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Forgó Ferenc Mike (O.Cist)

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Birth data:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 16, 1927
Death data:: Wappingers Falls, NY, USA — October 8, 2004
According to another source: Dutchess, NY, USA
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
previously: religious
Diocese / Order:: ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis) (1963-ig) → Rockville Centre, NY, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 6, 1944
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
First (temporary) vows:: Zirc, Hungary — December 7, 1945
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Perpetual vows:: Zirc, Hungary — February 18, 1950
Zirci Ciszterci Apátság
Priestly ordination:: Budapest, Hungary — June 16, 1950
Rózsafüzér Királynéja (domonkos) templom
Episcopal consecration:: Hungary
Place of burial:: St. Mary's Cemetery
Wappingers Falls, NY, USA

Biographical data

She entered the order on December 6, 1944. On December 7, 1945, he took his simple vows, and on February 18, 1950, his perpetual vows; he was then ordained a priest by Bishop Bertalan Badalik, OP, of Veszprém, on June 16 of that same year at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Dominican) in Budapest. He was arrested in 1950 and remained in prison until October 1953. He arrived in the United States in December 1956. On June 12, 1960, he left the monastery in Dallas. He was first incardinated ad experimentum, then on September 16, 1963, into the Diocese of Rockville Centre. In June 1969, he left the priesthood, and in December, he entered into a civil marriage; his wife was Edith.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Position
1950		Magyarpolány, Hungary	assistant pastor
1950	1952	Hungary	imprisoned
1952	1956	Ugod, Hungary	assistant pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1956	1957	Irving, TX, USA	Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
1957		Rhineland, TX, USA		assistant pastor
1957	1960	Washington DC, USA		university student; meanwhile, 1959–1960, Dallas, TX, USA, university professor
1960	1969	Riverhead, NY, USA		pastor

Life timeline

Birth

June 16, 1927

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

December 6, 1944

Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Zirci Ciszterci Apátság

First (temporary) vows

December 7, 1945

Zirc, Hungary

Zirci Ciszterci Apátság

Perpetual vows

February 18, 1950

Zirc, Hungary

Zirci Ciszterci Apátság

Priestly ordination

June 16, 1950

Budapest, Hungary

Rózsafüzér Királynéja (domonkos) templom

Service in the homeland

1950

Magyarpolány, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1950 – 1952

Hungary

imprisoned

Service in the homeland

1952 – 1956

Ugod, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1956 – 1957

Irving, TX, USA

Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas

Service abroad

1957

Rhineland, TX, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1957 – 1960

Washington DC, USA

university student; meanwhile, 1959–1960, Dallas, TX, USA, university professor

Service abroad

1960 – 1969

Riverhead, NY, USA

pastor

Death

October 8, 2004

Wappingers Falls, NY, USA

Sources

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1966-07-14/ed-1/seq-12.pdf✓
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1968-05-16/ed-1/seq-8.pdf✓
Cúthné: 166-168.
HSZI: 227.
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 784-785.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10147/billiongraves?itemId=1397180893-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Michael+F+Forgo✓
Halász Tibor O.Cist adatai alapján
A fénykép mesterséges intelligencia (chatgpt.com) segítségével javítva lett.

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Forgó Ferenc Mike (O.Cist): 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=282 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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