Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — August 30, 1890
Death data:
Los Angeles, CA, USA — July 8, 1964
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
June 21, 1914
Other name used:
Gamauf László
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest on June 21, 1914. On May 2, 1921, Archbishop János Csernoch of Esztergom requested permission from the Vatican Nunciature in Hungary for him to go to the United States to study. He arrived in the United States in 1921. In 1926—like his brother—he left the priesthood, married, and worked as a music teacher in Cleveland, OH. In 1923, he published an American-Hungarian music and songbook. He received his citizenship on June 22, 1924. On December 30, 1926, he married Irene Messersmith.
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1914
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Hungary
religious educator
1915
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Hungary
Krisztus Király templom (Rákócziánum)
singing teacher and choir director of the Szent László Society in Budapest-Angyalföld
Csáktornyai László: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=143 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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