Örvényes, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — May 30, 1915
Death data:
São Paulo, Brazilia — April 30, 1997
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 6, 1934
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
First (temporary) vows:
Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 26, 1936
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
Perpetual vows:
Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 28, 1939
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
Priestly ordination:
Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 16, 1940
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
Biographical data
He entered the Benedictine Order on May 30, 1915, took his solemn vows on June 28, 1939, and was ordained a priest on June 16, 1940. He earned a doctorate in philosophy. He left the country in 1945. He served in Paris from 1946 to 1960. He lived in Brazil from 1960 onward. His name is also known in the form Gácsér. He was Rector of the Könyves Kálmán Free University until 1990.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1940
1941
Pannonhalma
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
preacher and churchwarden
1941
1942
Budapest
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
student teacher
1942
1945
Győr
Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Czuczor Gergely Bencés Gimnázium
high school teacher
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1945
1946
Germany
a member of the Hungarian Refugee Delegation to the Vatican
1946
1960
Párizs
France
Hungarian pastor
1960
1997
São Paulo
Brazilia
editor, high school teacher, university professor, assistant pastor, building manager, cashier, senior pastor of the Hungarian congregation in Brazil since 1985
Literary activity
Dél-Amerikai Magyar Hírlap szerkesztője 1960–1967 között
editor, high school teacher, university professor, assistant pastor, building manager, cashier, senior pastor of the Hungarian congregation in Brazil since 1985
Gácser József Imre 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=310 (accessed: 2026-05-06).
