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Gál Gedeon OFM, Dr

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Deceased

Birth data:: Tószeg, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — January 9, 1915
Death data:: Ringwood, NJ, USA — May 25, 1998
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 29, 1932
Perpetual vows:: August 30, 1933
Priestly ordination:: September 10, 1939
Other name used:: Gaál

Biographical data

He graduated from high school in Szolnok and entered the Franciscan Order on August 29, 1932. He took his perpetual vows on August 30, 1933, and was ordained a priest on September 10, 1939. He was sent to Rome in 1941 to pursue his studies. His dissertation, written there, was destroyed due to the events of the war, so he had to write a new one. After the Soviet occupation, he was unable to return home, so he lived and taught in Naples. In 1962, he emigrated to the United States, though he had already spent short periods of time in the country on several occasions prior to that. After the dissolution of the Kapisztrán Custody, he joined the Holy Name Province.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1941	1962	Róma, Italy	Pursuing studies and teaching activities, living in Flint, MI, USA, around 1947, then in Roebling, NJ, USA, and in New York, NY, USA, around 1950
1962	1989	Saint Bonaventure, NY, USA	college professor
	1962 before	Nápoly, Italy	pastor
1963 circa		Dewitt, MI, USA	pastor

Literary activity

17 tanulmányt jelentetett meg. Stimulus amoris. A szeretet zsarátnoka. Írta Milánói Jakab. Ford. Bp., 1941. (A lelki élet ferences mesterei 4.)
Beszélgetések a lelkemmel. Írta Szt Bonaventura. Ford. Bp., 1941. (Uaz 6.) (2. kiad. 1944)
A Guillelmi de Militana, Quaestiones de sacramenti (Bibliotheca Franciscana Scholastica Medii Aevi XVII-XVIII., XXIII.) és a Matthei ab Aquasparta Sermones (Bibliotheca Franciscana Ascetica Medii Aevi X.) c. kiadványok munk.
A Franciscan Studies szerk-je.

Life timeline

Birth

January 9, 1915

Tószeg, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 29, 1932

Perpetual vows

August 30, 1933

Priestly ordination

September 10, 1939

Service abroad

1941 – 1962

Róma, Italy

Pursuing studies and teaching activities, living in Flint, MI, USA, around 1947, then in Roebling, NJ, USA, and in New York, NY, USA, around 1950

Service abroad

1962 – 1989 körül

Saint Bonaventure, NY, USA

college professor

Service abroad

1963

Dewitt, MI, USA

pastor

Death

May 25, 1998

Ringwood, NJ, USA

Sources

https://hnp.org/who-we-are/our-friars/deceased-friars/gedeon-gal/✓
KMVÉ: 1947, 1950, 1963-1989.
Török: 169.
Custody of St. John Capistran – Personal Directory Tabula, Roebling, NJ, 1984, 8.
Németh László Imre: Magyar egyházi személyek Rómában 1943-ban, Magyar Sion XVII (2023) 2/201–235.
MKL: Gál

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Citation for this entry

Gál Gedeon OFM, Dr: 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=311 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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