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Fegyverneki György

Fegyverneki György
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Birth data:
Vencsellő, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — August 16, 1914
Death data:
USA — 1964
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Eger
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Innsbruck, Austria — April 3, 1949
Place of burial:
ismeretlen
Biographical data
Birth name: György Frank; parents: György Frank and Anna Vark. He was ordained a priest in Innsbruck on April 3, 1949. In 1950, he was still studying there as a student at the Canisianum, but his superiors did not support his doctoral studies; moreover, he was unable to obtain a passport from the Hungarian government, so he could not return home. From September 1950, he served as a hospital chaplain in Innsbruck, then spent two and a half years as a pastor in England; he arrived in Brazil on August 28, 1954. During the twenty months he spent in Brazil, he served in eight different locations. On March 29, 1957, he moved to the United States. In 1961, he requested to be laicized, but the Holy See did not grant his request. The place of his death cannot be identified.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1950 Innsburck Austria hospital chaplain
1951 1954 United Kingdom pastor
1955 1957 Brazília pastor at eight different locations
1957 1964 before South Bend, IN USA assistant pastor
Life timeline
Birth
Vencsellő, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
Innsbruck, Austria
Service abroad
Innsburck, Austria
hospital chaplain
Service abroad
19511954
United Kingdom
pastor
Service abroad
19551957
Brazília
pastor at eight different locations
Service abroad
19571964
South Bend, IN, USA
assistant pastor
Death
USA
Sources
  • KMVÉ: 1957–1964
  • ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 772.
  • Egri Érseki Levéltár közlése
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Citation for this entry
Fegyverneki György: 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=258 (accessed: 2026-05-06).