Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — July 10, 1921
Death data:
Szeged, Hungary — January 30, 2012
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
piarista (Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 27, 1939
Priestly ordination:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — July 1, 1945
Place of burial:
Belvárosi Temető
Szeged, Hungary
Biographical data
Her religious name was Saint Rosalia. After completing her studies at the Piarist school in Sátoraljaújhely, she entered the order on August 27, 1939. At the end of his studies, he experienced the end of the war as a camp chaplain and cadet at St. John’s Hospital in Buda. He was ordained a priest in Budapest on July 1, 1945. He earned a doctorate in theology from the Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University. In 1949, he was suspended with immediate effect from the nationalized Piarist high school on charges of agitation in support of Prince Primate Mindszenty. He went into hiding to avoid arrest. In 1965, he left the country and, after a brief stay in Rome, emigrated to the United States. In his absence, he was sentenced to six months in prison. He was a member of the Árpád Academy in Cleveland from 1985. In 2010, he returned to Hungary and lived at the monastery in Szeged until his death. He passed away after a brief illness. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Hungarian Piarist.
administrator; he also assists at Hungarian churches in Buffalo, NY, USA, and Welland, ON, Canada, and leads retreats in numerous locations
2001
2010
Miami, FL, USA
pastor (currently serving in Sarasota, FL, USA)
Literary activity
A keleti és a nyugati egyház bűnbánati fegyelme Aranyszájú Szent János és Nagy Szent Gergely korában, különös tekintettel a nyilvános- és magángyónás liturgikus kapcsolataira. H. é. n.;
Pap voltam Rákosi és Kádár alatt. (Magyarországi élmények. Függelékben: Budapest ostroma, ahogy én láttam) Boardman (Ohio) 1989.;
Kézirat: A római egyház bűnbánati fegyelme Nagy Szent Gergely korában. Budapest 1946.
írásai jelentek meg a Katolikus Magyarok Vasárnapja (Hét szentje, „21 egyetemes zsinat”, a Biblia könyveinek bemutatása sorozatok) és a baltimore-i Magyar Újság című lapokban.
Miskolczy Kálmán Sch.P., 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=752 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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