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Furák István Tibor OSM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Királyhegyes, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — April 2, 1926
Death data:: Wheeling, IL, USA — October 23, 1985
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szervita (Ordo Servorum Beatae Virginis Mariae)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1950
Place of burial:: a szervita rend temetője
Montréal, QC, Hungary

Biographical data

His father was a mechanic and a laborer. His family fell on hard times; in 1934, their house was even auctioned off, so they moved from Királyhegyes to Makó. He attended high school in Makó, where he graduated in 1944. He studied theology in Szeged and Eger, then went to Rome in 1949, where he was ordained a priest in 1950. He became a member of the Servite Order, taking the religious name M. P. Tibor. He began his missionary work as a priest in Brazil in 1952, then moved to Canada in 1956.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1949	1952	Róma	Italy	pursuing studies
1953	1956		Brazília	missionary
1956	1963		Canada	missionary
1963	1965	Ottawa, ON	Canada	pastor
1967	1972	Montréal, QC	Canada	parish priest
1973	1974	London, ON	Canada	parish priest
1978	1985	St. Louis, MI	USA	parish priest

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Birth

April 2, 1926

Királyhegyes, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1949 – 1952

Róma, Italy

pursuing studies

Priestly ordination

1950

Service abroad

1953 – 1956

Brazília

missionary

Service abroad

1956 – 1963

Canada

missionary

Service abroad

1963 – 1965

Ottawa, ON, Canada

pastor

Service abroad

1967 – 1972

Montréal, QC, Canada

parish priest

Service abroad

1973 – 1974

London, ON, Canada

parish priest

Service abroad

1978 – 1985

St. Louis, MI, USA

parish priest

Death

October 23, 1985

Wheeling, IL, USA

Sources

https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-30284/brazilia-rio-de-janeiro-bevandorlasi-kartyak-1900-1965?itemId=174197-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Ostvan+Furak#fullscreen✓
http://picssr.com/photos/servitesdemarie/interesting/page4?nsid=48102139@N08✓
http://servidimaria.net/sitoosm/it/testi-osm/closm.pdf✓
http://www.sulinet.hu/oroksegtar/data/telepulesek_ertekei/Kiralyhegyes/pages/004_Eletrajzi_lexikon.htm✓
MKL: Londoni Szent István egyházközség
MKL: Ottawa
MKL: Montréal
MKL: St. Louis
KMVÉ: 1964–1978
KMV, 1975–06–29 pp. 26.
Török: 270.
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 808-809.

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Furák István Tibor OSM: 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=293 (accessed: 2026-05-06).