Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Gácser József Imre OSB, Dr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: 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 i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1940	1941	Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		preacher and churchwarden
1941	1942	Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		student teacher
1942	1945	Győr, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	Czuczor Gergely Bencés Gimnázium	high school teacher

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	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	Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság)	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

Life timeline

Birth

May 30, 1915

Örvényes, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 6, 1934