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Blihár Viktor Barnabás OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Rokitó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia — March 2, 1892
Death data:: Flint, MI, USA — December 8, 1953
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Kapisztrán Kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 5, 1907
Perpetual vows:: September 7, 1913
Priestly ordination:: February 1, 1916

Biographical data

He entered the Franciscan Order on September 5, 1907. He took his perpetual vows on September 7, 1913. He was ordained a priest on February 1, 1916.
On July 26, 1930 (according to other sources, in 1924), he arrived in the United States aboard the steamship Berengaria, and then returned to Czechoslovakia.
He survived the 1932 New Brunswick fire, but his health deteriorated, so he was ordered home.
He returned to the United States for the second time on October 5, 1938, aboard the Normadie. He was primarily involved in Slovak-language pastoral work.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1935	1936	Baja	Hungary	Ferences kolostor	house manager
1937	1938	Baja	Hungary	Ferences kolostor	pastor
—	—	Szabadka	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Serbia

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1930	1932	New Brunswick, NJ	USA	Szent László templom	assistant pastor
1938	1945	New York, NY	USA
1938	1947	Roebling, NY	USA
1945	1947	Milwaukee, WI	USA		parish priest
1947	1951	New Brunswick, NJ	USA	Szent László templom	assistant pastor
1951	1953	Flint, MI	USA

Life timeline

Birth

March 2, 1892

Rokitó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

Entry into religious life

September 5, 1907

Perpetual vows

September 7, 1913

Priestly ordination

February 1, 1916

Service abroad

1930 – 1932

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László templom

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1935 – 1936

Baja, Hungary

Ferences kolostor

house manager

Service in the homeland

1937 – 1938

Baja, Hungary

Ferences kolostor

pastor

Service abroad

1938 – 1945

New York, NY, USA

Service abroad

1938 – 1947

Roebling, NY, USA

Service abroad

1945 – 1947

Milwaukee, WI, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1947 – 1951

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László templom

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1951 – 1953

Flint, MI, USA

Death

December 8, 1953

Flint, MI, USA

Sources

http://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1925.Schem.pdf Máté: 204.✓
Török: 212, 407.
Kép forrása: Magyar Ferences Könyvtár Fotótára
Hiradó, 1953. december 10. OFM-K-1994: 38.

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Blihár Viktor Barnabás OFM: 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=89 (accessed: 2026-04-05).