Székesfehérvár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — April 22, 1922
Death data:
Sparta, WI, USA — November 16, 2008
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, 1940
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
First (temporary) vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 30, 1941
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Perpetual vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 18, 1944
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Priestly ordination:
May 8, 1945
Place of burial:
Madison, WI, USA
Biographical data
His parents were Second Lieutenant János Füsz and Ilona Süle. He changed his surname to “Fűz” by virtue of Decree No. 98.600/II.41 of the Minister of the Interior. He entered the Cistercian Order on August 29, 1940, in Zirc. He took his first vows on August 30, 1941, and his perpetual vows on December 18, 1944. He was ordained a priest on May 8, 1945, by Bishop József Mindszenty of Veszprém. After his ordination, he studied philosophy in Budapest. He left Hungary on September 25, 1947, with a passport. He was a founding member of the foundation that maintains St. Stephen’s House in Rome. He moved to the United States in 1973. Until 2011, he was laid to rest in the monastery’s cemetery in Sparta; after the monastery was dissolved, his ashes were transferred to the monastery cemetery in Madison, WI. He was a renowned photographer and loved to smoke a pipe.
His motto as abbot: “Omnia possibilia apud Deum.”
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1945
1947
Előszállás
Hungary
assistant pastor
1947
—
Budapest
Hungary
Pázmány Péter Tudományegyetem Hittudományi Kar
college student
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1947
1951
Róma
Italy
Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Studies in Canon Law
1948
1950
Róma
Italy
the Secretary to the Attorney General
1949
1972
Róma
Italy
General Assistant; also building manager from 1954 to 1972
1972
1989
Spring Bank, WI
USA
hyphen, while serving as novice master from around 1972 to 1977
1989
1997
Spring Bank, WI
USA
abbot
1997
2008
Spring Bank, WI
USA
retired
Literary activity
Az esztétikai megismerés és a szép problémája. In. Nova Clara Vallis 1 (1942/1. sz.), 13–19.
Oksági szemlélet a modern lélektanban. Bp. 1947. (doktori disszertáció – kéziratban)
A lélekelemzés erkölcsi határai. In. Katolikus Szemle 4. (1952), 17–20.
Füz János Balázs O.Cist, apát: 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=297 (accessed: 2026-05-06).