Egyháztörténeti Szemle 14. (2013)
2013 / 4. szám - SUMMARIES IN ENGLISH - Benkéné Jenőffy Zsuzsanna: The Clergy of West Hungary between 1918-1920 - Sas Péter: Lajos Kelemen (1877-1963) from an Archivist-Historian Correspondence
98 Egyháztörténeti Szemle XIV/4 (2013) The Clergy of West Hungary between 1918-1920 Benkéné Jenőjfy, Zsuzsanna After the Treaty of Saint Germain and Trianon, 99 parishes of the Diocese Győr were detached to Austria. The border changes causes serious church government problems, which determined the situation in West Hungary to August 15, i960, when Pope John XXIII. founded the Diocese of Eisenstadt. The clergy of West Hungary suffered by the church government problems. The clergy was composed from three nations: Hungarian, German and Croatian. Most of the of the clergy were Hungarians, but the priests, who were from the other nations became Hungarian-hearted during their studies, therefore they hardly accepted their new county’s supremacy. There were priests who were captured due to their loyalty to Hungary, but many advocated Austria, because they were disappointed in their mother country due to the cruelties of the Soviet Republic and Pál Prónay’s rebellion. This dissertation would like to reveal this chaotic times, how relate the clergy to the problematic political affairs, the ethnical question and the change of church government. Lajos Kelemen (1877-1963) from an Archivist- Historian Correspondence Sas, Péter Lajos Kelemen’s oeuvre, the role of science meet everyone who reads the story of the Transylvanian culture. His writings, resource statement, studies, articles bibliography of over 400 title, his works spanning the space of the political history, culture, ecclesiastic and economic history, archeology, ethnography, the museums, libraries, archives and history topics. He subordinate all to serve his community. To present Lajos Kelemen works in various areas of science disciplines would be incomplete without the representation of his several thousands correspondence. The correspondence - which organized into volumes - will show us that such a robot - as he called himself - he substituted an entire institution, or even he organized its functions by himself. It’s loss of essays and articles of the Transylvanian did not include in his works. This often lamented spiritual treasures can be discovered in his correspondence. Authentic Transylvanian science, cultural and social history data collection was left behind during the archival research. Because of the various subject of his correspondent, his pen friends came from a variety of different social strata. The most important correspondences with his colleagues was with: Jolán Balogh and József Bíró art historian, István Bias and Endre Veress archivist, Árpád Buday and Róbert Posta archaeologist, Domokos Gyallay Papp writer and editor, János Herepei and László Siklóssy cultural historian Imre Lukinich and Lajos Szádeczky historian. The essential key to
