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Dénes Ferenc

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Birth data:: Gógánfa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — January 6, 1864
Death data:: ismeretlen
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Kassa

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: ismeretlen
Place of burial:: ismeretlen
Other name used:: Dienes

Biographical data

A Slovak-Hungarian priest. He served in the United States as early as the 1890s, primarily in Slovak churches. He returned to Hungary in 1924. He was the founder of the Hungarian-Slovak Catholic Association. He returned home due to a serious illness (insomnia) and settled in Érkeserű. The date of his death is unknown.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1926	—	Érkeserű	Romania		pastor, then parish priest

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1895 circa	—	New York, NY	USA		the pastor of the joint Slovak-Hungarian church
1905	1907	Heilwood, PA	USA
1920	1922	Akron, OH	USA	Jézus Szíve R.K egyházközség	parish priest
1922	1924	Barberton, OH	USA

Life timeline

Birth

January 6, 1864

Gógánfa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1895

New York, NY, USA

the pastor of the joint Slovak-Hungarian church

Service abroad

1905 – 1907

Heilwood, PA, USA

Service abroad

1920 – 1922

Akron, OH, USA

Jézus Szíve R.K egyházközség

parish priest

Service abroad

1922 – 1924

Barberton, OH, USA

Service in the homeland

1926

Érkeserű, Romania

pastor, then parish priest

Sources

Máté: 206.
Török: 68.
MKL: New York
Káldor: 115.
Hajnal 1908-36. szám, pp.614.
http://www.heilwood.com/town/churches/roman-catholic-church/✓
Pesti Hírlap, 1928-01-03., pp. 14.

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Dénes Ferenc: 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=196 (accessed: 2026-04-05).