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Dohányos Domonkos OFM

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Birth data:: Hazleton, PA, USA — January 15, 1900
Death data:: Lansing, MI, USA — January 15, 1968
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: ismeretlen
First (temporary) vows:: ismeretlen
Perpetual vows:: ismeretlen
Priestly ordination:: May 29, 1929
Place of burial:: Saint Joseph Slovak Roman Catholic Cemetery
Hazleton, PA, USA
Other name used:: Dohányos Dominik

Biographical data

She was born in the United States to Pál Dohányos and Mária Gura. She had eight siblings, one of whom became a nun. He attended St. Joseph’s RC School in Hazleton and completed his preparatory studies at St. Joseph’s College in New York State. He completed his studies at St. Bonaventure’s College, then entered the seminary in Paterson, New Jersey, and completed his religious studies in Lemont, Illinois. On May 29, 1926, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Edward Hoban in Chicago, Illinois, and on May 31, 1926, he celebrated his first Mass at St. Joseph’s RC Church in Hazleton. He served as a chaplain with the rank of major in the United States Army during World War II and was chaplain of Hazleton Post 76 of the American Legion. There is a discrepancy between his obituary and the KMVÉ regarding his places of service.

According to his obituary, he served as a missionary in the following U.S. locations: Pittsburgh, PA; Val Pariso, IN; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Roebling, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Carteret, NJ; Passaic, NJ; and Patterson, NJ.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution
1947		Carteret, NJ, USA	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség
1949	1956	New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Szent László R. K. Egyházközség
1957		Flint, MI, USA
1958	1962	New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Szent László R. K. Egyházközség
1963	1964	Milwaukee, WI, USA
1965	1968	Dewitt, MI, USA

Life timeline

Birth

January 15, 1900

Hazleton, PA, USA

Priestly ordination

May 29, 1929

Service abroad

1947

Carteret, NJ, USA

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1949 – 1956

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1957

Flint, MI, USA

Service abroad

1958 – 1962

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1963 – 1964

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Service abroad

1965 – 1968

Dewitt, MI, USA

Death

January 15, 1968

Lansing, MI, USA

Sources

OFM-K-1994: 40.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172169058✕
Custody of St. John Capistran – Personal Directory Tabula, Roebling, NJ, 1984.
http://www.stfrancis.ws/history.html✓
KMVÉ: 1947-1969.
Török: 210.

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Citation for this entry

Dohányos Domonkos OFM: 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=208 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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