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Mihalik Imre Károly, Dr.

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Mihalik Imre Károly, Dr.
Deceased
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Birth data:
Selmecbánya, Csehszlovákia, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia — November 1, 1920
Death data:
New Orleans, LA, USA — May 19, 1995
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 13, 1943
Place of burial:
Új köztemető
Budapest, Hungary
Biographical data
His parents were Károly Mihalik, a tobacco tax official, and Cecília Irmler, a homemaker. He studied theology in Vienna as a student at the Pázmáneum. He was ordained a priest in Esztergom on June 13, 1943. He has been on sick leave since 1960. During this period, he engaged in family ministry, organizing a community of large families, young women feeling a calling to the priesthood, and catechists. In 1963, he left for West Germany, and then emigrated to the United States in 1968. The Hungarian State Security Service—erroneously—listed her as a Benedictine teacher. She passed away after a long illness. Her ashes were interred in her parents’ grave in plot 95 of the New Public Cemetery.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1943 Nagymaros, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
1944 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary Csillaghegy assistant pastor, and at the same time, field chaplain
1945 1951 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary Religious education teacher at the Miklós Zrínyi State High School and a member of the Sacred Heart Association
1951 Budapest, Hungary Óbuda assistant pastor
1951 1957 Budapest, Hungary VIII. kerület Jézus Szíve templom assistant pastor
1957 1958 Budapest, Hungary Professor at the Academy of Theology and Assistant Pastor in Downtown Budapest
1958 Nagymaros, Hungary assistant pastor
1959 Budapest, Hungary on sick leave, then retires
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1964 Kastl, NSZK Germany teacher
1965 1966 Tübingen, NSZK Germany hospital chaplain
1967 Portlingen, NSZK Germany assistant pastor
1968 Winina, MI, USA professor of biblical studies
1969 Detroit, MI, USA theology professor
1970 1995 New Orleans, LA, USA Notre Dame szeminárium teacher
Literary activity
Theological Soundings – szerkesztő
Számos folyóiratban szerző, főleg biblikus tárgyú írásai voltak.
Life timeline
Birth
November 1, 1920
Selmecbánya, Csehszlovákia, currently Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Priestly ordination
June 13, 1943
Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Service in the homeland
1943
Nagymaros, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1944
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Csillaghegy
assistant pastor, and at the same time, field chaplain
Service in the homeland
1945 – 1951
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Religious education teacher at the Miklós Zrínyi State High School and a member of the Sacred Heart Association
Service in the homeland
1951
Budapest, Hungary
Óbuda
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1951 – 1957
Budapest, Hungary
VIII. kerület Jézus Szíve templom
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1957 – 1958
Budapest, Hungary
Professor at the Academy of Theology and Assistant Pastor in Downtown Budapest
Service in the homeland
1958
Nagymaros, Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1959
Budapest, Hungary
on sick leave, then retires
Service abroad
1964
Kastl, NSZK, currently Germany
teacher
Service abroad
1965 – 1966
Tübingen, NSZK, currently Germany
hospital chaplain
Service abroad
1967
Portlingen, NSZK, currently Germany
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1968
Winina, MI, USA
professor of biblical studies
Service abroad
1969
Detroit, MI, USA
theology professor
Service abroad
1970 – 1995
New Orleans, LA, USA
Notre Dame szeminárium
teacher
Death
May 19, 1995
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Mihalik Imre Károly, 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=742 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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