He attended high school in Pécs and Jászberény. He entered the Franciscan Order on August 28, 1927. He took his solemn vows on August 29, 1928, and was ordained a priest on October 15, 1933. He earned doctorates in philosophy and canon law. In 1950, he left the country via Yugoslavia, where he was captured and interned. He escaped from there and made his way to Rome via Greece. He emigrated to the United States in 1955. He was a member of the St. Stephen Academy from 1947 and secretary of the Hungarian Catholic Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1952. He served as an ecclesiastical advisor to Actio Catholica in Exteris from 1952. He was a religious writer, newspaper editor, and one of the founders of the Anonymus publishing house. According to Kamill Varga, OFM, he died in a hospital in Trento; according to the MKL, he died in Roebling, NJ.
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Church / institution
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1933
Szeged, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
1934
1939
Jászberény, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
preacher, religious educator, editor of *Szív*
1940
1945
Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Doctor of Canon Law and Philosophy, lecturer in theology, regular and Lenten preacher, confessor to the clergy and spiritual director to the laity, editor of *Magyar Barát* and *Ferences Kiadványok*, director of the Third Order
1946
1950
Budapest, Hungary
Lecturer in Philosophy and Secretary at the Theological Academy of the Parishes of North Buda
1928-1941 Ferences Közlöny, Gyöngyös – szerkesztő
1942-1944 Magyar Barát – szerkesztő
A lélek útjai Istenhez. Írta Szt Bonaventura. Ford. és jegyz. Bp., 1940. (A lelki élet ferences mesterei 1.)
Ferences szemmel. Ferences témák - mai feladatok. Gyöngyös, 1943.
Krisztus a világegyetem kir-a. Uo., 1943.
Duns Scotus műveinek kritikai kiad-a. Uo., 1944.
A "Hordozó Mária" valláséleti szerepe a Mátraalján. Uo., 1944.
Ecclesiae sanctae lumen. Beszédek és vázlatok Páduai Szt Antal egyhtanító tiszt. Bp., 1946.
A létfogalom Duns Scotus rendszerében. Uo., 1947. (Gyöngyösi ferences kv-ek 4.)
Szeráfi lángok. Kat. hívek imakv-e. A "Szt vagy Uram" énekeivel. Uo., 1948.
Assziszi Szt Ferenc Világi (Harmadik) Rendjének vezérkv-e. Majsai Mórral. 8. bőv. kiad. Uo., 1948.
A szeplőtelen fogantatás védelme Mo-on a Hunyadiak és Jagellók korában. Róma, 1955.
Kiadta a Bibliotheca Academiae Catholicae (Róma, 1964-től), szerk. a Civitas Dei (Wisconsin, 1956-tól) c. sorozatot.
Doctor of Canon Law and Philosophy, lecturer in theology, regular and Lenten preacher, confessor to the clergy and spiritual director to the laity, editor of *Magyar Barát* and *Ferences Kiadványok*, director of the Third Order
Dám Antal Ince OFM, 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=179 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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