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Fenczik Sándor Viktor

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Deceased

Birth data:: Aknarahó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Rahiv (Рахів), Ukraine — September 4, 1894
Death data:: Ramsey, MI, USA — August 27, 1983
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Hajdúdorog

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 19, 1920

Biographical data

He completed his theological studies in Uzhhorod. He was ordained a priest in Nyíregyháza on December 19, 1920. He is married. His wife is Irén Beke; their children are Viktor Győző (1924), Sándor, László (1926), and Magda. He lived in the United States from 1947 onward.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1920	1921	Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	assistant pastor (or Sátoraljaújhely)
1921		Hajdúdorog, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	assistant pastor
1922	1946	Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	assistant pastor, religious educator

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1946	1950	Germany			pastor
1953	1973	St. Paul, MN, USA

Life timeline

Birth

September 4, 1894

Aknarahó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Rahiv (Рахів), Ukraine

Priestly ordination

December 19, 1920

Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1920 – 1921

Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

assistant pastor (or Sátoraljaújhely)

Service in the homeland

1921

Hajdúdorog, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1922 – 1946

Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

assistant pastor, religious educator

Service abroad

1946 – 1950

Germany

pastor

Service abroad

1953 – 1973

St. Paul, MN, USA

Death

August 27, 1983

Ramsey, MI, USA

Sources

Görög katolikus:122.
KMVÉ: 1953-1973.
Hungária, 1950. március 17., pp. 5.
https://byzantinohungarica.com/generations/priest/102✕

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Citation for this entry

Fenczik Sándor Viktor: 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=268 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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