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Marton István Henrik O.Cist

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Birth data:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — November 1, 1925
Death data:: Dallas, TX, USA — November 30, 2006
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 29, 1943
First (temporary) vows:: August 30, 1944
Perpetual vows:: Mehrerau, Austria — March 21, 1949
Priestly ordination:: Innsbruck, Austria — May 22, 1949
Place of burial:: apátság kriptája
Dallas, TX, USA

Biographical data

His parents were István Marton, a police officer, and Mária Zirig; his brother was Antal Bernát Marton, O.Cist. He completed his high school studies in Budapest at the St. Imre Cistercian High School. He entered the Order on August 29, 1943. He took his first vows on August 30, 1944. From 1944 to 1947, he was a theology student in Zirc. He left Hungary on September 23, 1947, and stayed first in Heiligenkreuz; then, from 1947 to 1949, he was a theology student in Salzburg. He took his perpetual vows in Mehrerau together with Demén Dózsa and Boldizsár Szarka, with Balázs Fűz presiding, on March 21, 1949. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Josef Skvireckas of Kaunas at the Jesuit church in Innsbruck on May 22, 1949. In 1951, he emigrated to the United States. He earned a master’s degree in Latin and German.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1949	1951	Innsbruck, Ausztria, Hungary	Leopold Franzens Universität	college student (who was living at the Premonstratensian Abbey at the time)
1951	1956	Spring Bank, WI, USA		cashier and groundskeeper, and a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI
1956	2006	Dallas, TX, USA		High school teacher in Wichita Falls, then Dallas (1956–1964), 1964–1999: high school teacher, principal (1974–1975), assistant principal (1982–1996), assistant principal (1994–1999), retired since 1999

Life timeline

Birth

November 1, 1925

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 29, 1943

First (temporary) vows

August 30, 1944

Perpetual vows

March 21, 1949

Mehrerau, Austria

Priestly ordination

May 22, 1949

Innsbruck, Austria

Service abroad

1949 – 1951

Innsbruck, Ausztria, Hungary

Leopold Franzens Universität

college student (who was living at the Premonstratensian Abbey at the time)

Service abroad

1951 – 1956

Spring Bank, WI, USA

cashier and groundskeeper, and a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI

Service abroad

1956 – 2006

Dallas, TX, USA

High school teacher in Wichita Falls, then Dallas (1956–1964), 1964–1999: high school teacher, principal (1974–1975), assistant principal (1982–1996), assistant principal (1994–1999), retired since 1999

Death

November 30, 2006

Dallas, TX, USA

Sources

https://www.cistercian.org/abbey/history/our-fathers/pdf/Henry.pdf✕
KMVÉ:1952-1989;
Címtár: 1992, 2002.;
https://www.gardonyi-eger.hu/_user/browser/File/!2023_2024/MCDSZ/diakszovetseg_lapjai/EFeFe_2016.pdf✓
Halász Tibor O.Cist adatai alapján

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Citation for this entry

Marton István Henrik O.Cist: 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=708 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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