Bakonykúti, Magyarországi Tanácsköztársaság, currently Hungary — June 4, 1919
Death data:
Bécs, Austria — February 3, 1996
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
pálos (Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
July 19, 1937
Priestly ordination:
Pécs, Hungary — July 14, 1942
Biographical data
Original name: Márk Röhry. He completed his high school studies in Székesfehérvár. He entered the priesthood on July 19, 1937. He completed his theological studies at the Pécs College of Theology. He was ordained a priest on July 14, 1942, in Pécs. In 1951, he was sentenced to seven years in prison; he was released in 1955. He then worked at the Csepel screw factory before emigrating on December 1, 1956. He arrived in the United States on August 29, 1958.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1943
1947
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Sziklakápolna
pastor
1947
1951
Pálosszentkút, Hungary
pastor
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1956
1958
Niederösterreich, Austria
Hungarian pastor
1958
1962
Doylestown, PA, USA
pastor
1962
1994
Lausanne, Svájc
Hungarian pastor (who also serves in Geneva)
Literary activity
Látogatók - a Genf, Vaud és Valais kantoni magyar misszió tájékoztatója, Laussane, 1965-1970.
