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Láni Mátyás

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Láni Mátyás
Deceased
Birth data:
Módos, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Jaša Tomić (Јаша Томић), Serbia — July 26, 1899
Death data:
Los Angeles, CA, USA — November 19, 1954
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Szeged-Csanád (korábban: Csanád)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Temesvár, Romania, currently Timișoara — November 26, 1921
Place of burial:
Calvary Cemetery
East Los Angeles, CA, USA
Other name used:
Lányi
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest in Timișoara on November 26, 1921. He arrived in the United States in 1926. He founded the St. Imre Society in Los Angeles to help these people resettle in America. He was also a trained singer and musician, and served as a conductor at St. Vibiana Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1921 1922 Bakóvár, Romania Bacova assistant pastor
1923 Temesrékás, Romania Recaș assistant pastor
1924 1925 Versec, Szerb–Horvát–Szlovén Királyság Vršac (Вршац), Serbia parish priest
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1926 1928 Bridgeport, CT, USA Szent István R. K. Egyházközség parish priest
1928 1954 Los Angeles, CA, USA Szent István R. K. Egyházközség parish priest, Hungarian and German pastor
Life timeline
Birth
July 26, 1899
Módos, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Jaša Tomić (Јаша Томић), Serbia
Priestly ordination
November 26, 1921
Temesvár, Romania, currently Timișoara
Service in the homeland
1921 – 1922
Bakóvár, Romania, currently Bacova
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1923
Temesrékás, Romania, currently Recaș
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1924 – 1925
Versec, Szerb–Horvát–Szlovén Királyság, currently Vršac (Вршац), Serbia
parish priest
Service abroad
1926 – 1928
Bridgeport, CT, USA
Szent István R. K. Egyházközség
parish priest
Service abroad
1928 – 1954
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Szent István R. K. Egyházközség
parish priest, Hungarian and German pastor
Death
November 19, 1954
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Citation for this entry
Láni Mátyás: 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=638 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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