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Dobolyi Lajos Praesidius OFM, Dr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: Budapest, Hungary — May 22, 1920
Death data:: Rowland Heights, CA, USA — June 13, 1983
According to another source: 1960
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Szent István Kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 23, 1937
Perpetual vows:: October 10, 1942
Priestly ordination:: July 11, 1944 before
Place of burial:: Queen of Heaven Cemetery
Rowland Heights, CA, USA
Other name used:: Dobolyi Előd

Biographical data

He entered the Franciscan Order on August 23, 1937. He took his perpetual vows on October 10, 1942. He was ordained a priest on June 11, 1944. From 1945, he studied in Rome, where he was ordained a priest in 1948. He became an active member of the Hungarian Catholic emigration following World War II. Around 1949, he served as a theology professor in Buenos Aires, Argentina, within the Hungarian émigré church community. From the 1950s onward, he served in the United States, including in Cleveland, Yonkers, and Barberton. He also served as president of the Mindszenty Movement, maintaining strong ties to the anti-communist Hungarian emigration community. The year of his death is disputed: some sources cite 1960, while others cite 1983.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1949 circa		Buenos Aires, Argentina		theology professor
1956	1957	Cleveland, OH, USA
1958		Yonkers, NY, USA
1959	1961	Barberton, OH, USA	Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség

Literary activity

Két írása található a KMV-ban.

Life timeline

Birth

May 22, 1920

Budapest, Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 23, 1937

Perpetual vows

October 10, 1942

Priestly ordination

July 11, 1944

Service abroad

1949

Buenos Aires, Argentina

theology professor

Service abroad

1956 – 1957

Cleveland, OH, USA

Service abroad

1958

Yonkers, NY, USA

Service abroad

1959 – 1961

Barberton, OH, USA

Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség

Death

June 13, 1983

Rowland Heights, CA, USA

Sources

Kusztódia: 8.
OFM-M 1949.
KMVÉ:1956-1961.
Szabad Magyarság, 1960-07-03., pp. 6.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125080607/louis-dobolyi✕

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Dobolyi Lajos Praesidius OFM, 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=206 (accessed: 2026-07-06).

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