Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — March 6, 1927
Death data:
St. Catharines, ON, Canada — March 6, 2006
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Veszprém
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Veszprém, Hungary — March 26, 1950
Place of burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery
Welland, ON, Canada
Other name used:
Hrabovszki Károly, Nahm Károly
Biographical data
Until 1954, his name was Károly Hrabovszki (listed as Nahm in other sources). In 1944, he joined the Dominican Order, where he was given the name Sebestyén. He completed his novitiate in Szombathely, and in the meantime, he passed his high school graduation exam in Sopron in 1945. He studied philosophy at the Order’s college. In 1948, he left the Order and became a seminarian in the Diocese of Veszprém. He was ordained a priest in Veszprém on March 26, 1950. In December 1956, he emigrated to Canada. A tree was planted in his memory in the Welland Memorial Forest.
Padányi Károly: 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=845 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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