgálat 9 (1971) 36–43.
Die Cistercienser und ihre Schulen. In. Mehrerauer Grüße 41 (1974 Sommer), 3–21.
A magyar ciszterciek és a szerzetestanári hivatás. In. Ciszterci lelkiség. Eisenstadt, 1982. 84–100.
Magyar ciszterciek az Újvilágban I-II. In. A Szív 71 (1985), 495–498., 548–551.
Magyar ciszterciek az Újvilágban III. In. A Szív 72 (1986), 17–23.
High school teacher; deputy principal from 1968 to 1971; taught Latin, Greek, Russian, and Hungarian; assistant principal from 1967 to 1972; retired in 1992
Csizmazia Lajos Placid O.Cist, dr: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=163 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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