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Máriaföldi Péter Lukács OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Homokrév, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mokrin (Мокрин), Serbia — May 23, 1912
Death data:: USA — 1963 circa
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 29, 1932
Perpetual vows:: August 8, 1937
Priestly ordination:: June 16, 1940

Biographical data

His original surname was Weyer. His mother’s name was Mária Vangyel. He entered the order on August 29, 1932. He took his perpetual vows on September 8, 1937. He was ordained a priest on June 16, 1940. He left the country after 1956. There is no information about his whereabouts after the 1970s. Since he does not appear in the 1994 database of deceased Capuchins, it is possible that he left the order. He is listed as a Jesuit in the state security records.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1943	1947	Vác, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	Director of the Third Order
1947	1950	Jászberény, Hungary		assistant pastor, then parish priest, and in the meantime, catechist
1953	1956	Esztergom, Hungary		prefect

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1958		Roebling, NJ, USA	Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség
1959		Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1960		New York, NY, USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1961	1963	New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Szent László R. K. Egyházközség
1970 circa		Tripoli (طرابلس), Líbia

Literary activity

Szt Bonaventura lelkigyakorlatos vázlatai. Írta Wendelin Meyer., fordítás, Bp., 1941. (A lelki élet ferences mesterei 2.)
Theodozius Rikárd: Szovjetcsillag Kína felet, fordítás, Ferences világmissziók, 9. sz. é.n.

Life timeline

Birth

May 23, 1912

Homokrév, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mokrin (Мокрин), Serbia

Entry into religious life

August 29, 1932

Perpetual vows

August 8, 1937

Priestly ordination

June 16, 1940

Service in the homeland

1943 – 1947

Vác, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Director of the Third Order

Service in the homeland

1947 – 1950

Jászberény, Hungary

assistant pastor, then parish priest, and in the meantime, catechist

Service in the homeland

1953 – 1956

Esztergom, Hungary

prefect

Service abroad

1958

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1959

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Service abroad

1960

New York, NY, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1961 – 1963

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

Death

1963

USA

Service abroad

1970

Tripoli (طرابلس), Líbia

Sources

MKL: Máriaföldi;
Török: 385.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1839-1840.;
http://epa.oszk.hu/02200/02295/00010/pdf/EPA-02295_Jaszsagi_Evkv_2002_Besenyi.pdf✕

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Citation for this entry

Máriaföldi Péter Lukács 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=715 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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