Bruck, Bajorország, currently Germany — February 22, 1909
Death data:
São Paulo, Brazília — October 25, 1988
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Vác
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
March 13, 1932
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest on March 13, 1932. He completed his studies in Innsbruck and then in Achensee. His uncle lived in the United States and invited him there on several occasions. He completed his final exams in 1935. He arrived in the U.S. in August 1938. On On March 4, 1974, after 35 years of pastoral ministry, he retired from leading the parish and moved to Brazil to live with his relatives and at the Hungarian Benedictine Monastery of St. Gellért, where he spent his retirement years. He passed away in São Paulo in 1988.
Domestic service locations
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Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1933
Kunszentmárton, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
religious instructor, but at his request he was granted permission to study in Austria and to serve as chaplain to the Count and Countess Jankovics
Magyar József, 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=683 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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