Ercsi, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — November 12, 1912
Death data:
Győr, Hungary — April 29, 1990
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
bencés (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 6, 1931
First (temporary) vows:
June 27, 1933
Perpetual vows:
June 27, 1936
Priestly ordination:
June 13, 1937
Biographical data
He entered the Benedictine Order on August 6, 1931; he took his simple vows on June 27, 1933, and his solemn vows on June 27, 1936. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1937. In 1939, he earned a doctorate in the humanities in Budapest. He spent three years in Brazil. After 1950, due to government restrictions on the size of the Benedictine Order, he could not be accommodated within the order’s ranks and therefore served in the Diocese of Győr. In 1980, he was granted the title of titular abbot of Lébény.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1939
1940
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
student teacher
1940
1959
Győrszentiván, Kingdom of Hungary
Győr, Hungary
religious educator, pastor
1959
1964
Veszprémvarsány, Hungary
parish priest, dean
1964
1967
Mihályi, Hungary
parish priest
1967
1982
Tata, Hungary
parish priest; also dean from 1976 to 1982
1982
1990
Győr, Hungary
retired
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1937
1939
São Paulo, Brazília
the pastor of the Hungarian community in Brazil
Literary activity
Szent István, São Paulo, 1938., Imakönyv – Horváth Anzelmmel és Szelecz Arnolddal közösen;
Kultsár István 1760–1828. Pannonhalma, 1940. (Pannonhalmi füzetek 24.)
Markos Rezső János OSB, 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=696 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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