Chronology of 1977

Syracuse, NY, USA - retreat leader

Brazília - He worked in the Amazon, along the Rio Negro, and then in Manaus; eventually, he became an itinerant missionary

Salvatierra, Bolívia - missionary among the Native Americans, honorary tribal chief

Kálvária templom, Szatmárnémeti, Romania - parish priest

Our Lady of Hungary Church, Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest

lengyel templom, Carnegie, PA, USA - parish priest

Cleveland, OH, USA - Professor at the Jesuit University and at John Carroll University; professor emeritus following his retirement

Moca, Dominikai Köztársaság - missionary, scout leader

Santo Domingo, Dominikai Köztársaság - parish priest, catechist

Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest

Vibora, Kuba - on duty

St. Mary of the Lake Church, Lake Maxinkuckee, IN, USA - founding pastor

Szárazrét, Székesfehérvár, Hungary - Assistant pastor (1948–1950), then parish priest; in the meantime, he was interned in Előszállás in 1950

Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság), São Paulo, Brazília - community leader; parish priest from 1953 to 1968; high school principal from 1951 to 1958; religion teacher from 1958 to 1982; organizer of family and youth retreats since 1967

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Cleveland, OH, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1965

Cordoba, Argentina - missionary

Szent István Plébánia, South Bend, IN, USA - parish priest, retired since 1983

Szent Atanáz Görögkatolikus Hittudományi Főiskola, Nyíregyháza, Hungary - Professor at the College of Theology; served as rector from 1952 to 1984 and as director of the bishop’s office from 1975 to 1980

Notre Dame, IN, USA - professor, then head of the Department of Medieval Studies and director of the Institute of Medieval Studies from 1953 to 1974; he continued to teach until his death, serving as a visiting professor at Harvard University from 1963 to 1964

São Paulo, Brazília - high school teacher; high school principal from 1974; deputy headmaster from 1981

SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI, USA - chancellor

Dewitt, MI, USA - Brother, whose primary place of service was Dewitt, MI, USA.

Caracas, Venezuela - Hungarian pastor

Szent Teréz és Szent Ferenc templomok, Neligh, NE, USA - administrator, hospital chaplain, Hungarian pastor

USA - his places of service are unknown

Edmonton, AB, Canada - 1954–1957 – Principal. 1957–1960 – Parish priest, 1960–1980 Don Bosco Technical Institute – Academic Supervisor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - He was a high school teacher, and from 1956 onward, he taught German language and literature at the University of Dallas.

São Leopoldo, Brazília - university professor, founder of the Department of Natural History, and chaplain and pilot in the Brazilian Air Force

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség, Perth Amboy, NJ, USA - parish priest

Hazelton, PA, USA - parish priest

Curitiba, Brazília - missionary (as well as Assai, Agua do Sul, and Joinville, Brazil)

Toledo, OH, USA - religious education teacher, then parish priest from 1961 to 1994

Benedictine High School, Cleveland, OH, USA - teacher, golf team coach, and assistant pastor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - Abbot (1955–1963), then retired (1988)

Séminaire du Verbe Divin, Granby, QC, Canada - teacher, and part-time assistant pastor for the Hungarian and German congregations in Montreal

Canada - He served at the parishes of St. Cecilia, Sacred Heart, and St. Martin de Porres in Regina, as well as in the towns of Lestock, Esterházy, Stockholm, Kaposvár, and Cupar in Slovakia and Canada; he is now retired but continues to serve as an assistant pastor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - high school teacher (1962–1984), novice master (1965–1968)

Youngstown, OH, USA - monk

Gary, IN, USA - parish priest; in the meantime, in 1976, he served as an assistant pastor in Flint, MI, USA

Dallas, TX, USA - University professor from 1956 to 1981; dean from 1967 to 1975; high school teacher from 1970 to 1972; retired since 1981

Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher in Wichita Falls, then Dallas (1956–1964), 1964–1999: high school teacher, principal (1974–1975), assistant principal (1982–1996), assistant principal (1994–1999), retired since 1999

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - 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)

Erie, PA, USA

Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest, later retired

Santa Ana, CA, USA - teacher, head of the household

Edmonton, AB, Canada - parish priest (1957–1970), later assistant pastor

Róma, Italy - nurse at the Pontifical Institute of Biblical Studies, and later at the Pontifical Oriental Institute

Devon, PA, USA - teacher

Buenos Aires, Argentina - pastor to Hungarian emigrants; also a university professor from 1982 to 1990

Saskatoon, SK, Canada - Hungarian pastor; from 1958 to 1980, he served as a seminary spiritual director; from 1960 to 1986, he was a university professor; and from 1980 to 1992, he also served as pastor of the Hungarian parish in Edmonton

São Paulo, Brazília - monk

Plántanos, Argentina - Assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor; from 1971, senior Hungarian pastor in Argentina; later, Hungarian Institute of the English Ladies in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - in a monastic community; during that time, he served as novice master from 1960 to 1963, high school teacher from 1962 to 1976, and sacristan and Hungarian pastor from 1976 to 1980

Santa Ana, CA, USA - high school teacher

Portola Valley, CA, USA - Perjel, historian

Magyarok Nagyasszonya templom, South Bend, IN, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest starting in 1968

Bridgeport, CT, USA - parish priest

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - philosophy professor at the University of Dallas, pastor, chair of the theology department, and religion teacher

Jézus Szíve R. K. Egyházközség, Akron, OH, USA - parish priest, then retired

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség, Roebling, NJ, USA - pastor

Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher (Dallas – St. Edward 1959–1960; Dallas – Cistercian 1962–1964; Fort Worth, TX, USA 1964–1967; Dallas 1967–1970) University professor in Arlington, TX, USA – University of Texas (1969–2010), retired (2010–2020)

New Brunswick, NJ, USA - in civilian employment; retired since 1992

Ontarioi Független Magyar Református Egyház, Ontario, CA, USA - senior pastor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - Pastor of the Hungarian community, secretary of the abbey, sacristan from 1960 to 1974

NSZK - on duty

Mexikó - missionary

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság), São Paulo, Brazília - editor, high school teacher, university professor, assistant pastor, building manager, cashier, senior pastor of the Hungarian congregation in Brazil since 1985

USA - U.S. Army – military chaplain; served in Korea, West Germany, and Vietnam

Portola Valley, CA, USA - teacher, hyphen, assistant Hungarian pastor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - head cashier (1964–1994), deputy director (1976–1988), building manager

USA - book publisher, newspaper editor; around 1969, Hungarian pastor in Akron, OH, USA

Brooklyn, Long Island, NY, USA - parish priest

Róma, Italy - pastor, devotional writer

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - teacher, parish secretary, assistant pastor

Saint Bonaventure, NY, USA - college professor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Dallas, TX, and Master of Novices for five years

Asunción, Paraguay - pastor

Encarnación, Paraguay - assistant pastor, then parish priest, later episcopal secretary, vicar general

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, Los Angeles, CA, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest

Szent Mihály apátság, Orange, CA, USA - college rector, prior, abbot

Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - Professor of Theology and pastor in Mount Vernon, NY, USA

Cleveland, OH, USA - writer, editor

Buffalo, NY, USA - teacher

Perryopolis, NY, USA - parish priest, retired since 1977

Munhall, PA, USA - parish priest

Nagyboldogasszony templom, Lackawanna, NY, USA - parish priest

Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - university professor, assistant pastor, religious duties (1968–1977: Provincial Superior of Section II)

Caracas, Venezuela - English, history, and philosophy teacher

Máriapócsi Bazilita Atyák Közössége, Matawan, NJ, USA - parish priest, currently assisting in New York, NY, USA

Emporia, KS, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, McKeesport, PA, USA - the last Hungarian parish priest

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - University professor; also served as a high school teacher from 1968 to 2013 and as a novice master from 1975 to 2012. Retired since 2019

Dallas, TX, USA - high school teacher, retired since 2006

Buffalo, NY, USA

Szent Pál Jezsuita Gimnázium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada - matematika és számítástechnika tanár

Dallas, TX, USA - college student (1963–1965), high school teacher

Jackson, MS, USA - missionary

San Francisco, CA, USA - pastor; according to other sources, he lived in Maryland.

Woodside perjelség, Portola Valley, CA, USA

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Carteret, NJ, USA - parish priest

Miami, FL, USA - retired

McKean, PA, USA

Steubenville, OH, USA

Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Buffalo, NY, USA - math and physics teacher, assistant pastor

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - High school teacher; deputy principal from 1968 to 1971; taught Latin, Greek, Russian, and Hungarian; assistant principal from 1967 to 1972; retired in 1992

Calgary, AB, Canada - retired

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, Trenton, NJ, USA - parish priest

Youngstown, OH, USA

Stockholm, SK, Canada - parish priest

Egyházmegyei Caritas Otthon, Oberhaching, NSZK - pastor

Dallas, TX, USA - high school teacher

Buffalo, SD, USA - parish priest

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség, Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, then retired

USA - Chaplain at St. Edward’s Nursing Home

Burg Kastl, NSZK - teacher at a Hungarian high school

Győr, Hungary - diocesan archivist

Győr, Hungary - cathedral canon

Győr, Hungary - Archdeacon of Moson

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Washaw, IN, USA - parish priest

Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - teacher; from 1965 to 1968, he served as the superior general of the Hungarian Jesuits living abroad

Van Nuys, CA, USA - episcopal secretary

Buffalo, NY, USA - founding director

USA - U.S. Navy – Chaplain

Tata, Hungary - parish priest; also dean from 1976 to 1982

Freiburg, Germany

Youngstown, OH, USA - printing press worker, the monastery cook, and later retired

Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - parish priest

Buffalo, NY, USA - itinerant missionary

Montréal, QC, Canada - parish priest

Pontifical College Josephinum, Colombus, OH, USA - Bible teacher (New Testament)

Canisius College (jelenleg: Canisius University), Buffalo, NY, USA - university professor

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA - university professor; full professor since 1973

Philadelphia, PA, USA - assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor

Dewitt, MI, USA - pastor

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség, Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest, retired since 1973

St. Bavo, Mishawaka, IN, USA - parish priest

Dewitt, MI, USA

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - high school teacher (1968–2014), assistant principal (1971–1981), principal (1981–1996), headmaster (1994–2000), sub-prior (around 2000), cleric-magister (around 2007)

Tours-i Szent Márton plébánia, Porto Alegre, Brazília - founder, parish priest who built the church

Our Lady of Hungary Church, Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest

Győr, Hungary - retired

Fordham University, New York, NY, USA - Professor at Fordham University, Hungarian assistant pastor

Detroit, MI, USA - retired

Oberschützen, Austria - religious education teacher and Hungarian pastor

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, Allentown, PA, USA - parish priest, Hungarian pastor

Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - confessor, gardener

Dewitt, MI, USA - caretaker, building manager, confessor

Lovászpatona, Hungary - assistant pastor

Szentháromság Plébánia, Fenyéd, Romania - parish priest

Courtland, ON, Canada - assistant pastor, then parish priest

Brownsville, PA, USA - parish priest

St. James, NY, USA

Süttőr, Hungary - parish priest

Edmonton, AB, Canada - parish priest

Vero Beach, FL, USA

Austria - pastoral care and leading retreats

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség, Chicago, IL, USA - retired, assistant pastor

Toronto, ON, Canada - theology professor

Providence, RI, USA - seminar instructor and lecturer at a women’s college in Wakefield, RI, USA, while also serving as an assistant pastor in the Hungarian church

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - assistant pastor, then parish priest, and local leader

San Francisco, CA, USA - pastor to Hungarians under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of San Francisco, and senior pastor of St. Stephen’s Mission in Menlo Park

Mátraháza, Hungary - pastor

Braddock, PA, USA - parish priest

Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília - From 1970 to 1981, he served as seminary house director and chaplain, as well as a high school teacher; from 1971 to 1976, he was a high school principal and a member of the bishop’s council

St. George Catholic Church, Clinton, OH, USA - parish priest

Notre Dame szeminárium, New Orleans, LA, USA - teacher

Devon, PA, USA - teacher; principal until 1987

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - novice master

Oka, QC, Canada

Piarista ház, Devon, PA, USA - teacher (religion, math)

New Brunswick, NJ, USA - parish priest, currently serving in Perth Amboy, NJ

Milwaukee, WI, USA - parish priest

Adelaide, Ausztrália - parish priest, then retired

Mária mennybemenetele, Passaic, NJ, USA - parish priest; from June 24, 2007, to December 2, 2007, in Passaic, NJ – St. Stephen’s Hungarian Church – administrator

Canada - After retiring, he devoted himself to literary work and served as an assistant pastor.

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - as a hospital chaplain at Wellesley Hospital, then at Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Hospital, and finally at the LaSalle Institute in Scarborough, run by the Christian Brothers

Innsbruck, Austria

Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság), São Paulo, Brazília - residence director (1971–1972), seminary instructor (1972–1978), educational and vocational counselor (1974–1982), pastor (1980–1982), prior, then abbot, head of Social Institutions (1981–2005), retired (2005–2017)

Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Pontifical Seminary Josephinum, Colombus, OH - teacher of ethics

Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA - teacher

Szent Erzsébet magyar templom, Calgary, AB, Canada - parish priest

Jászberény, Hungary - retired

St. Ladislaus Church, South Norwalk, CT, USA - Hungarian pastor and parish priest, currently assisting at St. Imre in Fairfield, CT

Lászlófalva - assistant pastor, cantor

Devon, PA, USA - teacher

Spring Bank, WI, USA - hyphen, while serving as novice master from around 1972 to 1977

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség, Roebling, NJ, USA - parish priest

São Paulo, Brazília - missionary

Montréal, QC, Canada - Retired, he served as an assistant at the Church of Our Lady of Hungary; later, while on sick leave, he worked at the Jesuit Fathers’ St. Elizabeth Home in Hamilton

Brockton, PA, USA - parish priest

Trenton, NJ, USA - retired

Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher, while living in Grand Prairie, TX, USA – seminary pastor, 1972–1976, Plano, TX, USA – university professor

Róma, Italy - a Hungarian staff member at Vatican Radio, a pastor

Priory School, Woodside, CA, USA - biology teacher, school bus driver, and manager and caretaker of the Benedictine community and the school’s financial affairs

Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest

retired

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - retired

Magyarországi Szent István templom, Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor

Máramarossziget, Romania - assistant pastor

Our Lady of the Assumption, Brantford, ON, Canada - assistant pastor

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - minister, pastoral assistant, director of altar servers

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, New York, NY, USA - Hungarian pastor

Miami, FL, USA - retired

Paoli, IN, USA - pastor

Szent Mihály apátság, Orange, CA, USA - He taught Latin, religion, and medieval history, and later handled health insurance matters for his fellow monks

Grand Blanc, MI, USA - pastor

St. Isaac Jogues Church, Niles, IL, USA - parish priest

Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lansdale, PA, USA - parish priest

Róma, Italy - Hungarian senior pastor

Erie, PA, USA - parish priest

Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest

Esztergom, Hungary - theology professor at the order’s theological college, painter

Toronto, ON, Canada - parish priest, leader of the Catholic Men’s Association, co-chair of the Federation of Hungarians in Canada

Lorain, OH, USA - parish priest

Istenszülő tisztelete templom, Burton, OH, USA - parish priest

Izrael - missionary, expert in Eastern languages, abbot of the Emmaus Monastery

Windber, PA, USA - parish priest

Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség, Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest

Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest

Fordhan Egyetem, New York, NY, USA - Professor of biology; retired since 2003, but still teaches. Currently serving as an assistant pastor in Passaic, NJ, and Yorkers, NJ

Alsó-Viziváros, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor

St. Joseph's Nursing Home, Lac du Flambeau, WI, USA - retired

Farrell, OH, USA - parish priest

Yonkers, NY, USA - parish priest

Szent Makrina templom, San Mateo, CA, USA - Meanwhile: Albuquerque, NM, USA – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Philipsburg, NJ, USA - assistant pastor

Szent Gellért Perjelség (1989-től Apátság), São Paulo, Brazília - retired

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, Chicago, IL, USA - parish priest

University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, ON, Canada - professor of theology

London, ON, Canada - the administrator of the Hungarian community

Vecsés, Hungary - parish priest

University of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - university professor (French)

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - high school teacher

Georgetown Egyetem, Washington DC, USA - professor of canon law

Klagenfurt, Austria - Editor of the journal *Szolgálat*, financial officer of the monastery

Montréal, QC, Canada - assistant pastor

Montréal, QC, Canada - Hungarian pastor (parish priest from 1979 to 1985 and from 1993 to 2007; served as a pastor in between)

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - high school principal

Mt. Sterling, KY, USA - parish priest

Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor

Alsó-Viziváros, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor

Apostoli nunciatúra, San José, Costa Rica - apostolic nuncio

Flint, MI, USA - parish priest

Innsburck, Austria - pursuing studies

Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - parish priest

Napa, CA, USA - retired

Cservenka, Jugoszlávia - assistant pastor

Szivác, Jugoszlávia - assistant pastor

Veprőd, Jugoszlávia - assistant pastor

North Miami, FL, USA

Georgetown, CA, USA

Szent Anzelm perjelség, Woodside, CA, USA

Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest, archpriest, and general vicar of the Hungarian Greek Catholic parishes

Szent Anna R. K. Egyházközség, Pittsburgh, PA, USA - parish priest

Montréal, QC, Canada - parish priest

Barberton, OH, USA - parish priest

Passaic, NJ, USA - auxiliary bishop

Monterey, CA, USA

Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Róma, Italy - pursuing postgraduate studies

Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor

Szent Miklós templom, Lorain, OH, USA - pastor

Huntington Park, OH, USA

St. Louis Besancon, New Heven, CT, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1978

Szent Mária bizánci katolikus templom, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA - assistant pastor

Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília - junior seminar prefect

Tunja, Kolumbia - confessor to the Poor Clares, chaplain at a nursing home

Nova Santa Rosa, Brazília - property manager and financial director

Flemington, NJ, USA

Winnipeg, MB, Canada - church administrator