Kővágóörs, Magyarországi Tanácsköztársaság, currently Hungary — July 4, 1919
Death data:
Dallas, TX, USA — September 22, 2014
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 27, 1937
First (temporary) vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 30, 1938
Perpetual vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — January 4, 1944
Priestly ordination:
May 16, 1944
Place of burial:
apátság kriptája
Dallas, TX, USA
Biographical data
His original surname was Stiglicz. His parents were István Monostori and Mária Pospis. He completed his high school studies at the Kossuth Lajos Realgymnasium in Pesterzsébet. He entered the order on August 27, 1937. He took his first vows on August 30, 1938. He completed his theological studies in Zirc, while also earning a degree in mathematics and physics from the Pázmány Péter Royal University of Sciences in Budapest. He took his perpetual vows on January 4, 1944. He was ordained a priest by Bishop József Mindszenty of Veszprém on May 16, 1944. He fled to the West during the great Cistercian exodus of 1950, where he became prefect of the successful refugees. He arrived in New York on December 24, 1952.
In 1964, he earned a doctorate in physics from Fordham University, a Jesuit institution in New York, NY.
His grave is located in the Cistercian mausoleum in Dallas, TX, USA.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1944
1945
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Szent Imre Gimnázium
student teacher
1945
1948
Székesfehérvár, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Ciszterci Gimnázium
high school teacher
1948
1950
Zirc, Hungary
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
college professor and dean
1993
1994
Pécs, Hungary
Nagy Lajos Gimnázium
high school teacher
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1950
1951
Róma, Italy
Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo
prefect and university student at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo (pursuing a licentiate in philosophy)
1951
1952
Salamanca, Spain
Universidad de Salamanca
university student (Ph.D. candidate)
1952
Poblet, Spain
pastor
1952
Barcelona, Spain
Monestir de Santa Maria de Valldonzella
monastic chaplain
1954
1955
Spring Bank, WI, USA
Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey
librarian and seminar instructor
1954
1955
Dallas, TX, USA
St. Cecilia Church
assistant pastor
1955
1956
Wichita Falls, TX, USA
high school teacher
1956
2014
Dallas, TX, USA
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
university professor (1956–1989), Vice Prior (1975–1976), Prior (1976–1988), high school teacher (1974–1975, 1977–1978), Holy Family of Nazareth Sisters, Grand Prairie, TX, USA: confessor and celebrant of Mass (1989–2011), retired (2011–2014)
Literary activity
The Raman spectrum of gaseous CF4. In. The Journal of Chemical Physics 33 (1960), 1867–1868.
The pure rotational Raman spectra of 1,4-cyclohexadiene and 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene. In. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (1964), 129–145. (Alfons Weberrel közösen)
The pure rotational Raman spectra of furan and cyclopentene. In. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 15 (1965), 158–167. (Alfons Weberrel közösen)
university professor (1956–1989), Vice Prior (1975–1976), Prior (1976–1988), high school teacher (1974–1975, 1977–1978), Holy Family of Nazareth Sisters, Grand Prairie, TX, USA: confessor and celebrant of Mass (1989–2011), retired (2011–2014)
Monostori Benedek József Bánk O.Cist, 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=769 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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