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Iványi Kazimír OFMConv

Iványi Kazimír OFMConv
Deceased
Birth data:
Győr, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — April 8, 1906
According to another source: Resicabánya, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Death data:
Hamilton County, TN, USA — September 21, 2002
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
Minorita (Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Arad, Romania — June 30, 1930
Place of burial:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
East Ridge, TN, USA
Other name used:
Kázmér; Casimir Ivanyi
Biographical data
Kazimír Iványi, a Minorite friar, was born in 1906; sources differ regarding his place of birth, with both Győr and Resicabánya listed in his biographical records. He was ordained a priest in Arad on June 30, 1930. Between the two world wars, he served as a catechist, pastor, and religious superior in Lugos and Arad. In 1941, he moved to New York, then served in Hamilton and Welland among the Hungarian Catholic communities in Canada. Details of his later life are scarce, but according to his tombstone and U.S. death records, he remained in priestly ministry until his death. He passed away on September 21, 2002, in Tennessee; he is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in East Ridge.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1930 1931 Lugos, Romania Lugoj assistant pastor
1931 1932 Arad, Romania assistant pastor, religious education teacher
1932 1933 Lugos, Romania Lugoj religious educator
1934 1935 Arad, Romania religious educator
1935 1939 Lugos, Romania Lugoj religious instructor, assistant superior, then superior from 1937 onward, parish priest, member of the provincial council
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1941 1943 New York, NY, USA Szent István R. K. Egyházközség assistant pastor
1945 1952 Hamilton, ON, Canada parish priest
? Welland, ON, Canada
Literary activity
Plébániai értesítő Lugos, szerkesztő
Life timeline
Birth
Győr, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
Arad, Romania
Service in the homeland
19301931
Lugos, Romania, currently Lugoj
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
19311932
Arad, Romania
assistant pastor, religious education teacher
Service in the homeland
19321933
Lugos, Romania, currently Lugoj
religious educator
Service in the homeland
19341935
Arad, Romania
religious educator
Service in the homeland
19351939
Lugos, Romania, currently Lugoj
religious instructor, assistant superior, then superior from 1937 onward, parish priest, member of the provincial council
Service abroad
19411943
New York, NY, USA
Szent István R. K. Egyházközség
assistant pastor
Service abroad
19451952
Hamilton, ON, Canada
parish priest
Death
Hamilton County, TN, USA
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Iványi Kazimír OFMConv: 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=466 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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