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Gerencsér István Tarzicius OFM

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Birth data:: New Brunswick, NJ, USA — May 4, 1910
Death data:: 1946 after
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 6, 1927
Perpetual vows:: July 7, 1931
Priestly ordination:: Washington DC, USA — June 12, 1934

Biographical data

In 1923, Károly Radóczy, a former parish priest in New Brunswick, NJ, brought him to Hungary to join the Franciscan Order. He entered the Order on September 6, 1927. He took his perpetual vows on September 7, 1931. After completing his studies in Washington, D.C., he was ordained a priest on June 12, 1934, together with Gergely Gaudenc, OFM. The place and date of his death are unknown. He is no longer listed in the 1949 KMVÉ.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1934	1935	Washington DC, USA
1936	1937	New York, NY, USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest
1938	1940	New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Szent László R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, religious education teacher
1940	1946 circa	Roebling, NJ, USA	Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, then parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

May 4, 1910

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Entry into religious life

September 6, 1927

Perpetual vows

July 7, 1931

Priestly ordination

June 12, 1934

Washington DC, USA

Service abroad

1934 – 1935

Washington DC, USA

Service abroad

1936 – 1937

New York, NY, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service abroad

1938 – 1940

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, religious education teacher

Service abroad

1940 – 1946

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, then parish priest

Death

1946

Sources

Amerikai Magyar Népszava Szabadság, 1934-06-23., pp. 2.
http://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1940.Schem.pdf✓
Máté: 209.
KMVÉ: 1945-1946
http://mandadb.hu/common/file-servlet/document/965634/default/doc_url/new_brunswick_szent_laszlo.pdf✓
Shvoy: 23.
Török: 262.
Káldor-II: 110-111.

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Citation for this entry

Gerencsér István Tarzicius OFM: 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=319 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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