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Geist Alajos

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Geist Alajos
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 i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1921 Nógrádmarcal, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
1921 1925 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary religious educator
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1925 1929 Bridgeport, CT, USA Szent István R. K. Egyházközség assistant pastor
1929 circa South Norwalk, CT, 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, CT, 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
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Citation for this entry
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: 2026-07-07).
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