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Bóna Richárd, dr.

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Bóna Richárd, dr.
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Birth data:
Pozsony, Csehszlovákia, currently Bratislava, Slovakia — February 24, 1975
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Cleveland, OH, USA
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Cleveland, OH, USA — May 17, 2003
Biographical data
His family is originally from Bratislava and Medve. He began his theological studies in Bratislava and, after moving to the United States with his family, completed them at St. Mary’s Seminary (Wickliffe, OH). He was ordained a priest on May 17, 2003, in Cleveland, OH. From 2011 to 2017, he pursued graduate studies in Washington, D.C.
He has been a member of the American Society of Canon Law since 2012.
He has served as a judge of the diocesan court since 2017 and is also a judge of the ecclesiastical court of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Parma.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
2003 2007 Rocky River, OH, USA assistant pastor
2007 2011 North Royalton, OH, USA assistant pastor
2011 2017 Washington, DC, USA Ph.D. candidate, Hungarian pastor
2017 2020 Cleveland, OH, USA Mary Queen of Peace Parish assistant pastor
2020 Cleveland, OH, USA Szent Imre Magyar R. K. Egyházközség parish priest
2020 2023 Cleveland, OH, USA Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség parish priest (the church was handed over to a traditionalist church group in 2023, ending the Hungarian presence there)
Life timeline
Birth
February 24, 1975
Pozsony, Csehszlovákia, currently Bratislava, Slovakia
Priestly ordination
May 17, 2003
Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
2003 – 2007
Rocky River, OH, USA
assistant pastor
Service abroad
2007 – 2011
North Royalton, OH, USA
assistant pastor
Service abroad
2011 – 2017
Washington, DC, USA
Ph.D. candidate, Hungarian pastor
Service abroad
2017 – 2020
Cleveland, OH, USA
Mary Queen of Peace Parish
assistant pastor
Service abroad
2020 – 2023
Cleveland, OH, USA
Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség
parish priest (the church was handed over to a traditionalist church group in 2023, ending the Hungarian presence there)
Service abroad
2020
Cleveland, OH, USA
Szent Imre Magyar R. K. Egyházközség
parish priest
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Citation for this entry
Bóna Richárd, dr.: 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=101 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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