Kolozsvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Cluj-Napoca, Romania — November 18, 1916
Death data:
New York, NY, USA — February 1987
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 6, 1936
Perpetual vows:
June 28, 1941
Priestly ordination:
June 21, 1942
Other name used:
Elred Andrew Rowney
Biographical data
He joined the order on August 6, 1936. He took his solemn vows on June 28, 1941. He was ordained a priest on June 21, 1942. He arrived in the United States on May 11, 1949, aboard the Queen Elisabeth. During his stay in the United States, he took the name Elred Andrew Rowney. He received U.S. citizenship in 1954 and left the order that same year. On November 19, 1964, the Holy See released him from his monastic vows and restored him to lay status. On December 24, 1954, in Montreal, MB, Canada, he married Lilly Teréz Lukács, a Catholic, Hungarian-born Canadian citizen and cosmetologist, in a Reformed church. At that time, he declared himself to be unaffiliated with any church and listed his occupation as a university professor. Around 1973, he was living in Woodside, NY, USA.
Domestic service locations
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1942
1943
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
student teacher
1943
1945
Pannonhalma, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
high school teacher; also served as a field chaplain in 1944
Foreign service locations
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1949
1955
Newark, NJ, USA
pastor; and in 1950, he was invited to serve as an assistant professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Literary activity
G. K. Chesterton. Pannonhalma, 1943. (Pannonhalmi füzetek 35.) - Newman. Uo., 1943. (A Pannonhalmi Szle kvtára 39.) - Newman és Manning. Uo., 1944. (Uaz 43.)
"New Jersey, Naturalization Records, 1796-1991", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWP-8SXS: Sat Apr 12 04:06:12 UTC 2025), Entry for Elred Andrew or Andor Jeno Rowney or Olajos.
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