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Megyer Jenő, Msgr., dr.

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Birth data:: Nagymegyer, Csehszlovákia, currently Veľký Meder, Slovakia — December 12, 1921
Death data:: Esztergom, Hungary — December 19, 1997
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Róma, Italy — October 20, 1947
Place of burial:: Szentgyörgymezei temető
Esztergom, Hungary

Biographical data

His mother was Mária Belucz. He began his studies in 1941 in Budapest at the Pázmány Péter Royal University, then continued them at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1945 to 1951, and completed them in 1951 at the Department of Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He earned a doctorate in theology. He was ordained a priest in Rome on October 20, 1947. He served in Brazil beginning in 1953 and in the United States beginning in 1955. He returned home in 1992 and applied for diocesan ministry. He has been a papal prelate since 1994.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1992	1997	Esztergom, Hungary			the seminary’s professor of moral theology and the chaplain of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Szatmár

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1953	1955	Rio de Janeiro, Brazília		a professor at the major seminary
1955	1958	Washington, DC, USA		assistant pastor
1958	1966	St. Martin, OH, USA		Chaplain and teacher at the Ursuline Sisters’ boarding school
1966	1970	Washington DC, USA		university chaplain
1970		Emmitsburg, MD, USA		university chaplain
1971	1992	Colombus, OH, Hungary	Pontifical Seminary Josephinum	teacher of ethics

Life timeline

Birth

December 12, 1921

Nagymegyer, Csehszlovákia, currently Veľký Meder, Slovakia

Priestly ordination

October 20, 1947

Róma, Italy

Service abroad

1953 – 1955

Rio de Janeiro, Brazília

a professor at the major seminary

Service abroad

1955 – 1958

Washington, DC, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1958 – 1966

St. Martin, OH, USA

Chaplain and teacher at the Ursuline Sisters’ boarding school

Service abroad

1966 – 1970

Washington DC, USA

university chaplain

Service abroad

1970

Emmitsburg, MD, USA

university chaplain

Service abroad

1971 – 1992

Colombus, OH, Hungary

Pontifical Seminary Josephinum

teacher of ethics

Service in the homeland

1992 – 1997

Esztergom, Hungary

the seminary’s professor of moral theology and the chaplain of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Szatmár

Death

December 19, 1997

Esztergom, Hungary

Sources

Diós: 358–359.;
MKL: Megyer;
Beke: 476.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1856-1857.;
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Megyer Jenő, Msgr., dr.: 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=724 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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