Béla Ispánki

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Dr. Bela Ispánki ( Budapest, 1916 . October 30 - London, 1985. May 9 ) Roman Catholic priest.

He studied at Szeged and at the Benedictines of Esztergom, where he graduated in 1935. He then studied in Rome, where he was ordained a priest in 1941. Graduated from theology in 1943 at the Gregoriana Pontifical University. Meanwhile, in 1942 he became a chaplain in Komárom, then from 1944 he was an archbishop. In 1947, he was a doctor of philology in Rome.

After the Communist takeover, in 1948, he was arrested by the ÁVH, along with Prince Pál Esterházy, József Mindszenty, and three other priests. Ispánki was convicted by the court of President Vilmos Olty for life at the first degree with the accusation of spying for the Vatican and then for 15 years in prison. He was first imprisoned at the Collecting Dungeon and then at the Vác Prison, which he was released on October 27 during the 1956 Revolution. He joined the work of the revolutionary aid agencies, then on October 30 in Vienna he went to organize the provision of refugees, but he could never return home because of the suppression of the revolution. Sooner Denmark settled and the UK moved out of England where he became pastor of the Hungarians. In 1966 he was appointed to the papal chamber. In 1985 he died of congestive heart failure.

In 1992, the Metropolitan Court declared the judgment against him void. In 1995, his ashes were brought home and placed on 13 May in the crypt of the Basilica of Esztergom.