Diósgyőr, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Miskolc, Hungary — April 5, 1931
Death data:
Pickering, ON, Canada — December 28, 2018
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Ordination level:
bishop
Priestly ordination:
Toronto, ON, Canada — June 18, 1961
Episcopal consecration:
Toronto, ON, Canada — November 4, 1989
Place of burial:
Szent Ágoston szeminárium papi temetője
Toronto, ON, Canada
Biographical data
Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus. Bishop of Hungarian Catholics living in exile (1989–2006). His mother’s name was Sarolta Stark. He completed his high school studies at the Fráter György High School in Miskolc and the Szent István High School in Kalocsa. He entered the Society of Jesus on August 4, 1949. Following the dissolution of the order in 1950, he studied philosophy at the Academy of Theology in Budapest. He was expelled from there as a novice; between 1952 and 1956, he worked as a surgical assistant at St. Stephen’s Hospital in Budapest, and from 1953 to 1955, he served as a conscripted soldier. He completed his studies in philosophy and theology in Germany and then in Toronto, Canada. On June 18, 1961, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal James Charles MacGuigan, then Archbishop of Toronto. In his doctoral dissertation, which he defended at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he focused on Eastern Syriac Eucharistic pneumatology. On August 12, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Castellum Minus and bishop for Hungarians living in exile. His episcopal consecration took place in Toronto on November 4, 1989. During his episcopal ministry, as long as his health permitted, he visited the churches of the Hungarian community in the West and sought to address the increasingly pressing issue of succession. As he approached his 75th birthday, he submitted his resignation in accordance with canon law, which Pope Benedict XVI accepted on April 5, 2006. He passed away from respiratory failure following a prolonged illness.
Domestic service locations
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To
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Position
1990
2006
Budapest, Hungary
A member of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and a member of the National Liturgical Council
Foreign service locations
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Position
1963
1964
Montréal, QC, Canada
Loyola University
theology teacher
1967
1974
Toronto, ON, Canada
Regis College
professor of theology
1974
1984
Toronto, ON, Canada
University of St. Michael’s College
professor of theology
1984
1996
Toronto, ON, Canada
St. Augustine's Seminary
dean, professor of theology
1996
2006
Toronto, ON, Canada
Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus, Bishop of Hungarians Living Abroad
2006
2018 before
Toronto, ON, Canada
retired
2018
Pickering, ON, Canada
Jezsuita idősotthon
retired
Literary activity
Benedicamus Domino! Let us bless the Lord! The theological foundations of the liturgical renewal; Novalis, Toronto, ON, 2001
A tengerentúli emigráns magyar katolikus egyházi közösségek története Észak- és Dél-Amerikában, valamint Ausztráliában; összeáll. Miklósházy Attila; s.n., Toronto, ON, 2005
The origin and development of the Christian liturgy according to cultural epochs. Political, cultural, and ecclesial backgrounds. History of the liturgy; Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston–Queenston–Lampeter, 2006
A tengerentúli emigráns magyar katolikus egyházi közösségek története Észak- és Dél-Amerikában, valamint Ausztráliában, 1-5.; összeáll. Miklósházy Attila, sajtó alá rend. Ligeti Angelus, Kiss G. Barnabás; Szent István Társulat, Bp., 2008
Magyar jezsuiták a nagyvilágban. A magyar rendtartomány külföldi részlegének (Sectio II) vázlatos története, 1949-1989-(2009); összeáll. Miklósházy Attila; Jézus Társasága Magyarországi Rendtartománya, Torontó–Bp., 2009 (Anima una-könyvek)
Egy szív, egy lélek. Kipke Tamás és Elmer István beszélgetése Miklósházy Attilával, a külföldön élő magyarok nyugalmazott püspökével; Szent István Társulat, Bp., 2009 (Pásztorok)
Találkozás és beszélgetés az élő Istennel. Bevezetés az eucharisztia titkába és a zsolozsmaimádság világába; Szent Gellért, Bp., 2009
Jézus Szíve lelkiség a 21. században; Print Three, Toronto, ON, 2010
XVI. Benedek pápa: Az imádkozó ember. II. rész. A szerdai általános kihallgatások katekézisei. 2011. november 30-tól 2012. október 3-ig; ford. Miklósházy Attila; Miklósházy Attila, Bp.–Torontó, 2013
Miklósházy Attila SJ, Castellum Minus-i címzetes püspök: 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=746 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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