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Geist Alajos

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Deceased

Birth data:: Pécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — January 11, 1893
Death data:: Middletown, CO, USA — January 1971
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 19, 1921
Nagyboldogasszony- és Szent Adalbert-főszékesegyház
Other name used:: Geiszt

Biographical data

His parents were István Geiszt and Teréz Kerper. He was baptized in the Cathedral of Pécs on February 6, 1893. He completed his theological studies in Budapest. On June 19, 1921, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal János Csernoch, Archbishop of Esztergom. He celebrated his first Mass in Esztergom, in the Bakócz Chapel. He served in the United States beginning in 1925. He received U.S. citizenship on September 16, 1931.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1921	1925	Budapest	Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary		religious educator
1921	—	Nógrádmarcal	Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary		assistant pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1925	1929	Bridgeport, CT	USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1929 circa	—	South Norwalk, CO	USA
1935 circa	—	New Haven, CT	USA		assistant pastor, then parish priest
1947 circa	—	Bridgeport, CT	USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség
1959	1971	Middletown, CO	USA		parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

January 11, 1893

Pécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Priestly ordination

June 19, 1921

Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Nagyboldogasszony- és Szent Adalbert-főszékesegyház

Service in the homeland

1921

Nógrádmarcal, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1921 – 1925

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious educator

Service abroad

1925 – 1929

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1929

South Norwalk, CO, USA

Service abroad

1935

New Haven, CT, USA

assistant pastor, then parish priest

Service abroad

1947

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1959 – 1971

Middletown, CO, USA

parish priest

Death

January 1971

Middletown, CO, USA

Sources

Szolgálat 13 (1972/1), 93.
Beke: 224.
Török: 86.
Máté: 209.
KMVÉ:1959-1972
Délamerikai Magyarság, 1935-05-11. pp. 5.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10694/us-naturalization-records-new-england-1791-1906?s=1634748186&itemId=69141-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Aloysius+%28Alajos%29+Geist+%28Geiszt%29✓
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-30214/magyarorszag-katolikus-egyhaz-adatok-1636-1895?itemId=13807828-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Alajos+Geiszt✓

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Geist Alajos: 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=317 (accessed: 2026-05-06).