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Chronology of 2026
Chronology of 2026
Current changes of the year
8
Ongoing entries
52
Births
0
Deaths
2
Ordinations
0
Domestic / foreign services
3 / 3
Current changes in the year
Recorded changes for the selected year, grouped by person.
Balogh László
Transfer (new place of service) • 2026
Szentháromság plébániatemplom (Balassagyarmat - Fő), Balassagyarmat, Hungary - parish priest, as well as the vicar general for Ipolyszög, the Csesztve Parish, and the Szügy Pastoral District
Bellovics Gábor SJ
Transfer (previous place of service) • 2025 – 2026
USA - third
Return home • 2026
Manréza Ignáci Lelkiségi Központ, Dobogókő, Hungary - vezető
Jelinek Antal
Transfer (new place of service) • 2026
National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe at Marytown, Marytown, LI, USA - assistant pastor
Schweda Phillip (OFM)
Transfer (previous place of service) • 2022 – 2026
St. Bernard Parish, Holmes Beach, FL, USA - administrator, then retired
Rigó Jenő SJ
Death • January 15, 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Mahoney Róbert
Death • March 29, 2026
Three Rivers, MI, USA
Ongoing entries
Service locations that can be shown to have existed during the selected year, but did not begin and did not end in that year.
Gyöngyös Márton OP
Service abroad • 1970 • currently
Austria - pastoral care and leading retreats
Deák István
Service abroad • 1988 • currently
Hamilton, ON, Canada - parish priest, formerly in Toronto, ON; currently retired
Lelóczky Gyula Donát O.Cist
Service abroad • 1992 • currently
Dallas, TX, USA - High school teacher until 2011, librarian until 2022, pastor of the Hungarian community in Texas
Kiss György Barnabás OFM
Service abroad • 1994 • currently
Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség, Detroit, MI, USA - parish priest; since 2010, administrator at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Windsor, ON, Canada
Ligeti András Angelus OFM
Service abroad • 1994 • currently
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
Juhász Gábor Tamás, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 1998 • currently
Budapest - Vizafogó, Budapest, Hungary - Assistant pastor, then parish priest from 2000 onward; during that time, he also served as director of St. Augustine Chapel from 2001 to 2019
Bagyinszki Péter Ágoston OFM, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2001 • currently
Sapientia Szerzetesi Főiskola, Budapest, Hungary - Lecturer at Sapientia College of Theology, teaches fundamental theology; member of the Senate since 2020; head of the Department of Fundamental Theology; Vice Rector for Education and Research from 2021 to 2025; Acting Rector since July 1, 2025; Rector since September 1, 2025
Kárpáti László SVD
Service abroad • 2003 • currently
Johannesburg, Dél-Afrikai Köztársaság - missionary, street pastor
Erős Sándor
Service abroad • 2004 • currently
Túrterebes, Romania - retired
Miskei László
Service abroad • 2004 • currently
Our Lady of Hungary Church, Welland, ON, Canada - parish priest
Artner Péter Oszkár, Dr. habil
Service in the homeland • 2007 • currently
Szent Péter és Pál Plébánia, Kál, Hungary - parish priest
Dömötör János László (OFM)
Service abroad • 2008 • currently
Queen of Peace templom, Victoria, BC, Canada - parish priest, Hungarian pastor
Nagy László, Dr.
Service abroad • 2009 • currently
Holy Family Parish, Whitby, ON, Canada - parish priest, judge of the Canadian Court of Appeal, archdiocesan vicar general, professor of theology
Ailer Gellért
Service in the homeland • 2013 • currently
Redemtoris Mater Egyházmegyei Missziós Szeminárium, Eger, Hungary - vice principal
Sajgó Szabolcs SJ
Service in the homeland • 2013 • currently
Párbeszéd Háza, Budapest, Hungary - director
Bagyinszki Péter Ágoston OFM, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2014 • currently
Budapest, Hungary - co-founder and later editor-in-chief of *Acta Pintériana*.
Csete Iván
Service abroad • 2014 • currently
St. Mary’s, Port Jervis, NY, USA - Retired, but also assists as a Hungarian Mass celebrant in New York, NY, USA
Antal András
Service abroad • 2015 • currently
Cleveland, OH, USA - retired
Apró, Jorge Alberto
Service abroad • 2015 • currently
Sagrada Família, Guarulhos, Brazília - retired parish priest
Mák Ferenc
Service in the homeland • 2015 • currently
Budai Görög Katolikus Parókia, Budapest, Hungary - assistant pastor
Mák Ferenc
Service in the homeland • 2015 • currently
Debrecen, Hungary - a judge of the Diocesan Court of Hajdúdorog
Ailer Gellért
Service in the homeland • 2016 • currently
Kisboldogasszony templom, Eger, Hungary - parish administrator
Bagyinszki Péter Ágoston OFM, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2016 • currently
Budapest, Hungary - the delegate for formation and studies of the Franciscan Province of Our Lady of the Hungarians.
Cebula Paweł OFMConv
Service in the homeland • 2016 • currently
Páduai Szent Antal plébánia, Eger - parish priest
Kormon József, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2016 • currently
Hungary - retired
Konyárik József
Service in the homeland • 2017 • currently
Nagyvárad, Romania - pastor of the Neocatechumenal Way community
Rettig Kevin Hermann József (O.Praem)
Service abroad • 2017 • currently
Szent Angyalok templom, Arcadia, CA, USA - parish priest
Amászka László (OFMConv)
Service abroad • 2018 • currently
St. John the Baptist Parish, Guelph, ON, Canada - pastor
Huszti Mihály
Service abroad • 2018 • currently
St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, Morgantown, WV, USA - pastor, episcopal judge, and synod judge
Juhász Ferenc, Msgr.
Service in the homeland • 2018 • currently
Miskolc-Mindszent (Szent Péter és Szent Pál apostolok) plébánia, Miskolc, Hungary - parish priest
Kürnyek Róbert, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2018 • currently
Szent Kereszt templomigazgatóság, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary - Church administrator, and currently at the József Mindszenty Elementary School, High School, and Boarding School – school chaplain
Leavy Matthew Máté OSB, apát
Service abroad • 2018 • currently
Woodside, CA, USA - teacher and pastor at the Hungarian Catholic Mission
Ailer Gáspár
Service in the homeland • 2019 • currently
Budafok-Belvárosi Szent Lipót templom, Budapest, Hungary - dean, pastor
Angyal Lajos
Service abroad • 2019 • currently
Hamilton, ON, Canada - pastor
Kerekes László, püspök, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2020 • currently
Gyulafehérvár, Romania - auxiliary bishop, vicar general
Loya Tamás
Service abroad • 2020 • currently
Annunciation of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Parish, Homer Glen, IL, USA - parish priest
Mezei András
Service in the homeland • 2020 • currently
II. (Kis Szent Teréz templom), Keszthely, Hungary - parish priest
Orbán Mihály SJ
Service abroad • 2021 • currently
Magyarok Nagyasszonya templom, Montréal, QC, Canada - parish priest
Finta Lajos
Service in the homeland • 2022 • currently
Dunavarsány, Hungary - The parish priest also serves Bugyi on the side.
Lukács Imre Róbert, Dr.
Service in the homeland • 2022 • currently
Gyulafehérvár, Romania - vicar general, judicial vicar, professor of theology
Lóczi Tamás
Service in the homeland • 2022 • currently
Érseki Papnevelő Intézet, Eger, Hungary - spiritual and theological teacher
Lóczi Tamás
Service in the homeland • 2023 • currently
Szent József Kollégium, Eger, Hungary - pastor
Balogh László
Service in the homeland • 2024 • currently
Bosco Szent János plébániatemplom (szalézi plébánia), Balassagyarmat, Hungary - parish priest, dean (served the parishes of Cserhátsurány, Herencsény, and Terény concurrently from 2024 to 2025; as of 2025, he was relieved of his duties in those parishes.)
Forrai Tamás Gergely SJ
Service in the homeland • 2024 • currently
Jézus Szíve templom, Pécs, Hungary - university chaplain, organizing chaplain
Hernádi Balázs Lehel OFM
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Nagyszőlős, Ukraine - pastor
Hesz Vince Dénes OFM
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Dillwyn, VA, USA - is staying at the seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, with the order’s permission
Horváth Árpád SJ
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség, Toronto, ON, Canada - parish priest
Juhász Imre
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Szent István R. K. Magyar Egyházközség, Passaic, NJ, USA - parish priest, who also serves New Brunswick, NJ, and New York, NY
Lakatos Dénes
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
London, United Kingdom - retired
Marton Antal Bernát O.Cist, dr
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA - retired
Sabo Estefan
Service abroad • 2024 • currently
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús-plébánia, Campo Largo, Chaco, Argentína - parish priest
Dezső Péter OFM
Service in the homeland • 2025 • currently
Surčin, Serbia - pastor