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Farkas László

Farkas László
Deceased
Birth data:
Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — December 11, 1872
Death data:
Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — June 12, 1934 after
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
March 19, 1896
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest on March 19, 1896. He arrived in the United States in 1906, where he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1913, he was treated in a sanatorium for a “nervous disorder.” He returned to Hungary in 1915, where he died. According to Káldor, he was a Greek Catholic and served in Joilet, IL.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1896 Zsély Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia assistant pastor
1897 Varbó Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary assistant pastor
1898 1901 Gúta Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia assistant pastor
1901 Hédervár Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary assistant pastor
1901 Bátorkeszi Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia administrator
1902 1906 Budapest Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary religious educator
1906 Kőhídgyarmat Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary assistant pastor
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1906 1915 Chicago, IL USA parish priest
Literary activity
Isten igéje – szentbeszédek, 1901.
Life timeline
Birth
Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
Zsély, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Varbó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
18981901
Gúta, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Hédervár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
Bátorkeszi, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
administrator
Service in the homeland
19021906
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
religious educator
Service abroad
19061915
Chicago, IL, USA
parish priest
Service in the homeland
Kőhídgyarmat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Death
Bodony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Sources
  • Máté: 208.
  • Beke: 190.
  • Az Esztergomi Főegyházmegye körlevelei 1906., Nr. 4488
  • Nr. 6906.
  • Káldor 137.
  • Magyarország, 1913. szeptember 18., pp. 7.
  • Beke Margit: Az Esztergomi (Esztergom-Budapesti) Főegyházmegye papságának szentelési és halálozási adatai (1892-2006), in: Beke Margit (szerk.): Emlékkönyv Pázmány Péter halálának 370. évfordulója alkalmából az Esztergomi (Esztergom-Budapesti) Főegyházmegye papságának szentelési és halálozási adataival, 1892-2006 - Miscellanea Ecclesiae Strigoniensis 4. (Budapest, 2008)
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Citation for this entry
Farkas László: 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=251 (accessed: 2026-05-06).