Chronology of 1996

Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentína - monastic brother

Moca, Dominikai Köztársaság - missionary, scout leader

Santo Domingo, Dominikai Köztársaság - parish priest, catechist

Vibora, Kuba - on duty

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

Cordoba, Argentína - missionary

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

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

Youngstown, OH, USA - monk

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)

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - university professor; also prior from 1964 to 1969, provincial prior from 1975 to 1976, and prior from 1988 to 1994; a teacher at Ursuline Academy in Dallas from 1962 to 1963, a high school teacher from 1988 to 1992, and retired since 1994

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

Devon, PA, USA - teacher

Portola Valley, CA, USA - Perjel, historian

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

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

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

St. Vincent Abbey, Latrobe, PA, USA - in various positions, primarily as a university professor and dean

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

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

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

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

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

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

Campbell, OH, USA - parish priest

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

Árpádházi Szent Margit R. K. Egyházközség, Orange Village, OH, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest starting in 1972

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

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

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

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

Porto Alegre, Brazília - pastor, founder of the Brotherhood of Our Lady

Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Buffalo, NY, USA - parish priest

St. James, NY, USA

Austria - pastoral care and leading retreats

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

Braddock, PA, USA - parish priest

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

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

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)

Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség, East Chicago, IN, USA - parish priest; he also serves at St. Imre Church in Gary, IN, USA.

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

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

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

Róma, Italy - Hungarian senior pastor

Erie, PA, USA - parish priest

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

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

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

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

Unterwart, Austria - parish priest

Caracas, Venezuela - parish priest, the last Hungarian parish priest in the country

St. Anselm Abbey, Mancester, NH, USA - teacher, and abbot from 1986 to 2012

Devon, PA, USA - He is retired, but continues to teach and participate in Hungarian pastoral ministry

Fairfield, CT, USA - parish priest

Allen Park, Detroit, MI, USA - pastor

St. Benedict’s és St. Andrew’s Church, Toronto, ON, Canada - deacon, and also a volunteer at the Toronto-West Detention Center.

Hamilton, ON, Canada - the pastor of the Slovak church

St. Raphael, Trenton, NJ, USA - parish priest, then retired

Szent Imre Magyar R. K. Egyházközség, Cleveland, OH, USA - deacon

Argentína - Ven y Ven – Mobile Chapel - Deacon

Montréal, QC, Canada - pastor

Orange, CA, USA - retired, teaches Latin

Heidelberg, Germany - retired

USA - retired

Devon, PA, USA - teacher, then retired

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - High school teacher until 2012; abbot from 1988 to 2012; retired since 2012

Szent Erzsébet Otthon, Hamilton, ON, Canada - retired, the pastor of the home

retired

Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség, Barberton, OH, USA - the parish’s last pastor

Szent Erzsébet templom, Toronto, ON, Canada - pastor

Lake City, FL, USA - retired

München, NSZK - parish priest, Hungarian pastor

Yonkers, NY, USA - Permanent deacon; administrator since 1995

West Des Moines, IA, USA

Gaspé, QC, Canada - Chaplain to the Ursuline Sisters (1984–1998), chaplain to the Augustinian Sisters (1998–2001), chaplain at the Manoir-St. Augustin retirement home (1998–2005)

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, Los Angeles, CA, USA - assistant pastor, administrator

Perlen, Svájc - Assistant pastor, then parish priest; meanwhile, in Lucerne – Hungarian pastor

Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest

Canada - in a central office

Mayerling, Austria - He served as chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters and later lived at the St. Gabriel Mission House retirement home in Mödling

St. Anne’s Home, San Francisco, CA, USA - retired

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Irving, TX, USA - retired

Manchester, United Kingdom - Hungarian pastor

Assumption, OH, USA - assistant pastor

Courtland, ON, Canada - parish priest, currently in London, ON – also serves at the Roman Catholic church

St. Anne Byzantine Catholic Church, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA - founding pastor

St. Emerich, West Allis, WI, USA - administrator, then retired

Germany - A Hungarian pastor in the Ruhr region

Keresztelő Szent János magyar görög katolikus templom, Welland, ON, Canada - deacon

Hildegard-Hospiz, Bázel, Svájc - hospital chaplain, then as a patient and later in retirement

Szent Mihály apátság, Orange, CA, USA

Normandy Beach, NJ, USA - parish priest, then retired as of 2000

Windsor, ON, Canada - parish priest

Clinton Township, MI, USA

Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest, dean

St. Bernard, OH, USA - on sick leave

Landsberg am Lech, NSZK

Homestead, PA, USA - retired

Nyíregyháza, Hungary - retired

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Cleveland, OH, USA - parish priest

Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest, formerly in Toronto, ON; currently retired

USA - retired

Gries, Germany - Retreat leader, founder and director of a house community

Szent Imre Magyar R. K. Egyházközség, Cleveland, OH, USA - administrator

Cleveland, OH, USA - on sick leave, then on retirement

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

Spring Bank, WI, USA - abbot

Sorkifalud, Hungary - Leader of the Cursillo Movement, then assistant pastor

Edmonton, AB, Canada - retired

Kapuvár, Hungary - retired

Szentháromság G. K. Egyházközség, Bridgeport, CT, USA - parish priest

Kalocsa, Hungary - church administrator, hospital and prison chaplain

Canada - military chaplain

Budai Margit kőrúti ferences templom, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor

Fort Lee, NJ, USA - assistant pastor, university professor, administrator of the Navy’s central chapel

Budapest, Hungary - A member of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and a member of the National Liturgical Council

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

Budapest, Hungary - the provincial governor’s deputy, the minister of the police station on Sodrás Street

St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit, MI, USA - Deputy House Superior, House Superior, Master of Guests, spiritual assistant to the Secular Franciscan communities, and then retired

St. George Greek Catholic Church, Courtland, ON, Canada - parish priest

London, ON, Canada - pastor (who performs Roman Catholic rites)

Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest

Margit körút, Budapest, Hungary - Assistant parish administrator, treasurer, parish assistant, 1994–2004; assistant pastor; retired since 2004

Blessed Sacrament, Ottawa, ON, Canada - Hungarian pastor, administrator since 1993

Szombathely, Hungary - assistant pastor (first in Madaras, then in Kecskemét)

Mount Carmel Senior Home, St. Catharines, ON, Canada - the chaplain at the nursing home

Szeged, Hungary - pastor

Lelle, France - Hungarian pastor

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

São Francisco de Paula e Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Presidente Venceslau, Brazília - administrator

Budapest - pastor

St. Patrick, Hamilton, ON - parish priest

Szent Benedek Idősek Háza, Sopron, Hungary - church administrator, founder of the St. Benedict Retirement Home

Hungary - provincial superior

Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Youngstown, OH, USA - pastor

Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher until 2011, librarian until 2022, pastor of the Hungarian community in Texas

Esztergom, Hungary - the seminary’s professor of moral theology and the chaplain of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Szatmár

Rapid City, SD, USA - retired

Kolozsvár, Romania - confessor

Sodrás utca, Budapest, Hungary - editor, pastoral assistant in Pestszentlőrinc, operarius

Dobogókő, Hungary - retreat leader

De Pere-i premontrei rendház, West De Pere, WI, USA - retired

Farkas Edith Szeretetotthon, Budapest, Hungary

Páty, Hungary - pastoral work

Pécs, Hungary - pastoral work, followed by retirement.

Pécs, Hungary - pastoral work

Herény, Szombathely - parish priest

Nagyboldogasszony Minorita templom, Miskolc - religious instructor, then parish priest

USA - Naval Chaplain’s Assistant

Nagylóc, Hungary - parish priest, who also serves Hollókő and its outlying parishes.

rupunui misszió, Guyana - missionary

Pestszenterzsébet-Kossuthfalva és Kakastó, Budapest, Hungary - parish priest

States Island, NY, USA - retreat leader

Szécsényi Ferences templom és kolostor, Szécsény, Hungary - parish priest, head of the household

Betlehem, PA, USA - Retired; served as an assistant pastor in Catasauqua, PA, USA, and later as a pastor and resident at the Holy Family Villa retirement home in Bethlehem, PA, USA.

Manréza Lelki és Kulturális Központ, Dobogókő, Hungary - leader

Georgetown Egyetem, Washington DC, USA - professor emeritus, visiting lecturer

Kelenföldi Szent Gellért Plébánia, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor

Budapest, Hungary - retired

Isteni Ige templom, Miskolc, Hungary - assistant pastor, then parish priest, and finally assistant pastor again

Lackawanna, PA, USA - assistant pastor, substitute pastor at several churches

Zirc, Hungary - Director and professor of philosophy at St. Bernard College of Theology; from 1995 to 2000, he also served as an adjunct professor at the Veszprém College of Theology

Budapest, Hungary - retired

Pannonhalma, Hungary - retired

Szent Erzsébet templom, Kecskemét, Hungary - church administrator and religion teacher at the English Ladies’ Girls’ High School

Érseki Szent József Kollégium, Eger, Hungary - director

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség, McKeesport, PA, USA - After he retired, the church was attached to the Parish of St. Pius V, where he served as an assistant pastor. After his death, the church was closed.

Hittudományi Főiskola és Papnevelő Intézet, Gyulafehérvár, Romania - professor (canon law, public speaking, homiletics, rhetoric, pedagogy)

Gary, IN, USA - retired

Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség, Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest; since 2010, administrator at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Windsor, ON, Canada

Hímesháza, Hungary - parish priest, honorary dean

Mariapoch kegyhely, Burton, OH, USA

Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség, Detroit, MI, USA - local pastor and assistant pastor, as well as a priest who celebrated Mass at former Hungarian parishes in DeWitt, MI, USA, and Toledo, OH, USA

Tihany, Hungary - building manager

Gesztete, Slovakia - parish priest

Lackawanna, NY, USA - administrator; he also assists at Hungarian churches in Buffalo, NY, USA, and Welland, ON, Canada, and leads retreats in numerous locations

Calgary, AB, Canada - on sick leave, then on retirement

St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, Perth Amboy, NJ, USA - parish priest

San Diego, CA, USA - retired

egyházmegyei bíróság, Lansing, MI, USA - judge

Hittudományi Főiskola, Szeged, Hungary - Chair of the Department of Ethics and Bioethics, and pastor at the Jesuit church on Dáni Street

Boynton Beach, FL, USA - retired

Canada - pastor to Latin American immigrants

Szent Erzsébet Otthon, Pilisvörösvár - spiritual director, caretaker

Orange, CA, USA - retired

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary - pastor

Örökimádás templom, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor

Apostoli Nunciatúra, Madrid, Spain - apostolic nuncio

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

Markham, ON, Canada - assistant pastor

Brazília - missionary, street pastor, high school principal

Szent Pál Egyetem, Ottawa, ON, Canada - postgraduate education

Orangeville, ON, Canada

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség, New Brunswick, NJ, USA - assistant pastor, then parish priest

Csobánka, Hungary - parish priest