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Dietz Alajos

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Birth data:: Reading, PA, USA — August 24, 1914
Death data:: Pottsville, PA, USA — June 11, 1963
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Reading, PA, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1942

Biographical data

A second-generation Hungarian. He was ordained a priest in 1942. He was a Knight of Columbus.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1942 after		Easton, PA, USA		assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor
1959	1963	Ashland, IL, USA		parish priest
	1959 before	Allentown, PA, USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor

Life timeline

Birth

August 24, 1914

Reading, PA, USA

Service abroad

1942

Easton, PA, USA

assistant pastor, Hungarian pastor

Priestly ordination

1942

Service abroad

1959 – 1963

Ashland, IL, USA

parish priest

Death

June 11, 1963

Pottsville, PA, USA

Sources

Máté: 207.
Török: 68.
Miklósházy:2001
MKL: Nagy
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-40001/familysearch-csaladfa?itemId=2199034836&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Aloysius+Anthony+Dietz✓

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Dietz Alajos: 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=200 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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