Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — April 3, 1941
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Dallas, TX, USA — September 7, 1961
First (temporary) vows:
September 8, 1962
Perpetual vows:
Róma, Italy — January 15, 1967
Priestly ordination:
Róma, Italy — June 26, 1967
Biographical data
His parents were István Marton, a police officer, and Mária Zirig; his brother was István Henrik Marton, O.Cist. He began his high school studies in Budapest at the Piarist school. He left the country after 1956 and lived as a refugee in Switzerland and Spain. He entered the Society in Dallas, TX, USA, on September 7, 1961, after graduating from the local Jesuit high school. He took his first vows on September 8, 1962. From 1962 to 1963, he was a theology student at the University of Dallas in Dallas, TX. In 1968, he earned a doctorate in theology in Rome at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo. He took his perpetual vows on January 15, 1967, in Rome, where he was ordained a priest on July 26, 1967. He earned a master’s degree in French language teaching from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. On numerous occasions—even in his later years—he ran the marathon. He has been retired in Dallas, TX, USA, since 2024.
Domestic service locations
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To
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Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
2015
2017
Budapest, Hungary
Szent Imre Ciszterci Gimnázium
visiting professor
2017
2018
Zirc, Hungary
underscore
2018
2024
Zirc, Hungary
Perjel (returned to Dallas, TX, USA in 2023 due to illness)
Foreign service locations
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To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1963
1968
Róma, Italy
theology student
1968
2015
Dallas, TX, USA
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
high school teacher (1968–2014), assistant principal (1971–1981), principal (1981–1996), headmaster (1994–2000), sub-prior (around 2000), cleric-magister (around 2007)
2024
Retired
Dallas, TX, USA
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
retired
Literary activity
Cardinal Jérôme Souchier, Abbot of Clairvaux and Cîteaux (1553–1571), In. Analecta Cisterciensia 28 (1972), 77–166.
Mezsgyekövek – határkövek. Marton Bernát O.Cist. naplója. Budapest, 2016.
Visszapillantások. Bp., 2018.
high school teacher (1968–2014), assistant principal (1971–1981), principal (1981–1996), headmaster (1994–2000), sub-prior (around 2000), cleric-magister (around 2007)
Marton Antal Bernát O.Cist, 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=707 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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