Alsóremite, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine — January 7, 1879
Death data:
Yonkers, NY, USA — December 31, 1945
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
previously: Munkács
Diocese / Order:
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
previously: Munkács (1924-ig)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine — December 6, 1903
Place of burial:
St. Mary temető
Yonkers, NY, USA
Other name used:
Berecz László
Biographical data
His father was Jenő Berecz, a priest, and his mother was Mária Homicskó. He was a married pastor; his wife was Anna Medvesky, whom he married on February 26, 1903. He pursued his theological studies in Eperjes. He was ordained a priest on December 6, 1903, by Bishop Gyula Firczák of Munkács. He arrived in the United States on June 8, 1910. In 1914, he returned to the Diocese of Munkács, but according to sources, he left for the United States again shortly thereafter. From 1938 to 1939, he served as dean of the deanery in New York, NY.
Beretz Basil: 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=72 (accessed: 2026-04-05).
