The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

FOREWORDMost people, outside Rumania and Hungary probably neverheard of the dwindling Csangó (Tsango) people of RumanianMoldavia.This is the first effort in recent years to present the plight ofthis leaderless, teacherless, priestless, unfortunate people, on theverge of total absorption into the Rumanian nation, in theEnglish language - from the Hungarian point of view.It is the first, but not the last one. A comprehensive book isin the works. Until that is ready for publication, sometime thisyear, we would like to present on these pages a Short Historyof the Tsangos, by Ms. Bernadette Pálfay and an Englishtranslation of a book, by Antal Horváth, a catholic priest,who the recently passed away. The original title of his book is:Strámosii Catolicilor Din Moldova.Pater Horváth compiled a great many Latin, Hungarian,German, and Rumanian documents from past centuries,shedding some light on the existence and fate of the Moldavian(Hungarian and German) Catholics in the all-encompassing seaof Rumanian Orthodox Church.This Hungarians are without even priests, who could givethem solace in their native tongue. The Rumanian state and the(Rumanian) Catholic Bishopric in Iasi, with the tacitunderstanding of Vatican, steadfastly refuse to provideHungarian speaking priests.This, and the lack of Hungarian teachers and schools anddenying the right to use their mother tongue in governmentoffices, amount to genocidium, by the definition of the UNCharter of Human Rights and the European Charters andRecommendations.S.J. Magyarody