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Nagy László, Dr.

Nagy László, Dr.
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Birth data:
Balánbánya, Romania, currently Bălan — May 15, 1970
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Gyulafehérvár
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Gyulafehérvár, Romania, currently Alba Iulia — June 25, 1995
Biographical data
He completed his high school studies in Ditró and his theological studies in Gyulafehérvár. At the invitation and with the support of László Lászlói, he pursued postgraduate studies in canon law in Canada from 1995 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002, where he earned a doctorate in canon law. On June 25, 1995, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop György Jakubinyi in Gyulafehérvár.
Since 2003, he has lived and served continuously in Canada, in the Archdiocese of Toronto. He has been a member of the Order of Columbus since 2003 and its chaplain since 2004. His area of research focuses on examining the connections between the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the 1990 *Codex canonum Ecclesiarum orientalium*. In addition to his duties as a parish priest, he serves as a defender of the bond in the matrimonial tribunal and as the archbishop’s delegate for cases of laicization within the Archdiocese of Toronto. Since 2016, he has served as a defender of the bond at the Canadian Court of Appeal.
He celebrates Mass for the Hungarian faithful once every one or two months.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1997 1998 Kolozsvár, Romania Cluj Napoca Szent Mihály templom assistant pastor
1998 1999 Gyulafehérvár, Romania Alba Iulia Archbishop’s secretary, concurrently acting judge, concurrently: parish priest of Zalatna
2002 Segesvár, Romania Sighișoara assistant pastor
2002 Gyulafehérvár, Romania Alba Iulia theology professor
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1995 1997 Ottawa, ON, Canada Szent Pál Egyetem postgraduate education
1999 2001 Ottawa, ON, Canada Szent Pál Egyetem doctoral studies
2003 Ottawa, ON, Canada Nagy Szent Gergely templom assistant pastor
2004 2009 Mississauga, ON, Canada Xavéri Szent Ferenc templom parish priest
2009 currently active Whitby, ON, Canada Holy Family Parish parish priest, judge of the Canadian Court of Appeal, archdiocesan vicar general, professor of theology
Literary activity
Tulajdonjog átruházása egy saját jogú templomban, különös tekintettel az Alba-Julia érsekségre, Románia, Ottawa, Szent Pál Egyetem, Kiadó: Studium Kft, Kolozsvár, 2002.
De normis generalibus (Általános normák), Osztályjegyzetek, Gyulafehérvár, 2003.
Fordulj el a bűntől, Nagyböjti utazás, 2022
Találkozás – Kövesd – Oszd meg Jézust a nagyböjtben, 2023
Találkozás – Kövesd – Oszd meg Jézust az adventben, 2023
A bűnbánattól a feltámadásig, 2024
Ó, gyertek, imádjuk őt, 2024
Jézus Lukács szemében, 2025
Life timeline
Birth
Balánbánya, Romania, currently Bălan
Priestly ordination
Gyulafehérvár, Romania, currently Alba Iulia
Service abroad
19951997
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Szent Pál Egyetem
postgraduate education
Service in the homeland
19971998
Kolozsvár, Romania, currently Cluj Napoca
Szent Mihály templom
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
19981999
Gyulafehérvár, Romania, currently Alba Iulia
Archbishop’s secretary, concurrently acting judge, concurrently: parish priest of Zalatna
Service abroad
19992001
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Szent Pál Egyetem
doctoral studies
Service in the homeland
Segesvár, Romania, currently Sighișoara
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Gyulafehérvár, Romania, currently Alba Iulia
theology professor
Service abroad
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nagy Szent Gergely templom
assistant pastor
Service abroad
20042009
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Xavéri Szent Ferenc templom
parish priest
Service abroad
2009 – currently active
Whitby, ON, Canada
Holy Family Parish
parish priest, judge of the Canadian Court of Appeal, archdiocesan vicar general, professor of theology
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Citation for this entry
Nagy László, 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=796 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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