Nagyganna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ganna, Hungary — June 7, 1910
Death data:
Montréal, QC, Canada — June 22, 1977
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Veszprém (1967-ig) → Montreál, QC, Kanada
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
1935
Biographical data
His parents were János Máhig and Terézia Rengert, and he had eight siblings. He attended school in Pápa and later at the Piarist high school in Veszprém. He graduated from high school in 1930. He studied theology in Veszprém and was ordained a priest on June 21, 1935. From 1935 to 1937, he studied in Budapest and then in Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in theology. On November 29, 1944, the Arrow Cross Party took him into custody because he had expressed solidarity with the arrested József Mindszenty. After being held in the Veszprém prison, he was imprisoned in Sopronkőhida, and then remained under police supervision at the convent of the Sisters of the Divine Savior in Sopron until February 22, 1945. In 1954, he was suspended for political reasons but remained at the Lovaspatona parish. After 1956, he left the country and went to Canada. In 1967, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Montréal, MB. He died suddenly while moving.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1935
Lajosmizse, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
1935
Üllő, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
1935
1937
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
doctoral studies
1938
Szulok, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
1939
1943
Sümeg, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
1943
Csurgó, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
a Catholic religion teacher at the Reformed high school
1943
Veszprém, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Religious education teacher at the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy and at the English Ladies’ Public School and Teacher Training College
1944
1945
Veszprém, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
in custody (later: Sopronkőhida, later Sopron)
1945
1947
Veszprém, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
seminar philosophy instructor
1947
1949
Veszprém, Hungary
Secretary of Education
1949
1953
Paloznak, Hungary
parish priest
1953
Lesencetomaj, Hungary
parish priest
1954
1956
Lovászpatona, Hungary
assistant pastor, then pastor in secret
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1937
1938
Bécs, Austria
doctoral studies
1956
1963
Montréal, QC, Canada
a Hungarian and then a French pastor
1963
1976
Montréal, QC, Canada
Notre Dame kórház
hospital chaplain, Hungarian pastor
1976
1977
Montréal, QC, Canada
retired
Literary activity
L'Euthanasie Mort doace on meutre. Montréal, 1976.
Kéziratban: Dossier sur l'Avortement, 1971.
Máhig János, 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=713 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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