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

Mandl József Maximilián OFM

← → PDF export

Deceased

✝

Birth data:: Lippó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — September 6, 1917
Death data:: Roebling, NJ, USA — December 11, 1996
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 19, 1934
Perpetual vows:: May 25, 1940
Priestly ordination:: Róma, Italy — July 13, 1941
Other name used:: Maximus

Biographical data

He entered the order on August 19, 1934. He took his perpetual vows on March 25, 1940. He was ordained a priest in Rome on July 13, 1941. By 1947, he was already in the United States. He is buried in New Jersey, USA.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1942	1947	Róma, Italy			on duty
1947		New Brunswick, NJ, USA		Szent László R. K. Egyházközség
1948	1953	Flint, MI, USA
1954	1955	Roebling, NJ, USA		Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség
1955	1964	Dewitt, MI, USA			Founder of the Our Lady of the Angels Retreat House
1965	1967	Roebling, NJ, USA		Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség
1968	1987	Dewitt, MI, USA
1988	1996	Burton, OH, USA	USA		According to other sources, at that time, Flint, MI, USA

Life timeline

Birth

September 6, 1917

Lippó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 19, 1934

Perpetual vows

May 25, 1940

Priestly ordination

July 13, 1941

Róma, Italy

Service abroad

1942 – 1947

Róma, Italy

on duty

Service abroad

1947

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1948 – 1953

Flint, MI, USA

Service abroad

1954 – 1955

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1955 – 1964

Dewitt, MI, USA

Founder of the Our Lady of the Angels Retreat House

Service abroad

1965 – 1967

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1968 – 1987

Dewitt, MI, USA

Service abroad

1988 – 1996

Burton, OH, USA, currently USA

According to other sources, at that time, Flint, MI, USA

Death

December 11, 1996

Roebling, NJ, USA

Sources

https://www.dewittlibrary.org/booksresearch/dewitthistory/mandl.pdf✕
Török: 169, 408.;
KMVÉ: 1947-1989.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1776-1777.;
https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/FERENCES_schematismus_1948/?pg=75&layout=s&query=mandl✕
Kép forrása: Magyar Ferences Könyvtár Fotótára

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

Mandl József Maximilián 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=692 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

Last modified: June 23, 2026 10:04 | Opened: 141 times