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Forgách László

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Birth data:: Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — December 8, 1907
Death data:: Toronto, ON, Canada — April 10, 1979
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Canada, currently Bow Island, AB — June 12, 1931
Other name used:: Walter

Biographical data

His father was a cantor and teacher. Beginning in 1919, he attended the Cistercian high school in Eger. From 1923, he was a minor seminarian in Esztergom, where he graduated from the Benedictine high school in 1927. As a seminarian from Esztergom, he arrived in Canada on September 28, 1928, at the request of the Archbishop of Toronto. He was ordained a priest in Canada on June 12, 1931. According to some sources, he left his post in 1939.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1928	1935	Toronto, ON, Canada	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	the head of the parish, first as a seminarian and later as an ordained priest
1935 circa		Welland, ON, Canada
1962 circa	1965	Toronto, ON, Canada	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség
1965	1977	Pickering, ON, Canada		parish priest
1977	1979	Carmel Hts, ?, Canada

Life timeline

Birth

December 8, 1907

Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1928 – 1935

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

the head of the parish, first as a seminarian and later as an ordained priest

Priestly ordination

June 12, 1931

Canada, currently Bow Island, AB

Service abroad

1935

Welland, ON, Canada

Service abroad

1962 – 1965

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1965 – 1977

Pickering, ON, Canada

parish priest

Service abroad

1977 – 1979

Carmel Hts, ?, Canada

Death

April 10, 1979

Toronto, ON, Canada

Sources

http://www.stetoronto.com/files/egyhazkozseg-tortenete-hu.pdf✕
MKL: Toronto, Török:363.
KMVÉ: 1962-1980
Szolgálat: 43. (1979/3), 95.
New Yorki Magyar Élet, 1978-04-01., pp. 4.
A fénykép mesterséges intelligencia (chatgpt.com) segítségével javítva lett.

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Forgách 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=281 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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