His parents were József Almásy and Kendall Ayers, both of whom were born in the United States; he had five siblings.
He graduated from Scienceville High School and went on to study at Youngstown State University and St. Procopius College (in Illinois). During World War II, he served in a tank unit of the U.S. Army on the Pacific front.
He joined the Missionary Order of St. Benedict at Benet Lake Monastery (in Wisconsin) and was ordained a priest in Chicago in 1957. He taught in Reading (Pennsylvania), then served as a missionary in Pecos (New Mexico), Morelia (Mexico), Atwater (California), Utah, Flagstaff (Arizona), and finally at Holy Trinity Monastery in Arizona.
His grave is located at Holy Trinity Monastery Cemetery, Saint David, AT, USA.