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Bor Sándor

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Deceased

Birth data:: Kapronca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Croatia — May 18, 1905
Death data:: South River, NJ, USA — February 4, 1949
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Pécs

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: June 29, 1929

Biographical data

He studied theology in Pécs. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1929. He arrived in the United States on April 6, 1938, aboard the steamship SS Rex.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1929	1930	Zomba	Hungary		assistant pastor
1931	—	Dunaföldvár	Hungary	Belváros	assistant pastor
1932	—	Szabadszentkirály	Hungary		assistant pastor
1933	1938	Pécs	Hungary	Gyárvárosi Plébánia	religious educator

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1938	—	Woodbridge, NJ	USA		assistant pastor
1939	1949	South River, NJ	USA		parish priest
1939	—	Trenton, NJ	USA	román templom	interim pastor

Life timeline

Birth

May 18, 1905

Kapronca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Croatia

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1929

Service in the homeland

1929 – 1930

Zomba, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1931

Dunaföldvár, Hungary

Belváros

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1932

Szabadszentkirály, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1933 – 1938

Pécs, Hungary

Gyárvárosi Plébánia

religious educator

Service abroad

1938

Woodbridge, NJ, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1939

Trenton, NJ, USA

román templom

interim pastor

Service abroad

1939 – 1949

South River, NJ, USA

parish priest

Death

February 4, 1949

South River, NJ, USA

Sources

https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxOToiMDA0ODc2MDQ2XzAwNDQ0LmpwZyI7/2✓
Máté: 205.;
Diós: 72.;
Dunántúl, 1939-07-26., pp. 3.;
Pécsi Egyházmegyei Körlevél, 507/1949. sz.;
KMVÉ: 1945-1950.;
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-1/myheritage-csaladfak?itemId=44436881-1-223&action=showRecord&recordTitle=S%C3%A1ndor+%2FAllexander%2F+Bor✕
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10512/ellis-islan-es-egyeb-new-york-i-utaslistak-1820-1957?itemId=20636480-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Sandor+Bor#fullscreen✓

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Bor Sándor: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=103 (accessed: 2026-04-05).