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Bódy Kapisztrán OFM

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Birth data:: Sátoraljaújhely, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — February 7, 1906
According to another source: Bridgeport, CT, USA
Death data:: Bridgeport, CT, USA — January 16, 1957
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: USA — 1932
Priestly ordination:: USA — July 1, 1938
Place of burial:: New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Biographical data

He had intended to train as a skilled worker in the United States, but instead entered a religious order there in 1932 and was ordained a priest on July 1, 1938. He completed his studies in Hungary.
According to records, “he was rough around the edges, but he had a heart of gold.”
During his time serving in New Brunswick, he paid off the parish’s debt and had the church renovated inside and out. He established the Franciscan Third Order.
He died of kidney disease. His grave is in New Brunswick, NJ.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1940	1957	New Brunswick, NJ, USA		Szent László R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, then parish priest

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Birth

February 7, 1906

Sátoraljaújhely, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

1932

USA

Priestly ordination

July 1, 1938

USA

Service abroad

1940 – 1957

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, then parish priest

Death

January 16, 1957

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Sources

Máté: 204.;
Szabad Magyarság, 1957-01-24 / 4. szám, pp. 10.
KMVÉ: 1945-1958;
OFM-K-1994: 38.;
Török: 219, 408.;

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Bódy Kapisztrán OFM: 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=452 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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