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Eller Ferenc

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Eller Ferenc
Deceased
Birth data:
Nagyszombat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia — January 5, 1880
Death data:
Veresegyház, Hungary — October 6, 1934
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Vác
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
June 21, 1903
Biographical data
He completed his secondary education in Nagyszombat and studied theology in Vác. He was ordained a priest on June 21, 1903. After a brief stint as an assistant pastor in Sződ, he went to America with the permission of Bishop Károly Csáky, at the request of the parish in Trenton. He accepted the position only on the condition that he would conduct services exclusively in Hungarian, preaching in English and Slovak only once a month.
He returned to Hungary after 1908.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1903 — Sződ Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary assistant pastor
1908 1910 Soroksár Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary assistant pastor
1910 1926 Berkenye Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary administrator, and then parish priest from 1919
1926 1934 Veresegyház Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary parish priest
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1903 1905 Trenton, NJ USA parish priest
1905 1908 Toledo, OH USA parish priest
Literary activity
Havi újság c. lap – Toledo, OH, n.a.
Life timeline
Birth
January 5, 1880
Nagyszombat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
Priestly ordination
June 21, 1903
Service in the homeland
1903
Sződ, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1903 – 1905
Trenton, NJ, USA
parish priest
Service abroad
1905 – 1908
Toledo, OH, USA
parish priest
Service in the homeland
1908 – 1910
Soroksár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1910 – 1926
Berkenye, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
administrator, and then parish priest from 1919
Service in the homeland
1926 – 1934
Veresegyház, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
parish priest
Death
October 6, 1934
Veresegyház, Hungary
Sources
  • Budapesti Hírlap, 1903. december 5., pp. 9.
  • Vác: 736.;
  • Máté: 207.;
  • Török: 295, 300.;
  • Kalmár-II.: 87.;
  • Hajnal 1908-22. szám., pp. 391.
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Citation for this entry
Eller 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=233 (accessed: 2026-05-06).