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Forró János Alpár OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Hajós, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — March 20, 1914
Death data:: Roebling, NJ, USA — November 22, 1963
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 29, 1935
Perpetual vows:: 1940
Priestly ordination:: 1941
Other name used:: Alipius

Biographical data

His brother was a Jesuit priest who served in missions in China and later in Australia. He entered the Franciscan Order on August 29, 1935. He took his solemn vows in 1940. He was ordained a priest in 1941. In 1945, he went to the West as a hospital chaplain. On the day of President J. F. Kennedy’s death, he suffered a heart attack while visiting patients and died.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1941	1945		Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary		served in several monasteries, and later as a hospital chaplain

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1945	1948	Roebling, NJ	USA
1951	—	Milwaukee, WI	USA
1952	1953	Roebling, NJ	USA
1954	1956	Milwaukee, WI	USA
1956	1957	Roebling, NJ	USA	parish priest, chaplain at the Camp Kilmer refugee camp
1958	1960	New Brunswick, NJ	USA	house manager
1960	1963	Roebling, NJ	USA	parish priest

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Birth

March 20, 1914

Hajós, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 29, 1935

Perpetual vows

1940

Service in the homeland

1941 – 1945

Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

served in several monasteries, and later as a hospital chaplain

Priestly ordination

1941

Service abroad

1945 – 1948

Roebling, NJ, USA

Service abroad

1951

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Service abroad

1952 – 1953

Roebling, NJ, USA

Service abroad

1954 – 1956

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Service abroad

1956 – 1957

Roebling, NJ, USA

parish priest, chaplain at the Camp Kilmer refugee camp

Service abroad

1958 – 1960

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

house manager

Service abroad

1960 – 1963

Roebling, NJ, USA

parish priest

Death

November 22, 1963

Roebling, NJ, USA

Sources

MPE, 1963/26. szám. 81-82.
KMVÉ: 1949-1965.
Török: 212, 262.
OFM-K-1994: 39.
Kép forrása: Magyar Ferences Könyvtár Fotótára

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Forró János Alpár OFM: 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=284 (accessed: 2026-05-06).