Records Relating to Local Administration Cardin... | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

In 1950, Bishop John O’Hara, CSC of Buffalo, invited the Society of Saint Edmund to open a Diocesan High School in Dunkirk, New York.  Cardinal Mindszenty High School (CMHS) was named in honor of Hungarian leader Jozsef Mindszenty [1892-1975].  The school opened in the Fall of 1950 with Fr. Francis Moriarty, SSE as Superior.  The SSE community decided to withdrew from the High School at the end of the 1963/4 school year.