Pál Sárközy

Pál Sárközy (born Endre Sárközy; 3 December 1884 – 10 May 1957) was a Hungarian Benedictine monk, who served as Archabbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey from 29 March 1951 until his death.

Early life Endre Sárközy was born in Jánosháza, Vas County on 3 December 1884. He finished his secondary studies in the Premonstratensian Gymnasium at Keszthely. He entered the Benedictine Order on 6 August 1902. He was given the name Pál (Paul) when took the habit. He was ordained as a priest in 1909. He taught in Győr from 1909 to 1910. He became a lecturer of the Saint Gerard College of Pannonhalma in 1910, where he taught mathematics and philosophy. He earned a degree in liberal arts at the University of Budapest (today Eötvös Loránd University) in 1914. During the interwar period, Sárközy pursued scientific activity. He principally dealt with differential geometry and differential equation, in addition to the Hungarian history of mathematics during his academic career. He was also a noted textbook author during the era. He joined the staff of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 1929. He was elected prior of Pannonhalma in the same year. He served as the last abbot of Bakonybél between 1938 and 1951.

Administrator, then archabbot Following the World War II and the Soviet occupation of Hungary, the Benedictine Order has come under pressure by the new Communist-dominated and pro-Soviet governments. Archabbot Krizosztom Kelemen emigrated to Brazil in March 1947. Officially, he left Hungary for a few months to visit the Hungarian Benedictine monastic orders in the Latin American country. Simultaneously, Pál Sárközy, then prior of Pannonhalma and abbot of Bakonybél, was nominated apostolic administrator and deputy (Latin: substitutus) abbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey. While residing in Brazil, Kelemen participated in the election of Bernard Kälin, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation, where he tendered his resignation to the Holy See in September 1947. Despite that Kelemen remained nominal archabbot until his death, while Sárközy served as his deputy. In February 1948, Sárközy was elected representative of all Hungarian monastic orders during the celebrations of the Year of Mary or Beata Virgo. In the following period, the religious orders were suppressed by the Communist authorities. Eight secondary schools and nineteen elementary schools of the Benedictine Order were secularized and nationalized by the government in June 1948. The State Protection Authority (ÁVH) interned and deported the Benedictine monks to Kalocsa, Szolnok and Tihany in…Citește mai mult

External links "Sárközy Pál Endre". Magyar életrajzi lexikon 1000–1990. Retrieved 2009-12-14.