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Licskó Szabolcs

Licskó Szabolcs
Left ministry
Birth data:
Salgótarján, Hungary — December 15, 1979
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Esztergom, Hungary — June 18, 2005
Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert Székesegyház
Biographical data
His parents are Aladár Licskó, an ambulance driver, and Elvira Kurosi, a nurse. He spent his childhood in Balassagyarmat at the Salesian parish of St. John Bosco, first as an altar server and later as a youth leader. He became a member of the Regnum Marianum community. He graduated from high school in Salgótarján in 1998, then earned vocational certifications as a computer technician and a mechanical engineering technician in 1999. He completed his theological studies in Esztergom. While still a seminarian, he traveled to Canada, where he spent six weeks in Winnipeg studying English. He completed his six-month diaconate internship at the St. Gellért Parish in Budapest-Kelenföld. He was ordained a priest in Esztergom by Cardinal Péter Erdő on June 18, 2005. He passed his master’s examination in canon law in 2009 and earned a licentiate in canon law in 2010. He has served as a clerk at the Primate’s and Archiepiscopal Court since 2010. He has been a judge at the Archiepiscopal Court of Esztergom-Budapest since February 7, 2012. He has served as secretary of the Canadian Hungarian Priests’ Association since 2013, president of the Communité Catholique Hongroise de Montréal since 2012, and vice president of the Hungarian Committee of Montreal since 2012. In 2020, he left the priesthood and settled in Canada.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
2005 2007 Budapest, Hungary Soroksár assistant pastor
2007 2011 Budapest, Hungary Magyar Szentek templom Assistant pastor, while studying canon law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University
2011 2012 Budapest, Hungary Budafok-Felsőváros parish administrator
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
2012 2020 Montréal, QC, Canada Magyarok Nagyasszonya templom parish priest, pastor to the Hungarian-speaking congregation
Literary activity
Filozófiai jellegű cikkei az Úton c. szemináriumi lapban jelentek meg 2002-2005 között, valamint az Új Ember hetilapban.
Life timeline
Birth
Salgótarján, Hungary
Priestly ordination
Esztergom, Hungary
Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert Székesegyház
Service in the homeland
20052007
Budapest, Hungary
Soroksár
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
20072011
Budapest, Hungary
Magyar Szentek templom
Assistant pastor, while studying canon law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Service in the homeland
20112012
Budapest, Hungary
Budafok-Felsőváros
parish administrator
Service abroad
20122020
Montréal, QC, Canada
Magyarok Nagyasszonya templom
parish priest, pastor to the Hungarian-speaking congregation
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Licskó Szabolcs: 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=653 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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