He was ordained a priest on November 18, 1897. In 1908, he was elected a representative of the National Catholic Association.
In 1911, he fell from grace; a trial was initiated against him by the Holy See, and he emigrated to the United States, where he arrived on August 31, 1911, aboard the steamship Pannonia as a non-immigrant foreign national.
In 1920, he was appointed to the Diocese of Toledo. In 1925, he received the Cross of Merit from the Hungarian Red Cross for his charitable work on behalf of the Hungarian community.
In 1929, he was granted the title of papal prelate. In 1937, he was awarded the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. He was one of the leaders of the Hungarian community in the United States and chairman of the organizing committee for the 1931 “Justice for Hungary” transatlantic flight. On March 19, 1944, he returned his decorations to Governor Miklós Horthy in protest against the war, at which point a smear campaign against him began in the press.
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1897
1899
Nagybánya
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
He served as a tutor to the sons of Count Vilmos Pongrácz while studying at the Faculty of Law in Budapest
