Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Likó Lajos Örs O.Cist

← → PDF export

Deceased

Birth data:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — November 25, 1923
Death data:: Locarno, Svájc — June 15, 1966
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — May 26, 1944
First (temporary) vows:: Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Perpetual vows:: Îles de Lérins, France
Priestly ordination:: October 16, 1949

Biographical data

His parents were Lajos Likó and Erzsébet Szabó. He entered the order on May 26, 1944. He took his first vows on May 27, 1945. From 1945 to 1948, he studied theology at the Order’s college in Zirc. He left Zirc on September 18, 1948, with the intention of defecting, and by November 2, 1948, he was definitely in Fribourg. He took his perpetual vows at the Cistercian monastery on the Île de Lérins in France. He was ordained a priest on October 16, 1949, by Cardinal Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille. He arrived in the United States in 1952, and at an unknown date announced his intention to leave the order and become a diocesan priest; however, the formalities for this transfer were never completed before his death. He died under unclear circumstances (according to some accounts, by suicide) while traveling in Switzerland between July 15 and 18, 1966.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1949	1952	Párizs, France	Sorbonne Université	college student
1952		Spirit Bank, WI, USA
1952		Gerowval, MS, USA	Our Lady of Gerowval Monastery
1952	1956	Milwaukee, WI, USA	Marquette University	college student; meanwhile, in 1955, Norfolk, VA – assistant pastor
1956	1962	Winfield, IL, USA		assistant pastor
1962		Dallas, TX, USA	Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
1962	1963	Joilet, IL, USA	St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel	assistant pastor
1963		Cicero, IL, USA		assistant pastor
1963	1965 circa	Chicago, IL, USA	Loyola University	college student
1966 circa		New York, NY, USA

Life timeline

Birth

November 25, 1923

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

May 26, 1944

Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Priestly ordination

October 16, 1949

Service abroad

1949 – 1952

Párizs, France

Sorbonne Université

college student

Service abroad

1952

Spirit Bank, WI, USA

Service abroad

1952

Gerowval, MS, USA

Our Lady of Gerowval Monastery

Service abroad

1952 – 1956

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Marquette University

college student; meanwhile, in 1955, Norfolk, VA – assistant pastor

Service abroad

1956 – 1962

Winfield, IL, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1962

Dallas, TX, USA

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas

Service abroad

1962 – 1963

Joilet, IL, USA

St. Stephen's Hungarian Chapel

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1963

Cicero, IL, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1963 – 1965

Chicago, IL, USA

Loyola University

college student

Death

June 15, 1966

Locarno, Svájc

Service abroad

1966

New York, NY, USA

Sources

KMVÉ: 1953-1966.;
Cúthné: 166-168.;
Halász Tibor O.Cist adatai alapján

Images

Click an image to enlarge. Navigation: ← →, close: Esc.

Places related to this person on the map

● birth ● priestly ordination ● domestic service ● foreign service ● death ● burial

Related persons

Similar and related clergy

Citation for this entry

Likó Lajos Örs O.Cist: 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=655 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

Last modified: June 16, 2026 22:42 | Opened: 110 times