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Artim Lajos

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Deceased

Birth data:: December 16, 1880
Death data:: Detroit, MI, USA — January 27, 1950
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Eperjes

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine — 1914 circa
Place of burial:: Mount Saint Macrina Cemetery
Uniontown, PA, USA

Biographical data

He completed his secondary education in Eperjes and was ordained a priest in Ungvár. He received several decorations during World War I. He was a member of the Holy See.
He arrived in the United States on November 26, 1926, aboard the SS De Grasse, which had departed from Le Havre.
His grave is located at Mount Saint Macrina Cemetery in Uniontown, PA.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1914 circa	—				Chaplain of the 11th Infantry Regiment
1918	1926	Abaújszolnok	Hungary	Keresztelő János fejvétele	pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1933 circa	—	New Brunswick, NJ	USA		pastor
—	1950 before	Detroit, MI	USA

Life timeline

Birth

December 16, 1880

Service in the homeland

1914

Chaplain of the 11th Infantry Regiment

Priestly ordination

1914

Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine

Service in the homeland

1918 – 1926

Abaújszolnok, Hungary

Keresztelő János fejvétele

pastor

Service abroad

1933

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

pastor

Death

January 27, 1950

Detroit, MI, USA

Sources

https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10512/ellis-islan-es-egyeb-new-york-i-utaslistak-1820-1957?itemId=13538794-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Lajos+Artim✓
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133053995✓
KMVÉ: 1945-1950;
Shvoy: 42.;
Káldor-II.: 87.;
Hiradó, 1950. február 16.

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Artim Lajos: 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=15 (accessed: 2026-04-05).