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Kalmár Vince Özséb OFM, Dr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: Zenta, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Senta (Сента), Serbia — June 5, 1893
Death data:: Esztergom, Hungary — June 1, 1982
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 5, 1907
Perpetual vows:: October 2, 1914
Priestly ordination:: June 25, 1916

Biographical data

He entered the Franciscan Order on September 5, 1907. He took his perpetual vows on October 2, 1914. He was ordained a priest on June 25, 1916. He earned a doctorate in theology.
He resided in the United States from 1922 to 1928. From 1937 to 1941, he served as a Hungarian pastor in Berlin, from which he was removed at the express request of the Hungarian ambassador to Berlin. From 1950, he was forced into hiding in Budatétény; he was arrested in 1952 and sentenced to seven years in prison in the first instance and four years in the second instance on charges of sedition. After his release, he lived first in Gyöngyös and then in Esztergom.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1916	1922	Gyöngyös, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Hungary	religion teacher
1928	1932	Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	theology professor, then, from 1931, head of the seminary and parish priest
1933		Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	religious educator
1934	1937	Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	religious educator
1941	1950	Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	theology professor, member of the order’s Definitory
1959	1960	Gyöngyös, Hungary		the chaplain at the nursing home

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1922		New York, NY, USA		Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	Hungarian pastor
1922	1928	New Brunswick, NJ, USA		Szent László R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest
1938	1941	Berlin, Német Birodalom	Germany		Hungarian pastor

Literary activity

Szt. László Templom: Húsz Éves Emlékkönyv. New Brunswick, NJ, 1926.
A négy fokozat, Vigília, 1935/4.
Szeretetünk életútja Istenhez. Gyöngyös, 1947.

Life timeline

Birth

June 5, 1893

Zenta, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Senta (Сента), Serbia

Entry into religious life

September 5, 1907

Perpetual vows

October 2, 1914

Priestly ordination

June 25, 1916

Service in the homeland

1916 – 1922

Gyöngyös, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

religion teacher

Service abroad

1922

New York, NY, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

Hungarian pastor

Service abroad

1922 – 1928

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service in the homeland

1928 – 1932

Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

theology professor, then, from 1931, head of the seminary and parish priest

Service in the homeland

1933

Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious educator

Service in the homeland

1934 – 1937

Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious educator

Service abroad

1938 – 1941

Berlin, Német Birodalom, currently Germany

Hungarian pastor

Service in the homeland

1941 – 1950

Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

theology professor, member of the order’s Definitory

Service in the homeland

1959 – 1960

Gyöngyös, Hungary

the chaplain at the nursing home

Death

June 1, 1982

Esztergom, Hungary

Sources

http://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1925.Schem.pdf✓
Szolgálat – 55. szám. 96.;
MKL: Kalmár;
Török: 219, 407.;
Mohácsi Hirlap, 1922-10-22., pp. 3.;
Pesti Hírlap, 1938-12-04., pp. 4.;
Ujság, 1941-03-19., pp. 6.;
Magyar Nemzet, 2005-08-19., pp. 9.

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Kalmár Vince Özséb 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=591 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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