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Galambos Ferenc Iréneusz OSB, dr.

Galambos Ferenc Iréneusz OSB, dr.
Deceased
Birth data:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — October 21, 1920
Death data:
Pannonhalma, Hungary — April 2, 2007
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 6, 1938
Perpetual vows:
June 27, 1943
Priestly ordination:
May 2, 1944
Biographical data
He entered the Benedictine Order on August 6, 1938. He took his final vows on June 27, 1943. He was ordained a priest on May 2, 1944. He earned a degree in Hungarian and German from a secondary school teacher training college. Between 1951 and 1953, he studied at the Pázmány Péter Academy of Theology and earned a doctorate in theology. He pursued postgraduate studies at the University of St. Anselm in Rome from 1966 to 1967. He played a role in the 1956 Revolution and then fled to Austria. He first served as a chaplain at the refugee camp in Traiskirchen, where large numbers of Hungarians arrived during the revolution, and then served as principal of the Hungarian high school in Burg Kastl from 1957 to 1966. From 1969 to 1981, he was a religion teacher in Oberschützen and a Hungarian chaplain in Oberwart (Oberwart). From 1977 to 2002, he served as parish priest in Alsóőr (Unterwart). From 1981, he also taught religion for four years at the Commercial Academy and the Higher Vocational School in Felsőőr. From 2002, he lived in Pannonhalma as a retired pastor.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1953 1956 Győr, Hungary Czuczor Gergely Bencés Gimnázium teacher
2002 2007 Pannonhalma, Hungary Pannonhalmi Főapátság retired
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1956 Traiskirchen, Austria pastor for refugees
1957 1966 Burg Kastl, NSZK Germany principal, academic director
1966 1967 Róma, Italy postgraduate studies
1967 1968 Canada Bow Island, AB postgraduate studies
1967 1968 USA postgraduate studies
1969 1981 Oberschützen, Austria religious education teacher and Hungarian pastor
1977 2002 Unterwart, Austria parish priest
1981 1985 Oberwart, Austria religious educator
Literary activity
Az Őrség c. lap szerkesztője 1968-tól
Life timeline
Birth
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Entry into religious life
Perpetual vows
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
19531956
Győr, Hungary
Czuczor Gergely Bencés Gimnázium
teacher
Service abroad
Traiskirchen, Austria
pastor for refugees
Service abroad
19571966
Burg Kastl, NSZK, currently Germany
principal, academic director
Service abroad
19661967
Róma, Italy
postgraduate studies
Service abroad
19671968
Canada, currently Bow Island, AB
postgraduate studies
Service abroad
19671968
USA
postgraduate studies
Service abroad
19691981
Oberschützen, Austria
religious education teacher and Hungarian pastor
Service abroad
19772002
Unterwart, Austria
parish priest
Service abroad
19811985
Oberwart, Austria
religious educator
Service in the homeland
20022007
Pannonhalma, Hungary
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
retired
Death
Pannonhalma, Hungary
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Citation for this entry
Galambos Ferenc Iréneusz OSB, 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=304 (accessed: 2026-05-09).