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Kázmér Tamás

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Birth data:: Pozsony, Csehszlovákia, currently Bratislava, Slovakia — February 3, 1923
Death data:: New Brunswick, NJ, USA — July 26, 1989
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Trenton, NJ, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Place of burial:: Saint Philip and Saint James Cemetery
Greenwich Township, PA, USA
Other name used:: Rev Thomas Kazmer

Biographical data

His mother’s name was Viola Kázmér. In 1946, he was a scholarship student at the Faculty of Theology at Pázmány Péter University. The date and place of his ordination are unknown, as are the parishes where he served before emigrating to the United States.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1958	1961	New Brunswick, NJ, USA	assistant pastor
1962	1973	Perth Amboy, NJ, USA	Pastor, and later assistant pastor, in Woodbridge, NJ, USA, starting in 1964
1974	1985	Philipsburg, NJ, USA	assistant pastor

Life timeline

Birth

February 3, 1923

Pozsony, Csehszlovákia, currently Bratislava, Slovakia

Service abroad

1958 – 1961

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1962 – 1973

Perth Amboy, NJ, USA

Pastor, and later assistant pastor, in Woodbridge, NJ, USA, starting in 1964

Service abroad

1974 – 1985

Philipsburg, NJ, USA

assistant pastor

Death

July 26, 1989

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Sources

KMVÉ: 1958-1985.;
Magyar Közlöny - Hivatalos lap, 1946-11-10 / 257. szám, pp. 5.;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145107386/thomas-kazmer✓
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145869605/✓

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Kázmér Tamás: 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=512 (accessed: 2026-09-13).

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