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Frönlich János

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Deceased

Birth data:: ismeretlen
Death data:: Budapest, Hungary — March 25, 1925
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: ismeretlen (nincs adat)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: ismeretlen
Place of burial:: ismeretlen
Other name used:: Fröchlich

Biographical data

He arrived in the United States around 1905; prior to that, he had been a missionary in South Africa, though the exact location cannot be specified. In 1918, the American left-wing newspaper *Előre* accused him of moral misconduct, but there is no record of any subsequent investigation. He died in Budapest in 1925.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1905 before	—		Dél-Afrikai Köztársaság		missionary
1905	1906	Fairport, NY	USA		parish priest
1906	—	Buffalo, NY	USA	Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest
1907	1911	South Bend, IN	USA		parish priest
1911	1922	New York, NY	USA		parish priest, the last diocesan priest in New York; after that, the Franciscans took over New York.

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Service abroad

1905 – 1906

Fairport, NY, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1905

Dél-Afrikai Köztársaság

missionary

Service abroad

1906

Buffalo, NY, USA

Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service abroad

1907 – 1911

South Bend, IN, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1911 – 1922

New York, NY, USA

parish priest, the last diocesan priest in New York; after that, the Franciscans took over New York.

Death

March 25, 1925

Budapest, Hungary

Sources

http://kishfamilyhistory.com/ststevens.php✓
Máté: 208.
Török: 95, 228, 280.
Előre, 1918-07-13.

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Citation for this entry

Frönlich János: 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=292 (accessed: 2026-05-06).