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Deák István

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Deák István
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Birth data:
Barcs, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — November 8, 1938
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Toronto, ON, Kanada
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Lemberg, Szovjetunió, currently Ukraine — November 23, 1988
Other name used:
Esteban
Biographical data
He has lived in Canada since 1968. He studied at Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, and the Institute of Christian Theology in Toronto. He also lived in Taiwan for a time. He is a poet and librarian. He was ordained a priest in Lviv (Soviet Union, now Ukraine) on November 23, 1988. He was awarded the title of archpriest, entitling him to wear the miter.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1988 currently active Hamilton, ON Canada parish priest, formerly in Toronto, ON; currently retired
Literary activity
New Testament Canon and Catholicity (Toronto: Publications of the Institute of Christian Thought, 1970; 91 old.)
Ismert ismeretlen (Versek, Toronto: 1975; 101 old.)
Apokatastasis. The Doctrine of Universal Salvation in Twentieth Century Theology (Toronto: 1979; 400 old.)
... az úton végig velem vannak (teológiai önéletrajz, Toronto: Corvina Publishing, 2010; 403 old. - Angol fordítás: ... with me always (Toronto: Corvina Publishing, 2010; 409 old.))
Angolul írt könyvein a keresztneve Esteban, illetve a "...with me always" könyven pedig Stephen
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Birth
November 8, 1938
Barcs, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
November 23, 1988
Lemberg, Szovjetunió, currently Ukraine
Service abroad
1988 – currently active
Hamilton, ON, Canada
parish priest, formerly in Toronto, ON; currently retired
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Citation for this entry
Deák István: 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=182 (accessed: 2026-04-05).